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Friday, June 28, 2024

Beachcombing Cards

Hi friends! Today I have two beach cards made with the same stamp set, but with different papers and inks.

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Layers of ink - Beachcombing Cards Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

Using different papers and inks can change the look of your project a lot. Sometimes you might also struggle to get a good result if you use a paper and ink combination that don't work well together. On the card to the left, I used Distress Ink combined with watercolor paper. On the card to the right, I used Ranger's Specialty Stamping Paper with Archival Ink. Solid clear stamps can be hard to get a good result with on some papers. I used the Beachcombing stamp set from Simon Says Stamp new Sunny Vibes release.

Layers of ink - Beachcombing Cards Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. Specialty Stamping paper.

I had inky Specialty Stamping papers leftover from another tutorial. You can see how they were made here.

Layers of ink - Beachcombing Cards Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. White emboss Simon Says Stamp Beachcombing.

Start by white embossing one of the shells on a pink paper. 

Layers of ink - Beachcombing Cards Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. Stamp with Archival Ink.

Stamp the three coordinating solid stamps with Archival Inks. You can also try other types of ink. Test how it will work on a scrap piece first. Since the inks are transparent, not all colors will look great on every background, since the background will show through slightly. 

Layers of ink - Beachcombing Cards Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. Stamp on Simon Says Stamp Masking Paper.

Stamp the shell one more time on Simon Says Stamp Masking Paper and mask the image. White emboss other stamps from the set. The stamps are very nicely organised on the backing sheet and it is easy to see which solid stamp belongs to which outline.

Layers of ink - Beachcombing Cards Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

Continue stamping the solid stamps on the rest of the images.

Layers of ink - Beachcombing Cards Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. Add more stamping.

I repeated the colors from the first shell on the large one to the right.

Layers of ink - Beachcombing Cards Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. Sponge ink through Simon Says Stamp Happy Rainbow.

Ink Distress Ink through the Simon Says Stamp Happy Rainbows stencil to add bubbles to the top part of the card. Stamp sentiments from Beachcombing with brown ink.

Layers of ink - Beachcombing Cards Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

Now on to the second card. Start with a piece of watercolor paper which has been tinted with Antique Linen Distress Ink. White emboss the images as before.

Layers of ink - Beachcombing Cards Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. Stamp with Distress Ink and Simon Says Stamp Beachcombing.

Stamp the solid images with Distress Ink. Mist the stamp with water about three times after inking it. 

Layers of ink - Beachcombing Cards Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

Don't worry if the stamping isn't completely in the lines, with this watercolor technique it just adds to the look. I stamped the smaller stamps before the larger impressions had dried completely, making the inks blend on the paper.

Layers of ink - Beachcombing Cards Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. Ink through the Happy Rainbow stencil.

I restamped some of the images with darker ink, not applying ink to the whole stamp, to create shading. Ink through one of the Happy Rainbows stencil as before and stamp a sentiment. This stencil set is very versatile.

Layers of ink - Beachcombing Cards Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

The first card has warm tones with the pink Specialty Stamping paper tinting the stamped images. It was matted on cream and orange cardstock and adhered to folded pink cardstock. 

Layers of ink - Beachcombing Cards Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. Add sequins.

Add some sequins here and there to shine and as bubbles.

Layers of ink - Beachcombing Cards Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

The Specialty Stamping paper has a nice, but subtle, texture. It is matte.

Layers of ink - Beachcombing Cards Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

The Archival Ink might cover up some of the white embossing slightly.

Layers of ink - Beachcombing Cards Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

You can also add more masking to the card. It makes the stamped images appear more connected.

Layers of ink - Beachcombing Cards Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

I splattered some ink on the watercolor card before matting it on orange and cream papers. The cardbase is Simon Says Stamp Peacock cardstock. Avoid splattering on the sentiment since that might make it hard to read.

Layers of ink - Beachcombing Cards Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

Distress the edges of the watercolor paper and add some sequins. 

Layers of ink - Beachcombing Cards Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

The Distress Ink blend in a nice way on the images.

Layers of ink - Beachcombing Cards Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. Distress ink sea shells.

The large shell benefitted from darker brown stamping in the shadow areas.

Layers of ink - Beachcombing Cards Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial and that it inspired you to experiment with different papers and inks.


Don't miss the new Sunny Vibes release.






Thank you so much for stopping by here today! 


Anna-Karin

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