AIR16 Blend It!
In this challenge you will make a card with a blended background using at least 3 ink colors to create a halo of color behind your image. The card will be posted in the gallery and a link will be provided on this tread with a description of what worked best for you.
“The halo of color” is my term to describe the difference between your card having a fully inked background vs blending ink closer to the image leaving white space for a CAS look.
Tips- distress inks are easiest to blend; Kristina talks about using inks from SSS, Hero Arts and Wplus9 in the video below.
I find using the round blending tool is much easier than the rectangle one. Inking the tool well and then tapping off the top layer of ink on a scrap gives me the most even blending. You will achieve different results with different bands and weight of paper.
Dimension can be added to a blended background with water–ghosting with water on a stamp or stencil, dabbing water on with a textured paper towel, water droplets and more.
This challenge can be combined with 1 other.
A RAK will be randomly selected for 1 player who posts a card in the gallery for AIR 16 Blend It!
Please speak up if you encounter any issues with blending.
Resource videos with blended distress ink backgrounds:
Kelly for Wplus9:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYKGlHX2OwAKelly makes a one layer card and demonstrates how to create masks to protect the stamped critter images. She blends wilted violet, picked raspberry and mustard seed distress inks and then stencils on top. The blended ink background demo ends at 4:55 (the rest of the video is copic coloring).
Laura Bassen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNuHqB0L_yELaura makes a beautiful blended background for a festive music die cut and Christmas sentiment stamp. Distress inks used: Festive Berries & mustard seed are blended together to create a 3rd orange color in the center.
Julie Ebersole
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVu3gIt4bd8Julie uses a circle die to create a window to layer her blended background under her focal image.
She uses squeezed lemonade, mustard seed and ripe persimmons distress inks.
Dawn Woleslagle, Wplus9
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0km8seyqNIDawn makes a CAS background for her stamped and copic colored die cut critters. The demo of the distress ink background begins at 9:00. Distress inks used: abandon coral, peacock feathers and scattered straw
Kristina Warner demonstrates the use of SSS ink beginning at 4:08
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVmBHd_8CnsIf it is hot where you live today you may think of a cool colorful summer icy drinks to compliment this challenge…Hope you enjoy the challenge! ....Jan