ThePowerOfACard: Rainbow Tie-Dye Featuring Sponge Daubers

Tuesday, June 29, 2021

Rainbow Tie-Dye Featuring Sponge Daubers

How do you make a rainbow with only three colors? By using the Stamparatus and sponge daubers, of course! I'll show you how to get a beautiful rainbow of colors in both the background and in the sentiment by using Magenta Madness, Daffodil Delight and Bermuda Bay. The daubers help blend the colors together to give you orange and green - so pretty and so very easy! Enjoy the video and please, take the time to share it with others, give me a thumbs up and comment which is your favorite card.

Gather your supplies:

Cardstock: Thick Basic White 8-1/2" x 5-1/2"; Basic White 3-3/4" x 5", 1-1/2" x about 3"; Basic Black 3-7/8" x 5-1/8", 1-5/8" x ?? (trim to fit sentiment after it's been trimmed)
Stamp sets: Spiral Dye and Create with Friends
Ink: Magenta Madness, Daffodil Delight, Bermuda Bay, Tuxedo Black Memento
Stamparatus
Sponge Daubers
Matte Black Dots
Adhesive and Tools

Start by placing a scrap piece of paper in the Stamparatus and positioning the Tie-Dye stamp on the cover. Place the white layer down and make pencil lines where the corners are in case it moves between stampings. You might find it helpful to add just a touch of adhesive in the center like I did in the video to help hold it in place. Ink the stamp with Daffodil Delight, but only diagonally along the center of the stamp. Press firmly onto your layer.

Clean off the stamp using your Simply Shammy - you don't want to contaminate your other ink pads with any residual ink left on the stamp. Now add Magenta Madness to one of the corners. Use the daubers to soften the edges where it will overlap the yellow. This will help blend the pink and yellow to get orange. Close the cover and stamp on the layer. Repeat the cleaning, inking and daubing technique to the opposite corner with Bermuda Bay.

Time to do the same thing with the sentiment. Start by applying Daffodil Delight ink to the entire word Friends. Use the dauber to add pink to the beginning of the word, using a heavier touch at the end and fading as you approach the middle. Repeat with Bermuda Bay at the other end, then huff on the stamp (the moisture from your breath will make the image stamp better) and stamp onto the small white piece. With black ink, add Best and Forever to complete the phrase. (Penny - this is for you!)

Trim the sentiment to the desired length and mat it with black, trimming the black as needed. Mat the tie-die piece in black - both will have just the slimmest black border. Adhere the tie-dye piece to the card base (which has been scored, folded in half and burnished) with black dimensionals. (I like using black dimensionals when using dark layers, but often forget them in my drawer!) Add the sentiment with more dimensionals and embellish with black dots.

In this sample, I stamped the peach with Pale Papaya and daubed on Calypso Coral along one side. The leaves were stamped in Granny Apple Green, then daubed with Garden Green and Soft Suede for the stem. For the inside Happy Birthday sentiment, I stamped in Papaya, then daubed on Coral along the bottom edge - this gives a great ombre effect. This card features the Sweet as a Peach bundle and the Scalloped Contours dies.

The cocktails were stamped in Granny Apple Green with a daub of Bermuda Bay and Daffodil Delight with a daub of Magenta Madness - then stamped off before stamping the glass. More Scalloped Contours dies, paired with the Nothing's Better Than stamp set.

Lastly is a card using the Forever Fern stamp set (a must have!) and a new die from the Encircled in Beauty dies. I stamped the spray of greenery in Granny Apple Green and daubed on Shaded Spruce. Adding more colors to your greenery stamps is a great way to take your stamping to another level.