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Good Afternoon! How is your day going? Have you had the chance to play and get inky today? Well, I have and man did I have fun. The new Stamping Foam from Simon Hurley is FUNomenal. The new foam is the size of an A2 and has a heart cut out in the middle that can be removed. So many possibilities! Today I wondered, “Can I use Embossing Ink on the foam?” The answer is YES and boy the results are better than I expected. The card is perfect for Valentine’s Day and easy to make. So, let’s get started.
Supplies
- Stamping Foam by Simon Hurley
- Playful Petals rubber stamp by Simon Hurley
- Acrylic block
- Blue painters tape
- Distress Inks
- LDRS Creative stamp set You Color My World
- Kat Scrappiness Jasper Stone Pearls
- LDRS Creative Blending Brushes
- Neenah Classic Crest Solar White
- Grey Card Stock
- Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink
- Masking Sheets by Gina K Designs
- Connect Glue by Gina K Designs
- Silver Embossing Powder
- VersaMark Embossing Ink
- Paper trimmer
- Heat Tool for Embossing
card details
- Cut, fold and score a landscape oriented A2 card panel. The panel will measure 5.5″ wide and 4.25″ in height.
- Now , remove the heart from the foam. Attach it to an acrylic block with blue painters tape. It should be a lower tack tape but I used a purple tape and the adhesive was too strong and damaged the back of one of my foams. There are two in a pack so no worries!
- Heat up your stamping foam with your heat tool. You need to heat it up for approximately 30 seconds. Now, quickly, press your foam into the Playful Petals stamp.
- Now take your VersaMark Ink and ink up the heart. Do this a couple of times. It is kind of hard to see the Versamark Ink but trust me, it’s there.
- Next, stamp on to an A2 white panel. You choose the location. I did it off center and then later used Gina K’s Master Layout dies to cut the panel down. Sprinkle with a silver embossing powder and heat it up.
- It’s time to mask up and ink blend. I traced the inside of the foam on to a sheet of Gina K Masking paper. I then cut out the heart. I also cut a few strips of the masking sheet to mask off where my rainbow ink blend would be.
- Ink blend away. I used rainbow colors from Distress Oxide, but you do you (like Tim Holtz says!) Use whatever colors you want.
- It’s time to stamp the sentiment. I chose the I’m Over the Rainbow for You from the LDRS Creative You Color My World Stamp Set.
- I stamped it multiple times with Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink and with my Misti.
- Remove the masking tape. Add a piece of dark grey cardstock behind the panel. My panel is an 1/8″ larger on all sides. The dark border makes the colors POP!
- Now throw some bling on there. I used the Jasper Stone Pearls…..I’m in love with them.
- Apply adhesive foam to the back of the panel with some Connect Glue and center it on the white card base. All DONE!
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