Livin' the Flip Flop Life Watercolor Card

Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Hello everyone! Heidi Blankenship, here today to share a fun and colorful summertime card with you.  I used some of the rubber stamps from the Summer Fun 2016 collection from Pink Ink Stamp Company to create an embossed resist watercolor card. This is almost a layer card.  I used Versa Mark ink to randomly stamp the Flowery Flip Flops stamp on to a piece of Strathmore mixed media paper.  Then I added white embossing powder and used a heat tool to melt and heat set the powder.  Next I used Distress Inks on a craft mat and added water to them to create the rainbow watercolor look on the card front.  I added clean water to the entire piece of paper and then added the color.  Doing this helps the colors to flow and blend together.  I added a couple of layer of color and used a heat tool to speed up the drying time. These are the colors of Distress Ink I used -- picked raspberry, ripe persimmon, squeezed lemonade, mowed lawn, salty ocean, seedless preserved. Once the paper was dry I used a slightly damp paper towel to wipe off the excess ink on top of the embossing.  Doing this will really help to make the white embossed areas pop.  Next I stamped the Flip Flop Life sentiment on to a piece of velum using Versa Mark ink and heat set with white embossing powder. I taped the velum to the back side of the card.  Then I added some white craft foam to the back of the paper using scor-tape.  I mounted the card front to an A2 top folding white card base. To finish off the card I added some crystal reflections sequins for a little bit of sparkle. I love how the sequins match the rainbow colors so perfectly. I hope you enjoyed today's card!  Thanks so much for stopping by the Pink Ink Blog.  I hope you have a beautiful and creative day! Heidi To find the Pink Ink products used please visit Ellen Hutson LLC:  2272J Flowery Flip Flops 10134 Flip Flop Life You can also visit Pink Ink's website to find a local store near you that carries our stamps, or to order wholesale.

Summer Sketch Book

Hello Pink Ink Fans -- Sharon Harnist back with you today, with a fun Summer project! My youngest daughter has always loved drawing and has taken a renewed interest in it again lately. To help nurture her talent, I customized a sketch book for her using most all of Pink Ink's fabulous latest summer stamp release! I love all the beachy, summery images and hope these will help inspire my daughter over the summer!  And since this is a sketch book, I thought it would be appropriate to keep the images stamped in just black ink. I used Memento Tuxedo Black ink and was very pleased with how well the images stamped out on the leather cover!  Don’t you love all the amazing details in these images?!! On the inside cover page I stamped Beach Cabanas #2274L and colored it with Copic markers: Fun, aren't they?!!  I also tested out coloring Flowery Flip Flops #2272J on the back leather cover, and think it turned out pretty well! You just have to experiment with your color selection, when coloring onto a darker surface like this leather.  You could use kraft cardstock to practice, before committing to a cover like this. Thanks so much for joining me today -- Happy Summer! ~ Sharon Pink Ink products used, available online through Ellen Hutson LLC: -----SUPPLIES----- Pink Ink Wood Mount Stamp, Beach Cabanas Pink Ink Wood Mount Stamp, Flowery Flip Flops Pink Ink Wood Mount Stamp, Just Woody Pink Ink Wood Mount Stamp, Tippy Canoe Pink Ink Wood Mount Stamp, Beach Sign Pink Ink Wood Mount Stamp, Sand Castle Pink Ink Wood Mount Stamp, Flip Flop Life Pink Ink Wood Mount Stamp, Beachtown Fence Pink Ink Wood Mount Stamp, Sandy Toes Or check Pink Ink's website to find a local store near you that carries our stamps, or to order wholesale.

26/05/2016

Hello Friends! Debbie Seyer here today to share with you a fun card I created using the Flowery Flip Flops stamp. I don't know about you but as soon as it's semi warm enough, I have my flip flops on! So you can imagine how much I love this stamp! To begin, I stamped the Flowery Flip Flop onto white watercolor cardstock using versamark ink.  Then I dusted the images with white embossing powder and heat set them.  Then using a waterbrush and Spectrum Noir Sparkle Markers, I did a color wash technique to create a bit of a rainbow effect.  Here is a closer look. As you can see, I embossed the Sandy Toes sentiment onto some sky blue cardstock and cut it out.  I think it's the perfect sentiment for this card! Here is another card I created using the Flowery Flip flop image. For this card, I stamped the Flowery Flip Flops image onto watercolor paper using Timber Brown Staz-on and watercolored it with Spectrum Noir Sparkle Markers, too.  This time I used the Flip Flop Life sentiment!  Don't you just love it? Better get those flip flops out now, it's definitely warm enough!  Pink Ink Stamps used: 2272 Flowery Flip Flops 10134 Flip Flop Life 10135 Sandy Toes Thanks for stopping by today!