This week's Color Challenge at the Gingersnap Creations Blog is Shades of Blue and the theme for the Month of June is Flight (and if you click on over and join the Gingersnap Yahoo Group, there's also a Celestial Bodies Challenge in June).
I love the message of this sentiment for sympathy cards (This version is Openings in Heaven by Inky Antics). I combined it with the Water Stamping Technique found in Jennifer Maguire's first Thinking Inking tutorial video.
I inked a piece of white cardstock using Tumbled Glass, Broken China and Stormy Sky Distress Inks. Next, I inked a tiny star background from Paper Parachute with Versamark, stamped it off once, and then misted the stamp with water before stamping it on my background (repeating multiple times). I also did the same with the larger star from Gina K (a retired Stamps for a Cause set called Make a Wish). To add a bit more color variation & depth, I inked both stamps with Faded Jeans Distress Ink and stamped them several more times.
After all of the inks were completely dry (I went over the paper with my heat gun to make sure there was no lingering dampness) I stamped the sentiment with Memories India Ink and clear embossed it.
The finishing touch was a spray of Frost Glimmer Mist for an all-over sparkle.
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Wed, Jun 23, 2010 @ 6:12 AM
Beautiful card. I love the sentiment. TFS
Cathy
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