New Release from Erin Lee Creative

The January 2025 new release is in the shop at Erin Lee Creative! I am so thankful to Erin for sending me some products from this release. I'm such a fan and her products are so inventive! I'll be sharing more in the coming days, but today's card features the Love Birds stamp/die set. This scene makes me think of a page from a children's storybook. When I got my first peek at the Love Birds stamp set, I immediately envisioned a twilight lake scene. It turned out just like I hoped it would! Scroll down for details, with my clickable shopping list at the end.

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The stamp set comes with lots of sentiments and 3 different love bird images. You can make friendship cards, valentines, wedding cards and more!

But first, let's talk about my background and how this ink blending was achieved. Oh wait, it's NOT ink blending! It's ombre paper and I love it. I'll share the link below but let me tell you how I split my scene with this ombre paper for this A2 size side fold card.

About two thirds of the way down, I grabbed my white gel pen and drew a wavy white line from left to right for my "lake". Then I drew some more wavy lines for the waves. I use Signo white gel pens and usually get them on Amazon. 

Bonus Tip:

Any gel pen will need priming. For easier flow, simply rub across your finger tip to prime the ink and do so as needed. If you use a gel pen on top of ink blending, it will quickly clump and need frequent priming.

Next, I grabbed my wide mint tape to create a stencil, cutting a circle out for the moon using a 1 1/2 inch circle die with my Platinum 6 die cut machine. There are other ways to do this, for example a circle punch, but I couldn't find my circle punch!

I proceeded to ink blend the half circle at the top of my card panel for my moon, with white pigment ink and a touch of Ranger Distress oxide ink in Wilted Violet.

I fussy cut my swans, rather than using the coordinating die, as I wanted to split my swans. I also trimmed the bottom of my swans to appear more like they're floating on the surface. I ink blended just a bit on top of my swans with more Wilted Violet.

Next, I covered the lower portion of my card panel and splattered white paint across my sky to represent stars in the sky. I used the Spellbinders Splatter White. It's highly concentrated and only a tiny amount in the jar but it goes a long way. To achieve splatters like you see on my card, apply a small amount to a small acrylic block, dab on a couple droplets of water and mix with a paintbrush. Use a small to medium round tipped paintbrush to flick the wet mixture off the edge of the acrylic block.

I have a recent reel on my Instagram page that shows how this is done, here.

 

My sentiment is one of the many choices from this stamp set. I hand trimmed my cardstock after stamping, using the leftover ink on my blender brush around my wording to give a little color.

If you'd like more product information or wish to shop, I have affiliate products links below, at no additional cost to you. Just tap the brand name. Thanks so much for stopping in!

Terri

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