One of a Kind Fine Lines - Miss Ink Stamps

I'm in love with the Fine Lines Stencil!  The lines are so... well... fine!  And it makes for a striking background.  I highly suggest using Pixie Spray with this one to make your life simpler.

I created this background using a black cardstock panel and applied some Thermoweb Transfer Gel through the stencil and let it dry.  Then I ran the panel through my Minc with some Glittering Green foil and Voila!

Finally I stamped cut and colored the Gardenia stamp set images and then popped them up on the card as well as a sentiment from Lovely Unicorns and a few sequins!

That's me for today!  Hope you enjoyed your visit and that you'll come again soon!

 

An Elegant Halloween With Miss Ink

 

I'm up on the Miss Ink Stamps Blog today with this Elegant Halloween card using a few sets from the shop.

It was fun to use some foil for this background and then use the negative for my dark moon.

Join me over there for links and details!

Thanks for stopping here and I hope you'll come again soon!

You Are So Kind With Hand Drawn Hearts - Miss Ink Stamps

Hello!  I'm up on the blog with this one using the Hand Drawn Hearts stencil and Gardenia stamps from Miss Ink!

Hop on over there and join me for links and details!  Thanks so much for stopping and hope you'll come again soon!

 

If Something Made Sense-Miss Ink Stamps!

Welcome back!  Today I've got some more Miss Ink Stamps and Ranger Distress Embossing Glazes!

I started this one ink blending some Fossilized amber and a little Vintage Photo onto a die cut panel.  I stamped the Gardenia images onto the paper using some Espresso Distress Oxide Ink.  I had meant to use the Archival Ink, because I knew I'd be watercoloring the floral images, and the ink did run a little when I did that, but it all just added to the vintage distressed look I was going for.  I used Vintage Photo to color in the petals, Fossilized Amber to color in the flower center, and Bundled Sage for the leaves.  I just took a scrap piece of plastic like from packaging and smoosh some ink from the pad onto it and then use a water brush to pick up the ink.

Next I added some more of the inks through the Diamond Fade Stencil using a blending brush and over that added some texture paste.  I did clean off the stencil in between the ink and texture paste to keep from getting ink in my texture paste jar as I applied it and it was easy to line it back up. Then while the paste was wet, I used my fingers to sprinkle on some Embossing Glaze in Fossilized Amber and Peeled Paint.  I heated that up and once it cooled, I used a paint brush to brush on some more embossing ink in each corner swiping upwards.  (I just put a few drops onto the plastic from my refill bottle and applied it with a paint brush.)  Then I sprinkled on more Embossing Glaze in Vintage Photo.  When I heated that up it was a little darker than I wanted so I took a Ranger Embossing Dauber and dabbed on some more ink lightly everywhere and then very lightly sprinkled on some Gold Embossing Powder to add a little light and sparkle.  Whew!!  It took some work but I finally got it where I wanted it.

I decided with the darker colors that the Have Heart wood slice image would be perfect to add my sentiment.  I stamped it with Memento Ink, cut it out and then colored it with some brown Copics.  I decided to tone it down by blending on some Distress Ink in Antique Linen over the entire piece and then Vintage Photo around the edges.  Then using my Misti I stamped the sentiment from the Alice Collection Wonderland Wisdom stamp set in Versamark ink and heat embossed it in gold.  Just a subtle sentiment that is probably going through a lot of our heads right now "It would be nice if something made sense for a change".  I added the main sentiment heat embossed in white and popped it up underneath.   Finaly, a few paper flowers from my stash from Prima and some sequins and I was done!

That's me for today!  Thank you so much for stopping by and hope you'll visit again soon!

Birthday Hugs & Kisses - Miss Ink Stamps

Welcome back!  It's a new month and for September I'll be focusing on using Ranger Distress Embossing Glazes in various ways!

For today I used them along with the Gardenia, Everyday Sentiments, and Punny Farm Pigs stamp sets and one of the awesome Diamond Fade Stencils.

If you're like me, you're wondering how these are different from any other embossing powder.  What I can tell you so far is they are made to be translucent (yes, there are others that are but this line is all translucent) which is very cool because you can use the glaze over images like I did here and it will show through.  Also, the colors are in your favorite Distress Ink colors which is awesome, but if you apply them over other colors you'll get many different looks.  All of this is important to know before you use them to be sure you get the look you want!  If you like videos (and even if you don't) I'd recommend you watch this one here of Tim's demo at Creativation.  I'm not a video watcher, but it was great to see the different ways he uses them.  I'll be playing all month and share with you what I discover! 

For this one I started by using Speckled Egg and Broken China Distress Oxide Ink to blend the background panel cut from Strathmore Mixed Media Paper.  (When I remember to, I like to start with this paper if I'm going to be using a bunch of different medium to avoid too much curling.)  

