Pretty Pink Posh | Ink & Stencil Coloring Technique | Video | Blog Hop + Giveaway

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Hello crafters! Pretty Pink Posh recently came out with a clever new product – a stencil that matches a previously released stamp set. I thought it was simply genius. Whenever I see a product that can allow me to get more use out of the products I already have, I get very excited and I immediately want to play.

The new peony stencil coordinates with the previously released floral stamp set and, even the previously released floral coordinating die. So you have 3 products that work perfectly well together letting you stretch the use of each product and create more, create differently.

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VIDEO TUTORIAL

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CARD IDEA

The images I am able to get with this technique are so simple, yet they look rather interesting due to the white offset lines in the coloring. That was achieved using a stencil, to ink blend the color of the flower, then, using a stamp to add the black outline, and finally using a die to cut that flower out.

Of course, it doesn’t look as spectacularly as when you meticulously color a flower using a coloring medium, but this also doesn’t take nearly as much time. Also, not everyone is good at coloring, after years of practice I still struggle and I know many of you feel intimidated by coloring. So this, I find to be a great alternative to traditional coloring.

CARD INSTRUCTIONS

Follow these instructions step by step to re-create this card:

• The first step is to ink blend the images using the stencil. I prefer to ink blend first and stamp the black outline afterward, as this gives me a very true black color. If I stamp first and do my ink blending over the black stamped outline I might dull the blackness of that black. So I suggest you ink blend first and stamp the outline afterward.

I used Neenah Solar White 80lb cardstock for the ink blending. I am not a big ink blender, I don’t have any of the fancy paper for the ink blending, or fancy ink, or any of the fancy brushes, although I did recently get blender brushes and I do enjoy using them.

• Cut the images out using the coordinating dies.
• Kept the negative die-cut panel to help position and align the images in the MISTI to speed up the stamping portion of this process. Stamp image outlines in VersaFine Onyx Black ink.
• Build a floral pattern on a black cardstock panel. When building floral patterns like this, I typically like to start somewhat in the center, but not exactly in the dead center of the panel. I want things a bit offset to either left or right, making the pattern appear more dynamic, and more as if it was cropped from a bigger sheet, as opposed to being made right there on the background. I like to cluster my flowers and have groups of 2 or 3, or more depending on the floral size. These florals are rather big, so do you don’t need many to cover the entire background of an A2 card.

• Adhere images using foam adhesive and glue.
• Cut excess off using scissors.
• Adhere panel to A2 white card base.
• Add skinny strip sentiment. With a busy floral background like this, I don’t ever want to add a big sentiment on top as it would cover much of the background. I prefer to stamp skinny strip sentiments – here I stamped a simple “Just Saying Hello” in black ink on white cardstock, I cut it out to a skinny skip and used foam adhesive to add it to my card. I love the simplicity this offers – I still have a meaningful sentiment on my card, but it doesn’t take away from the background, which of course is the star of the show.
• Embellish the card with clear droplets.

Have fun stamping!

BLOG HOP

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GIVEAWAY

Pretty Pink Posh is giving away We’ll be giving away 6 $25 gift certificates total during the three-day blog hop celebration. Comments must be left by 11:50 pm on January 15, 2021, and the winners will be announced on the Pretty Pink Posh blog.

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!

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