Hi crafters. For today’s card we are doing ink blending as a stamping technique, using blending brushes on patterned paper. I have a video showing these techniques, a completed card and share 4 ways to blend ink effectively on patterned paper. We are using the newly released Stampin’ Up! Blending Brushes. I have also used the black and white True Love Designer Series Paper from the 2020 January to June Mini Catalogue to blend the ink onto. 

The True Love Designer Series Paper is a really versatile paper pack for using with a range of techniques. I found the blending brushes blended the ink really nicely on this paper. I have used Melon Mambo and Calyso Coral for my ink colours.

Four Tips for using the Stampin’ Up! Blending Brushes on Patterned Paper  (Video below)

In working with the blending brushes on patterned paper, I found these these tips to be helpful.

1. Hold the area you are blending with your fingers of your other hand at the top and bottom, to keep the paper flat and taut while you are blending (it has a tendency to slide and crease otherwise).
2. Start with the middle colour first – I find that works best and allows you to come back and blend over the joins of the two colours. If you are only using two colours I would start with the lightest first.
3. Start blending in a circular motion off the page near the paper and work onto it, so you don’t get a build up of ink in one spot.
4. Choosing a light coloured pattern paper is going to give the best result. Black and white is perfect.

Here’s the video to show you how I achieved the blending.

Putting the Ink Blended Card Together

To put the card together, I added a Calypso Coral mat to the blended piece, and adhered one of the cut out fowers from the DSP at the top left (before I added the mat). The front of the Basic Black card is also embossed with the Subtle 3D Embossing folder. My breeting (from Best Year stamp set) was stamped in Black Stazon onto a 3/4″ strip of Basic White cardstock and the decorative ends were cut with the Lovely Labels Pick a Punch.

I would definitely recommend adding the Stampin Up! Blending Brushes and the True Love Designer Series Paper Pack to your next order.

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