Day #2...Creating Cards with a Giveaway Winner Package of Ken Oliver Ink...Brushes and Stencils by The Crafters Workshop

Hello my crafty and creative friends!

I'm back today to share 2 more cards that I've created with the wonderful goodies that I won

when Ken Oliver did a Giveaway...a few weeks ago!

Here's what was in the Giveaway package

(SO many amazing things!)

For today's cards....I wanted to do some color blending and layering.

I applied the ink with a blending tool 

onto a card front sized piece of Ultra Smooth (Spectrum Noir) card stock

making sure to get a good solid coverage of inked color

Next I positioned and secured one of The Crafters Workshop stencils with painters tape

and used the Stencil Brushes to apply the inked stenciling.

When I had the depth of ink color that I wanted...I gently removed the stencil

and lightly spritzed the inked piece with water...
The Color Burst Inks are reactive...

and I was excited to see how the inked card stock would look when misted!

**I made sure to hold the mister a good distance from the inked piece...

(aka...an arms length)

When the piece dried....I was very happy with how the ink looked!

Emphasis on VERY HAPPY

I love the layered inking and how the ink looks after it reacts to water.

I trimmed the inked pieces...cutting each one to the size needed.

I also cut mat layers for each inked piece

I stamped a floral image on the smaller inked pieces

with a pretty IO stamp that I love...and have used many times before.

I attached the inked pieces to their corresponding mat layers.

The larger mat layers were attached to the base card

The smaller inked and stamped pieces were matted first...

and then I attached fun foam to the back for added lift and dimension.

I chose sentiment stamps and dies for each card

First....a Happy Birthday card

I used the same purple metallic card stock that I used for matting...

to create a die cut "happy".

I stamped "birthday" in the lower right corner of the card front to complete this card.

I also created a "prayers" card.

I stamped and matted the "prayers" piece and positioned it with foam dimensionals.

"For You" was stamped directly onto the larger inked layer.

I am loving the beautiful Color Burst ink pads...

The colors are so pretty...

they layer beautifully...

and their reactive qualities are terrific.

It was lots of fun creating both of today's cards 

with the Color Burst Inks...and the stencils from The Crafters Workshop.

Adding the die cuts and stamping allowed me to create the cards 

that I had envisioned in my mind when I began creating each card. 

I have another card in mind for the Color Burst Ink pads

and am looking forward to the next time that I can spend some time in the studio

and will be able to give that card a try!

Before you run off to order your set of Color Burt ink Pads...

Let me say...

Have a great day, my friends!

Thanks so much for visiting!

Michelle