Don’t you love fresh, new ink pads? They are full of new possibilities. These IMAGINE Craft / Tsukineko Radiant Neon ink pads come in a bright rainbow of colors and they are fun! Altered Pages is partnering with this wonderful company in June. I was playing around with these colors and wanted to see how they looked on black paper. Most inks soak into the black and are difficult to see. I sponged a little yellow on the scrap and an idea was born.
Using a
card-sized panel of plain white cardstock, I tore V-shaped area out of the
bottom to act like a template. Then I
sponged in layers of Electric Yellow, Electric Orange and Electric blue in an
arc pattern. A spiral foam stamp from my
collection was used to stamp the sun and more Electric Yellow was sponged in to it to make it a solid shape. A Q-Tip was used to draw in the sun's rays. After removing the paper template, I sponged
some Electric Purple around the bottom edges to mimic the ground. Then I heat set the panel. I was going for the look of a sunrise in the mountains.
I chose to
work with the Altered
Pages Muse Dragonfly stamp set. I
love this set of stamps! The dragonflies
come in several different sizes. The
small cluster of dragonflies was stamped with IMAGINE Craft / Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black and more of the black
ink was sponged very lightly around the edges of the card. I tried stamping the words “Dragonfly Dreams”
in Electric Purple but the stamp wasn’t wet enough and did didn’t show up as well as I
wanted. So, plan B…I re-inked the stamp
with IMAGINE Craft / Tsukineko Delicata
Silvery Shimmer used my stamp positioner to re-stamp the words. And the whole thing was again heat set.
On a scrap
of the same black paper, I stamped the largest dragonfly a couple of
times. He’s very detailed and I wanted
to be sure to get all of the pattern on his wings. These were heat set, fussy cut and set aside
until the last step.
To highlight
how the Radiant Neon inks colored the black paper, I mounted the panel on a
slightly larger piece of the same paper using double
sided adhesive. It took several
tries to find the right card stock to accent the pale colors without washing
them out. In the end, I chose a sky blue
piece from my collection. The two panels
were mounted on the blue base. To add the
large dragonflies, I used Nori
Paste
along their head and body and attached their wing tips with foam
squares cut down to fit.
It's a very soft, romantic card. |
Quick and
easy to make and I love the muted color I was able to achieve from these
wonderfully bright inks. Now I need to
go experiment on white paper! Until next
time, Happy Crafting!
I was surprised how dark the inks appear on the scanner!! |
Beautiful card - love how the colors pop on the black cardstock. TFS!!
ReplyDeleteI love the NEON Dragonflies... Beautiful car!!!!
ReplyDeletewow this really pops! incredible results with the awesome colors. xo
ReplyDeleteLove how colorful the card is! Awesome job Robin!!!
ReplyDeleteWow! Beautiful, fabulous, and want to try! Love these stamp pads.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card!
ReplyDeleteGreat use of the neons, it is cool how many uses they have! Very good!
ReplyDeleteRobin,
ReplyDeleteAmazing job. Love how you did the background.
Beautiful! Love the sunrise effect!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely fabulous colors on that black card, which is gorgeous, BTW. TFS your fun techniques!
ReplyDeleteVERY pretty!
ReplyDeleteSuch a beautiful use of the neon colors and gorgeous card!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful!! I never think to use black card stock!!
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love this! A must try for sure!
ReplyDeleteSuch a cool card and I love the neon inks so much.
ReplyDeleteThe neon inks used in this card totally changed my mind about using them in this medium. And the dragonflies are cute.
ReplyDeleteOooo how cool! Neato technique and beautiful results!!! Love it, tfs!
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