The Crafty Thinker: Stephanie Fischer - Independent Stampin' Up Demonstrator: Background Bits

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Wednesday, 28 June 2017

Flourish Resist

Ink background on Glossy cardstock, Flourishing Phrases, Background Bits, Versamark Resist, #thecraftythinker, Stampin Up Australia Demonstrator, Stephanie Fischer, Sydney NSW

This was the second piece of card that I dipped into the puddle of ink on my craft mat.

This is the last of the cards I made all on one inky afternoon! Previous cards can be seen here and here; and the full description of the inky process can be found here.

For this piece, I stamped the little flowers with Versamark before I started the inky process. Since the Versamark resists the ink, they remain white.

Once the background was dry, I stamped the images with Basic Black Archival Ink and made sure that was dry before I added some more colour to the stamped images with Stampin' Write Markers in Powder Pink, Lemon Lime Twist and Tranquil Tide.

To weight the bottom of the card, I stamped one of the Background Bits images with Elegant Eggplant ink.

I only wanted a thin line of ribbon on the card, so I applied adhesive to one side of the ribbon and folded it in half. My lovely friend, Satomi, taught me to make the little bow substitute with a piece of ribbon and some glue dots. The Faceted Gems provide the final bit of lift to the finished card.

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

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Sunday, 25 June 2017

Flourishing Phrases with inky background

The other day I shared this card with you and mentioned that I made several at the same time, so this is the second that I'm sharing from that batch!

Glossy cardstock ink background, Flourishing Phrases, Background Bits, #thecraftythinker, Stampin Up Australia Demonstrator, Stephanie Fischer, Sydney NSW

The extra colour is added with a Stampin' Write Marker

This was the first piece of card that I pressed into the wet ink (method described in full here), so the colours are more clearly defined. When they were dry, I stamped the card fairly randomly with a text stamp and Bermuda Bay ink.

I stamped my main decorations in Basic Black Archival Ink and then used a heat tool to ensure that they were dry before adding some more colour with a Bermuda Bay Stampin' Write Marker.

The decorative piece is layered onto Bermuda Bay and the base card is Lemon Lime Twist.

Thank you for your visit.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

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Wednesday, 21 June 2017

Hello Background Bits

Glossy paper and dye ink are a marriage made in crafters' heaven! So many techniques are possible and the ink just glows!

Having said that, the colours on this particular card look a little muted and that's because this is what I call a third generation card. It probably has a technical name but that works for me! When I get messy with anything (inks, embossing paste, glitter etc) I tend to make the most of the mess and create several pieces. This was one of the last pieces for the day and the colours had become muted and greyed through mixing.... but I still liked it. In days to come I'll show you the other pieces I made that afternoon.

Hello Friend, Inky backgrounds, Background Bits, Glossy White Cardstock, #thecraftythinker, Stampin Up Australia Demonstrator, Stephanie Fischer, Sydney NSW

Inky background on Glossy White Cardstock stamped with Basic Black Archival Ink

Again, I'm sure the technique for the background has a technical name but, since I don't know it, I'll simply describe the process I used.

Using three different ink pads (in this case Elegant Eggplant, Bermuda Bay and Crushed Curry) I patted ink onto a waterproof craft mat.
I then spritzed the ink with water until it had formed quite large beads.
I pre-cut my Glossy White Cardstock to size and then pressed it into the ink on the mat.
I then lifted it up, let it run a little and used a tissue (a clean one of course!) to soak up any excess ink at the edge of the cardstock.
Since I'm somewhat impatient, I used my heat tool to dry the piece.

Tip:
Don't worry if the cardstock curls a bit. Application of some heat to the back of the piece may help or simply put it under heavy book for a short while. If a little bit of curl remains, it will sit flat once it has been adhered to another piece of card.

I used Basic Black Archival ink to stamp elements from the Background Bits stamp set and the greeting from the Hello Friend stamp set.

Having used my heat tool again to ensure that the black ink was dry, I sponged a line of Bermuda Bay ink across the pattern at the bottom of the card to provide a little bit of a ribbon effect.

Having added my Crushed Curry and Elegant Eggplant layers I added the piece to the front of the Bermuda Bay card and added some Enamel Shapes to the centres of the pattern. They are in fact Pear Pizzazz but they look more yellow in the photo.

For the "thinking of you" panel, I lightly sponged a small strip of Glossy White Cardstock with Bermuda Bay before stamping the greeting (from the Colorful Seasons stamp set) using Basic Black Archival ink and adding some Elegant Eggplant Enamel Shapes.


I used Bermuda Bay ink to repeat the pattern inside the card

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'Til next time!
Stephanie

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Sunday, 11 June 2017

You Move Me - Sympathy Card

I normally keep at least one sympathy card in my stash but this week, when I needed one, my cupboard was bare. This left me in the terrible position of creating a card while fighting back the tears - not an ideal situation.

You Move Me, Butterfly, Sympathy Card, Background Bits, #thecraftythinker, Stampin Up Australia Demonstrator, Sydney NSW

My incorrectly stamped butterfly from You Move Me - I corrected it later!

So I used my You Move Me bundle for the first time along with the hostess set, Background Bits. I made an error in my use of the You Move Me stamps - when I took these photos, I had not yet worked out that the process required stamping both of the butterfly stamps! Eventually I worked out why my butterfly wasn't fluttering very much and corrected the situation. I will add a little video of the corrected version as time allows.

I used the Sponge Brayer to add Smoky Slate ink to Very Vanilla card (a heavier coating at the bottom of the piece) before stamping the flowers in Basic Black.

I used a Lots of Labels framelit to create the tag pull

I added a piece of window sheet behind the "grill" to provide some longevity - I was worried that the tag might catch one of the horizontal strips. I also added a pink frame by another grill and then removing the horizontal strips.

Since my sadness is still rather overwhelming, there's not a lot more that I can say right now except

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

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