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Simon Says Stamp Hey Bestie and Love You More Release Blog Hop- Day 2
January 11, 2020
Hi everyone! Welcome to Hey Bestie and Love You More Blog hop by Simon Says Stamp!
There are so many beautiful papercraft supplies in this release but the new Peony Bouquet stencil is a must-have.
I couldn't stop using it!! I wanted to try different ink qualities and color combos to see how they look and I filmed the process!
If you don't fancy long videos you can watch a 3-minutes video here to see how I made this cards.
Painting Through Stencils
Using the stencil as you see in my video above was very relaxing.
At some stage, I felt I was painting through the stencil so although we are not really painting there is still an artistic and creative process in which we shape the gorgeous stenciled flowers with a brush and ink.
So that's why I dared to call my video painting through stencils... although technically we just might be doing ink blending.
Top Tips
- You can use any ink to create these backgrounds.
- It is essential to use makeup - brushes for a smooth ink application.
- Start working from the lightest to darkest ink colors.
- Do not cover a layer of color with others, instead allow each ink color to be seen in the final result.
- For smaller areas, you can use small brushes and for larger areas, you can use larger brushes but of course, you can work with what you have.
Distress Inks
The first inks I tried were Distress inks Oxide and traditional. This seems to be always the first choice!
These inks are great for ink blending. They are the smoothest inks and easy to apply on smooth cardstock. I love to use them on Smooth Strathmore Bristol paper and I even like the ivory color of the paper as it also looks like cotton paper or watercolor paper.
Distress Inks dry fast and they are waterbased so you can also apply different coloring techniques with them achieving lose watercolor looks and vibrant colors.
Ink Colour -Leaves | Bundled Sage, Mowed Lawn.
Paper | ARCHES cold press watercolor paper, Tonic Ivory White Card Blanks - Imperial Blue Mirror Glossy Card.
Ink Colour -Leaves | Bundled Sage, Mowed Lawn.
Paper | Bristol, Purple Mist Mirror Satin Card, Tonic Ivory White Card Blanks.
Simon Says Stamp Die Inks
I really love the look and feel of stenciled images using Simon Says Stamp dye inks.
The inks produce a velveted look hard to describe but very unique and pretty.
Although these inks are not as easy to blend as distress inks you can still achieve smooth transitions using makeup brushes.
The only tip I might share here is that would be great to tap the brush on a glass mat or over the stencil before applying the brush on the paper to avoid patches of ink as the first load of the ink will be discharged directly from the brush on a specific area of the paper and depending the ink color you are using the patches can be more noticeable but hey! sometimes the patches are nice too and intentional.
Ink Colour- Leaves | Green Apple, Sunshine.
Paper | Bristol, Tonic Ivory White Card Blanks .
Ink Colour -Leaves | Green Apple, Sunshine.
Paper | Bristol, Tonic Ivory White Card Blanks.
Spectrum Noir Harmony Opaque Inks
Several months go I received a couple of testers of the new Spectrum Noir opaque inks. I guess these inks will be available everywhere soon! I hope so.
So Peony Bouquet stencil was the perfect crafty supply to give them a try.
These inks are creamy and when applying them on the paper you will feel like if you were applying clear sticky ink but these inks are loaded with colour.
You can use them on dark paper too!
They are slow drying so they are designed to do embossing as well.
So I made a couple of panels with this bold inks also to share bold sentiments from Miss You Missi, the stamp set is so gorgeous.
Paper | Bristol, Tonic Ivory White Card Blanks.
Paper | Bristol, Tonic Ivory White Card Blanks
Bonus Project
The size is up to you
I used some of the panes I didn't use for this blog post to try the new Nested Tags die set included in this release.
Last Christmas I made the tags here and these die set will be an awesome replacement for the die set I used and that has been retired from the market.
So although these tags are super simple I really wanted to share the extra idea.
You can make projects in any size using this beautiful stencil.
Blog Hop
The next in the hop is the super talented Gayatri Murali. Make sure to keep hopping to see what everyone is making!
- Debby Hughes
- Laura Bassen
- Yana Smakula
- Yoonsun Hur
- Amanda Korotkova
- Amy Rysavy
- Bibi Cameron You are here!!
- Gayatri Murali
- Marge Yoon
- Vicky Papaioannou
- Emma Williams
- Crystal Thompson
- Preeti Chandran
Giveaway
Simon Says Stamp is giving away a $25 coupon to every stop on the hop from the blog comment section.Winner will be chosen over the weekend and post on the Simon Says Stamp blog on Wednesday, the 15th of January.
Make sure to check to visit the Simon Says Stamp blog on Wednesday to check if you are a happy winner!
That's all for today.
Happy crafting!
Supplies List
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Thanks for your support!
