Hey all,
I ordered a set of Lisa Horton Cloud 9 inks during Black Friday sales and finally got around to playing with them. They are so interesting in how they react on different colors of paper. After playing. I ended up with two cards with the exact same design and using the same Lisa Horton ink pads. The only difference is the card stock colors.
Elizabeth has the first color challenge for2025 at the Paper Players this week, orange, pink and green and one of my cards works perfectly.
Notice the bottom of the heart die is orange, then notice that the background panel is green. Both of those are using the same ink pad, Cloud 9 Ripe Mango Shimmer "direct to paper" technique. The ink is orange on white card stock and green on dark card stock. The upper part of the heart is another Cloud 9 color called Tropical Paradise.
The heart die and the sentiment are from Concord & 9th. The sentiment is heat embossed using black EP.
I think that the second card works for this week's Just Us Girls Word Week "Masculine" challenge. I used the same Ripe Mango ink on this card with three different dark card stock shades from GKD. They are black, dark sage and Christmas green. The die cut heart is the Christmas green after using the ink pad direct to paper. The background black panel is stenciled using the ink and a blending brush, and the mat for the black panel is a piece of dark sage with the ink direct to paper. On this shade, it looks gold, which is why I used the gold accents in the enamel dots and gold embossed sentiment.
If you're looking for some fun inks, these fit the bill. I didn't mention how sparkly they are, but I think you can see that in the photos. I don't usually do swatches for my supplies, but I did with these inks, stamping each color with a silhouette style stamp on both white and black card stock. I think that will come in handy for future use.
Hope your day is going well. I have a dental appt this afternoon and I'm watching the Australian Open tennis matches.
Colleen
Colleen...what a fun experiment! I would never have guessed that the same inks on different cardstock would produce these results. Also a big wow on the black embossing powder! The knitted heart was a find...so fun! Thanks for joining and sharing at The Paper Players (and Just Us Girls) this week.
ReplyDeleteGreat use of that multiple ink! Love the one you entered for JUGS. Thanks for joining in at JUGS
ReplyDeleteI love both of these! What a cool way to incorporate our colors. That shimmery green background is amazing! Thanks for playing with the Players this week!
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