Hello and welcome. I’m excited and honored to be joining the Altenew Blog Hop celebrating their March release with 7 stencils, 12 ink sprays, 13 colored cardstock and 7 envelopes. I have several projects to share, so let’s dive right in…
These rainbow cards were created with THIS new stencil and three of their new ink sprays…THIS yellow, THIS red, and THIS blue. By using the three primary colors, I created the orange, green, and purple hues.
For this card…
I sprayed through the stencil, overlapping colors to create secondary hues. I used a piece of typing paper as a mask as I worked my way down the pattern. I sprayed heavily to get an artsy look.
For this second card…
I kept all of the ink on the stencil from the first card and sprayed it lightly with water. I flipped it over and used it like a stamp on to my cardstock to create the reverse pattern. One thing I love about these ink sprays is they have a gorgeous shine. Check out the shine on that red….
I applied embossing paste through THIS new stencil. I colored the embossing paste with dye ink and ink sprays. I used THIS stamp set to white heat emboss the giraffe image, the sentiments, and stamp the stars.
For the blue card…
I applied some of THIS ink on to THIS craft sheet. I scooped out some of THIS white embossing paste and applied it to the craft sheet as well. I mixed them together to create a blue paste.
I did the same thing for the green card, but used THIS dye ink…
For the pink card, I used THIS red ink spray to tint the white embossing paste…
One thing to note is a little goes a long way when using these sprays to add color. They have much more pigment to them so you don’t need as much as the dye inks.
For the last card…
I white heat embossed the jellyfish images from THIS stamp set on to a piece of THIS cardstock. I used THIS blue spray ink and THIS red ink to create a purple color. I added water to the blue and purple color to create different hues and used them to apply a wash of color over the embossed images. Even after diluting the color with water, you still get the shine from the metallic shimmer sprays.
Here’s a closer look…
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March 14, 2017
Impressive cards using the stencils and sprays. My favorites are the giraffe ones.
March 14, 2017
All of your cards are amazing, I so adore the giraffe! The different ways you used the stencils was so smart and the result were fantastic! I also love your jelly fish card, they look great embossed in white with the beautiful blue/purple you created, the spray colours combine so well to create other beautiful colours.
March 14, 2017
Very cool – each of them! I really love that halftone stencil and the look. Thanks for sharing!
March 14, 2017
Look at all that shine!! I love using both sides of my stencils too, love all that spray on the second card! Thanks for the inspiration and giveaway!
March 14, 2017
Very creative! I like that you did all different looks. Each one looks nice and you have some great tips.
March 14, 2017
Very nice! I love the way you combined colors to make new ones. Thanks for the tip.
March 14, 2017
Really unique coloring and cards, Heather! The baby cards are adorable. You did such a nice job. Thanks for sharing.
March 14, 2017
Oh I love the giraffe! So darn cute. Love all your cards. : ))
March 13, 2017
Beautiful cards, love the set of baby cards with colored texture paste, and the tiny bubbles rainbow stencil cards are so bright and pretty – love the negative of that stencil on your card! Beautiful color combo for the jellyfish card too.
March 13, 2017
A fun group of cards!
March 13, 2017
Love these cards and the beautiful colors! So very pretty!
March 13, 2017
Love these stencils. You did an amazing work with them.
March 13, 2017
Thanks for sharing all your beautiful cards.
March 13, 2017
Love the idea of tinting the embossing paste with the shimmer paints. So pretty!
March 13, 2017
I just love the baby cards – that background looks like it's going to be so versatile! Thanks for sharing!