Hello and welcome to my blog; today I have a fun rainbow background card for you. I did a little heat embossing for a rainbow embossed resist background along with a little Stampin' Blend coloring. But, the blend coloring wasn't with color I created a black and white image for the focal point of my card. I wanted it to pop against the rainbow background. Here's a look at today's card.
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I started out by taking a 4 x 5 1/4 piece of Whisper White Thick Cardstock and covered it with my Embossing Buddy (which is a anti static powder tool). Next I stamped the All Wired Up Background Stamp in Versamark ink using the Stamparatus. Once I had the stamped I then added White Stampin' Emboss Powder all over the entire image. I then heat set it using my heat tool. Once I had the entire image heat set I let it cool completely before moving on to the step.
I then took post it tape and my heat embossed cardstock and taped it down to my board. I taped from one corner to the other corner Once I had two pieces of post it tape ran from the four corners I came back and started the ink blending process. I started out with Poppy Parade Ink on one side of the triangle and ink blended to the middle letting it get lighter as I went. Next I came in from the other side of the triangle and came in with Mango Melody and ink blended toward the center in the same manner. I then moved the post it tape around to cover the triangle I just created to protect the color I just put down. And, repeated the process each time with two new colors working around until I got all the way around. My colors were as followed starting from the first triangle; Poppy Parade & Mango Melody, Daffodil Delight & Granny Apple Green, Coastal Cabana & Pacific Point, Gorgeous Grape & Melon Mambo.
Next I stamped the large flower bouquet from the Ornate Styles Stamp Set in Tuxedo Black ink using my Stamparatus. I let the ink dry for a minute before I started the coloring process. I used the following grays and black blends to color the image. I used Gray Granite Light & Dark, Smoky Slate Light & Dark, and Basic Black Light Stampin' Blends to color the image. I added in the warmer gray granite to add just a little warmth into the image compared to just using the color smoky slate and basic black. I then cut the image out using my Paper Snips and a exacto knife for the inside part of the flowers.
I got the sentiment from the Seriously the Best Stamp Set which matches the Seriously the Best Kit from the January-June Mini Catalog. I stamped the large thanks in versamark ink onto Basic Black Cardstock. I added white stampin' emboss powder and heat set it. Once cooled I used my paper snips and created a shadow around the word. I then added some of the Basic Black Shimmery Ribbon to the card front, and placed the black and white bouquet over the ribbon with Stampin' Dimensionals. I then added the thanks that I cut out over the bouquet with stampin' dimensionals.
I finished off the card by adding a few of the iridescent sequins from the Gingham Gala Adhesive Backed Sequins. I then added the card front onto a Basic Black 4 1/8 x 5 3/8 basic black mat before adding it to my 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 Thick Whisper White card base. Thanks for dropping by today I hope that you have a wonderful day.
Happy Stampin'
Rick Adkins
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