Hi everyone!
I’m over on the Topflight Stamps blog today, with a pretty, soft card that uses stamps by Studio Light and Ultimate Crafts. I used the emboss resist technique with ink blending, and some simple Copic coloring to create the card.
The stamps I used were a fabulous Studio Light background stamp which features gorgeous distressed flourishes, and Ultimate Crafts High Tea which features some super pretty, ‘hand-drawn look’ stamps which I love. I also used some AMAZING brushes from ClarityStamp for ink blending. They make blending so easy to get a beautiful, light subtle blend, with no big marks! You can get all three over at Topflight.
To create the card, I first created the background panel. I stamped the Studio Light background stamp in Versamark embossing ink onto Neenah Solar White cardstock and then heat embossed in white embossing powder. I used my MISTI to stamp the image to make sure I got a good clear impression. I also treated the cardstock with a powder tool first to avoid embossing powder going where I didn’t want it.
I trimmed the cardstock down to 4″ x 5.25″ and then used one of the Clarity brushes to blend three colors of Simon Says Stamp dye ink (Doll Pink, Twirling Tutu, and Hollyhock) across the panel, getting lighter towards the top. To really bring out the embossed pattern, when done blending, take a dry babywipe and gently buff the embossing to remove any excess ink. I spattered a little bit of Heidi Swapp Color Shine gold spray mist onto the panel with a paintbrush and popped the whole panel up on foam tape onto a Neenah Solar White card base.
I stamped the images from the Ultimate Crafts High Tea in copic friendly black ink (I used Simon’s Intense Black), and then colored them with Copic markers (three shades of RV and three shades of BG). I added some gold gel pen for accents to match the background spatter, and some Sugar Stickles glitter (colorless glitter) on the cake and tops of the macarons for subtle sparkle. I then trimmed them out with my Scan N Cut.
The sentiment was from a set in my stash by The Ton (Pragmatic Wreaths) and was heat embossed in gold onto light grey cardstock, and trimmed out using a My Favorite Things Fishtail Sentiment Strip die. I popped it, and the images, up onto the panel using foam squares.
Hope you like it! Have a fabulous day!
Jenny x
