On the Blackboard

 On the Blackboard

stamped used:  Altenew stamp co. Tea for two

This card was done for my local card swap, which we do monthly.  But I'm behind in showing my cards here on my blog.  This was done for the month we did technique as the theme.  Mostly you use black cardstock to represent a blackboard, but I find it fun to change it up and use other color cardstocks for a little different effect. This technique is also called chalkboard technique but whatever you call it ... it is a unique technique. In the above picture you can see I used black, tan, and dark blue cardstocks.

The idea behind this technique is for the image to look as if it has been drawn on a blackboard.  I used black cardstock then stamped the teapot with a clear embossing ink pad, heat emboss it with white embossing powder.  Next smudge on some white pigment ink with a sponge dauber.  I find the sponge dauber works better than blending brushes for this technique.  Then just embellish however you like to finish the card. 

You can see more on this post and if you type blackboard or chalkboard in search bar you can see even more on this technique.

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Friend

 Friend

I discovered from Penny Black what they call creative dies or die edgers.  From my cards you can see I used their friend edger, which also has a friend (sayings) builder set.  The friend builder set compliments the edger with a bunch of sayings.  The edger part of the die, cuts out the wavy background card.  Then you die cut the word friend separately, and glue on the wavy background card.  It's two dies that you die cut by themselves, then glue on top of each other.

stamps/supplies used:  PB friend edger & friend builder set, Altenew Pine Forest EF & stencils

I combined the PB edger, friend builder set with Altenew Pine Forest embossing folder/layering stencils. After embossing the green card with Pine forest embossing folder ... I lightly dragged a white pigment ink pad over it to highlight the trees.

stamps/supplies used:  PB edger, friend builder set, Altenew Moroccan tile embossing folder

In this card I used the same PB edger, friend builder set with Altenew embossing folder.  Both of the above cards also used Unity stamp company scallop, and stitched die set.  On this blue card I lightly dragged a silver pigment ink pad over the tile embossing folder to highlight it.

Hope you enjoyed these cards, and the technique of dragging ink pad over embossing image to highlight it.

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Playing with white ink

 Playing with white ink

stamps used:  Altenew stamp co., Judi-Kins

I am having fun using my white pigment ink for backgrounds, and making oval spots.  All these cards were inspired by Nicole Watt of Pixel Maven's Retreat blog, and you tube videos.  

Top card:

Inked big background with white in then, placed pinkish cardstock layer on stamp.  I place the card to stamp because it is a big wood mounted background stamp.  The saying is curved to fit inside the circle die, and the cupcake is mounted foam mounting tape to give a lift off the card.

Bottom cards:

Horizontal card has white pigment ink on dark blue card.  Oval is made by twisting white pigment ink pad to make the oval shape.  Leaves image is stamped with blue ink and die cut then mounted with foam tape.  The saying is embossed with white ink and powder.

Vertical card has a brown layer.  Repeat all above steps except instead of blue ink use brown ink.

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White ink fun

 White ink fun

stamps used:  Altenew stamp set and SU

These card were inspired by Nicole Watts of Pixel Maven's Retreat.  Basically what you do is stamp small images all over card layer, in this case one is black and the other is green.  Place a white pigment ink pad on the card layer and swirl it around to make an organic circle of white ink.  Stamp saying with permanent black ink then add stamped die cut leaf image with mounting tape.  

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