Then I stamped the florals from Gardenia using my Misti in the corners using Ranger Archival Ink.  Next, I used a water brush to lift some of the color from the flowers and leaves and then used the same brush along with some Distress Oxide Inks in Milled Lavender and Bundled Sage along with a tiny bit of Fossilized Amber to lightly and loosely watercolor the floral images.

After the florals were dry, I applied some Broken China and Milled Lavender first and then clear embossing paste over that through the Diamond Fade Stencil and then used my fingers to sprinkle on some Broken China and just a little Weathered Wood (why not!?) Embossing Glazes and heated them up.  These do dry shiny and you can dull them if you prefer with Steel Wool (Tim suggests this in the video rather than sandpaper because it will just lightly buff off the shine).  I decided to add a little Wilted Violet over the top which did dull it a little which I'm sure I could have wiped off, but decided I liked it just the way it was!  See how the floral image lines and colors show through underneath the embossed areas?  I did leave some areas with little or no powder because I wanted to leave some areas embossed but really clear... and that's how I roll!

My initial plan was just to add a simple sentiment over the top, but I decided to instead add a few of the smaller birthday images from the Punny Farms Pig set!  I colored them with Copics in colors Complimentary to the inks I used.. some Vs and some BGs and then built my sentiment from the Everyday Sentiments stamp set!

Just a few sequins (of course!) and I was done!

I'm playing along over at Double Trouble Challenge's Something, Anything and Everything Challenge that goes through Sunday the 6th!  Check it out!  There are prizes!!

I had a lot of fun playing with this one and I can't wait to play again!  Thanks for stopping and be sure to come again soon!

I Will Sit With You - Miss Ink Stamps

I'm back again today with some more Miss Ink Stamps!  I'm taking a break from using the Say Cheese stamp set just for a moment (big plans for that one for next week!) to bring you some pretty Gardenia florals along with the In The Dark sentiment... and of course I'm painting with glitter again!

I painted my stenciled background again but this time I painted over some black texture paste that I applied through the Circular Harlequin stencil.  After I added the paste, I added a mixture of white and chunky black glitter over it.  I threw a few of those Dazzle Stars in also while it was wet.

I painted some of the white glitter onto the flower petals too after coloring them lightly with Copics and then added the frame, florals and heat embossed sentiment to the card.

And that's me for today!  Thanks so much for stopping and hope you'll come again soon!

Thinking of You - Miss Ink Stamps!

I'm back again and sharing a card that coordinates with the card I shared yesterday!  (You can find my post on the Miss Ink Stamps blog here)  If you prefer videos, here is a link to a Gina K Facebook Live where my friend Mare saw the technique!

This one kind of happened by mistake.  I was creating my card for yesterday and I messed up the top corner because my mind wandered...lol... so the bottom was perfectly good still and I set it aside and started over knowing I'd use it. 

So, I just stamped another couple flowers, embossed and painted them all with bleach and then colored with my Prismacolor pencils (details are in the post from yesterday) and then cut them out to use them on this card!  I used coordinating papers in the Coredination paper pack I had and then popped the images up onto the card.  That sentiment is from the Magnolia Sympathy set.

I just love the vintage look these cards have!  I hope you're not getting bored with bleach because I'll have (at least) one more for you next Friday.. I have an idea brewing in my head and I'm really hoping it works out because I'm excited about it!

Hope you'll come back soon!  Thanks for stopping!!

Hey Beautiful - Miss Ink Stamps!

I'm up on the blog over at Miss Ink Stamps with some more Bleachy goodness and I've tried a few new things!  I have a photo tutorial and share how I put this one together.  If you'd like details and links, please do hop on over there to check it out!

Thanks so much for stopping and hope you'll come again soon!

A Happy and Quite Glittery Birthday-Miss Ink Stamps

Hello there!  I'm here with a little glittery goodness for you today!

I started by making some glitter paste with some Lucky Dazzle Dust and some Glossy Accents and applied it to my background panel through the Mouse Flower Stencil.  I set it aside to dry.

I had some flowers left over from last week's card... I colored some extras up and decided they'd be perfect for this card.

I stamped this sentiment from Unbirthday in green using the Misti.  I stamped it a couple times to be sure I had a nice solid impression and then once in Versamark.  Then I added some Wow City of Angels embossing powder and heated it.  The cool thing about City of Angels is it is a bit see through so the green shows through... and I love how it matches the background!  I fussy cut it out because I love the way it looks that way and it doesn't cover up too much of the beautiful background.

And isn't it cool how the Dazzle Dust color shifts from gold to green??  So fun!  And super pretty!

