Saturday, October 2, 2021

Friends of Unity Blog Hop, October 2021, Technique

Happy fall everyone! My winner from the Friends of Unity Color Challenge on the Unity Show and Tell Facebook Page is Sheila Hurst. Congratulations Sheila...please pm me so I can get several new Unity stamp sets to you. We are sharing techniques for this month's hop. I decided to go with ink smooshing since I have never really tried this technique. I watched several videos and combined elements from all of them. Here is our cool cue:



Here is my ink smooshed card:








Another technique I used on this card is embossing. As I mentioned before, I watched several videos on ink smooshing. From one video, the you tuber showed how to move the ink around with your fingers. Another video was a basic introduction to ink smooshing. And the other video showed an embossing resist technique with ink smooshing. I did not do an emboss resist, but I'll come back to that later. 

I needed a nice sized surface to spray my ink onto. So I grabbed my Big Shot Pro cutting pad and sprayed two Prima inks (pressed petal and tea stain) on it. I placed water color paper onto the ink and used a finger to spread the ink around. I am really going to have to work on my technique here. I am not totally happy with my first ink smooshing attempt, but I'm going to roll with it. Ha! I took an old sock and wiped away excess ink. Once the paper was dry, I stamped The Grace of Presence background stamp using Tim Holtz embossing ink. I added white embossing powder and used my heat gun. It is really hard to see the words from this stamp, but if you look closely on a few pictures you will see it. I set this piece aside and went on to stamp the beautiful girl on heavy weight white card stock.  She is from the September 2019 Kit of the Month, All Kinds of Holiday Love. I cut her out. Next I colored her scarf with Derwent metallic colored pencils and used Gamsol to blend. Whoa, I guess that's another technique I snuck in. Her hair and skin were colored with Prima water color pencils. I set her aside. Then the search began for the perfect sentiment. I don't know if this sentiment is 'perfect' for this card, but I love this encouraging sentiment. It is from the Start Anew set created in collaboration with Graciellie Design. Finally I found a die cut with a cool geometric design. I glued it to purple card stock. I almost forgot, washi tape was added to the ink smooshed piece. A Gina Marie die was used to cut the inked panel. Foam adhesive was used on the inked panel and the girl.

I really wanted to make a second card, but my tank ran out of gas. I'm sure you can relate. Here is the blog hop order once again, just in case:







me



Robyn

Thanks for your continued support! We appreciate each and everyone of you!

Until next time,

Dawn



37 comments:

  1. Such a pretty card, I love the colours

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  2. Love your card! Ink smooshing is a favorite technique of mine.

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    1. Thank you Wilma! I'm going to use this technique more! It's really fun!

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  3. Beautiful card, Dawn! Ink smooshing is one of my favorite techniques! One of my favorite Fall stamps too!

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    1. Thank you so much Crystal! Yeah, I am definitely going to use it more often.

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  4. I love the emotion this card gives out. The ink smooshing is light and beautiful and goes perfectly with the image and sentiment. I love this so much!

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    1. Thank you for your beautifully worded comment!

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  5. love your card and that girl stamp is now going on my wishlist. I'm tried ink smooshing, it's fun, but not my favorite technique. I like ink blending better.

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  6. Lovely card and
    great technique!
    Carla from Arizona

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  7. Dawn I love your ink shmooshing technique! It's really fun to do, isn't it? I could do it forever!

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    1. Thank you Colleen! I really did enjoy doing it!

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  8. This is great for being your first attempt at ink smoothing. I love the girl and tht wonderful sentiment too. We all need to remember to put the past behind us!

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  9. This is a beautiful card! The colors, the image and the sentiment work beautifully together. Wow!

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  10. Such a pretty card! I always forget about this technique but it’s fabulous for making unique backgrounds!

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  11. Pretty card .. love your ink smooshing technique. I am just getting into distress oxides after 3 years away from crafting so this blog hop is really inspiring 😀

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    1. Thank you Pauline! I LOVE distess oxides. So glad you are able to craft again and that our blog hop has provided inspiration. Can't wait to see your lovely creations!

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  12. Beautiful card, Dawn and great technique!

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  13. Lovely card and wonderful techniques.

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  14. Such a lovely card! I've used that image several times for my knitting friend!! They loved it!
    Vannessa Osbourn

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  15. I love the colors you chose. I love this technique and have lots of fun when I use it.

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  16. Lovely elements and techniques on this card - thanks for sharing the journey of learning new ways to create.

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