Simon Says Stamp | Simple Ink Blending with Cosmos Stencil. Video

Hello, crafters. Welcome back for another Yippee For Yana video! In this video I’m ink blending a floral design with Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Saturated inks and Layering Cosmos stencil.

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VIDEO TUTORIAL

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CARD DETAILS

I used the Waffle Flower Grip Mat as a surface to hold my paper (I’m using Neenah Solar White) and stencil. I picked Simon’s small and detail blending brushes to do my ink blending and my plan was to ink blend from the outside in. I ink blend the flowers from the outside of the petal to the inside of the petal making sure the outside of the petal is where I focus most of the ink and keep the base of the petal nearly white.

This is the opposite of what I usually do, I usually blend flowers from the center out, so the petals are mostly colored, with very little to no white, here I wanted a different effect, so I decided that blending from the tip of the petal to the base of the petal was a better option.

I used a combination of 2 ink shades for each flower: Sunbeam, Citrine, Guava, Watermelon, Cantaloupe, Melon. With this stencil, you have 2 layers to each flower so you can easily do 2 colors of ink to give the flower more definition.

Using a small blending brush gives me a lot more control over where the ink is applied and how the ink is blended. I also used the tiniest brushed to ink blend flower centers. With the ink blending done I placed the panel inside my mini MISTI stamping tool and stamped a sentiment using Elegantly Modern Greetings and Tiny Words Encouragement stamp sets in VersaFine Onyx Black ink. I created an A2 card base using Simon’s Fog cardstock, added a piece of yellow cardstock to add interest to the background, and foam-mounted the stamped and ink-blended panel on top. Lastly, I embellished the card with Aura sequins from Spellbinders.

Have fun crafting!

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 Layering Cosmos Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Clear Stamp Elegantly Modern Greetings Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Clear Stamps Tiny Words Encouragement Shop at: SSS	Mini MISTI Stamping Tool Shop at: SSS
Tsukineko Versafine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Saturated Ink Pad Citrine Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Saturated Ink Pad Cantaloupe Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Saturated Ink Pad Sunbeam Shop at: SSS
Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Saturated Ink Pad Melon Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Saturated Ink Pad Guava Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Saturated Ink Pad Watermelon Shop at: SSS	Neenah 80lb Solar White Cardstock Shop at: SSS
Simon Says Stamp Sunshine Cardstock Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stamp Fog Gray Cardstock Shop at: SSS	Waffle Flower 8.5 X 8.5 Inch Grip Mat Shop at: SSS	Waffle Flower 4.25×5.5 Inch Grip Mat Wft076 Shop at: SSS
Simon Says Stamp Blending Brush Set Small Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stamp Detail Round Blending Brushes Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stamp Detail Flat Blending Brushes Shop at: SSS	Spellbinders Aura Opalescent Color Essentials Sequins Shop at: SSS