Today’s card features a bunch of tropical flowers colored with the “ink to stamp” technique.
Bunch of Kindness
My inspiration was from the Fusion Challenge: a sketch, bright colors and a sentiment of “kindness.”
The first thing I did was search for a sentiment expressing kindness, and found this one from the Waterfront Stamp Set. I stamped it in Memento Black Ink on Thick Whisper White Cardstock, and used a Stitched Shapes Oval Die for cutting.
“Every little kindness makes the world brighter” fit nicely at the top of the largest oval. Then, I placed the oval on Dimensionals on Whisper White Cardstock, embossed with the Basket Weave Embossing Folder. I used the “debossed” side, and glued it to a Thick Whisper White card base.
Now, for the “ink to stamp” coloring technique. Gather several Stampin’ Write Markers in colors that you want to use for the flowers. Simply, use the brush end of the Marker to color part of the stamp, adding a second and third color to the uncolored areas of the stamp. Some overlapping will happen, and this creates even more varying shades. I love the watercolored effect of this technique.
The Tropical Dies Set has a die for cutting the flowers, and they were placed on Dimensionals for a 3D bunch of flowers.
I wanted die-cut, 3D, ferns, so a different coloring method came into play, but still using Stampin’ Write Markers.
Stripes of green were painted across Thick Whisper White Cardstock, and then three ferns were cut with the die from the Tropical Dies Set.
I could have used solid green cardstock, but I like the variation in color that this creates.
This picture makes it clear:
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Su, I love this card and I’m CASEing it for my class giving you full credit!
I love the sweet little flower in this stamp set . Thanks for the hint of using a variety of pinks I will definitely try it plus the multi greens for the fern .
Pretty pretty card !!
This card is beautiful! I will try this technique.
Yep!! This is definitely a ‘must do’ technique!! Thanks!!
Beautiful card….I love the two techniques. Neither is too hard to do but the results look high level. TFS
Love how you did the fern. Thanks for sharing. Card is gorgeous.
This is so pretty! I love how you got all that color on the leaves and that amazing texture from the embossed background!
Gorgeous card, Su! I love how you layered those pretty blooms and how you used several shades of green for the leaves…the variation is quite lovely! A beautiful take on the sketch, too! Thank you so much for playing along with us at Fusion!
Thank you Barbara! The Fusion challenge provides great inspiration, and I enjoy playing along!
Just saw your post on the Demo Planning Place. Love your technique with the fern; TFS!
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This is so pretty. I love the way you did the fern leaves. Very creative. I will have to try that. TFS
You’re welcome, JoAnn! I’m happy you like it. Thank you!
What a great technique for adding texture to the leaves. I’ll definitely be trying this.
Thank you, Barbara! I’m glad you’ll be giving it a try!
Love how you colored the card stock for the leaves — will be trying this out today! Thanks for all the inspiration!
I’m so glad I inspired you! It’s a fun technique. Thank you, Laurie!
Love the colouring on this gorgeous card. I sometimes forget to color with Stampin rite markers
Thank you, Ina! We have so many wonderful products; sometimes I forget also!
Love the way the mix of greens adds an extra zing to the leaves. Really cool card!
Thank you, Stephanie! The leaves were fun to do, and I’m so glad you like the results!
All of your inking tips are terrific – with beautiful results! And I love how you flipped the embossing pattern! Gorgeous card!
Thank you, Linda! It’s so nice to know you appreciate my tips. And, I appreciate your nice comment!