Posted by Jessica Frost-Ballas
on July 30, 2018
Good morning!! Today I'm sharing a few fun and easy ways to use your mini ink cubes to create a simple set of get well cards!
I also have a video showing you how to create this look. You can watch the video below or in HD at our Youtube channel
here
!
I’m using several Bold Inks from Hero Arts to create abstract ocean backgrounds for my get well cards. For my first card I simply take each ink cube and press it to the Snow layering paper card panel before quickly swiping down. I’m using Summer Sky , Aquatic , Deep Ocean , and Indigo hybrid Bold Inks for my card set. Those inks are available as mini ink cubes in the Tropical Waters pack . For my second panel I press the ink cubes to the paper overlapping the colors. My third card uses a similar idea but this time I swirl the pads slightly as I apply them to the paper to create a different pattern. Finally I drag the ink pad across the fourth panel and overlap the colors to create a big wash of ombre blue. Then I dry them with my heat gun. These take a little longer to dry because I’ve applied so much ink to the paper.
While the backgrounds are continuing to dry I stamp the sentiment from
You and Me by the Sea
onto
Snow layering paper
three times and heat-emboss it with
silver embossing powder
. I trim those down to three banners. Once my sentiments are done I test my backgrounds to make sure they’re totally dry by spooning a little embossing powder over them. If the embossing powder sticks to the panel then the ink isn't dry yet. Once they're dry I prep them with a powder tool and then stamp the cute whale tail on each background from
You and Me by the Sea
using
white
or
silver embossing powder
.
On one panel I emboss the sentiment directly onto the card panel with
silver embossing powder.
For the rest of the cards I adhere the sentiment using foam mounting tape. I vary the placement of each sentiment so the cards aren’t identical! And that's it!
I hope this gives you some new ideas for how to use your mini ink cubes! :) Thanks so much for visiting and have an amazing day!
19 comments
Love this video and the whale tail. Thanks
What a great idea for a blog post! I LOVE the card set you’ve created. Genius ideas AND beautiful cards as well!
These are so clever and a fun use of the ink cubes. Thanks for the technique ideas!
I love these! Simple and stunning!
Love these cards! Fast and cute with great color. I like the whale tail. Thanks for sharing the video!!