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Let’s get Started:
Card Base: 5.5 x 8.5, scored and folded at 4.25
Border Layer: 5.5 x 4.25
Card Face: 5.25 x 4
I wanted to have a play with ink smooshing – I hadn’t even remembered that technique in a long time. I loved the result I got from the blue and brown mix, then I had to figure out how to use it.
Card Face:
- I pressed an acrylic block firmly into a brown ink pad and spritzed it with water. I pressed the watery result onto the card face in several areas.
- I repeated this process with blue ink.
- I put the card face aside to dry.
- Once dry, the paper was warped (caused by the watery ink smooshing). I lightly spritzed the back of the card face with water and placed it under a weight overnight, which flattened it again.
- I placed the card face in my stamp positioner and added the image with Versafine Onyx.
- Moving the card face to the Grip Mat, I positioned the Chaos Squares stencil and applied brown ink randomly across the image.
- I switched the stencils, positioned the Falling Dots over the card face, and filled in some areas with the same brown ink.
- I returned the card face back to the stamp positioner and stamped the sentiment with Versafine Onyx.
- I sprinkled clear embossing powder over the sentiment and used my heat gun to set it.
This treatment makes the sentiment more intense, and it stands out more against a busy background.
Assembly
- I glued the black border layer to the card base, and then added the card face on top.
Final Thoughts:
I love Andy Skinner stamps, and I’m so happy with this card. The combination of ink smooshing and randomized stencilling works very well with this image.
Supplies: (and links where possible)
I have listed which products I have used, and where they may be purchased. It’s a huge marketplace and in most instances, there are multiple sources and many alternatives to choose from.
Stencils:
Chaos Squares: A Colorful Life Designs
Falling Dots: A Colorful Life Designs
Waffle Flower Grip Mat, 8.5 x 6.5, Scrapbook.com
Versamark Embossing Ink: Simon Says Stamp
Clear Embossing Powder, Wow, Simon Says Stamp
Stamps: Best Friends, Andy Skinner, Scrapbook.com
Ink: Stampin’ Up!
Blending Brushes: Stampin’ Up!
Versafine Onyx, Simon Says Stamp
Adhesive: Tombow Aqua, Michaels
Card Base & Card Face: Accent 100 lb., Amazon
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Falling Dots By A Colorful Life Designs
Chaos Squares by A Colorful Life Designs
