14 Techniques and Tips for Using the New Delicata Metallic Inks

Hello and welcome to my blog; today I am going to share with you a few tips and tricks with using the NEW Delicata Metallic Inks.  I have tried a lot of the metallic inks on the market and I have never found one that like until now.  I find that the Delicata Metallic Inks have great coverage and are easy to work with.   I have created a video for you where I just had a little play time to create some card fronts or just to see what these inks will do.  I just cut a lot of 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 pieces of cardstock in various colors and just played.  I have compiled a list of the techniques for you in today's post.  Let's get started shall we.

There are three new Delicata Inks and ink refills in the Stampin' Up! Holiday Catalog this Year; Golden Glitz, Celestial Copper, and Shimmery Sliver.  These inks add amazing shine to your projects be it with just stamping them or any other fun technique you try.

Techniques Using Delicata Inks: 

• Stamping:  Yes just plain old stamping!  These Inks stamp wonderfully on both Whisper White Cards stock and colored cardstock.  I did find that they dry faster on the colored cardstock rather than the Whisper White.  The Whisper White cardstock is a much smoother service and takes just a little longer for the inks to set into the paper.  You will notice that the inks do show up a little more on the colored cardstock.  

All three inks on Whisper White 

All three inks on Basic Black 

• Fine Line Stamping:  I too a fine line open image and stamped the each of the inks on a colored piece of cardstock.  And they stamped beautifully.  They look a better than this picture shows them.  

• Border Stamping:  You can stamp them in a row to create a border or use a border stamp.  

• Using Background Stamps:  These inks work great on Background stamps.  Depending on how you ink your stamp you can get some great looks.  I really like the silver image in this picture.  

• Ink Smooshing:  The Delicata Inks work great for the Ink Smooshing technique.  Since they are water based they act nicely with water, and creates beautiful effects.  

• Splatter and Watercolor Washes:  You can water these inks down to a cream consistency and create a beautiful splatter or watercolor background wash.  You can get a nice gradient of color.  Some of the inks are a little more transparent than others so something to be aware.  

• Dragging:  You can easily drag the ink pad across your projects to create a fun textural look.  

• Stencils:  They work nicely through a stencil no matter which application you use.  

• Monoprinting:  Before you clean you stencil press it to another piece of cardstock and transfer the left over ink.  Do this a few times and create a fun textural background without any extra work.  

• Reverse Embossing:  Ink up the raised side of your embossing folder to transfer the ink to the little nooks of the indented cardstock.  

• Embossing:  Ink up the most solid side of the embossing folder to transfer all the ink to the raised areas of the cardstock. 

• Sponging:  Ink up a sponge and just sponge your paper to create a fun looking textural background.  (Not Pictured)  Use all three ink colors for a super fun look 
• Heat Embossing:  You have a little time once you stamp your image to add embossing powder to the ink and heat emboss it.  It works better if you use the same color embossing powder as the ink.  For example Golden Glitz with Gold embossing powder.  (Not Pictured) 

Clean Up:  

Cleaning up these inks are easy.  The recommended cleaner for these pigment inks is Stazon Cleaner but I did find that you can clean them off your photopolymer stamps with just soap and water.  Make sure that you clean them as soon as you are done.  You don't want to let them sit on your stamps or stencils very long because they will dry quickly.  I recommend that you clean them ASAP as soon as your done stamping them.  You do have a little more time on photopolymer but not excessive stamping sessions.  

Video Tutorial: 

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Thanks for dropping by today I( hope that you have found this tutorial helpful and and that you have found some useful information.  If you live in the US.  I would love you to choose me as your demonstrator.  If you would like to purchase any of these products you can click on the Shop Now Button or by clicking on any of the images below.  Alternatively, you can also contact me by email to place your order.  Please be sure to use the monthly host code and I’ll send a little something out to you the following month to say Thank You!  

