Hi friends! I am back today with another absolutely fantastic, highly-anticipated collaboration set reveal from crafty superstar Concord & 9th! Concord & 9th continues to wow the crafty community with each release, creating innovative and bold designs and exquisitely curated color products. This STAMPtember collaboration release (click HERE to check it out!) is a perfect representative of their bold style, allowing us tons of creative options. Here’s a sneak peek:
This exclusive, limited edition Incredibly Grateful collaboration stamp set and coordinating dies are gorgeously bold, with tons of options for customization. I chose to put that spectacular colored cardstock from Concord & 9th to good use and created a pair of coordinating-but-not-matching projects that are a colorful homage to the end of summer. Let’s get started with the details on my projects!
In order to create the vibrant stamped colors on both of these vividly colored cardstocks, I had to use a secret weapon: white pigment ink. I’ve shared projects of this nature before, and I am super stoked about how beautifully these came out. The theory is basically this: the white pigment ink stamped first creates a barrier between the colored dye ink sinking down into the cardstock. It goes back to the color mixing that you learned in grade school, in which red + green = brown, yellow + blue = green, blue + red = purple, etc. The same holds true for colored cardstock and ink. Stamping these colors, particularly the yellow and green, on these vibrant pinks would simply create mud or not be visible at all, but with that first layer of white pigment ink, you can create a barrier to prevent those transparent dye inks from sinking down into the cardstock and losing their vibrancy!
To begin my first card, I placed my A2 panel of vivid mid-pink cardstock in my MISTI and began stamping the scalloped rectangle background from Incredibly Grateful with Simon Says Stamp White Pigment Ink. The MISTI is very important for this technique, unless you are an excellent re-stamper! I then stamped the same image again directly over the top of the white rectangle with Mocha Pawsitively Saturated Ink. I repeated this process with each subsequent image, filling in all of the openings with their appropriate images and stamping each first with white pigment ink to create that barrier. I then used Pawsitively Saturated Inks in shades of Taffy, Cheeky, Honey, Eucalyptus, and Juniper to stamp all of the images. I think my favorite color on this bright medium pink cardstock is the sunny yellow! That particular color would simply have darkened the pink cardstock without that white barrier, but with it, it remains vivid.
After I had finished stamping the card front, I decided to also stamp an extra Taffy flower on a separate piece of the same mid-pink cardstock, again using the white pigment ink as the first layer. I used scissors to fussy cut the image. I used some vibrant magenta foil cardstock and vellum to die cut the pretty “thankful for you” sentiment die set. I love that there are so many additional options included with the coordinating dies… so much value in this stamp and die combo! I popped up the sentiment and the extra flower with some thin foam adhesive squares, then added some Taffy Pawsitively Dazzling Gems for a little sparkle and a deep maroon twine bow for texture!
My second card uses the individual flower and foliage images from Incredibly Grateful to create a little bouquet without the adorable scalloped frame. I love that there are so many creative options with this set. I used the same technique as above, stamping the white pigment barrier first and then stamping again directly over the top with the colorful dye inks. This time, I used a darker shade of pink cardstock, almost a magenta, and that really helped those lighter-colored dye inks to pop! After I had stamped all of the images, I used a blending brush to blend Taffy ink in the top corner of my stamped card, adding some sparkling splatters in the blended area. I think it looks like raindrops!
For the greeting, I used some more of the incredible dies to die cut embossed sentiments, creating a fabulous custom sentiment. You have tons of options for greetings with the Incredibly Grateful set!! I stamped both greetings with white pigment ink (an homage to white pigment ink today!) and added iridescent embossing powder over the top to make those crisp letters pop! A few Taffy Pawsitively Dazzling Gems and another maroon twine bow finishes everything off. Both of these cards would be fairly flat and easy to mail!
Well, that’s all for me today!
Important note: these fabulous and exclusive STAMPtember collaboration sets are limited edition, meaning that once they sell out, they won’t be restocked. Don’t wait on these! You won’t want to miss out! Click HERE to see all of the remaining STAMPtember collaboration sets, and if there’s a company coming up that is a favorite of yours, be sure to add your email to the “notify me” box so that you know as soon as it’s available!
Thanks so much for stopping by today, and happy STAMPtember!!
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