Ink Smooshing Technique
Hi readers! Please join me in welcoming back the fabulous Kelly Rasmussen as a guest on our blog today!
Hi there! I’m thrilled to be back as a guest on the Simon Says Stamp blog. Today I’ve got a card to share using some Hero Arts and Simon Says Stamp goodies.
I’ve a got a new little niece that should be arriving any day now, so I decided to make a card to have on hand when the big day arrives. My card is inspired by this amazing card by Kristina Werner. I love the ink “smooshing” technique with the simple white embossing over the top. (Thanks for the inspiration, Kristina!)
The animal images in the Simon Says Stamp Baby Party Animals stamp set are absolutely adorable and perfect for baby cards. And the hand drawn style coordinates perfectly with the messages in the Hero Arts Little One stamp set.
When creating a background like this, be sure choose inks colors that blend well. The pinks and oranges I used work great together and create new colors when they overlap. Also, I like to include a very light shade of ink, like Spun Sugar Distress Ink, to use around edges and create a faded out look.
As a final touch I die cut some Mini Hearts straight from the watercolored piece and popped the panel up on a white card base. I also added some Glossy Accents over the bunny to make her stand out a little bit more.
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What a lovely watercolor creation!!!
Beautiful card! Love the little die cut hearts!
I love seeing the smoosh technique in action. That’s a great little card.
Awesome!
LOVE the smooshing! Great colors and adorable card ♥
LOVE the bright colors of this…and the technique, too!
Great card and love the technique.. Thanks for sharing.
Linda D.
Great Card! I love ink smooshing :)
Cute bunny. Love the cut out hearts. Hugz
Very cute card, pretty colours
What an incredible card!! LOVE it!
Very nice. Love the combination of the Distress colors!
What a sweet card!
Awesome way to create a background.
Great tip to include a pale color around the edges!
Kelly, what a fabulous card and a fabulous technique. Thanks for sharing it! Happy 4th!
Love ink smooshing, your colors look awesome!!
So cute
I love this new technique and the card is very cute awaiting for the birth of a little one.
Sweet!! Wow this technique looks like plenty fun!!
Darling card Kelly!
Love this technique…super cute!!
Cute card. I love pink and orange together.
Such a sweet card
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Beautiful card! and stunning colors
Welcome, Kelly! Love your adorable color smooshing card!
Ink smooshing may be the most fun of all card techniques! This card is adorable.
Thanks, Kelly, for the beautiful smooshing card
So precious!
So pretty! I love the watercoloring.
LOVE this technique, so different from the usual baby card, LOVE IT!
fabulous and fun!!!
LOVE that background! Adorable card :)
Beautiful card! Love the contrast of the simple white embossing and the pretty colours of the background. The little cutout hearts are cute too.
One of my favorite techniques used beautifully here!
so cute with the little heart cut outs.
Cute card !!!
I love it!
Clean and simple yet so effective with the watercolouring! So pretty!
Beautifully blended colors.
Love the cute card and the watercolors
Ink smooshing technique is one of my fave))) like the way the card turned out)
love love!
Such an adorable card. Really sweet. Love the smooshing effect.
Kelly’s card is awesome! I LOVE the ink smooshing technique of the card and the coloring and the layout. It is so beautiful! Thank you for the inspiration!
SMASHING smooshing Kelly!!!
What an ADORABLE card to welcome your niece!!! THANK YOU for sharing this technique and your CREATIVE INSPIRATION … I have to confess that I have been struggling with making some welcome baby cards for several weeks now and your card is EXACTLY what I NEED to make some progress :)
Those colours look wonderfull together!
fab technique….the card is simply awesome….
Great technique – love the colors and stamping!
I really like when the ink conveyed over on paper!