I totally have a new favourite tool! Before this I liked the idea of sponging and blending to create great projects, but didn’t do it very often. I think that’s going to change now. I’ve only used Stampin’ Up!s new Blending Brushes twice now, but I’ve fallen in love with them! The first time I used one of them I made my own Shimmer paper. This time I used them with our ink pads.
These are super easy to use and even easier to clean, if you choose to. I’ve heard some of my team members clean them like the Blender Pens. So you rub it on paper until no more colour comes off. When I made my shimmer paper I decided to clean it with just some water. I didn’t like the idea of Shimmer Paint drying onto my brush. It came off very easily and the brush was just as soft once it dried as it was before I used it.
For this card I thought it would neat to create a border around the edge of a piece of Basic White cardstock using the flower from the Tasteful Touches cling stamp set. I used Tuxedo Black Memento ink and gave it some time to dry before I started to blend with the brushes.
In terms of colours I thought of using a bright blue and then a yellow like the centre of a flower. So I went with Bermuda Bay and Bumblebee. I haven’t used this colour combination before and I think they work really nicely together. Definitely going to have to file this combination away!
So once my stamped flowers were dry I used my ink pad lids to hold the ink for my brushes. All you have to do to do that is squish the lid towards the ink pad while it’s still mostly closed. Once the ink is on the lid you just rub the brush in the ink. Make sure to dab off some of the colour onto another piece of paper before blending. You can even start blending off the cardstock and move in. To blend just move the brush in circles wherever you want that colour to go.
The phrase came from the Waterfront stamp set. I cut it out with one of the Stitched Nested Labels dies and then popped it up using a couple of Stampin’ Dimensionals. To finish it off I added some Braided Linen Trim. Here’s the full card…
I LOVE how this card turned out! And I can’t wait to do more with Stampin’ Up!s Blending Brushes. So stay tuned for future projects.