On Wednesday, October 22, we spent a wonderful day with Lynette. We went to a delicious Mexican Restaurant, La Marina Mariscos and enjoyed their lunch special, with lots of left overs to bring home.
Then we had a ball working on cards.We made a quick card stamping on printed paper. Then we tried a simple ink swiping technique from Natasha Foote's YouTube Come Crafting with Natasha.
Below are the cards we made with printed paper, inspired by Sharr Lm's Oct. 9, 2025 post on Facebook, at the Come Crafting with Natasha group.
We used Lynette's Tim Holtz printed papers from her stash, stamping flowers in Versafine Onyx Black ink.
Stamps:
Hero Arts wood mounted H3258 Real Dill
Gina K Natural Silhouettes
My Sentiments Exactly Happy Birthday
For the next four cards we tried Natasha Foote's Browns Only Technique, Video #1237 from Sept. 24, 2025.
We used Gina K dark chocolate, warm cocoa and soft stone inks for the "land" in our panels. As shown in Natasha's video, we dabbed a small amount of brown ink on an acrylic block, spritzed it and tried to drag it across the white cardstock. It was difficult to drag. The ink did not go on smoothly. Natasha used the words, "hot mess" at one point...and we were thinking the same thing. Natasha encourages to keep on going and we did!
For the second panel we tried Natasha's wet paintbrush and ink from an acrylic block technique. That was a little easier. However after our panels were complete, we LIKED the uneven look of the browns and gray colors applied with the acrylic block. That method added more texture than just painting the browns and greys. We dried the paper with a heat tool and also set it aside to dry completely.
We colored the sky by using blending brushes and ink.
Stampin Up orchid opulence, Gina K wild lilac, blue denim and blue in the navy.
For our lakes: Gina K powder blue and sea glass.
Stamps used:
Gina K Natural Silhouettes...very small pine tree
Gina K You Warm My Heart...various pine trees
The first two panels are Lynette's. The second two panels are mine. Lynette found some beautiful dark brown cardstock to back the panels.
After a day, our panels look 200% better and I think we both are going to try this technique again!
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Peace and All Good!
