Have you see the next pre-release from Sunshine & Bee Designs. In this floral release, there is a beautiful Sweet Pea stamp set, perfect for colouring for soft delicate cards. But these images also make striking cards when combined with intense ink blending as seen in today’s card. So let’s get started!
PRODUCED AS PART OF MY DESIGN-TEAM WORK FOR SUNSHINE & BEE DESIGNS - SEE END OF POST FOR MORE DETAILS
Creating the striking background
To start off, trim a piece of purple cardstock down to 5.5″ x 4.25″. Next, using a blending brush apply Catherine Pooler Grape Crush ink to the bottom of the card panel in a circular motion. As you move up the card, lighten this near the top.
Change colours to Catherine Pooler A Queen For A Day Ink and again apply this with circular motions. This time apply the ink to about just over halfway up the panel. You may wish to go in with the previous colour to smooth the transition between the two. To intensify the colour for a striking card, add one more colour to the bottom. Here I used the dark navy Catherine Pooler Juniper Mist ink to do this.
Adding the heat embossing
For the heat embossing, make sure the panel is fully dry before stamping the Sweet Pea stamp in WOW! Clear Ultra Slow Drying embossing ink. Next, cover this with WOW! Opaque Bright White embossing powder and heat set. Repeat this several times using a variety of the stamps that come in the stamp set.
To finish the panel off, add a few paint splatters using metallic white and pale gold paint and adhere the panel to a white A5 cardbase.
Lastly, stamp the sentiment from the set in white embossing powder onto black card and foam mount onto the front.
Supplies
Ink blending for a striking card
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All other shops are not affiliated links: Bumbleberry Papercrafts (BP) and WOW! UK/US (WOW UK/US).
 Sweet Pea – Sunshine & Bee Designs Shop at: SBD |  Juniper Mist Ink – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: SB | CPD |  Juniper Mist Reinker – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: SB | CPD |
 Juniper Mist Bundle – Cathering Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD |  Grape Crush Ink – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: SB | CPD |  Grape Crush Reinker – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: SB | CPD |
 Grape Crush Bundle – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD |  Queen for a Day Ink – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: SB | CPD |  Queen for a Day Reinker – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: SB | CPD |
 Queen for a Day Ink Bundle – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD |  WOW! Clear ultra slow drying embossing ink pad Shop at: CS (UK) | CS (US) | WOW (UK) | WOW (US) |  WOW! Clear ultra slow drying embossing ink pad & refill Shop at: CS (UK) | CS (US) | WOW (UK) |
 Opaque Bright White -WOW! Embossing Powder Shop at: CS (UK) | CS (US) | WOW (UK) | WOW (US) |  Original MISTI – My Sweet Petunia Shop at: ALT | SB | HA | BP |  Gina K Designs – Connect Glue Shop at: BP |
 Scrapbook Adhesives 3D foam squares 1/4″ white Shop at: SB | BP |  “Life Changing” Blender Brushes 2 pack Shop at: SB | BP | PF |  “Life Changing” Blender Brushes 10 Pack Shop at: SB | BP | PF |
 WOW! Dual Speed Heat Gun (UK version) Shop at: CS (UK) | WOW (UK) | WOW! Dual Speed Heat Gun (US version) Shop at: WOW (US) |  Teflon Bone Folder – Lawn Fawn Shop at: BP |
 Tim Holtz 8.5 Inches Comfort Trimmer – Tonic Studios Shop at: SB | CS (UK) | CS (US) |  Trim and Score Board – We R Memory Keepers Shop at: SB | CS (UK) | CS (US) |
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DISCLOSURE
This post was produced as part of my design team work for SUNSHINE & BEE DESIGNS have not been paid to make this post, but I am given supplies from WOW! Embossing Powder to use. However, I create projects with creative control and produce projects I am proud of and with products that I love. The information provided is based on my own personal experience – I am not an expert.
3 thoughts on “Ink blending for a striking card”
The colors on this are GORGEOUS!!! I need no more inks but you make me want these!!!
Awww thanks Norlan, glad you liked it!