Just Add Ink

There is no end to the number of card challenges on the internet, and I’ve discovered a new one to me. The usual route to finding a new challenge is by reading blogs of other card makers. All of a sudden an interesting challenge site pops up. I usually scroll through a few of the challenges to see what I think, and then I add it to my list. I love the name of this one:  Just Add Ink! And this round that’s one of three elements you can use: Stamps, Ink, and Paper. No die cuts (that’s a hard one for me,) no embellishments (not so hard.) 

This card was created with one of the beautiful silhouette stamps in a Gina K kit I purchased this summer. Her kits are loaded with product and are an excellent value. The quality is top-notch, too. This is the only kit of hers I have at the moment, but her most recent one is on its way to me. Once it gets here, you’ll be seeing lots of it!

I ink blended the background on a piece of white Bristol cardstock, using the Taylored Expression “Rectangle Mask.” Then I stamped the silhouette from “Natural Silhouettes” in black ink. My new favorite for silhouettes and sentiments is Altenew’s Obsidian pigment ink. It gives a great impression with the first stamping. 

The sentiment is also from “Natural Silhouettes,” and I overlapped it a bit on the bottom of the ink blending. A narrow black cardstock frame on a Stamp Market Fuschia card base finished it up.