Just Breathe Encouragement Card | Penguin Palace & Ink On 3 Collaboration

Hello again, 

I am back with another card I created as part of a collaboration Hop between Inkon3 and Penguin Palace Stamps which is happening over on👉 Instagram. We teamed up to celebrate the Penguin Palace's 3rd Anniversary! Still plenty of time to join.  You can hop along with us on Instagram for your chance to win one of two $25 gift cards (one to the Ink on 3 store and one to the Penguin Palace store). The hop will end on November 7 @ 11:59 PM PDT.

Here is how this card came together.

• Stamp the Legend of The Koi fish first using the outline stamp with Blackout Ink onto Bristol Paper.
• Next line up the detail stamp layer over the fish you just stamped out, this time use Fadeout Ink. 
• Watercolor in the images by using  Sweet Petunia, Bee Sting Yellow, and Peacock Blue Atelier Inks. Overlap the colors to create the rainbow blend.
• To add sparkle I added a layer of Liquid Pixie Dust over the painted layer.
• I then used the coordinating Legend of the Koi - Penguin Perfect Cuts to die cut the fish.
• On another piece of white cardstock, I used the same inks I used above to watercolor but this time to ink blend and create a rainbow area. 
• Stamp the Breathe Stamp from the Words From The Heart (Chapter 1) stamp set over the rainbow blended spot using Blackout Ink.
• Die-cut the Breathe using the Words From The Heart Coordinating Cuts.
• Glue the Breathe sentiment to the card front.
• Pop the fish in place using foam tape. For an added layer of thickness, I glued the fish onto another die-cut piece.
• Finish the card by adding a few bubble embellishments.

Hope this Just Breathe Encouragement Card inspired you today and reminds you that it is ok to take a break, stop, relax, do nothing and just Breathe. Especially with all that is going on in the world right now, it's OK! People are more understanding than you realize because after all we all need and deserve a break from time to time😉

For those of you who want to watch a little video clip on how I colored these Koi in click the Instagram play button.

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Thank you for stopping by and until next time... Happy Crafting!

Ilda 🌈🐟

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I Miss You A Lotus Card | Ink On 3

Hello my friends, hope you are all doing well and staying safe.

Today's card is part of an Instagram Hop for Inkon3 to celebrate the release of their mini cube size inks. I love the regular size pads but these would be way easier to travel with. Join me over on Instagram if you want to take part in the hop and enter the giveaway!

Here is a breakdown of this no-line colored card.

CARD RECIPE

Stamps: 

• Lotus Stamp Set 

• WATER LILY (dragonfly)

Stencil:

• Curls Stencil

Paper: 

• Canson XL WATERCOLOR PAPER
• NEENAH SOLAR WHITE 110
• Vellum
• Grey Cardstock Panel

Ink:

•  Fadeout No Line coloring Ink Cube

• Atelier Sweet Petunia Pink Cube

• Atelier Marigold Orange Cube

• Atelier Goddess Green Cube

• ATELIER PEACOCK BLUE

• BLACKOUT INK

Adhesives:

•  BEARLY ART PRECISION GLUE

• FOAM SQUARES

Embellishments:

•  SPARKLING ROUND GEMS

Other:

• MED. WATER BRUSH
• LIQUID PIXIE DUST
• Glitz Glitter Gel
• Paper trimmer
• MEDIA SPATULAS

If you like no-line coloring you must try the Fadeout Ink and its magical properties. It really just takes on the color of media you choose, making it so easy to color. Once my images were colored in and dry, I fussy cut the pieces out and added them to the sparkly background that I had done using the Curls Stencil.

For the sentiment I stamped the I miss you using Blackout Ink onto a piece of vellum that I then trimmed.

I wish you could see this card in person, pictures just don't do it justice... it is so sparkly! I will share a video clip of it over on Instagram if you want to take a peek.

Hope this card inspired you today, thank you for stopping by and until next time... Happy Crafting!

Ilda 😊

SUPPLIES

Lotus Stamp Set Shop at: SSS | IO3	WATER LILY Shop at: IO3	Curls Stencil Shop at: SSS | IO3	Fadeout No Line coloring Ink Cube Shop at: SSS | IO3	Atelier Sweet Petunia Pink Cube Shop at: SSS | IO3
Atelier Marigold Orange Cube Shop at: SSS | IO3	Atelier Goddess Green Cube Shop at: SSS | IO3	ATELIER PEACOCK BLUE Shop at: SSS | HBS | IO3	BLACKOUT INK Shop at: SSS | HBS | IO3	Vellum Value Pack Shop at: SSS | AMZ
MED. WATER BRUSH Shop at: IO3	LIQUID PIXIE DUST Shop at: SSS | HBS | IO3	New Mini Misti Shop at: SSS | SB	Canson XL WATERCOLOR PAPER Shop at: SSS | AMZ	FOAM SQUARES Shop at: SSS | HBS
NEENAH SOLAR WHITE 110 Shop at: SSS | AMZ | HBS	Glitz Glitter Gel Shop at: SSS | HBS	MEDIA SPATULAS Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS | TS US | TS UK	BEARLY ART PRECISION GLUE Shop at: SSS | AMZ	EMBELLISHMENT WAND Shop at: SSS | SK
SPARKLING ROUND GEMS Shop at: SK	GUILLOTINE PAPER TRIMMER Shop at: SSS | AMZ | SB

