Hi Crafty Friends! I am SUPER EXCITED to be back today to celebrate the Spring Release for Amber Rain Davis of Notable Ink! I have admired Amber’s work for awhile now! Her eye for color, design, and card making is truly amazing! She first caught my eye with her gorgeous coloring and recently with her journal pages, as well as gel printables! Today we are celebrating her new spring release! I am so excited for Amber and truly had a blast creating with her stamps! In her latest release she has clear stamp sets, as well as digital sets! There is truly something for everyone! On her website she also has gel printables – they are TRULY AMAZING and I love each one! To celebrate today we are having a blog hop with beautiful inspiration showing ways to use these gorgeous new sets! To help celebrate there is also a giveaway to Amber’s shop! All the details are listed below, as well as the blog hop order! So let’s get started!
For my first project I am sharing a card I created using 3 of Notable Inks new clear stamp sets! Just as a reminder these sets are available as clear stamp sets, as well as digital sets! I have included all the links below. I am using the new Tangle Rounds, Note to Self, and Fanciful Flora stamp sets. For my card I started with a gel printable background. These are truly so beautiful and so easy to use! Once you have these printed you are ready to go and have beautiful backgrounds for your cards! I started by choosing my gel printable and I then cut it down using a rectangle die. I then adhered this to a piece of card stock. I then added a bit of distressing to the edges using my Tim Holtz distress tool. Next I chose a stencil and applied modeling paste through the stencil in various places and set it aside to dry.
Then I started to work on my images. I stamped all of the images onto Fabriano Hot press watercolor card. I used Versafine ink and heat set them using WOW Clear embossing powder. I then started to color all of my stamped images. I used my Karin markers and allowed each layer to dry before adding more color.
Once all of my images were dry I trimmed them using my scan and cut. The Tangle Rounds images I used a circle die to trim them. I set my floral images aside once cut and then applied Tim Holtz Mica Spray to the Tangle round images.
I then added some more metallic watercolor splatter to my gelli print background and then adhered this to my card case. I chose sentiments from the Note to Self stamp set. I stamped these on Kraft card stock and added some archival ink to the edges for some added texture. I then adhered my images to my card panel using liquid glue and foam tape!
I had so much fun with these sets! They are truly GORGEOUS and so fun to work with!
For my second project I wanted to work in my journal. These stamps are just so fun and easy to use! They are perfect for card making, plus working in your journal! On my journal I used Gel Printables, Note To Self, Tangle Rounds, Art Journal Notes, as well as Fanciful Flora.
I started by choosing my gel printable, I then cut it down to size and adhered it on the next clean page in my journal. Next I stamped the Note to Self on Kraft cardstock. I used this for both sentiment strips and the bottom left corner in my journal page. I set a few sentiments aside and then adhered the section on the bottom left using a gel medium. I also tore some gel printables and adhered them to the journal page, as well as added some washi tape for added interest.
Next I stamped all of my images onto Fabriano Hot Press Watercolor card and heat set them using clear embossing powder. I then colored all of my images using my Karin markers. Once everything was colored, I trimmed these using my scan and cut . On the Tangle Rounds I wanted to added more color and chose several colors of Lindy’s Gang Starburst Sprays: Sea Mint Green, Cactus Gold, and Tea Pot Purple.
I added a bit more texture to my journal background using a stencil and modeling paste. I then carefully adhered my images using liquid glue. I completed the journal page with my sentiments. I used sentiments from both sets: Note to Self, as well as Art Journal Notes.
Thank you so much for stopping by! I truly appreciate your support! Be sure to check out Amber’s blog, as well as her shop!!!!!
GIVEAWAY: Amber at Notable Ink is giving away two $25 gift cards to shop NotableInk.com. To enter the giveaway and increase your chance of winning, leave some love in a comment for each of our talented artists.
The giveaway is open until April 7th, 2022 at 11:59 PM PST. Winners will be will be randomly chosen from comments left on the artists’ blog and social media posts and announced on the Notable Ink blog post on April 8th, 2022.
Blog Hop List
- Notable Ink
- Colleen Balija
- Jo Herbert
- Maria Willis
- Natasha Vacca (You are Here)
- Teri Wilson
- Enna Adams (Instagram)
Crafty Hugs,
Natasha
Notable Ink Shopping Links
Clear Stamps
Digital Stamp Release
- Digital Stamps Full Release Bundle
- Art Journal Digital
- Fanciful Flora Digital
- Note to Self Digital
- Photo Florals Digital
- Tangle Rounds Digital
- Tangle Vibes Digital
Gel Printables
Enna
I absolutely love both of your projects, Natasha! You’ve showcased Amber’s new products beautifully!
natashavacca
Thank you so much Enna!
Sandi MacIver
WOW, these are just fabulous
natashavacca
Thank you so much Sandi!
wendy
These are absolutely gorgeous cards! I love how you’ve taken the gel printables and stepped them up a notch with the modeling paste – such a clever idea!
natashavacca
Thank you so much Wendy!
Bonnie
Thanks for all the eye candy using these stamps and gel print bg. Your ability to know just where to add texture is inspiring.
natashavacca
Thank you so much Bonnie!
Vickie Davis
Absolutely love your designs using this release!
natashavacca
Thank you so much! Me too! It is truly beautiful!
Sandhya Iyer
Absolutely stunning projects Natasha!! 💜💜
natashavacca
Thank you so much Sandhya!
Ana G
Oh my crafty goodness, I want to join the fun! I love these mix media cards! These release is so cool and I love all the inspiration!
natashavacca
Thank you so much! Yes it’s truly a gorgeous release!
Sharon Gullikson
The pods look so cool. They remind me of my Poppy pods. They look like they are from the depths of the ocean. Your creation is very cool and modern.
natashavacca
Thank you so much Sharon! I had so much fun!
Roberta Stevenson
Your backgrounds and colouring are amazing on both of your projects. Love them!
natashavacca
Thank you so much Roberta!
Von Marie
Beautiful card and journal!! Love your coloring!!
natashavacca
Thank you Von Marie!
Marisela Delgado
Such pretty cards and colors!
natashavacca
Thank you so much!
Teri Wilson
These are so gorgeous! I love how we each used the same images and created such unique products!
natashavacca
Thank you Teri!! You are so right! I love this release!
Amber Rain Davis
Natasha you continue to amaze me with your your talent with color, composition, and let’s not forget your fabulous photos too. I don’t use purple often, but your projects make me want to break out my Violet media and create. It’s an amazing feeling to see what you all created. I’m so grateful for your friendship and that you joined us. Hugs!!
natashavacca
Thank you so much Amber!!!!!! You have been an inspiration to me for a long time and to be able to create with stamps you created is truly so special to me! Thank you so much for your kindness and sharing your talent with us!!!!!!!
I wish you continued success – I know you will be amazing! HUGS!
Amelialesley
So beautiful!
natashavacca
Thank you!
Henriëtte
Beautiful cards Natasha.
What a bright and awesome colours.
The gel printables are also awesome, didn’t even now the exist pre-printed.
Thank you so much for sharing, stay safe and have a wonderful day.
natashavacca
Thank you so much Henriette! Yes they are amazing! SO much fun for a quick and gorgeous background! HUGS!