Tuesday 7 February 2012

Experimenting....

....with inks is interesting. Some experiments are below.  You see, I got a new mask in the mail from Prima. 'Nuf said?  Then, Andrea at Annabelle Stamps has opened a new web site called Stamp, Embellish, Create and you are all invited to join.  Well, she is having a play with Distress inks in her first Topical Tuesday Tutorial - you watch the video, and then have a go yourself and upload the result!  Mmm- so I had a go and CASed her card and here it is:


Too bright? The image is one of Annabelle Stamps from a set called Sentimental Bluebells but my flowers are pink because I know they come in different colours, I grow them in my garden! I used Distressed Inks - Scattered Straw, Faded Jeans and Forest Moss sponged onto the stamp to stamp it, and the sentiment (same set) is just stamped in Faded Jeans.  I used Rangers Raspberry alcohol ink to make the middle background and then picked up some of this colour from the sponge with a paper Stix and used that to put some colour into the bells. Card is SU Whisper White and the ribbon is from the stash.

Now the other experiments:


This is the mask and the various sprays used to colour the paper


The one below used some of the Distressed inks I have


Then I tried chalks (below)


And then I gave it a go with the brayer and SU ink


Haven't done anything with them yet -still cogitating! 

3 comments:

A Consuming Passion said...

So clever! Saw it over at Stamp, Embellish, Create and had to check out your blog! Great work!!!

Dr Sonia S V said...

WOW Awesome technique Susan... I should try it!
Cheers
Sonia
cardsandschoolprojects.blogspot.com

Monica said...

How neat are all those techniques, am sure you will make something super... thanks for sharing. My fave is the one with chalks.

And I love those pink bells. Lol. Very lovely card.
Monica xxx