...with your Blends alcohol markers, that is.
Hello everyone! I'm back from hot and humid Orlando where I helped celebrate Stampin' Up!'s 30th Anniversary - back to January like weather in St. Paul, MN with a bit of snow on the ground. And...
Welcome to the November Blog Hop for Kylie's Demonstrator Training! I am going to share one of my favorite Holiday catalog stamp sets and let you in on my secrets for getting a gold metallic type color when using Stampin' Up!'s alcohol markers, the Blends.
Great Joy was one of the first sets that I played with because I had just purchased new Blends combos and I took the images with me on a road trip we took last August to visit my daughter in Missouri. I wanted the bands on this beautiful Christmas ornament to look like metallic gold - not as yellow as Daffodil Delight but not as brown as Crumb Cake.
Cardstock Measurements:
- 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" Whisper White Card Base
- 4" x 3" Whisper White for the ornament. Trim after coloring.
- 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" Mint Macaron ( Trim down to 4" x 5 1/4" after stamping greeting and embossing with the Subtle Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder)
- 4 1/8" x 5 3/8" Basic Black
Stamp your ornament with Tuxedo Black Memento ink.
Color as follows. I usually start with my lightest colored areas first and work to the darkest. Save the red areas for last.
Gold Metallic areas: Apply Light Crumb Cake followed by a layer of Light Daffodil Delight. Finish by adding more light and dark Crumb Cake to add dimension.
Blue sections of ornament: Pool Party Combo Pack
Greens: Granny Apple Green Combo Pack, Light Call Me Clover
Green Bow: Call Me Clover Combo Pack
Red Sections of ornament: Real Red Combo Pack, Light Cherry Cobbler
Fussy cut your ornament most of the right side of the ornament untrimmed since you will cut that part off.
Attach the ornament after the Mint Macaron has been stamped with the greeting and embossed with the Subtle embossing folder. Attach so that you will just barely cut off any of the greens when you trim off the ornament flush with the cardstock edge.
Layer the Mint Macaron layer onto the Basic Black layer and then attach to the Whisper White card base as shown.
Then I decided to get one more card done for today.
The round ball ornament has been calling me to complete it in black and white. I decided to add a little crumb cake to the white areas to give it more of a Mackenzie Childs look and then added a little red bow as small as I could tie it. The subtle diamonds on the card base are sponged with one of the patterns from the Delightfully Detailed Laser Cut Paper used as a stencil.
I will be showing both of these cards on my Facebook Page, From My Inkpad with Chris Smith, at 7 PM CST tonight (11/13/18). Maybe you can join me after you have checked out the rest of the blog hop.
Time to check out all the other great blogs on this blog hop!
I would love to have you shop with me!
It's November! If you place a minimum $50 (US) order using the November hostess code, SNY9YGYC, I will send your choice of any current roll of ribbon plus 2 handmade Snowflake Showcase cards.
If you place a $150 or greater order please don't use the hostess code. You will still receive the gifts but you will also get your own hostess benefits.
Did you know...you can order your choice of stamping supplies, including the Snowflake Showcase as part of your kit when you sign up to be a demonstrator. One of the perks of being a demonstrator is that you get to pre-order from future catalogs. Sign up during the month of November and you will be able to pre-order from next year's Occasions and Sale-a-Bration catalogs starting December 5th! What a Christmas gift that would be! I'd love to have you join my team.
Whether you are new to papercrafts, someone who crafts with many brands of supplies, a Stampin' Up! devotee, or fellow demonstrator, I sincerely thank you for stopping by my little place in the stamping world. Let me know what you think and come back again soon!
Chris
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