Hello all,
Tons to do today but I decided to take some time this morning to play with the new Make it Monday video - "Ink Pads as Watercolors" over at Nichole Heady's blog for Papertrey Ink: HERE. Dawn did a great job demonstrating this technique in her video and I decided to give it a go.
Here is my card:
I stayed very close to Dawn's original card. I don't have the dahlias set (Hmmm - may need to remedy that soon!) so after hunting through my stamps I decided to use Delightful Doilies to make my flowers. And for the leaves (and little vines) I pulled out Strawberry Patch. I stamped the background using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. Then to "paint" my card I used the following inks: Raspberry Fizz, Autumn Rose, Sweet Blush, Simply Chartreuse, and Prima's "Summer Field".
I used the same sentiment that Dawn used in her card from the Tagged Sentiments set. The only change I made was that I turned the sketch at the end because I made a stamping error and had to trim my cardstock down and mat it with black to make it all come together. I thought it looked better horizontally in the end. I also impressed my card base with the linen impression plate to add some interest and dimension to the background.
I also got (once again!) some little smudges of ink on my white card base. Please ignore it in the pictures! I try so hard to not have this happen but it did -again! Does anyone know of any tricks for taking ink smudges off? I tried an eraser with no luck and I don't have enough time to re-do my card right now! I hope someone knows a way to fix it. When I worked in banking we had this solution that took ink off of checks if we needed to fix the amount for some reason....wish I had some of that at home! LOL!
That is it for me today...thanks so much for taking a look at my card. I would love to know what you think of it and this technique! I hope you find time to play along!
: ) Jill
Tons to do today but I decided to take some time this morning to play with the new Make it Monday video - "Ink Pads as Watercolors" over at Nichole Heady's blog for Papertrey Ink: HERE. Dawn did a great job demonstrating this technique in her video and I decided to give it a go.
Here is my card:
I also got (once again!) some little smudges of ink on my white card base. Please ignore it in the pictures! I try so hard to not have this happen but it did -again! Does anyone know of any tricks for taking ink smudges off? I tried an eraser with no luck and I don't have enough time to re-do my card right now! I hope someone knows a way to fix it. When I worked in banking we had this solution that took ink off of checks if we needed to fix the amount for some reason....wish I had some of that at home! LOL!
That is it for me today...thanks so much for taking a look at my card. I would love to know what you think of it and this technique! I hope you find time to play along!
: ) Jill
Great card, love the dark ink with the colors! I've also tried the eraser trick with smudges, sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't! Would love to know another trick too though! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteJill, your card is darling!! I'm so glad you got to play along! No tips for removing ink....my best suggestion is to disguise it or re-do it! Haha!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card, Jill! I don't see the smudges you are talking about, but if you notice my cards always have lots of added embellishments (they do the trick as cover ups :)
ReplyDeleteThis is ever so pretty, Jill! LOVE those soft pinks and purples with your pops of lime green! Delish!
ReplyDeleteWhat a gorgeous card - I loved how you placed your stamps -- and how creative you were to combine the stamps sets!
ReplyDeleteWOW! This is such a beautiful card! Great job! I love the colors and the images you've used.
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely card. So elegant.
ReplyDeleteYou did so well, Jill! I don't notice any smudges at all. Love the way you filled up your card, it's so beautiful!
ReplyDeleteBeautifully coloured, and fabulous stamping! Such a pretty card.
ReplyDeleteHi Jill ! I don't see the smudges . But sometimes can't you take out the smudges with you photo editing. This turned out very pretty looks like a lot of work but fun to make. Can't wait to make one.
ReplyDeleteSo pretty Jill! Lovin' all the doily images!
ReplyDeleteSo pretty Jill and I love the way you used the doilies as flowers!!!!
ReplyDeleteJill, what FABULOUS colors! Such a BEAUTIFUL CARD! LOVE your stamping!
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