You are Loved + Ombre Inking
Hi readers! Happy Tuesday! Please join me in welcoming back Yana Smakula as a guest on our blog! She’s created these two beauties with some new Hero Arts products as well as some Simon Says Stamp Exclusives!
Enjoy!
I love to create custom backgrounds using various small image stamps. Background stamps are fun (and I still use them often), but I feel I have more freedom when I’m using smaller images to build a background. This also allows to me create multicolored backgrounds like I’m sharing today. I used new Hero Arts Ombre ink pads for both of my projects and inked some images up using a darker color of ink and some using lighter.
I added dry embossing to one of the backgrounds using this grid stencil, this is one of my favorite techniques. I rarely use stencils for stenciling, but I love to use them for dry embossing. To give both of my cards something little extra I die cut this songbird die and a couple circles from Luminary Circles out of gold mirror cardstock and scattered behind the heat embossed sentiment.
Both stamped panels were mounted onto white A2 top folding card bases and a narrow strip of Hero Arts layering paper was added to both on both sides to emphasize the main panel.
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These absolutely WOW me !
Ohhh these are so pretty!
Beautiful cards! Love the design ♥
Love those ombré stamp pads to make your gorgeous backgrounds! Lovely cards!
Beautiful cards!
These cards are absolutely lovely!!!
These are lovely. I have those ombre inks on my wish list.
Great cards! Love the little bird. :)
pretty pretty pretty!
You can’t beat good old embossing! The bird looks spectacular embossed in gold. thanks for sharing. i follow the blog by email.
What sweet cards. very pretty.
You card is so beautiful, love the background.
Stunning cards!
I love the ombre ink pads. I already follow by email.
Very pretty cards…love the ombre look.
Pretty, pretty…will have to give this a try…using small stamp images to make a background…thanks.
Those are amazing backgrounds! At first I thought it was a selectively inked bg stamp… perfect composition.
My heart went pitter patter. Thank you for the beautiful inspiration and I love the added bird near the sentiment. These are just amazing.
Pretty cards, love the background!
I love the stamped backgrounds. The Ombré ink pads are awesome
The gold against the beautiful ombre stamp is what makes this card so elegant.
Love the ombre look! Lovely cards! The foil bird is such a pretty accent!
Love the colors!
very nice inspiration and fun to do! love that bird
These are gorgeous!!
Really love this look!! Very pretty! Thanks!!
How lovely is that look. So simple, yet stunning!
Fabulous backgrounds! TFS
Beautiful cards.
Such beautiful cards – love the background and the gold accents.
I haven’t seen the Luminary Circles before, but I love the look they give, especially in the gold accent color, along with the bird!
Beautiful, beautiful cards! If I were making a wedding card, this would be it!!
These turned out so beautiful. I want to try this out. TFS
I love these cards!! I have the Ombre stamp pads and have no idea what to do with them!! Thanks for the inspiration.
The cards are so lovely. Love the technique. Thanks for sharing.
These cards are so beautiful! Good job! And thanks for sharing!
gorgeous!
Beautiful cards! Lovely background :)
Gorgeous! so beautiful
luv
Lols x x x
These are gorgeous!
These are so lovely. :)
Gorgeous cards! The dry embossing really makes a difference!
These are just stunning!
These are so pretty!
Gorgeous colours and cards. Those Ombre ink pads are on my “never ever gonna end” wish list as well as some SSS products too numerous to mention!
Oh how very pretty! Such a lovely card.
Such pretty cards! The Ombre ink pads are on my wish list. Thanks for sharing the technique
ha didn’t even need to read the blog to know they were from Yana ;-) love her style,
Very pretty cards!
These are very pretty!