I’m in the mood to smear some ink around today so I put together this scene. The one thing to think about when doing direct to paper scenes is not to get hung up on small details. The main thing is to just suggest things in your scene. For instances the smeared in spot of Tempting Turquoise ink, your mind fills in that it is a pond in the distance.
Let’s get start.. . . . . . . . . .
Supplies:
| Stamps: Stampin’ Up! Inspired by Nature |
| Paper: Stampin’ Up! Whisper White, Tempting Turquoise and Basic Black |
| Ink: Stampin’ Up! More Mustard, So Saffron, Bordering Blue, Pale Plum, Brocade Blue, Basic Black, Always Artichoke, Tempting Turquoise and Old Olive |
| Accessories: Stampin’ Up! Gold Brads, White Gel Pen, White Water Color Wonder Crayon |
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Up until the rubber stamping at the end of this project, the complete scene is done with the direct to paper technique. The Direct to Paper Technique is using the stamp pad and smearing the ink onto the card stock.
On a 4.5″ square piece of Whisper White card stock, smear Pale Plum at the top, stroking from the left side.
Smear Bordering Blue ink on, stroking first from the right side and just a bit from the left side. I used the corner and edge of the ink pad here. Try it on your scrap paper before using it on your card stock. 🙂
Smear in a bit of Tempting Turquoise ink using the edge of the ink pad and stroking from the right side.
Smeared on So Saffron ink to fill in the bottom of the card stock. Be careful not to mix the So Saffron and Tempting Turquoise. Remember yellow and Blue make green. 🙂
Smear More Mustard ink in an upward motion from the bottom of the card stock.
Smear a bit of Old Olive ink, stroking from the bottom of the card stock.
Added a bit of Always Artichoke ink at the very bottom right corner.
Added a bit of Brocade Blue to the sky, not covering all of the Bordering Blue ink.
Stamped the grasses stamp from the Stampin’ Up! set Inspired by Nature at the bottom of the card stock using Always Artichoke ink.
Stamped the grasses again, only using Basic Black ink at the very bottom of the card stock.
Added some White Watercolor crayon the the middle of the sky to indicate a white cloud.
Added White highlights to the grasses left side with a White Gel Pen.
Assembled the card adding Tempting Turquoise and Basic Black panels. Also added gold brads to the main image panel corners.
Here is the finished card measuring 5.5″ square.
I hope you give this technique a try. It is very freeing. Just remember not to get hung up on the details. 🙂
May your day be out of this world wonderful.
Until my next post. . . . . . . . . . . . ..
Hugs,
Michelle
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