Hello all! Simon’s Wide Stripe background stamp is probably my most favorite out of all backgrounds, I love how simple and bold it is. I usually like to stamp it using one color of ink, but this time I decided I would use multiples to create an ombre look.
I started with light yellow – Duckling and inked up the top stripe, next used Sunshine and inked stripes #2 and #3. The full size ink pad is too big to ink up just one stripe, so unless an ink cube is used, you will be inking 2 stripes at once. My next color was Melon, I used it to ink stripe #3 (inked over the Sunshine) and #4. And finally used Apricot and Sunkist for the last two. Most of these ended up being not true colors since they got mixed with the previous color of ink, but I really love the end result. Easy to make and doesn’t take a lot of time.
I also stamped a little sail boat using Melon ink and cut it out with a matching die; for the star fish I went direct to paper with Apricot ink pad and heat embossed it in white embossing powder and also cut our with a matching die.
The black Enjoy sentiment was die cut out o black fun foam (I added a layer of adhesive sheet from Stick It to make it sticky) and also heat embossed Let Your Dreams Set Sail in white onto black cardstock. I am really into having dreams and working towards making the dreams come true, so this card has a bit of self motivation in it.
Lastly, I adhered several clear droplets from Pretty Pink Posh, I adore these tiny embellishments lately, they make any project pop and look especially beautiful on flowers.
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Simon Says Stamp Ocean Dreams Shop at: SSS |
Simon Says Stamp Sail Away Stamp Set Shop at: SSS |
Simon Says Stamp Set Sail Dies Shop at: SSS |
Simon Says Stamp Painted Enjoy Die Shop at: SSS |
Simon Says Stamp Wide Stripes Background Stamp Shop at: SSS |
Simon Says Stamp Black Cardstock Shop at: SSS |
Simon Says Stamp Duckling Dye Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
Simon Says Stamp Melon Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
Simon Says Stamp Sunkist Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
Simon Says Stamp Sunshine Dye Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
Simon Says Stamp Apricot Dye Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
Pretty Pink Posh 4MM Clear Droplets (small) Shop at: SSS |
Hero Arts White Embossing Powder PW110 Shop at: SSS |
Hero Arts Heat Embossing Gun PW200 Shop at: SSS |
Neenah 80 Solar White Paper Pack 250 Sheets Shop at: SSS |
ScraPerfect Crafting Pouch Shop at: SSS |
Versamark Watermark Emboss Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
Martha Stewart Mini Scoring Board Shop at: SSS |
Ranger .5 Oz. Multi Medium Matte Adhesive Shop at: SSS |
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Ranger Mini Round Ink Blending Tools Shop at: SSS |
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Hello Yana, I really love your cards. Such a beautiful color choice you made for this card. Thanks for sharing.
thank you so much, Jennifer!
Yana,
Oh, my…I am so happy I found your blog and subscribe to it. You are so creative. Thanks for sharing your beautiful cards.
Nancy
Love that background, awesome colors, thanks for the tips at inking! TFS
thank you! I really need to try this using other colors as well 🙂
Loved this on IG, and even more here – bigger pictures 😛
haha, yes 🙂 I too prefer bigger pictures 🙂 thanks!
So beautiful and dreamy..