Video: Ink Swiping Technique with Inkers Featuring the December Card Kit

Hello friends!! It's Channin here and today I'm creating a couple of cards featuring the new December Card Kit of the Month. In the video I demonstrate a fun and easy background technique using the Reactive Ink Inkers included in the kit and an old gift card.

Watch below or on the Hero Arts YouTube channel.

To create these cards I first created the backgrounds. I started with an A2 panel of Luxe White Watercolor Paper. I then squeezed a couple drops of the Lemon Drop Inker (included in kit) onto a slick surface and added a couple sprays of water to the ink. Next, I mixed the ink and water together with an old plastic card (like a gift card). I then picked up some of the watered-down ink with the card and applied it to the watercolor panel in a swiping motion to create a streak of color. I made several more streaks on the panel and then dried the panel with my heat tool. Next I repeated this process with the Fruit Punch and Blue Hawaii inks (included in kit) to create a stripy panel that resembles a colorful plaid. 

I then stamped several images from the clear set included in the card kit in INTENS-ified Black Ink onto Luxe White Watercolor Paper. I then squeezed a small amount of ink from each of the five inkers into the wells of the included plastic watercolor palette and watercolored the images in with the inks. When I finished watercoloring the images, I die cut them out with the coordinating dies. 

Next, I trimmed the stripy watercolor panel down to create one panel measuring 2 3/4" x 4 1/8" and three smaller panels measuring 2 3/4" x 1 3/8". I then adhered the images to the panels with foam adhesive. Next, I adhered the panels to two white A2 top-folding card bases with foam adhesive. I then stamped two sentiments from the stamp set in Embossing & Watermark Ink onto some Pitch Black cardstock. I then poured white embossing powder over the sentiments and then heat set them and die cut them out with the coordinating dies. Lastly, I finished the cards by adhering the sentiments to the card fronts with foam adhesive. 

I hope you enjoyed my cards. Thank you so much for stopping by!