Hey Crafty People!
It’s Tasha, and I’m back with another video tutorial sharing five ways to use Catherine Pooler Designs inks! 😁
Five Ways With Catherine Pooler Inks
Technique 1: Stamping
Let’s start out with the absolute basics; these inks stamp fabulously!!! 😍
Supplies:
- Wintergreen
- Apricot
- Ginger
- Terracotta
- Midnight
- Boho Feathers
- Big Happy Sentiments
- Neenah 80lb
Technique 2: Heat Embossing
Did you know that you can totally heat emboss using CP inks?!! 😎
I created a background by swiping some of my mini ink pads over an a2 panel of Neenah 80lb, then I added embossing glitter over and heat set.
After stamping the Butterflies, I added clear gloss powder over them and then I added orange Copic which really made the images POP! 😍
Supplies:
- Something Borrowed
- Suede Shoes
- Juniper Mist
- Queen For A Day
- Cummerbund Embossing Glitter
- Halo Embossing Glitter
- Clear Embossing Powder
- Just Soar stamp set
- Just Plain Fabulous stamp set
- Vegas, Baby Sequin Mix
- Oslo Sequin Mix
- Foam Tape
- Neenah 80lb
- Copic YR16, YR68
Technique 3: Ink Blending
You can get hugely different levels of colour just by changing the tool and the amount of pressure you use.
I lightly ink blended an ombre of three inks, before going over it through a stencil with the same colours!
Look at the fun tone-on-tone design which fully shows off the colour differences that you can get with the same ink!
Supplies:
- Catching Rays
- Do Si Do
- Pucker Up
- Midnight
- Square Dance stencil
- Big Happy Sentiments stamp set
- Stick n Stamp mat
- Fragrance Free Cleaner
- Domed Foam Applicator
- Neenah 80lb
Technique 4: Colouring Cardstock
These inks are so juicy, and the ink pad is spongy which makes them perfect to go direct to paper to get the perfect custom coloured cardstock!
I die cut the purple word shadow from some, then I also coloured a full background panel to go behind the white cover plate!
For the ‘super’ word die, I stacked 3 white die cuts and then pressed it directly into the ink pad itself.
Supplies:
- Glam
- Glitz
- Flame
- Super word die
- Super stamp set
- Cosmic Coverplate Die
- Neenah 80lb
- Purple Gems
Technique 5: Watercolour/Smooshing
These inks are also fabulous for water techniques and this one is the easiest thing ever!!!
I just pressed a couple of ink pads onto an acrylic block, then spritzed it with some water, before pressing it down onto some watercolour cardstock!
Once dry, I splashed a few drop of water onto it, then soaked them up after a few seconds which gives some fun texture!
I did have a little accident and managed to to get ink where I didn’t want it so I decided to cut the watercolour piece out and add it behind a die cut sentiment. (I embossed the die cut sentiment in Gold embossing powder 2-3 times for full coverage.)
The background is a tone-on-tone design using a white, die cut cover plank over a white panel. Then I added more circles; some patterned paper and others that I die cut from the Cosmos Coverplate Die cut.
Supplies:
- Deck The Halls
- Uptown
- This Way Up Coverplate
- Cosmic Coverplate Die
- Ultra Slow Drying ink
- Gold embossing powder
- Round of Happy dies
- Under The Stars patterned paper
- Vegas, Baby sequins
- Neenah 80lb
- Distress Watercolour Cardstock
I hope that you enjoyed the cards & techniques that I’ve shared and that it will inside you to break out your CP inks and give them a go!
Thank you for spending this time with me, and I’d love it if you could drop a comment telling us which card is your favourite?
I’ll be back soon with another episode of ‘5 Ways With…’ and you can catch me on Instagram sharing inspiration most days.
Stay Crafty!!!
Byeee!
Supplies
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