To make supplies easy for you to find, I have linked them above. If something is no longer available I will link to a similar product. Affiliate links may be used depending on the product linked. Please help support my blog by using these links while shopping at no additional cost to you. For more information about the affiliates I use, please visit my disclaimer here. Thanks so much for all your support!

Lovebirds Valentine's Day Card | Mirror Stamping using Fadeout Ink | Ink On 3

Hello, my friends. 

Can you believe Christmas Eve is tomorrow? Are you ready?! Ready or not, despite all the time we spent at home this year with the social distancing, and isolations, it still felt like this year flew by. Hopefully next Christmas this will all be over and we can return to our normal Holiday traditions with all our family and friends.

Well, let's get on with today's card... Is it too soon to start thinking about Valentine's? Personally, I was actually excited to work on something other than Christmas and the little bird from the latest LITTLE BIRDIE Set was the perfect inspiration for my first Valentine's Day card.

CARD DETAILS

To begin, I started by stamping out the birdie on the left onto a piece of Bristol paper. The stamp comes from the LITTLE BIRDIE set and the ink I used was FADEOUT INK. I then placed the MIRROR IMAGE STAMP in the MISTI tool and stamped the little birdie again this time onto the MIRROR IMAGE STAMP using FADEOUT INK. I then picked up the image off the MIRROR STAMP by placing the paper face down to pick up and transfer a mirrored image onto the Bristol piece of paper. To get a good transfer I repeated the last step 3 times. 

The images were then watercolored in using all the Atelier inks linked below. 

For the top panel, I used the LEAFY FOREST STENCIL and blended out the leaves using ATELIER GODDESS GREEN and very light pressure with a blending brush. To the top half of the panel, I die cut a heart-shaped window opening to frame the lovebirds and then trimmed down the panel to attach over the lovebird image with some foam tape.

The sentiment on the card panel comes from the RACCOON HUGS set that I stamped out using ATELIER TWIGGY BROWN Ink. The little heart in the center of the birds also comes from the Raccoon Hugs set. Difficult to see from the photos but I added some LIQUID PIXIE DUST to the heart.

I hope loved my little Lovebirds Valentine's Day card and got some inspiration from it. Mirror stamping is a great way to stretch your supplies and create cute Valentine Scenes with any critter stamp you may already have. Now that you saw my no line results with Mirror Stamping, maybe you will give it a try.

Thank you for stopping by and until next time... Wishing you all a safe and very Merry Christmas!

SUPPLIES

LITTLE BIRDIE Shop at: SSS | IO3	MIRROR IMAGE STAMP Shop at: SSS | IO3	RACCOON HUGS Shop at: SSS | IO3	LEAFY FOREST STENCIL Shop at: SSS | IO3
FADEOUT INK Shop at: SSS | HBS | IO3	ATELIER GODDESS GREEN Shop at: SSS | HBS | IO3	ATELIER TRINITY TEAL Shop at: SSS | IO3	ATELIER SWEET PETUNIA Shop at: SSS | IO3
ATELIER MARIGOLD ORANGE Shop at: SSS | HBS | IO3	ATELIER TWIGGY BROWN Shop at: SSS | IO3	LIQUID PIXIE DUST Shop at: SSS | IO3	BRISTOL PAPER Shop at: SSS | AMZ
MINI MISTI Shop at: SSS | AMZ | SB | SK | HBS	GEMINI JR. DIE CUTTER Shop at: SSS | AMZ | SB	SHAKER HEART Shop at: SSS | SK	INK BLENDER BRUSHES Shop at: SSS | SK
STUDIO KATIA GLUE Shop at: SSS | SK	FOAM TAPE - WHITE Shop at: SSS | SK

To make supplies easy for you to find, I have linked them above. If something is no longer available I will link to a similar product. Affiliate links may be used depending on the product linked. Please help support my blog by using these links while shopping at no additional cost to you. For more information about the affiliates I use, please visit my disclaimer here. Thanks so much for all your support!