Tuesday 16 December 2014

A Splodgy Christmas

 
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Here's my card for today.............
 
 
I made the background with Brights Inkadinks from Imagination Crafts. Inkadinks are little bottles of waterbased pigment inks. The colours are very rich & a little goes a very long way. You can use them the same as you would use Distress or Adirondack inks for example. You can mix them together to get different colours & they will work on virtually all sorts of paper, card etc.
 
NB: the link on the website to the Inkadinks is not working at present. We'll get that fixed today.
 
I put drops of Cherry Pie, Mango & Lilac Heaven onto my craft sheet & mixed each with a little water. Then I laid a piece of watercolour card on top, moving it around slightly. I dried the card & laid it into the colours again, then dried. I think I did this about three-four times in total.
 
Once I was happy, I mixed Silver Satin Silkies with water in a spray bottle & spritzed it over the card. The Inkadinks react with the water & paint & the result is lots of shimmery splatters........




Handy hint; add the paint to the water, rather than the other way round, the paint will mix more readily.
 
I then set the card aside to dry naturally & when it had, I stamped the trees from the
Woodware Clear Magic 'Forest' set with Weathered Wood distress ink - I knew that the DI would soak into the watercolour card as it dried, leaving only a faint image.................



 
I dried the card again, then stamped the trees with embossing ink on top of the Weathered Wood trees & heat set with WOW Gold embossing powder................


 
 
I finished the card with adhesive gems, pearls & ribbon, matting & layering onto ribbed kraft card & black card, then onto a 6x6 card blank.

Inkadinks  Silkies Silver Satin Forest   WC04 Metallic Gold Rich   WA01 Clear GlossAnti-static Pad WOODWARE SPRAY BOTTLES - PACK OF 2    VersaFine Ink pad - Onyx Black    Emboss Ink Pads  


Plain Black   Ribbed Kraft Card   BLACK WITH WHITE DOTS - 15MM ORGANZA   Hobby House Midnight Magic 5mm Pearls   


Thanks for visiting the blog today. I'll be back on Friday.

Kirsten

8 comments:

  1. That looks an amazing technique, Kirsten. Every card will be unique.

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  3. Love your splodges Kirsten! Inkadinks are new to me, must investigate... Love the depth in your scene with light and dark trees stamping.

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  4. Another great card so many ideas from one set of stamps, thanks Nicola x

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  5. Love your background and the trees, great card,x

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  6. Beautiful vintage style - the inking is so soft and lush and you created the background with something that I already own - yay! I do need some Silkies and that tree stamp set though! Gorgeous card, thank you for sharing Karen x

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  7. Yet another design with the forest tree stamps. They are so versatile

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  8. A beautiful card and love the background.
    Mags
    x

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