STOP Ink blending with Brushes!

 

Welcome to this week's LIMES inspiration post!

I chose this card as my inspiration from the gallery of this week's Splitcoaststampers' Featured Stamper!

LIST: Colours (yellow, orange, pink, white, black), Techniques (ink blending, die cutting), Elements (square cards, daisy die cut, greenery die cut, die cut sentiment, white border)

INCLUDE: yellow, orange, pink, white, black, square card, daisy, die cut sentiment, white border

MODIFY: gel plate background instead of ink blending, stenciled flower instead of die cut, sentiment location, white shadow around sentiment)

EXCLUDE: greenery

OK, I admit that I was inspired by these cards because they already contain so many of my favourite things - great summer colours, lots of die cuts, square card, pops of black and white borders. 

But I changed it up. I wanted to show that inkblending a background with a gel plate, brayer and inks you already have is WAY easier than using blending brushes.

Tips:

-ink up the gel plate light to dark to avoid contamination on your ink pads

-use an 'in between' colour to help 2 colours blend smoothly

-get a brayer that's as wide (or wider) than your gel plate

-move the brayer slightly up and down as you're rolling to help blend the inks

-don't always put the paper down in the exact same place

-use up all the ink on the brayer (2 or 3 pulls)

-put down more ink if you want more intense colours

I added a stenciled daisy, a die cut hello sentiment and some black sequins with pink dew drops on top.