Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop - Technique Challenge

Hello and welcome to this months Stampin Inkspirations Blog Hop.

This month we are featuring a fun Technique Challenge. We were asked to use a marble and ink refills to create a fun pattern for our card this month. This idea intrigued me and I looked forward to the creative process. I had no marbles in the house and could not find any locally. I asked my husband to purchase some Jaffa's for me but no found locally. He did, however, find some Orange Crunch BB's made by a famous Australian chocolate company called Darrell Lea. They are a favourite of my husband so I promised him the balls that were left over. 

I started out thinking about how I could elevate this challenges requirements. I thought if I embossed the Leaf Collection image in Gold Embossing Powder on a piece of Basic White card stock, then ran the ball and Granny Apple Green and Coastal Cabana ink over the top I would get a great background. Unfortunately the ink colours didn't show very well on the embossed side and ran together to form a darker green.. BUT....the other side looked amazing and I decided to create with the reverse side that had the embossed area left white as the ink could not permeate the card card stock.  This was a wonderful discovery. The leaves looked amazing. See pictures below of the embossed side compared to the reverse side. I may have another go at this technique if I get some marbles that are smaller than the yummy BB's.

The card base is and mat is Granny Apple Green. The sentiment is stamped in Coastal Cabana on Basic White card stock. The leaves were stamped in Granny Apple Green. The you sentiment is stamped in Versamark™ink on Granny Apple Green card stock, sprinkled with White Embossing Powder and set with the heat tool. Then cut down close to the letters. Three of the Basic Rhinestone Jewels were all that was needed to complete this card.

I love the tropical feel to this card and are very happy that I looked on the other side. I thought it was such a disaster at first. Things just seemed to work out as they often do with card making.

Up next on this months blog hop is the wonderfully talented Diane Evans.

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Leonie Stuart   ●  Diane Evans

   Rebecca-Jo Unwin  ●  Karen Henderson

Jan Musselman  ●  Kim Fee

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you will get your marbles and re-inkers out and have a go at making your own fun background!

Product List

Iconic Imagery Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [164194] $35.00	Leaf Collection Cling Stamp Set [163610] $35.00	Rhinestone Basic Jewels [144220] $10.50	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $23.00
Granny Apple Green A4 Cardstock [147014] $20.25	Granny Apple Green Stampin' Pad [147095] $15.75	Coastal Cabana Classic Stampin' Pad [147097] $15.75	Granny Apple Green Classic Stampin' Ink Refill [147163] $9.75
Coastal Cabana Classic Stampin' Ink Refill [131164] $9.75	Versamark Pad [102283] $16.75	Basics Embossing Powders [155554] $32.00	Heat Tool [129056] $56.00
Whisper White C6 Envelopes [106588] $13.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $7.50	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $12.75	Paper Snips [103579] $21.00
Stampin' Trimmer [129722] $50.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $227.00	Cutting Plates [150815] $25.00