Happy first day of April! Today I’m sharing a bright springtime card made with one of the beautiful new Spring Layered clear sets and some of the gorgeous colors of Color Fuse Ink. Although perfect for stamping out layered images like this one from the Happy Mother’s Day stamp set, the four shades in each set of Color Fuse Inks are also ideal for creating ink-blended gradients to use as backgrounds.
LAYERED STAMPING
- Stamp each layer of the rose bloom from the Happy Mother’s Day stamp set onto white cardstock using Color Fuse Set #2 (orange shades), starting with Mango for the most solid layer and ending with Pumpkin for the center of the flower.
- Stamp the three layers of the stem and leaves using Color Fuse Set #11 (olive green shades), starting with Fern for the most solid later and ending with Juniper for the darkest detail layer.
- Trim the image out with scissors, leaving a nice white border.
RADIAL GRADIENT BACKGROUND
- Trim a piece of white cardstock to 4.125″ x 5.375″.
- Starting in the center of the cardstock, lightly apply Beachside ink (Color Fuse Set #9) with a blending brush.
- Continue to blend darker ink colors outward until you reach the edge of the cardstock with Cedar ink (the darkest shade in the set).
DIE CUT FRAMES
- Die cut white woodgrain cardstock using the Rectangle Combo #4 die. (Tip: When using textured cardstock with a large solid die like this, it can help to send the sandwich through your diecutting machine with the die facing up instead of down to get a cleaner cut.)
- Take the second largest frame from the stack (and save all the others for future projects!) and apply adhesive foam strips to the back.
FLAGGED SENTIMENT STRIP
- Stamp one of the beautiful sentiments from the Kittie Says Phrases #1 stamp set onto white cardstock using crisp black ink.
- Trim the sentiment out closely above and below with a paper trimmer, then add a flag or fishtail end on the right side with scissors.
CARD ASSEMBLY
- Adhere the gradient background to an A2-sized white card base using tape runner.
- Center the shaped frame on the card front and adhere down using adhesive foam strips.
- Adhere the sentiment flag behind the rose image with liquid glue and then pop the image and sentiment up on top of the card using a double layer of foam adhesive.
I hope you enjoyed this bright, inky card project and thanks so much for stopping by today. Be sure to check out Rubbernecker Stamps on Instagram or visit their Facebook Fan Group for tons of inspiration!
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 Happy Mother’s Day Stamp Set Shop at: RN |
 Kittie Says Phrases #1 Stamp Set Shop at: RN |
 Rectangle Combo #4 Die Shop at: RN |
 Color Fuse Set #2 Shop at: RN |
 Color Fuse Set #11 Shop at: RN |
 Color Fuse Set # 9 Shop at: RN |
 Color Fuse Inks Shop at: RN |
 Versafine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: SB |
 Neenah Classic Crest Solar White Shop at: SB | CCS |
 White Woodgrain Cardstock Shop at: SB | SBP |
 Picket Fence Life Changing Brushes – 4pc Shop at: SB | SBP |
 Cutterbee Scissors Shop at: SB | SBP |
 Zig Two-Way Glue Pen Shop at: SB | SBP |
 ATG Tape Runner Shop at: SB |
 Foam Adhesive Strips Shop at: CCS | SBP |
 Foam Squares Shop at: SB |