Clean and Simple Atelier Ink Watercolor

Hi, it's Lynnea! I *almost* made a one layer card using InkOn3 Atelier Inks as watercolors ... and then I couldn't help myself and added a layer! *face palm* Maybe one of these days! 

This card is so simple and you can switch up the sentiment to make any kind of card! I stamped the pitcher, stem, flower, and sentiment from the Posies Stamp Set using both Juicy Watermark and Embossing Ink and Blackout Hybrid Detail Ink. I had to stamp the pieces separately and I wasn't sure I could work quickly enough to use just the Blackout Hybrid Detail Ink, so I stamped first with the Juicy Watermark and Embossing Ink. Once all of the images were stamped I heat embossed them with Crystal Clear Embossing Ink. 

I used Sweet Petunia Pink and Marylin Red Atelier Inks to watercolor the flower, Goddess Green for the stem, and Trinity Teal for the pitcher. I needed ground my "scene" so I watered down some Twiggy Brown Atelier Ink and added a line of ink under the pitcher. Once the ink was dry I went over everything with Liquid Pixie Dust. I trimmed down the panel just a bit and popped it up onto a white card base. And that's it! See you soon! 

My Favorite Copic Combos with the Magical Dragons Stamp Set

Hi there! Today I'm sharing a bunch of my favorite Copic color combinations and coloring up a bunch of gems and dragons from the InkOn3 Magical Dragons Stamp Set!

This card is so easy to create. I used my favorite black inks - Blackout Detail Hybrid Ink. This ink is PERFECT for all kinds of coloring mediums from alcohol inks, and pencils, to watercolors!

Let's start with this fun background! I mounted all three gems from the Magical Dragons Stamp Set onto an acrylic block and used my Blackout Hybrid Detail Ink to stamp them all over a piece of Neenah cardstock. When stamping a bunch of small images I find it easier to use an acrylic block rather than a stamping platform. I can quickly rotate my acrylic block without cleaning my stamps in between inking until my background is full. Speaking of cleaning my stamps! - I like to use the Ink Off Stamp Cleaning Pad and an Ink Off Cloth to remove ink and clean my stamps. Hybrid Inks naturally stick to photopolymer stamps and stain them, but the Ink Off Stamp Cleaner magically cleans the ink away!

I also stamped out a couple of the dragons from the Magical Dragons Stamp Set and die cut them with the coordinating Magical Dragons Die Set. Then I set to coloring! I chose to use Copic Markers, but because I stamped with the Blackout Detail Ink I could have chosen essentially any coloring medium my little heart desired! I used a whole rainbow of colors for my background of gems. These are some of my favorite Copic color combos! I color simply and usually only use two markers per color. You can see all of them in the video, but I thought I would list them here for you as well!

Pink - R83, R85

Red - R27, R29

Orange - YR04, YR07

Yellow - Y15, Y17

Mint - G00, G02

Green - YG25, YG17

Blue - B01, B02

Purple - BV02, BV04

Shadow - BG10

I started to assemble my card and realized my little dragons were blending in to the background. I die cut a stitched shape and popped them onto it with foam tape. I added a stamped sentiment from the Magical Dragons Stamp Set below the dragons with Blackout Hybrid Detail Ink and added the shape to my card with more foam tape.

All that's left to do is add some magic with Liquid Pixie Dust! I keep a small amount in a Small Watercolor Brush so that I can easily shake it up and brush it onto my colored images. That's all! I hope you find this video useful!

No Line Koi Pond Watercolor

I'm using a couple of the newest released products from InkOn3 today to make a fun summery Koi Pond card with a bit of easy no line coloring.

This card is simple to make, but just look at those koi swimming around! They're the best! I stamped the koi images as well as the air bubbles from the Koi Pond Stamp Set onto watercolor cardstock with Fadeout No Line Ink. The fabulous thing about this ink is you can stamp it 2 or 3 times to build up the color (for people with bad eyes like me!) and the ink will still fade back to give you the no line effect! I used a Small Fine Tip Watercolor Brush to color the koi with Marigold Orange Atelier Ink. Check out the video above to see just how easy this is! The Fadeout Ink grabs the color and makes no line coloring a BREEZE!

I needed a fun background for my koi, so I used the new Pondie Stencil along with some Goddess Green Atelier Ink. These inks are so juicy and wonderful! I didn't even have to re-ink my blending foam to do the background!

I added the koi with foam tape to my stenciled background and stamped a coordinating sentiment from the Koi Pond Stamp Set with Blackout Hybrid Detail Ink in the bottom corner of the card. I added some Liquid Pixie Dust to the bubbled and koi using a Small Fine Detail Watercolor Brush to finish the card. Thanks for joining me!

Faux Watercolored Backgrounds with the Mirror Image Stamp

Hi! You guys know I'm all about easy cards that pack a punch, right?! Today I'm going to show you a super quick way to add a faux watercolor background to your cards using the Mirror Image Stamp from InkOn3!

I really like to show products being used in different ways. The Mirror Image Stamp is intended to be used for ... well ... mirror image stamping! Haha! I decided to take the stamp and twist it and use it to create a full background. I used Atelier Inks because I love how vibrant they are and how they move with water. I used a stamp positioner for this technique and I highly recommend one. It made it a lot easier!

I positioned the Mirror Image Stamp so that it would stamp in the center of a piece of A2 sized watercolor cardstock and used all of the rainbow colors of Atelier Inks for my four backgrounds! I used Marilyn Red, Marigold Orange, Bee Sting Yellow, Goddess Green, Peacock Blue, and My Jam Purple. I just inked up the Mirror Image Stamp with three different colors of Atelier Ink and sprayed it with water and stamped it onto my watercolor cardstock for the faux watercolor look! I love it!

I dried each panel with a heat tool and added some bold white heat embossed images to the front. I love the big floral image in the new BeYOUtiful stamp set! It's big and bold and perfect for being the center piece on a card! I lined up the flower, some leaves, and the sentiment from the BeYOUtiful Stamp Set and stamped them with Juicy Watermark Ink and heat embossed them with Arctic White Fine Detail Embossing Powder. Rinse and repeat for the rest of the set!

You definitely want to check out my process video above! This technique is so easy! I finished off the cards by adding a quick coating of Liquid Pixie Dust to the flowers and that's it! Clean and simple and quick and easy faux watercolored backgrounds with the Mirror Image Stamp and Atelier Inks. I hope you love them!