Recycled Ink

Hi! Hostess Tami here with the project I promised using the ink that was left on the acrylic block {September 7 post, "Fall is in the Air"}.

I took the leftover ink and spread it across the block using the Stylus & Blender Tip...

Then, I spritzed the block generously using Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz...

The block was then pressed onto a piece of kraft cardstock to transfer all the inky goodness, and here's the result...

...a pretty, shimmery watercolor background.

Of course you don't have to wait to have leftover ink to give this technique a try. You can just dab a few pigment inks on a block, blend, spritz and stamp!

I used the paper as a background for this card featuring a cute tree stamp from Harmonie and sentiment from the {stamps} of life...

I stamped and "Smooched" a few extra leaves to apply to the tree and to scatter at the base of the tree...

Two different colors of Smooch were used for the bark; some areas were not filled in so that the background color would come through as a third color...

The embossed "thanks" sentiment, cut in the shape of a banner and applied across the tree, completes the design...

SUPPLIES:

Clearsnap Products:

• ColorBox Pigment Ink: Woodgrain Queue: Chestnut, Chianti, Roussillon, Amber and Ochre
• Stylus: Stylus and Blender Tips
• Smooch Accent Ink: Pumpkin, Kiwi, Molasses, Mocha and Gold Lame'
• Smooch Spritz: Vanilla Shimmer
• Top Boss: Top Boss Embossing Powder:Cocoa Bean and Top Boss Tinted Embossing Pad

Other Products:

• Harmonie: Fable De La Fontaine Stamp Set and Rococo: Delicate Broderie and Bella Bohemia: Eden printed papers
• the {stamps} of life:: Thanks2U set #7 
• Beacon Adhesives: Zip Dry
• Bazzill: Yellow and Kraft Cardstocks
• Beacon Adhesives: Zip Dry
• 3L:Scrapbook Adhesives: 3D Foam Squares - Small - White

Tools:

• Trimmer, Scissors and Heat gun

DIRECTIONS:

1. Cut a 4 1/4 X 11 piece of yellow cardstock and fold in half to make card.
2. Cut a 3 3/4 X 5 piece of lime printed paper and adhere to front of card.
3. Hand cut the stamped background paper to approximately 2 3/4 X ; ink edges using Chestnut Ink applied using Stylus & Blender Tip. 
4. Ink tree stamp using Tinted Embossing Pad, stamp at center of background paper and emboss using Cocoa Bean Embossing Powder. Also stamp and emboss the top portion of the design again on a scrap piece of kraft cardstock.
5. Use Smooch Accent Inks to fill in leaves and tree trunk on the background piece and the leaves on the extra stamped piece. When dry, cut out leaves from extra piece.
6. Adhere stamped background to card front, the arrange cut leaves in tree and scattered at base.
7. Ink "thanks" stamp using Tinted Embossing Pad, stamp on a scrap of kraft cardstock and emboss using Cocoa Bean Embossing Powder. Cut in banner shape, distress edges using Chestnut applied with Stylus & Blender Tip, and adhere to card using 3D Foam Squares.

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