hi there,
I finally have time to play along with the challenge today; 2-step stamping. I love my Rubbernecker stamps for this tech. I have been playing around with a bkg technique....ink your acrylic block with dye inks, drop some blending solution onto the ink and then stamp. That was my starting point for this card as the bkg. behind the flowers. I coloured the flowers with Memento markers, sprayed with water and stamped then when dry, stamped the outline over that. I kept the bkg. simple by inking the stamp and spraying with water.
thanks for looking,
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Date: Monday, June 9, 2014 GMT Views: 1928
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Registered: July 17, 2005 Location: Staying inky in eastern Connecticut Posts: 79205
Mon, Jun 09, 2014 @ 3:01 PM
Your cards are always so vibrant and lovely........I finally gave that bkgd technique with the watercoloring look a try....I liked the results, but when I went to photograph the card, I once again had trouble with the distress ink colors....if I left it muted then the colors were true, but the picture was muddy.....if I sharpened it, the colors deepened and darkened and appeared UGLY......will have to work on that......anyhoooo.....that was my way of saying that not only are your cards FABBO, but so are your pictures of them
Registered: November 3, 2005 Location: Fairport Harbor, OH-IO, Lake Erie shoreline Posts: 60285
Mon, Jun 09, 2014 @ 3:33 PM
I love how you did the background. What a cool idea to use blending fluid. I'll have to give that a try. Love the card base too., especially with these colors.
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Registered: June 29, 2004 Location: Sugar Land. Texas Posts: 79784
Mon, Jun 09, 2014 @ 3:43 PM
Absolutely gorgeous card!
------------------------------ LizThe joy of the LORD is my strength.Right Brain Madness --My blogProud member of the redDivasKSS certified multi-step stamperFan Club member since 2004
Registered: February 5, 2007 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 92600
Mon, Jun 09, 2014 @ 3:53 PM
Karen, you work with blues SO SO well. This is gorgeous with all the various techniques that you used. I agree, RN are the BEST for 2-step stamping. : )