These days I am so into ink blending! I recently replaced some of my favorite ink pads with brand new, freshly inked ink pads and I seem to have fallen in love with stenciling and ink blending. Today’s video shares several easy ink blended backgrounds made using inks and stencils.
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VIDEO TUTORIAL
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COLORFUL CIRCLES CARD
I used the Circle Masks from Simon Says Stamp to ink blend this background. I overlapped the various size and colors circles to create a continuous background. Ink blended panel was trimmed to 3 3/4″ x 5″ and foam mounted to A2 white card base. I added a circle stamped sentiment from the Greetings Mix 1 stamp set stamped in Versafine Onyx black and embellished with Sparkling Clear Sequins and Small Droplets from Pretty Pink Posh.
COLORFUL HEARTS CARD
I used the Layering Hearts stencil from Simon Says Stamp to ink blend a colorful bokeh-like background. For the sentiment, I used Simon’s Sentiment Strips, cut it out using a banner die, and foam mounted onto the card.
COLORFUL RAYS CARD
I ink blended the background using Simon Says Stamp Slimline Scene Builder stencil. I added strips of gold cardstock to create gold accents. For the sentiment, I used Simon’s Sentiment Strips, cut it out using a banner die, and foam mounted onto the card.
SUPPLIES
I’m listing the products I used below. Click on the link to go directly to the product. Where available I use compensated affiliate links which means if you make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you so much for your support!
 Simon Says Stamp Stencil Circle Masks Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Stencil I Like Big Dots Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Stencil Layering Hearts Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Stencil Slimline Scene Builder Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Stencil Large Raindrops Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Clear Stamps Greetings Mix 1 Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Sentiment Strips Thinking of You Shop at: SSS |
 Spellbinders Platinum 6 Die Cutting Machine Shop at: SSS |
 Neenah 110 Lb Solar White Cardstock Shop at: SSS |
 Neenah 80LB Solar White Cardstock Shop at: SSS |
 Misti Stamping Tool Shop at: SSS |
 Tsukineko VersaFine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Duckling Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Lemon Zing Dye Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Sunshine Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Apricot Dye Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Melon Dye Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Sunkist Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Twirling Tutu Dye Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Hollyhock Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Teeny Bikini Dye Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Premium Dye Ink Pad Sea Glass Blue Shop at: SSS |
 Spellbinders Circle Replacement Foam Shop at: SSS |
 Ranger Mini Round Ink Blending Tools Shop at: SSS |
 Pretty Pink Posh Sparkling Clear Sequins Mix Shop at: SSS |
 Set of 5 Rainbow Pack Multi Size Blender Brushes Shop at: SSS |
 Pretty Pink Posh 4MM Clear Droplets (small) Shop at: SSS |
 White Foam Squares Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Big Momma Foam Tape Roll Shop at: SSS |
I love your cards!! I love stencils, you can do so many techniques with them and they don’t cost that much AND they’re easy to store and don’t take up that much room!!!
yes yes yes! Especially on not costing a lot and being easy to store.
Gorgeous set of cards, Yana!1 Inspired and inspiring!
~carol
Glad you like them, thank you Carol!
It could be because I was looking at your video on a big screen in my classroom (thank you for a delightful diversion during lunch!!) and I was sitting to one side, but I had a hard time telling that the prefab sentiment on card #1 was not aligned right. It looked OK to me! I think I would call those shapes “elongated trapezoids.” They are parallelograms but not rectangles (rectangles have two pair of parallel lines). Anyway, I tell you this courtesy of a math teacher who walked in while I was eating lunch and watching your video LOL. It’s all good!!
I liked ALL the cards you did. I wish more people would gravitate toward the purples and blues. Maybe it’s just this moment…. every crafter seems to be using yellow/orange/red. I like those but have seen 3-4 videos in 48 hrs with those as the colors featured. No biggie. You often use aquas and pinks.
I continue to marvel at your artistic and linguistic prowess. Wow, are you ever one talented person!!
I don’t know if I can take advantage of the classes you mentioned w/ a free trial. I’ll go back and investigate that at another moment – maybe later today. But I wanted to get this note written to you while I was still on lunch break. I’ll write another comment if I decide to do one of those classes. Thanks for the invite and thanks to that company for sponsoring you!
Hugs,
Lori
Thank you, Lori! Yes! Elongated trapezoids 🙂
I agree, everyone seems to be favoring pinks, yellows and peach colors. And I am certainly guilty of that as well. Perhaps because those are easiest to combine? I don’t know. But I agree. I shall try more purples and yellows. And teals and greens. I ordered some Distress Oxides (finally), can’t wait for those to arrive and play, lots of various colors in that package.
hugs!
Yana
I loved these ideas as it takes a one dimensional stencil and creates something totally different. The first card was so awesome with all the angles on it and then the gold thin strips. So professional looking and elegant!
thank you so much, Patricia. I’m delighted you enjoyed the cards and video 🙂
Love the color combinations! Why do you make it look so easy???
My favorite is the first card with the gold stripes–could be used for just about any occasion. Thanks for the great ideas!
Thank you, June! I agree, it looks easy. I have some set color combo favorites that I know work well together. Like pink + yellow, or teal and yellow, or dark blue and hot pink, or yellow and gray, or yellow and purple. The gold stripes were such an afterthought, but I think I shall be using this trick more in the future.
really liked the idea of using stencils differently than what was intended. the first card was stunning
thank you, I’m glad you enjoyed it!
These are stunning
thanks so much!
Beautiful colours! Simple and effective! Love them all!
thank you 🙂 this makes me happy!
I might be blind, but I don’t see the Skillshare link. Could you please share it? Your cards and colors are gorgeous.