I popped up all of my pieces onto the card and added just a few sequins and I was done!

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Come again soon!

You're The Best - Miss Ink Stamps

Welcome to some Miss Ink Stamps inspiration!  I am sharing a card for someone very special today!  Someone who is the best!

I started with the background.  I used the Mouse Flower Stencil to apply some Color Fuse Inks in a couple different greens.  I rinsed and dried the stencil before placing it back over the ink blended background and added some Ranger Gloss Translucent Texture Paste.  Then while it was wet I sprinkled just a little bit of glitter over it.. not evenly because I didn't want a totally glittered background but just some sparkle here and there and I figured whatever stuck... stuck!  I set it aside to dry.

I stamped, cut and colored all of my images from the Gardenia and Brewtiful stamp sets ahead of time and colored them... the flowers using some Copic in R000, R00, R01, and R02.   For the leaves I used YG01, YG03 and YG17.    

I cut a rectangle panel with a heart window by placing both dies in place at the same time and taping them in place with some washi.  That way I only had to run it through the Gemini once.  I added acetate to the inside of this panel and then foam tape around the heart and then as support to the rest of the panel.  I eyeballed where the panel would go and added some sequins to that area... just a few so that my stenciled part would still show through.

I colored the "XO" from the Brewtiful stamp set in an ombre style using the same colors as for the leaves of the flowers.  Then using varying thicknesses of foam tape, I added all of my pieces parts to the card and this sentiment from the Everyday Sentiments set!

I almost forgot about that sweet green ladybug up in the top right!  Isn't that so fun and cute!?  You can get those in the shop too right here and they come in a few different colors!

And that's me for today!  Well, no... I'm not going to tell you who it's for...lol!  But she's pretty special and I think she'll like it ok...lol!

Thanks for stopping and hope you'll come again soon!

I'm Here For You - Miss Ink Stamps

Hello!  I'm back with some more new Dazzle Dust from Miss Ink Stamps!  This time I'm playing with the Lucky Dazzle Dust and added it to some Glossy Accents to create a paste!

So pretty, right??

I added some of the Lucky Leprechaun Dazzle Dust to a jar and then squirted some glossy accents in, stirred with a spatula and tweaked it by adding a little of each until I had a consistency a little like embossing paste.  Then I placed the Leafy Green Stencil over the top of my tag and masked off the area I wanted to apply the paste to.  Using a spatula I applied the paste through the stencil and then removed the stencil.

While the paste was drying I colored my images from the Gardenia stamp set and dipped a wooden heart covered in Glossy Accents into the same glitter.

Finally the sentiment from Everyday Sentiments set and a few sequins and put it all together.

I'm playing along over at Simon Says Stamp's Wednesday Challenge which is Use A Stencil this week!  I'm also playing along over at Simon Says Challenge on Instagram "Something New"... creating glitter paste is a new technique for me!  I've never done it before, but I can tell you I am definitely going to do it again! #SSSIGCHALLENGE

I'm loving this Dazzle dust... this one goes from a beautiful gold to a deep green.  Which color will you try first??

Thanks for stopping!  Hope you'll come again soon!

International Tea Day With Miss Ink!

This is my second post for International Tea Day!  Be sure to check out our fun post over at the Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog for today!

I knew right away I wanted to use the beautiful flowers from the Gardenia set along with that pretty cup from Brewtiful.  Yes, most days the cup has coffee in it... but for today we've got some tea for you!

I love the new Slimline window dies from Trinity and decided to use it along with my images to create a pretty and fun shaker.  I used some old Lawn Fawn plaid which I tend to hoard but I probably have enough plaid paper to last long after I'm gone so I'm trying to use it a little more...lol!

I love coloring these Gardenia images ... I take a little artistic license with them and have used various colors because I can!  They are so easy to color though and with just a touch in the center I think they're just right!  And I love all of the little pieces parts and different flowers in the set so I can group them together however I wish!

And isn't that polka dot cup from the Brewtiful set so sweet?

Don't you just love shakers??  I love the sparkle and I love the sound they make when you shake them... it makes me happy...

So Happy International Tea Day!  I'm celebrating right now with some coffee, but the rest of my day will be devoted to the sweet leaf... right now I'm using some loose leaf tea from Trailhead Tea in Sedona... I use a mix of Brins Mesa Peach and Broken Arrow Apricot and I love to make iced tea with it and I drink it all week.  The folks there are so awesome so if you ever get a chance to visit, be sure you do!!  You can belly up to the bar and try some tea before you buy!  And they have bubble tea too! I usually get over to Sedona once or twice a year and in between I order my tea online.

Thank you so much for stopping!!  Come back tomorrow for some more inspiration and have a wonderful day!