Blending brushes are one of my favorite tools. It is easy to add color softly and smoothly and you can use brushes to coordinate with your stamped images by blending in the same ink color. Watch the video to see these fabulous brushes in action. I'm using a beautiful stamp set you can get for free with a $100 purchase during Sale-a-Bration (which concludes at the end of this month). Get yours while you can!
Gather your supplies:
- Cardstock: Mossy Meadow 5-1/2" x 8-1/2", scored at 4-1/4" and 4-1/8" x 2-3/4"; Basic White 3-9/16" x 4-7/9" and 4-1/8" x 2-3/4" to cut with the 4th largest Stitched Rectangle Die
- Ink: Mossy Meadow and Pear Pizzazz
- Stamp set: A Touch of Ink
- Dies: Stitched Rectangles
- Mossy Meadow Braided Linen Trim
- Adhesive and Tools
Stamp your images of the leaves first using Mossy Meadow for the outline, and then Pear Pizzazz stamped off for the inside portion. Add your message and layer this piece onto the Mossy Meadow layer. Tie a knot with the linen trim (which I forgot to do in the video - oops!). Set this aside.
Now, protect your surface with scrap paper. Pick up some Pear Pizzazz ink with a blending brush and start on your scrap paper, working your way to the corner of your larger white panel. Swirl the color on gently, remembering that you can always add more color but you can't take it away. When you are satisfied with the amount of blending, switch to the opposite corner. Add a little Mossy Meadow to just the corner to add depth. Adhere this panel to your card base and then add the center panel with Dimensionals.
When I'm done, I wipe my brush back and forth on the scrap paper to remove as much ink as I can. When you can see no more coloration on your paper, you can use the brush for other colors. Alternatively, you can rinse your brush with water, or my favorite, put some rubbing alcohol on a paper towel and swirl the brush on that. I find this second method removes any excess ink and doesn't get your brush too wet.
You can make an ombre look simply by blending from dark to light on your panel. It helps if you stamp full strength with your flower image in the same color until about mid way on the panel, then switch to stamped off flowers.
On this card, I used two colors - Balmy Blue at the top and Pear Pizzazz on the bottom. It's a nice way to add sky and ground around your floral images.
When you heat emboss with white, you can blend over the image. On this card, I used Granny Apple Green, Daffodil Delight and finally, Pacific Point. After you are done blending, wipe off the embossed image with a soft cloth - this will remove any excess ink and brighten the embossed image again. By the way, this uses two more stamp sets that can be chosen for FREE during Sale-a-Bration!
My last example also uses two colors (Granny Apple Green and Pretty Peacock). On the white panel, which is done similarly to my panel in the video, I added post it notes in each corner, leaving just a small portion of white. I blended with my two colors, strong at the corner and fading to nothing. When you remove the post it notes, you're left with a stunning boarder. This one is my favorite - can you tell?
Karen
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