Happy Monday everyone! When I saw the CAS challenge on SCS today was to use 3 shades of blue and an option of birds I sort of had this idea in mind. I haven’t done any acrylic block stamping in a while and I thought I could do the 3 shades of blue then add this silhouette on top. I have to say…it actually turned out pretty much what I had in mind.
It did take me two tries to get the ‘background’ the way I wanted it but what I did was this…
- Make sure your acrylic block is completely clean
- Ink the entire block with Soft Sky
- Ink the bottom 2/3 of the block with Marina Mist
- Ink the bottom of the block with Night of Navy
- LIGHTLY MIST with water
- Stamp on cardstock.
I have to say…I was so happy with the way this turn out. Then I just made sure it dried good before using.
This is an extremely easy card…
- Whisper White – 4 1/4 x 11 folded
- Stamp greeting using StazOn Jet Black
- Whisper White – 3 x 3 1/4
- Stamp with acrylic block using method above
- Stamp birds on a branch using StazOn Jet Black
- Add using dimensionals
Yep…it took me longer to the blog post then it did to do card!
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| Set(s): | Serene Silhouettes, A Dozen Thoughts |
| Paper: | Whisper White |
| Ink: | StazOn Jet Black, Soft Sky, Marina Mist, Night of Navy |
| Other: | Dimensionals |
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Love this card…
I totally love this one!
Love this card, it’s beautiful…did you ink the acrylic block with the stampin’ pads or with the refill inks?
The block was inked with stamp pads
Mary
thanks!
gorgeous card Mary ;0) Can you emboss on top of this background if you let it dry first? Just wondering lol
I can’t see why you couldn’t. You would just need to make sure it was completely dry before you did this. I would also use the embossing buddy…just to be sure.
that looks incredible. now i NEED that set!
that looks absolutely incredible. what a great mood you created! now i need that set!
So simple and yet so beautiful!
Love it. Thanks for sharing. Mary
Is that cut out with a square nestibillitie?
No…I cut a piece of Whisper White 3 x 3 1/4 and stamped the ‘colored’ background using an acrylic block.
Mary
beautiful card, simple but elegant… thanks for sharing
I love this card……I am interested in the Creations that you offer….is this an online class?? Can you explain what it is to me??
Here’s the link to information about this…
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Mary
Sounds like fun…..this class has already started. Can I join now?
We just started on Sunday and yes, you can join at any time. You will see the card sets that have been shared so far this week then can see the card sets each day as they are shared.
Mary
Lovely card!