Monday, April 15, 2019

Inky Blossoms Tutorial

Hi friends! I hope your weekend was good. We went to the movies, decorated for Easter, and went to a local museum. A big thank you to everyone who left a comment on my SSS Blossoms and Butterflies release blog hop post. If you missed the blog hop, I hope you will have a look at all the inspiration, and there is still a chance to win prizes.


This week at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog, we have a Beautiful Blooms theme. I am looking forward to seeing all the floral projects that will be posted. Adding flowers to projects is a favorite of many of us. Remember to check out the project by our April guest designer Sabrina Perna

Layers of ink - Inky Blossoms Card Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

I made a card this week, with a bouquet of inky, dimensional flowers. These flowers are quick and easy to make, and you can use any ink color that you have at home. For the background, I wanted something quite dark, so that the flowers would really stand out, and went with a dark tone-on-tone design with some grungy, metallic edges.

Layers of ink - Inky Blossoms Card Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. Die cut Tim Holtz Funky Floral Large.

Start by die cutting flowers from mixed media paper, using Tim Holtz's Funky Floral Large die set.

Layers of ink - Inky Blossoms Card Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. Ink the flowers with Distress Ink.

The flowers were first inked using a Mini Round Blending tool, and then darker details were added with Detailed Blending Tools. This is a quick and easy way to add darker ink in some areas only.

Layers of ink - Inky Blossoms Card Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. Ink flowers and leaves.

Continue coloring the flowers and leaves, using any color you can think of.

Layers of ink - Inky Blossoms Card Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. Shape the paper flowers.

Give the flowers dimension and life with the Sizzix Paper Sculpting Kit. Place the flowers on the foam mat, press and roll with the embossing tools. Bend and roll petals back and forth with the tweezers.

Layers of ink - Inky Blossoms Card Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

The background paper was first inked a pretty dark brown.

Layers of ink - Inky Blossoms Card Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. Stamp with Tim Holtz Fragments stamp.

Then I stamped it with Tim's Fragments set, using Ground Espresso Archival Ink. I love the worn wall-paper look of these stamps.

Layers of ink - Inky Blossoms Card Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. Emboss the edges.

Distress the edges with an edge distressor. Apply ink to the edges with an Emboss It Dabber and emboss with Ranger's Hammered Mixed Media powder. Don't touch the melted powder until it is completely cool.

Layers of ink - Inky Blossoms Card Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. Assemble the paper flowers.s

Layer the flowers together and glue them to the background.

Layers of ink - Inky Blossoms Card Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

I added some dots to the center of the flowers.

Layers of ink - Inky Blossoms Card Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

I just love the shape of these leaves. To give the flowers a base, I layered some Design Tape and a piece of lace trim at the background, forming a table.

Layers of ink - Inky Blossoms Card Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

The Mixed Media powders give a really cool effect.

Layers of ink - Inky Blossoms Card Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. Die cut a sentiment.

The sentiment was die cut and inked in an ombre fashion with Peacock Feathers and Mermaid Lagoon.

Layers of ink - Inky Blossoms Card Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

Here you can see the dimension of the flowers better.

I hope you will join us this week in our Beautiful Blooms challenge. As always, you have a chance to win a $50 gift voucher to do some fun shopping at Simon Says Stamp. You have until next Monday 8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in.




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Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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13 comments:

  1. GORGEOUS card Anna Karin! the background is fabulous and I love those flowers, the colours and designs are AWESOME!! LOVE it :-)

    Hope you have a great week!
    luv
    Lols x x x

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  2. So pretty! Love the weathered background! Such a pretty image... also love the gold embossing! Cool!

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  3. OMG! This background! <3 I just love it for all the shades of brown and the amazing stamping, what a beauty! The idea of breaking the deep brown background with all those colorful flowers was genius. Love this card! Hugs, Macarena

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  4. WOW!!! Your projects always amaze me!!! This is just fabulous!!! Love any detail!!

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  5. Love the colors and awesome design. Great dies and details.

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  6. WOWZERS! Gorgeous, I love the flowers and weathered background!

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  7. Love all the beautiful vibrant colors and the fabulous details of the flowers! Anna-Karin. This is such stunning project! :)

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  8. Another beautiful project! I love the detail and shading you were able to give to your flowers with the use of the blending tools.

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  9. Gorgeous flowers and colors, oh I love the colors! Your background looks like a vintage piece of tapestry, Anna- Karin - wow, just wow!! hugs, Maura

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  10. Fabulous palette Anna-Karin! love so much your skill to arrange these flowers, beautiful background! barbara

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  11. beautiful project,love the bright bold flowers against the vintage background, hugs kath xxx

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  12. Fabulous card, Anna-Karin! Love the bright flowers against the brown background, very striking! Hugs, Sandra

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