This post was sponsored by Simon Says Stamp. Thanks, Simon!
Hi friends! I recently purchased some new-to-me inks that I’ve seen for a long time: Lisa Horton Crafts Interference Inks. These inks are a mixture of dye and pigment ink, creating an ink that has an incredibly unique metallic pearlescent shimmer and shifts colors in different lights and angles! An Instagram friend of mine (@ritzyhag) shared one of her projects with these inks that she’d purchased from the UK last year, and so I was super excited to see them available at Simon Says Stamp. (Click HERE to see them all!) I purchased… several… of these inks, and I am absolutely delighted with the initial experiementation results.
If you’ve been paying any attention to my blog over the last several months, you know that embossing folders are some of my most favorite products, simply because of the versatility of techniques with which you can use on them. When I purchased these inks, my first instinct was to pair them with some gorgeous detailed embossing folders, and boy they did not disappoint. I have created several cards to share with you over the next couple of weeks, but I thought we’d start off with some citrus-y cards to juxtapost the cool color palettes from my cards this week. Let’s get started with the details!
I realized that I hadn’t used the new Lemon Tree Embossing Folder, so I pulled that out and started ruminating on some citrusy colors and themes. The Interference Inks come in such an enormous array of colors; it was easy to find some colors that would beautifully accent this citrus color palette! They are a mixture of pigment and dye inks, so they stamp one color on white and another on black. I am having tons of fun experimenting with them on different colors of cardstock, too!!
I started by embossing a panel of sunny yellow cardstock with the new Lemon Tree Embossing Folder, then blended Honey Pawsitively Saturated Ink around the edges with a blending brush. Blending after embossing enhances the textured pattern on the cardstock and adds extra dimension to the panel. After I had finished blending, I swiped the raised areas of the panel with the gorgeous Lisa Horton Crafts Lemon Candy Shimmer ink, which adds some incredible shimmer to the pattern and adds some luxury to the entire panel. I also splattered the background with some shimmering gold glitter watercolors from my stash.
For the greeting, I kept things simple, cutting the Thank You XL die from some yellow glitter cardstock and vellum, then popped it up on the blended backdrop with some thin strips of foam adhesive. I used an alcohol marker to add some deep yellow to a length of white silk ribbon and tied it in a fluffy bow, tucking it beneath the sentiment die cut. Finally, I added a few sparkling Sunbeam Pawsitively Dazzling Gems. The shimmer and sparkle on this card is incredible in real life!!
For my second card, I continued with the citrusy color palette, this time using an under-utilized color in my craft room: tangerine. I paired it with the Alstroemeria Bunch Embossing Folder, creating a fiery tiger lily-inspired background. I embossed the orange A2 cardstock with the Alstroemeria Bunch Embossing Folder, then blended around the edges with Sherbet Pawsitively Saturated Ink. To enhance the details on the embossed area, I swiped Lisa Horton Craft Fruit Salad Shimmer ink over the raised areas. This reddish orange metallic ink worked beautifully with the blended background to add the prettiest shimmer to my project! I took it one step further and splattered some sparkling rose gold glitter watercolor on the background, as well.
For the greeting, I die cut the detail layer of the Appreciate You die from some copper brushed metallic foil cardstock and the shadow from some vellum, adhering the two layers together with liquid adhesive. I also die cut the Nested Domed Arches Frames from some Welsh gold glitter paper, popping one of the frames up on the embellished card front with some thin strips of foam adhesive. Before adhering the greeting over the arched frame, I die cut one of the standalone alstroemeria flowers, which is included in the Alstroemeria Bunch Embossing Folder, from some more of the same vivid orange cardstock, then placed the die cut in the coordinating spot of the embossing folder and ran it through my die cutting machine to emboss the details into the image. I used some residual ink on the blending brush from blending on the card front to add some dimension to the standalone die cut, then added some more rose gold glitter watercolor details. I popped up the alstroemeria flower die cut and greeting with foam adhesive over the glittery arched frame, finishing the card off with some sparkling Mandarin Pawsitively Dazzling Gems.
Soooo much sparkle and shimmer on these cards… the pictures simply do not do them justice!! These new Lisa Horton Crafts Interference Inks have so much potential for fun techniques. I can’t wait to continue playing with them! Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous day!
