Ink Blended Background with Peaceful View by Stampin' Up!®

 I love when the sky changes colors and transitions from day to night or night to day. It shows us such beautiful colors. Ink blending can give use that feel on our card layers. You'll need some blending brushes and your favorite color ink pads. 

The sky can show vibrant oranges, pinks or purples and many different combos. I'd love to hear what colors you see as your sky changes. Leave me your thoughts in the comments.

I found a photo I took of a sunset and that was my inspiration for my first set of blended background cards. 

When I saw this photo, I felt the warmth and beauty of the oranges dancing across the sky as night was coming on. So it became my inspiration. Stampin' Up!'s Peaceful View background stamp was perfect to add in silhouette images for my scene. 

I love the vibrant orange colors with the dark blues. This would be a beautiful view and peaceful as the stamp name suggests. I used Peach Pie, Timid Tiger, Misty Moonlight and Secret Sea classic inks. 

Blending Process:

I started with a 5 1/4" x 4" piece of Basic White cardstock. With a blending brush, I applied Peach Pie classic ink. Start with your brush off the cardstock and with a very light, gentle touch bring the brush onto the cardstock. I use a circle motion to apply the ink. The color will be light at first. Build up your ink color to the desired darkness. Take your time  to apply the ink with a light touch so you don't get harsh blobs of ink.  You can go to about the middle of the layer or as high as you like from the bottom.  

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

Next, apply Timid Tiger ink the same way. I wanted the dark pop of orange toward the bottom or ground of my scene. Build up the darker orange color to the desired darkness.   

Next, create the dark blue part of the sky. Apply Misty Moonlight ink. Start off with a light, gentle touch to avoid ink blobs in the shape of your blending brush. Blend down toward the orange. You can blend right up to the lighter orange or leave a little bit of white space. Build up the color to your desired darkness. Misty Moonlight is a great blue for blended skies. 

The last color to apply is Secret Sea ink. I started off the edge and brought the ink onto the cardstock. I wanted this color to stay close to the top edge of my layer. Build the color up to your desired darkness. Secret Sea is a rich, dark blue gray. It's going to be perfect for night and winter skies. Now your layer is ready to be stamped with whatever images you choose. I stamped in Secret Sea classic ink to create a silhouette look.

 You can see all the products I used here.

More cards I created with this color scheme:

Products used: Same ink colors as above, Secret Sea Stampin' Blends markers and Weekend Adventures stamp set. Tip: when you have a line stamp, color it in with a blend marker to create a solid silhouette.

Be Bold and don't put a greeting on the front of your card. I used Scenic Adventure for this card. The cloud stamp was stamped in Secret Sea class ink several times (*I only inked the top portion of the stamp to look like a mountain.) and colored it in with a light Secret Sea Stampin' Blend marker. To create a dark greenery area, I used the glass die from Scenic Adventure and made a stencil. The trees are stamped in Secret Sea classic ink. 

On this card, I wanted a greeting in the bottom right corner. So I stamped my greeting and heat embossed it in white on Secret Sea cardstock. Then I used a dark Timid Tiger Stampin' blend marker to color the white letters. The cardstock wasn't as dark as my stamped area so I used a light Secret Sea Stampin' blend marker to go around my letters. 

I love how all these orange backgrounds turned out. They are all a little different and turned out beautifully. Make sure you save this color combo to your Pinterest boards. 

I decided to try a few more color combos for my sunsets. I absolutely love how they all turned out. 

Secret Sea with purples is amazing. Berry Burst is a vibrant pinkish purple color and it works so well with the dark blues. I used Peaceful Evergreens stamp set by Stampin' Up!® (retired) and the greeting is from Charming Day stamp set. The images and greeting are stamped in Secret Sea classic ink. 

On this card, I used Petal Pink and Calypso Coral classic inks with the dark blues. These colors are a peachy, orange pinks and work very well with the blues to create my chaning sky. I stamped the ground from Grassy Grove stamp set by Stampin' Up!® (retired) in Secret Sea classic ink. I layered it a few times. The Calypso Coral was still peeking through so I used a light Secret Sea Stampin' blend marker to color in the areas. I love how the Calypso Coral still comes through. The child with an airplane and greeting are from Silhouette Scenes stamp set (retired). 

I hosted a free class called Coffee and a Card on my Stamp and Create with Beth Facebook page. I showed how to make a blended background with classic inks and blending brushes. During this class I discuss the creative process a bit and participants make choices and help build the card. We made this card during the class. You can watch the video replay.

Thank you for stopping by. I hope you give this technique a try and create some beautiful cards. You can use any inks and stamp sets you have in your stash. 

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Happy Creatin'! 

~ Beth