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Simon Says Stamp | Alcohol Pearl Inks Rainbow Backgrounds (Thinking of You Cards)

Hello inky friends! Creating colorful thinking of you/sympathy style cards are one of my favorite ways to send sunshine to someone who is going through a tough time or who has lost a loved one. To balance out the color, I did some Alcohol Lift Ink stamping with a Beautiful Flowers 2 image and finished with a stacked die cut greeting and stamped and embossed sentiment strips on vellum. The Mini Flowers & Leaves were die cut from trimmed strips of the alcohol inked backgrounds in order to not waste any of the pretty paper!

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Watch the creation of these alcohol pearl inked rainbow background cards from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:

 

The new Alcohol Pearl Inks in Deception, Splendor, Alchemy, Sublime, Tranquil, and Villainous were used with the Ranger Alcohol Ink Tools paintbrushes to create "controlled" rainbow striped alcohol inked backgrounds on Yupo Paper.

I set aside the backgrounds to completely air dry. The drying process can be sped up with a heat tool, if you wish, as well. When I am creating alcohol inked backgrounds I prefer to made several at once while the supplies are out and my work surface is already messy!

The large floral image from the Beautiful Flowers 2 Stamp Set was placed in a MISTI, inked with Alcohol Lift Ink and stamped over the rainbow backgrounds. The ink was then blotted dry with a clean paper towel and finally buffed to reveal the lift image of the flowers!

I trimmed each background a bit differently  to remove any area that wasn't stamped as nice as others. Each panel measures 4" x 5 1/4". I kept all the scraps to die cut later.

The Thinking of You Die was die cut three times each for every card, adhered one on top of another and glued to the backgrounds as shown.

Additional sentiments from the Moments of Grace Stamp Set were stamped on vellum with clear embossing ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder before being die cut with a Nested Banners Die. The vellum banners were run through a Xyron Sticker Maker and adhered over the background. I love that by using vellum, the beautiful backgrounds are still visible!

Mini Flowers & Leaves were die cut from the leftover alcohol pearl inked backgrounds and adhered to the design to a bit of embellishment. The center of the flowers were adorned with Pretty Pink Posh White Jewels.

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STAMPTEMBER TIM HOLTZ | COLORING DIRECTLY ON STAMPS WITH DISTRESS MARKERS

Tim Holtz is bringing us today's highly anticipated exclusive limited edition stamp/die set for Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember with this stamp/stencils combo. I'm sharing some cards created by coloring directly on the stamps with Distress Markers and stamping the images on

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Watch the creation of these holiday cards from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:  

To bring these gorgeous Tim Holtz STAMPtember stamp set images to life I used a stamp positioner and Distress Markers to color in parts of the image at a time, repeatedly stamp them and layer colors until I was happy with the result. Then I stamped the entire image with a clear embossing ink and heat set the design with clear embossing powder before adding the background inking and color to complete the design.

 

The images from the Tim Holtz STAMPtember stamp set were colored in with Distress Markers and stamped on Bristol Smooth Cardstock, layering the colors until the image was colored the way I wanted. Once the image(s) was perfectly stamped, I cleaned the stamp and stamped the image again with clear embossing ink and heat set the image with clear embossing ink. A stamp positioner tool makes this super easy and you don't have to worry about lining up the image every time!

I inked over the entire background with Evergreen Bough Distress Ink and then stamped the music notes image repeatedly over the background for a tone-on-tone effect. Any ink sitting on top of the embossed area was easily removed with a dry paper towel. 

The background was trimmed down into a thinner strip and greetings from the Tim Holtz STAMPtember stamp set were stamped on the dry background with clear embossing ink and heat set with Antique Gold Embossing Powder.

The backgrounds were adhered to white side fold card bases and framed up with thin strips of Lawn Fawn Paper Bag cardstock. 

Snowflake sequins from Hero Arts and Honey Bee Stamps and mini gold star confetti were scattered throughout each background to complete the design.

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Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember | Tim Holtz

Today we're celebrating STAMPtember®  with the new Tim Holtz exclusive stamp/stencil set! Special thanks to Tim for collaborating on this exciting celebration!  

Tim's exclusive for STAMPtember is always highly anticipated and this year's set is no exception! Fantastic deer, tree ring image, greetings, trees, postage stamps images, backgrounds, and stencil images make the Tim Holtz STAMPtember 2017 set a must-have! Available while supplies last. So many ways to use this set for fantastic winter/Christmas themed cards. For my card shares today, I created two totally different cards that both feature a deer image. One card is a winter shaker with images stamped inside the shaker and on the transparency window for a dimensional winter scene with a blue background and black silhouette images. The second card is more of a woodland design with the tree ring repeatedly stamped on kraft cardstock, inked, paint splattered and then decorated with an embossed deer and greeting strips.

For the winter scene shaker card, I started with some Canson watercolor cardstock and stamped trees on the background with Black Soot Distress Oxide Ink and heat embossed the images with clear embossing powder. 

A 1 1/4" circle was punched from masking paper and adhered to the background. Part of the bottom of the panel around the trees was masked off as well to create the illusion of "snow" along the bottom. Stars from the Tim Holtz STAMPtember 2017 stamp set were stamped all over the top of the panel using Versamark Ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder. Faded Jeans Distress Oxide Ink and Black Soot Distress Oxide Ink was applied over the background. The masks and embossed images resisted the ink. I removed the masks and painted the moon with Starry Colors watercolors and dried it quickly with a heat tool.

Additional trees, deer, and greetings from the Tim Holtz STAMPtember 2017 set were stamped on a clear transparency using black StazOn ink. I love stamping both the inside and window of a shaker card for a dimensional scene.

The panel was die cut with a Stitched Rectangle Die to create a frame.

The shaker background was adhered to a white top fold card base. Two layers of foam tape were used to frame up the background and the shaker was filled with Honey Bee Stamps Ice Chips Glitter and Lawn Fawn Prisma Glitter. The transparency window was adhered behind the frame  and secured to the card. 

Nuvo Crystal Drops in Autumn Red was used to give Rudolph a red nose to finish the design!

For my second card, I repeatedly stamped the tree ring from the Tim Holtz STAMPtember 2017 stamp set with Vintage Photo Distress Oxide Ink. With a light hand, I applied additional Vintage Photo ink over the tree rings and background.

Picket Fence Distress paint was watered down with water and flicked over the background with a small paintbrush.

Once dry, a deer from the stamp set was stamped with Black Soot Distress Oxide Ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder. 

Greetings from the stamp set were stamped on Lawn Fawn Chili Powder cardstock using Versamark Ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder. The greetings were trimmed into thin strips and adhered underneath the embossed deer. A red nose was added to the deer with the Nuvo Crystal Drops in Autumn Red.

The panel was adhered to a white top fold card base to finish the design.

V I D E O  T U T O R I A L

Watch the creation of these Christmas cards from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:

S U P P L I E S

Below you will find links to the supplies used to create this project(s). Click the icon for the store underneath the thumbnails to start shopping. Where available I use compensated affiliate links at no extra cost to you. Your support helps me to keep bringing you new projects and videos. Thank you!