Stamping INKspirations June Blog Hop

Splish, splash! Splish, splash! Anything water-related is the theme for this month! I’m not one to buy many water related stamp sets but Angie had posted some cards using the new A Little Smile card kit and it reminded me I had that stamp set. I was also inspired by a card made by Fiona Bradley that featured the Sand & Sea Designer Series Paper, it made me think of how sand and sea could be created.

For the sand I used the Early Espresso watercolor pencil and drew in some heavy lines, then I did the same with the Bermuda Bay and Coastal Cabana watercolor pencils for the water. Then I pulled out the flat water painter and spread the ink around.

The splotches in the are from a stamp in the Color & Contour stamp set. I used Crumb Cake ink, stamped on a scrap piece of paper and then stamped on my “sand”.

I used my Stamparatus to stamp the star fish and sentiment multiple times with Early espresso ink so I would get a nice dark image. I then stamped again using Versamark and clear embossing powder to give it some shine.

I would have taken pictures along the way but I wasn’t sure it would turn out.

Blog Roll
Angie McKenzie  ●  Leonie Stuart  ● Libby Fens  ●  Karen Henderson
Annette Ball  ●  Tricia Butts  ● Shel Anderson
Elaine de Montmorency  ●  Mo Rootes  ●  Deb Macdowell
 Alejandra Gomez  ●  Satomi Wellard  ●  Ann Krucek  ●  Teri West
Danielle Kassing  ●  Gez Carpenter  ●  Aurélie Fabre
  Jill Chapman  ●  Susan Simpson
Terry Hamilton  ●  JoAnn Pollock  ●  Rochelle Laird-Smith

Supplies:
Stamp Sets – A Little Smile card kit, Color & Contour
Die Cutting & Embossing – Stitched Rectangle dies
Ink – Crumb Cake stamp pad, Early Espresso stamp pad, Versamark stamp pad
Paper – Basic White cardstock, Crumb Cake cardstock, watercolor paper
Accents & Embellishments – Opal Rounds
Coloring Tools – Bermuda Bay, Coastal Cabana, & Early Espresso watercolor pencils, water painters, clear embossing powder
Tools – Paper Trimmer, Simply Scored, Stamparatus, Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine, Take Your Pick, Heat tool
Adhesive – Stampin’ SEAL adhesive, Stampin’ Dimensionals

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