Soft Ink Blended Branches Card

Jessica Frost-Ballas

Good morning! Jess here with a soft ink-blended card using the pretty new Staggering Branches set!

To start I stamped the images and sentiment from Staggering Branches onto an A2 panel of Hero Hues Dove White Cardstock with Versafine and heat-embossed it with Clear Embossing Powder. I colored the images with Copic markers, keeping the flowers and butterflies in light shades of peach and pink.

Next I used a blending brush to lightly apply Soft Vanilla ink around the branches.  The ink is so pale that I didn't worry too much about getting too close to the stamped images. Next I blended Fresh Peach and Soft Cantaloupe ink from the edges of the panel towards the stamped images keeping the blending soft and light towards the center of the card. I trimmed a 1/4" off each side of the panel and adhered it to a Hero Hues Dove White Top-Folded Card to finish the card. The stamp set also has a set of "antlers" with more greenery instead of flowers and, if you prefer, a similar card could be created using light shades of mint and green instead!  

Thanks so much for visiting and have a wonderful day!

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CM408 Staggering Branches - Hero Arts
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AF275 Soft Vanilla Shadow Ink - Hero...
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AF247 Fresh Peach Mid-Tone Shadow Ink...
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AF242 Soft Cantaloupe Shadow Ink -...
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PW104 Clear Embossing Powder - Hero Arts
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PS325 Hero Hues Dove white - Hero Arts
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PS400 Hero Hues Dove White Top Folded...
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  • Pamella Albright

    This is beautiful!

  • KC Wong

    What a great technique to try! Thanks for the idea!

  • Bonnie Reyes

    Love, love, love the blending,

  • Valerie G

    I love the color palette and the ink blending on the background. This is very beautiful.

  • Frances Sheegog

    What a beautiful card! Your ink blending sets off your stamped branch so well. Thank you for sharing!

8 Responses

Pamella Albright

Pamella Albright

Dec 23, 2019

This is beautiful!

KC Wong

KC Wong

Dec 13, 2019

What a great technique to try! Thanks for the idea!

Bonnie Reyes

Bonnie Reyes

Dec 11, 2019

Love, love, love the blending,

Valerie G

Valerie G

Dec 11, 2019

I love the color palette and the ink blending on the background. This is very beautiful.

Frances Sheegog

Frances Sheegog

Dec 10, 2019

What a beautiful card! Your ink blending sets off your stamped branch so well. Thank you for sharing!

Donna Whitten

Donna Whitten

Dec 10, 2019

Beautiful card! Thanks for sharing.

Cindy C.

Cindy C.

Dec 10, 2019

Lovely card, the soft ink blended background is so dreamy!

MBFairySky

MBFairySky

Dec 10, 2019

Sweet card!