Using white ink doesn't always cut it

 I don't know about you, but I have great difficulty getting a good stamped image from white ink.

I saw a really cool card that Juli Baca made - she used white ink and it looked amazing!

This is my version with white ink - and I added more ink to the pad before stamping, and I also stamped each image multiple times.

I was using Crumb Cake as my card stock, and even with 3 stampings of each image you can see it didn't show up all that well.

I left it for a few days, then I thought - OK - white stamping is not my thing, but here's how I can make a card that looks as good as Juli's did.  Here's what I came up with.

It's still Crumb Cake cardstock (with an Early Espresso frame this time), but I also stamped each image with Versamark and then heat embossed with white embossing powder.  What a difference!

I've used Garden Green ink for the stem and leaves, and Pebbled Path ink for the flower centres.  These cards are for thank you cards for those who have ordered off me - an order really does make my day!

In order to add another element I gently flicked my White Stampin' Chalk Marker a few times which gave me the white flecks on the front.  I originally tried to do these with embossing powder, but I couldn't get it work the way I wanted it to.

The ink for the sentiment was Early Espresso.  

On the inside of the card I used an Early Espresso cardstock frame, then a top layer of Very Vanilla cardstock.

Measurements

Crumb Cake card base:  29.7 x 21cm, folded in half

Early Espresso layer: 10 x 14.4cm

Crumb Cake card front: 9.5 x 13.9cm

For the inside of the card
Early Espresso layer: 10 x 14.4cm 
Very Vanilla top layer: 9.5 x 13.9cm

If you live in New Zealand, and you'd like to purchase any of these products, feel free to click on the picture and you'll go through to my online store.  I'll even send you one of these cards to say thank you!

Product List

Cheerful Daisies Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [161290] $53.00	Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock [121685] $21.00	Early Espresso A4 Card Stock [121686] $21.00	Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad [147089] $19.00
Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad [147114] $19.00	Pebbled Path Classic Stampin' Pad [161648] $19.00	Versamark Pad [102283] $20.00	White Stampin' Chalk Marker [132133] $7.25

Take care,

Andrea