Hi friends, it's Autumn Clark from SewPaperPaint with you today to share a fun summertime card featuring this gorgeous Crafty Individuals Sea Turtle stamp. I had a play with the lovely new Lavinia Elements Dye Ink Pads, brayering Blue Lagoon onto my Gel Press printing plate. This is a fun technique Lavinia shares on their YouTube and Instagram pages. Once I brayered the ink, I then splashed on heavily diluted Brusho pigment powders onto the gel plate using a fan brush. This creates all of those lovely splashy pools on your paper, all tinted with your base color. I took the ink that was left on my brayer and did a second panel. You can see how much lighter it is in the background, but perfectly coordinated. I used the Crealies XXL Square Stitched Nesting dies to cut the center of the lighter panel and saved it for another project. I then cut the top panel with the next larger die so it would overlap and not show my cutaway. This is a great trick to maximize those precious inky papers!
I wanted to create a little more depth so I stenciled more Mermaid Elements ink through the Lavinia Flora stencil. I finished the design by embossing a portion of the Make Art Sentiment Strip stamp by Darkroom Door in white and adding a few details with a white paint pen. I love this technique and hope you will too! Hugs, Autumn
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