VIDEO | Achieve Smooth Ink Blending with this Vellum Trick!

Hello there, today I have two tags (and a video) to share using a fun trick to get the appearance of smooth ink blending even if you didn't! I am using this technique for tags today but this will work for cards and other projects too! 

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I started off my tags by stamping one of the images from the Altenew Flowers & Flourishes Stamp Set onto Altenew Translucent Vellum Paper using Altenew Embossing Ink. I applied Altenew Pure White Crisp Embossing Powder and heat set. I repeated the process so that I had two stamped vellum panels. 

I then die cut one of the larger tags from the Altenew Terrific Tags Die Set twice from white cardstock. I die cut the coordinating die for the stamped image onto the tags. I added adhesive onto the back of the tag pieces and then lined them up on top of the stamped image vellum panel. 

I cut off the excess around the edges using scissors. I then die cut two more tags from white cardstock and added ink blending to them using Altenew Fresh Dye Inks and Altenew Small Blending Brushes. 

The yellow-pink tag uses Chamomile at the top, Snapdragon in the middle, and Fuchsia at the bottom. 

The aqua-blue tag uses Aqualicious at the top, Tide Blue in the middle, and Starlight at the bottom. 

Once the tags were dry, I adhered the vellum layer on top. This softens the look of the ink blending and removes any imperfections! Even if you didn't get smooth ink blending, it now looks like you did! 

I threaded twine through the tops of the tags and tied in bows at the front. 

For the sentiments, I die cut the 'hello' word from Altenew Stylish Greetings 2 Die Set five times for each word (so 10 times in total) from Altenew Crafty Necessities: Jet Black Cardstock. I layered them up one on top of another, adhering with liquid glue before adhering to the tags. 

For the accompanying sentiment, I stamped the 'sending hugs' from the Altenew Flowers & Flourishes Stamp Set onto Altenew Crafty Necessities: Jet Black Cardstock and heat embossed in the same way as the vellum. They were cut into strips and adhered to the tags using Altenew Instant Dimension Black Foam Tape. To finish, I embellished with Altenew Clear Iridescent Stellar Sequins. 

VIDEO:

Here is the video showing how I made the tags:

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