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Product List

Golden Glitz Delicata Metallic Ink Pad [150711] $11.00	Golden Glitz Delicata Metallic Ink Refill [150712] $9.00	Silvery Shimmer Delicata Metallic Ink Refill [150710] $9.00	Silvery Shimmer Delicata Metallic Ink Pad [150709] $11.00
Celestial Copper Delicata Metallic Ink Refill [150708] $9.00	Celestial Copper Delicata Metallic Ink Pad [150707] $11.00

Fall Leaves Thank You Card

Hello and welcome to my blog; today I am going to share with you a thank you card I made using the large leaf stamp from the Gather Together Stamp Set from the 2019 Holiday Catalog, and my Stampin' Blends.  This card take you to the essence of fall with the feel of the cool crisp air and the crinkling of leaves under your feet when you look at it.  This one image is just one of my favorites from the stamp set and I just love using it.  You will see a card later this week where I use it again in a different way.  Here's a look at my card.

You may be asking how I got all those leaves on this piece of cardstock.  Well I just did a little planning and a little simple masking.  I started out by using the matching die for this image and some post it notes and just cut out some very simple masks to use.  I cut out about five or so.  If you have the full sticky backed post it notes it would be much easier, The die no matter how you lay it on the regular post it notes doesn't cut a lot of the sticky on the edge no matter where you place it.  It cuts just enough to hold it in place but I think the full sticky backed post its would work so much better.  Just a little tip there.  I started out by stamping my leaves that I wanted to be on top first.  Each leaf was stamped in the color I was going to color them in.  Then I placed my simple mask on top of that and stamped again.  I would stamp a few and remove the masks and move to another section masking and then stamping.   I repeated this process until I had the entire 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 piece of thick whisper white cardstock covered with leaves.

Now it was time to start coloring.  I pulled out the colors I thought or knew I wanted to use for the coloring.  I used the following Combo Packs of both light and dark Stampin' Blends; Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, Cajun Craze, Cherry Cobbler, and Soft Suede.  I then added a few additional colors where needed.  I added a little Mango Melody and Calypso Coral Dark blends to the mix every little bit to add in a little visual interest and to add in to the blending section.  For some of the shadows on the yellow leaves I used a little Highland Heather Dark; since yellow and violet are complementary colors they create a natural that's perfect for adding a little shading to each other.  If you look at the the yellow leaf on the very top left of the image above you can see the shadow between the brown leaf and the yellow one.

To finish off the card I die cut the Thank You Die about five times from white cardstock.  Four of those were from scrap cardstock that had things stamped on them  that had been missed up.  And the top layer was just plain new Whisper White Cardstock.  I then glued all these together one on top of the other using Multipurpose Liquid Glue.  Once I had that I glued together I laid it on my card to look at it and see what I thought.  It needed something to help it pop just a little more so I cut another Thank You from Basic Black Cardstock and used it as a drop Shadow.  Meaning I off set it just a little to the left when I glued it to the other stacked die cuts.   This added just the right amount of pop to the simple card, and allowed the sentiment to stand off the page a little more.  I then attached the finished die cut sentiment to the card front and trimmed it down to 4 x 5 1/4.  When I am coloring a background or a scene I will often start out with a quarter sheet of cardstock knowing I am going to cut it down.

Once I had the sentiment glued down I added it to a Whisper White mat cut at 4 1/8 x 5 3/8 and attached it to my Crumb Cake Card base (4 1/4 x 11 scored at 5 1/2).  To finish off the card I came back in with a white gel pen and added just a few highlights here and there on the leaves to make them stand out a little bit more.  And that my friends finishes my card.  Thanks for dropping by today for a quick little look at how to color Fall leaves with your Stampin' Blends. 

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Gather Together Photopolymer Stamp Set [150589] $17.00	Gather Together Bundle [153036] $38.50	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock [140272] $8.25	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100730] $9.75
Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [120953] $8.75	Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [121045] $8.75	Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad [147094] $7.50	Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin' Pad [147086] $7.50
Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad [147115] $7.50	Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' Pad [147083] $7.50	Pumpkin Pie Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [144599] $9.00	Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [144603] $9.00
Soft Suede Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [147273] $9.00	Cherry Cobbler Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [144598] $9.00	Mango Melody Dark Stampin' Blends [147944] $4.50	Calypso Coral Dark Stampin' Blends Marker [144044] $4.50
Highland Heather Dark Stampin' Blends Marker [146883] $4.50	Crumb Cake Dark Stampin' Blends Marker [144581] $4.50	Thank You Die [146832] $18.00	Gathered Leaves Dies [150662] $26.00
Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $4.00	Journaling Pens [145480] $6.00