The beautiful butterflies in the new Night In-Flight stamp set from the new Catherine Pooler Designs Summer Nights release are so pretty and delicate that I thought that they would pair beautifully with soft ink blending. To complement it more so I went with pastel ink blending creating two cards with this technique. So let’s get started!
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Pastel ink blending: analogous colours
For this card, I used four ink colours and picked them using the Catherine Pooler Designs Ink Colour wheel. With this, I spun the inner wheel and selected 4 analogous colours on the wheel which were: Pucker Up, Grape Crush, Serenade and Oh Boy!
With a large ink blending brush, softly ink blend these colours in that order on one side of a white card panel and sweep down the bottom edge. Next stamp a selection of the butterflies from the Night In Flight stamp set in the matching colours to the ink blending underneath.
Make sure you blend the inks on the stamp with a blending brush to stamp more than one ink on a butterfly. Trim this panel down and add to a cardbase. For the sentiment, layer 3 Hello die-cuts up and add to the front and embellish with sequins from Paris and Portland Sequin mix.
Pastel ink blending: blue haze
Start off by stamping the butterfly stamp from the Night In Flight stamp set in Drive In ink onto a white card base, and also stamp the flying swirl stamp to create motion. Next, use a blending brush and blend Oh Boy ink over the butterfly to create a soft pastel haze.
With a clear Tombow blender pen, pick up Drive In ink and colour in the butterfly. The colour will blend out allowing you to create shading. Stamp in embossing ink a sentiment from the Night In Flight stamp set and heat emboss in gold embossing powder.
Trim the panel down and foam mount onto a white card base. Lastly, embellish with sequins from the Kyto Sequin Mix.
Supplies
Pastel ink blending
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 Summer Nights I Want It All Bundle – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD |  Night In Flight Bundle – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD |  Night In Flight stamp – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB | SBP |
 Hello die – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD |  Night In Flight Die – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB | SBP |  Camping Lantern Die – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB | SBP |
 Capture the Flag Die – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB | SBP |  Oh Boy! Ink Pad – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB |  Oh Boy! Reinker – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB |
 Pucker Up Ink – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB | WOW (US) |  Pucker Up reinker – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB | WOW (US) |  Grape Crush Ink – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB | BP |
 Grape Crush Reinker – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB | BP |  Drive-in Ink – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB | BP |  Drive-in Reinker – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB | BP |
 Serenade Ink – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB | BP |  Serenade Reinker – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB | BP |  WOW! Clear ultra slow drying embossing ink pad Shop at: CPD | CS (UK) | CS (US) | WOW (UK) | WOW (US) |
 WOW! Clear ultra slow drying embossing ink refill Shop at: CPD | CS (UK) | CS (US) | WOW (UK) | WOW (US) |  Metallic Gold Rich Pale – WOW! Embossing Powder Shop at: CS (UK) | CS (US) | WOW (UK) | WOW (US) |  Portland Sequin Mix – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB | BP |
 Kyto Sequin Mix – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB | BP | SBP |  Paris Sequin Mix – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB | BP |  Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110lb Cardstock Shop at: SB | BP | SBP |
Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80lb Cardstock Shop at: BP |  Original MISTI 2.0 – My Sweet Petunia Shop at: ALT | CPD | SB | SP | BP | SBP |  Double-sided adhesive sheets – Altenew Shop at: ALT | BP |
 Precision Glue XL – Hero Arts Shop at: SB | SP | BP |  Scrapbook Adhesives 3D foam squares 1/4″ white Shop at: CPD | SB | BP |  Large Blending Brushes 4 pack – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB | BP |
 WOW! Dual Speed Heat Gun (UK version) Shop at: CS (UK) | WOW (UK) | WOW! Dual Speed Heat Gun (US version) Shop at: CPD | WOW (US) |  Crafter’s Essential Bone Folder – Altenew Shop at: ALT | SB | 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) |  Blender Pen by Tombow Shop at: CPD |
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This post was produced as part of my Brand Ambassador work for Catherine Pooler Designs I have not been paid to make this post, but I am given supplies from Catherine Pooler Designs 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.
