How To Ink-Blend Floral Stamps+IG Hop

Ink-blend floral stamps for the focal point and dry-emboss on white for a subtle background.

Featuring:

• Amazing You Stamp & Die Set [ Altenew ]
• Craft Your Life Project Kit: Never Stop Dreaming [ Altenew ]
• Fresh Dye Inks [ Altenew ]

Step-by-step instructions on how to make the card and additional tools and supplies can be found in the following links.

1. Create a Card Base For The Rosey Hello Card

To begin the card, we’re going to create an A2 size (4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″) side-folding card base.  For tips on how to make a card base, Read How to Make a Card Base for help.

2. Make A Rosey Background

Next, you need to trim a piece of white cardstock to A2 size.  And then, place it inside of your embossing folder and run it through your die-cutting and embossing machine.  I used the embossing folder from Altenew’s Never Stop Dreaming set. Now, trim down the embossed panel to 4″ x 5 1/4″.

Following the embossing, we’re going to heat emboss the sentiment in the center with black embossing powder.  You can find tips on how to get high-quality heat embossing results, you might be interested in reading Mastering the Basics of Heat Embossing.  

Finally, there’s one more step to creating the background and that’s coloring the border in the center with a rose gold metallic marker.  Specifically, you need to take care to keep the pigment on top of the embossed frame.  For example, brush lightly and take care not to go over the edge.

3.  Ink-blend Floral Stamps

First, we’re going to place a white A2 size card panel in our Stampwheel.  Next, we’ll position the floral stamps from the Amazing You Stamp set on the card panel.  And then, we’ll pick them up with the cover.  The final step for the stamping is to ink up the stamps with Altenew Obsidian ink and then flip the cover and lower it down onto the card panel.  Repeat twice more for a total of three card panels with floral images on them.  Additionally, follow the same steps with the greenery stamps.

Afterward, we’re going to color the flowers in three different colorways.  To demonstrate how, we’re going to blend each of the flowers with the lighter hue.  And then, we’ll blend over what we just blended with the darker hue.  Meanwhile, you may have to use a small detail blending brush for some of the smaller flowers.  You should end up with one card panel with pink flowers, one with orange, and one with yellow.

Using the same technique, go ahead and ink-blend the three greenery card panels with your green inks.

4.  Die-cut The Floral Images

Using the coordinating dies, die-cut out all of the flowers and leaves.

5.  Assemble The Rosey Hello Card

To finish the card, we’ll give the embossed panel some dimension by popping it up with Instant Dimension foam tape.  Then, we’ll arrange the flowers and leaves around the lower left hand corner of the card.  We’ll glue some of them directly to the card front with liquid glue. And, to give the card a little more dimension we’ll pop some of them them up with a little more foam tape.

Finally, we’ll add a couple more of the smaller flowers and leaves in the upper right hand corner.

And, that’s all there is to this elegant card to let them know you are thinking of them.

Rosey Hello Supply List