Hi everyone, the designers at Clearsnap and Cardmaker Magazine have come together today with a blog hop. Hope you'll stop by everyone's blog and see what they've created.
Have you seen Izink Pigment Inks yet? Izinks are distributed by Clearsnap, and are an acrylic based pigment ink that can be used for most craft projects. Use the included eye dropper or put some Izink in a spray bottle and spritz it. You can mix and match colors and even create your own colors by mixing them together. Let me show you what I've done.
I placed several drops of Bamboo, Cactus and Topaz Izink on a craft sheet, then using the Izink Spritzer bottle, I spritzed the craft sheet with water to liquify the colors some more.
I dragged several pieces of cardstock through the watery mix. Depending on the amount you have used, Izink dries quickly or, to speed along the drying process, you can always heat set it. You can create some fun effects by adding additional layers of ink once the previous layers have dried. Simply spritz more water on your craft sheet and drag the cardstock through it again.
Using a Sizzix die I created the card from brown cardstock. Then I die cut the Izink'd paper to fit. ColorBox Stephanie Barnard Artichoke Ink was the perfect match, so I inked all the edges of my papers before completing the card. To add a little more dimension, I used a ColorBox Art Screen with the Artichoke Ink along the right/back edge. Love the look!
I used ColorBox Lots of Thoughts Design Adhesives along with Goldmine Designer Foils on the card flaps. They rubbed perfectly onto scraps of the Izink'd papers and fit perfectly in the small Sizzix die cut.
It's hard to see but the Izink really shimmers and shines. Izink is an amazing product that has endless possibilities. Why not pick up a few and give them a try?
Stop by all the designers and see what they've created. Leave a comment along the way for a chance to win a prize package of Izink from Clearsnap.
Blog hop list:
CardMaker
http://www.cardmakermagazine.com/blog/?p=9890
Steph Ackerman
http://stephaniescraps.blogspot.com/.../hi-miss-you-with... HERE
Jeanne Streiff
http://inkypaws.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/?p=20022
Meihsia Liu
http://meihsia.blogspot.com/.../hello-friends-card-izink...
Kathy Martin
http://card-blanc.blogspot.com/.../clearsnap-and...
Jennifer Priest
http://hydrangeahippo.com/?p=6288
Kristie Hartfeil
http://krismybliss.wordpress.com/
Kristine Reynolds
http://stampingandscrapingincalifornia.blogspot.com/...
Vivian Keh
http://contadinak.wordpress.com/2014/06/04/cardmaker-hop/
Sabrina Alery
http://sabrinaalery.com/2014/06/16/cardmaker-clearsnap/
Tami Sanders
http://tamisanders.com/2014/06/02/cardmaker-blog-hop/
Vera Yates
http://lingshappyplace.blogspot.com/.../cardmaker...
Clearsnap Blog
http://blog.clearsnap.com/?p=10454
Steph
Love your inky backgrounds Steph!
ReplyDeleteVery nice! Love this technique..... thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeletelove the unique backgrounds -- these inks look great!
ReplyDeleteThanks.
DeleteLove watercoloring. This is gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteGreat background technique!!!
ReplyDeleteLovin' that great background! Thanks for sharing!!
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DeleteGreat technique. Love the way you made the little tabs with the die.
ReplyDeleteWhat a cool triple swing card! WOW! I just made my first swing card this morning, but now I'm totally inspired to try again with a triple! TFS Hugs, Kristina
ReplyDeleteThank you so much.
DeleteBeautiful card, Steph. Love the colors and patterns you created on the background. Brilliant design :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Meihsia
DeleteNice blending, very pretty.
ReplyDeleteThank you
Deletebeautiful project
ReplyDeleteLove how you made this card!! I am learning so much on this hop!!
ReplyDeleteThank you.
Deletehow super cool love the technique used love the flip die. thanks for sharing
ReplyDeleteWhat a great technique. Love the card, Thanks for sharing the info.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing this great technique. Would love to try it with these inks. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeletethank you
Deletegreat technique and pretty card steph!
ReplyDeleteGreat card. Have to try this.
ReplyDeleteLove your background and it works so well with the brown background.
ReplyDeleteGreat way to make fast and fun backgrounds. thanks for sharing the idea.
ReplyDeleteWow! It came out so pretty! You did a fantastic job on the background especially!
ReplyDeleteThats gorgeous! I love the screen designs.
ReplyDeleteLove the backgrounds! Thanks for being a part of the hop!
ReplyDeleteLove your card, Stephanie! Especially the way you've created gradients and variations in color!
ReplyDeleteAWESOME! This is so pretty and I love this technique!! Will have t o give this a try! TFS!
ReplyDeleteOoooo… love blue and green together - especially when they touch and make teal-ish, my favorite. Nice touch with the brown, which I don't think I would have thought of. Thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous way to create a background, love it!
ReplyDeleteLove the background...tfs
ReplyDeleteYour card is very pretty. Your technique looks like a lot of fun:) I haven't used this ink before and look forward to trying this. thank you for sharing. -con
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card!
ReplyDeleteWow, this cards is stunning! I love the background and colors thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous card! I love your colored paper. :) Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteLovely card. I love the colors of the inks and you're background.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know the inks were *shimmery*!!!!!! (shivers with excitement at anything shiny....) Beautiful card. Love this technique, but mine never turns out this pretty!
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I love the shading that you created! Your card is gorgeous! Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeletefun was to make interesting backgrounds. thanks for sharing some great projects and the directions for making the backgrounds.
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