Hello, Kraftie Friends!

I had these gel printed papers laying around and used them to make some cards for a few challenges...

If you have a gel press and some dye ink refills, try dropping some colors of your choice on the gel plate and spray some water. You can spread the ink with paintbrush or your fingers...then, press cardstock or watercolor paper on.

I would spray more water after each print to get more pastel colors...

Then, I stamped some images and trimmed them out to make the cards...I chose a stamp set with cups (retired SOTM) for some challenges (they remind me of the cups in "Beauty and the Beast").

Card #1

Panel is dry embossed. And I added some gold paint details on stamped images.

Card #2

Die cut panel was dry embossed and inked in Wild Berry.

Challenges:

Card #1

1. CAS Mix Up Jan: Loose Watercoloring

2. Use Your Stuff #439: Inspired by Disney

3. Cupcake Inspirations #535: Tea Time

Card #2

1. STAMPlorations Jan Theme & Photo Prompt: Stamps & Cups

2. Heart2Heart: Ring in 2022 with the Color of the Year, Wild Berry

Cups of Tea...

 Hello, Kraftie Friends!

Here's a card using a retired SOTM (Stamp of the Month) stamp set...

...but it has some stamping techniques I wanted to show you! I stamped tea bags on card base without re-inking a few times (generational stamping) and sentiment was stamped in black. The stack of cups were stamped in black on my own printed paper (using my gel plate + dye inks). Details were colored with alcohol-based markers.

If you don't have a gel plate, just tap some ink on a craft mat/plastic sheet (or drop some ink from refill bottles), spray some water and squish paper on. After it dries, stamp designs on. 

Challenges:

1. The Color Throwdown #675

2. STAMPloration Jan CAS: Anything CAS Goes + optional color twist Rainbow

3. Mix It Up #57: AGoes + optional foiling

4. Gem of a Challenge #2: Card Making & Craft Challenge - AGoes