Good morning! It is September 30th and it’s the last day of Simon Says Stamp’s STAMPtember!! And today I’m sharing my 30th video this month! Whew! Honestly there were some rough patches through the month but I’m thankful for all of your sweet comments and support all month long. You really helped me keep going! I’m pretty sure I won’t be posting 30 videos in a single month ever again BUT this was a really great way to challenge myself to get more comfortable with filming videos and I’m hoping to share them more regularly! So today, I’m finishing the month with a thank you card to tell you all thanks for everything!!
I have a video for my card that you can watch below or at my YouTube channel!
I love the look of color on dark cardstock but I didn’t feel like dragging out my colored pencils. So instead I used my distress oxides! I started by stamping the sentiment from Thank You Flowers onto dark grey cardstock with white pigment ink several times to lay a thick layer of pigment down against the dark cardstock. I let it airdry for a few minutes and then inked the stamp with wilted violet and seedless preserves distress oxide ink. Then I stamped the sentiment with versamark and heat-embossed it with clear embossing powder to seal in that pretty color!
You can substitute traditional pigment inks for the distress oxide inks and you can also do this technique without the white layer I just feel that it really helps the colors pop! I repeated the same process for each of the flowers and leaves. To finish the card I just trimmed it down and adhered it to a white card base.
Thanks so much for visiting and have a fantastic day!
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This is really pretty. I love the look!
Very pretty!
Great technique, Jess, & wonderful colors! Love the simplicity!
I’ve tried making a card everyday for a month, I can’t imagine the work that goes into making AND videoing a card every day for a month! You are awesome! Thanks for all your hard work and inspiration.
Thanks for explaining how you inked white pigment ink and then used oxides! fabulous technique and lovely card. thanks for inspiring me today.
🙂 Marie
I have thoroughly enjoyed and learned something from each and every one of your 30 Stamptember videos! Thank you for your stamina and for your expertise.
You did it–that took a lot of time and effort! Thanks for sharing all the creativity☺ (and I hope you get some r&r , or at least a nap!)
Happy 30th video !!! Congratulations on challenging yourself it was no doubt very tiring but thank you for the huge share. This card is gorgeous & looks so easy to replicate, will have a go & see x