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Adding ink to the Like An Animal DSP for fun cards!

March 27, 2023
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27 Mar

Hello, I hope you are well.

Today’s cards are rather bright so you may want to grab your sunglasses!!

As much as I love the Like An Animal DSP I thought it might look even better with some colour added to it. I played around with Stampin’ Blends and Blending Brushes but in the end I decided the best way to get an intense colour, and the most fun technique, was to simply take my ink pads and stamp them straight onto the paper…

It did look a bit blotchy so I nearly discarded it but it looked a lot better once I dabbed off the excess ink with an old cloth and left it to fully dry. I added it to a Tahitian Tide card base and this was the final result…

I heat embossed my sentiment from the Celebrating You stamp set with gold embossing powder on Tahitian Tide card then cut it with the second smallest Deckled Rectangles die. I added a few bits of Tahitian Tide metallic woven ribbon then the sentiment on top and finally some gold sequins from the Pastel Sequins pack.

I love that although I’ve added lots of colour the metallic foil pattern on the paper still really shines through…

I like this card so much I decided to add Melon Mambo ink onto one of the silver foil designs from the Like An Animal paper pack too…

I heat embossed the same sentiment, this time with silver powder, added some silver metallic mesh ribbon and and solid faceted gems.

Which one do you prefer? I can’t decide.

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I’ve listed the products I used for both of my versions of this card below. You can click on any of the links in the Product List to visit that item in my online Stampin’ Up! store.

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Happy crafting,

Heather x

Product List
Like An Animal 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper
Like An Animal 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper
[160841]
£14.00
Deckled Rectangles Dies
Deckled Rectangles Dies
[159173]
£28.00
Celebrating You Cling Stamp Set (English)
Celebrating You Cling Stamp Set (English)
[158028]
£23.00
Tahitian Tide A4 Cardstock
Tahitian Tide A4 Cardstock
[159262]
£8.75
Tahitian Tide Classic Stampin' Pad
Tahitian Tide Classic Stampin' Pad
[159210]
£7.50
Tahitian Tide 1/8'' (3.2 Mm) Metallic Woven Ribbon
Tahitian Tide 1/8'' (3.2 Mm) Metallic Woven Ribbon
[159197]
£8.50
Pastel Adhesive Backed Sequins
Pastel Adhesive Backed Sequins
[160387]
£7.50
Melon Mambo A4 Card Stock
Melon Mambo A4 Card Stock
[119980]
£8.75
Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad
Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad
[147051]
£7.50
Metallic Mesh Ribbon
Metallic Mesh Ribbon
[153550]
£7.50
Solid Faceted Gems
Solid Faceted Gems
[159189]
£7.50
Versamark Pad
Versamark Pad
[102283]
£9.00
Metallics Embossing Powders
Metallics Embossing Powders
[155555]
£17.00
Stampin' Dimensionals
Stampin' Dimensionals
[104430]
£4.00
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