Please Take Him!

I'm back, this time with a not-so-sweet card featuring Ink Road Stamps. Unfortunately, many of us can relate to this feeling as we've had it at one point or another!

One of my favorite parts of card making is that I can customize the card for the recipient. Break Up is the perfect set for your friends who can laugh through their tears (or need a reminder that some endings are good!).

I used the strip of hearts to create a background with distress oxide inks. I stamped them in rainbow colors, slighty offsetting every other row to add some variety.

Break ups can be quite messy, so I misted the background with water until the inks began to react and run. I used a paper towel to dab away any places where the water pooled or where the colors began to muddy.

Once dry, I stamped Love Stinks directly on the background in black ink and embossed with clear embossing powder. I stamped and embossed the sentiment on a strip of black paper, and used foam tape to pop it up below Love Stinks. To complete this card, I went over a few of the background hearts with glossy accents.

This was a fun card to make and hopefully it will brighten a friend's day when they may not be feeling the best.

I hope you enjoyed this project. If you want to snag this set, use code BriannaJ10 for an awesome 10% discount! I'm excited to see your cards!

Nothing Basic About These Sentiments

Hi friends! I am back and excited to announce that I'm joining the Ink Road Stamps Design Team in 2021. I can't wait to share my creations with you!

Today I'm up on the Ink Road Stamps blog highlighting the Basic Sentiment Strips. This set is incredibly versatile, whether you choose to nab the separated sentiments or the large stamp with all sentiments. I love that you can use the large stamp as a background or cut the sentiments apart!

For these cards, I stamped Bella Flora on watercolor paper with watermark ink. I started to loosely watercolor the flowers with pinks and blues. As my first card was drying, I realized I had a lot of leftover watercolor...

...so I didn't stop creating! I stamped out a few more backgrounds but the watermark ink didn't stamp completely on all of them. Watercolor paper tends to be heavily textured, so this can happen if your stamp pad is beginning to dry or if you don't apply enough pressure when stamping. I used the watercolors to ink smoosh, using bright colors to hide any incomplete stamping.

I love that I can mix and match these sentiments together to create cards with different themes, or I can use them to accent a large word stamp or die.

I wanted to add more interest, so I went with sparkle and matted the backgrounds and sentiments on glitter cardstock.

I hope you enjoyed my process! I look forward to sharing more projects with you. Use code BriannaJ10 to snag a sweet 10% discount on your purchase. I can't wait to see what you make!