acrylic block watercoloring with soft seedlings

acrylic block watercoloring with soft seedlings

Creating a cool colored background can be so easy, grab one of your acrylic blocks and let’s watercolor the easy block painting way!

Using three coordinating colors, I used Real Red, Poppy Parade and Crushed Curry direct to the acrylic block. Lay the ink pad directly onto the acrylic block and color one-third of the block by tapping the ink pad to transfer color to the block. I used Real Red on one side of the acrylic block then Crushed Curry onto the other 2/3’s of the block and then add the Poppy Parade color to the 1/3 of the block opposite the Real Red color. Re-wet the color with a Water Painter (#151298) and then transfer the color to a 2″ x 5 1/4″ piece of Basic White cardstock by turning the wetted colored side down onto the cardstock.

Using a Water Painter brush and some Real Red ink, tap the brush onto the side of an acrylic block and release speckles onto the watercolored paper.
Stamp the Soft Seedlings leaf stamp in Real Red onto the lighter colored blocks of the watercolored paper.
Using a Crumb Cake base cardstock, I embossed a 4″ x 5 1/4″ piece of Crumb Cake with the Leaf Fall 3D embossing folder (#159847) Lastly I added Red Rhinestones to the card to add a little bling!

Hopefully this will inspire you to make some fun Fall and Thanksgiving cards soon. Go out and create some beautiful art of your own – one stamp at a time.

Happy Stampin’
Natalie

alcohol blends color block technique

alcohol blends color block technique

Color Blocking using the alcohol spray and blends technique is simple and so much fun!

I used our largest acrylic block, paper towels, a Stampin’ Spritzer filled with 99% alcohol, Stampin’ Blends in assorted colors and a piece of 5 1/2″ x 3″ Basic White cardstock.

Place a folded piece of paper towel down to protect your work surface, then the cut piece of Basic White cardstock and then lie the large acrylic block on top of them both. The reason I layer it this way is to protect the work surface and also to give you an idea of how much of the cardstock you wish to cover with color.

Gather your desired Stampin’ Blends colored markers – I used So Saffron Dark, Flirty Flamingo Dark, Pool Party Dark, Granny Apple Green Dark, and Highland Heather Dark.
Color in blocks of color in your desired pattern and portion of the cardstock you wish to cover with color (in this example I colored the entire width of the paper – at the end of the blog post I will post a picture of an alternative card that I did not color the entire paper – to show you the difference)
I colored So Saffron at the bottom followed by Flirty Flamingo then Pool Party then Granny Apple Green and finally the Highland Heather.
Remove the cardstock from underneath the acrylic block and set aside to avoid spritzing the paper. Using 99% Isopropyl Alcohol in a Stampin’ Spritzer liberally spray the colored portion of the acrylic block and turn upside down and press into the cardstock.
Carefully peel the wet cardstock off the acrylic block and allow to dry.
Decorate and give to someone special!

This is so easy and the cards come out beautiful and different every time!

Now it is your turn to try this technique and go and create your own artwork – one stamp at a time!!

Happy Stampin’

Natalie

acrylic block stamping  – simple stamps, ink and paper card

acrylic block stamping – simple stamps, ink and paper card

This Wednesday post is later than usual I was busy yesterday and this morning helping my mom in her yard in Virginia and wanted to get back and take pictures of the cards in my studio before posting – it still made it on Wednesday though! This is a fun and different way to use your acrylic blocks to shape stamp!
I started with the Retiring 2019-2021 In Color Terracotta Tile ink (#150086) and cardstock (#150884) in a standard card size cut at 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ and scored at 4 1/4″, a Basic White cardstock (#159276)piece cut to 4″ x 5 1/4″, an acrylic “B” block (#117147) and Gold Metallic Pearls (#146282).
I stamped the “B” block directly into the ink pad and then stamped off on scratch paper to lighten the color a shade or two! I stamped first directly in the middle of the page and then one block on either side of the middle image.
Then I stamped the Leaf Image and the sentiment stamp from the Retiring Rooted In Nature stamp set (#146482) in each of the stamped off blocks.
I mounted this layer onto Terracotta Tile cardstock.
I added a few metallic pearls and a fun easy card using the acrylic block stamping technique!