Ink smooshing with Encircled in Nature

Did you see my last post sharing the easy, but fun technique of ink smooshing?  It is a great technique for original backgrounds that you can then die cut or use to stamp on and lots more.  There are a few ways to do it so check out my video to see the ways I did it. 

For this particular card I created a background using the technique onto watercolour paper fluid 100 and then die cut the part I wanted and positioned it in the aperture created using the same die on a piece of white card. I'd already stamped the wreath image on the white card.  I stamped and die cut some of the trees from the Encircled in Nature bundle to add more depth and detail and also stamped the moon and stars onto my die cut ink smooshed piece.  I raised the white layer on Stampin' dimensionals. 

I added a sentiment from the same stamp set, but this could be quickly adapted to be a super Christmas card for anyone creating cards for Christmas in July.  

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Have a great week.

Hugs Zoe x

Ink smooshing for Totally Techniques Blog Hop

 

Hi lovely crafty followers it's our May Totally Techniques blog hop today with international Stampin' Up! demonstrators sharing tips and ideas for using the ink smooshing technique.  It's great for creating fun backgrounds for things like submarines and also for creating fun patterns and colour combos on watercolour paper that you can use for die cutting.

I used the Submarine Life stamp and punch bundle to create a fun card to say hello, but the set includes several fun sentiments that could be used and how you set your scene is up to you.  Let's face it who doesn't love a 'yellow submarine' and now you have an ear worm for the rest of the day!  In a past life I spent a little time on a submarine and it was fun. Just like Stampin' Up! has brought lots of new friends and contacts I have lots of fond memories of a previous role where I have great friends now retired from submarines so that is why this bundle of products appealed to me. 

My video shows how to create the ink smooshed background and then I've added an underwater scene using the stamps from the set and a little fussy cutting.  It was fun to create and I know it will bring a smile to the person I'm planning to send it to.  

I used the ink on the glass mat version to lift ink with a piece of window sheet to colour a white heat embossed image for the next card.  It looked a little messy with the whole piece of watercolour paper, but die cut it gives a more arty view and layered onto an embossed background it tones it down.  I embossed the background using my scoreboard which made the even distances really easy to achieve.  The Layers of Beauty bundle is proving popular.  It's hard to believe how many different way you can use this set.  If you haven't fallen for it yet you may want to look out for our June promotion starting on the 5th when you can get a bonus extra 10% off bundles for the remainder of June.  

Thanks for visiting this blog hop I hope you enjoy touring all our different posts to gain lots of tips and ideas.  

Happy stamping

Hugs Zoe x

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