Ink smooshing is a really fun and easy technique and was a great way to create a background for these cute dolphins from Clearly Besotted’s new Make A Splash set. I started with a piece of Tim Holtz watercolor card and a couple of ink cubes, Peacock Feathers and Worn Lipstick, smooshing the cubes onto a craft sheet, spritzing with water and then dipping the corner of the card into the inky droplets. To create more variation I then added more droplets of water directly to the panel and lifted some of the colour with a paper towel before spritzing everywhere with a Perfect Pearls solution to give a lovely shimmer. If you fancy seeing more of this technique check out Kristina Werner – I’ve linked to one of her smooshing posts but there’s many more examples too :D

Having created the background it was time to get those Dolphins inked up with Memento Tuxedo Black and then cut out with their matching dies. I coloured with Copics and foam mounted over the background panel adding some die cut hearts too which were inked with Teeny Bikini. I also used the same ink to stamp the sentiment from A Little Sentimental and partially die cut into a banner.

I added a coat of Glossy Accents to the hearts, Sakura Glitter Pen and Wink of Stella details to the dolphins and a few sequins to finish :D

The new Clearly Besotted release will go live at 10pm UK time (5pm EST) on 5th August at both Clearly Besotted and Simon Says Stamp. In the meantime check out Stephanie for more inspiration and links to the Design Team :D

Supplies

You can find links to the supplies I’ve used below; click on the picture or wording to get taken directly to the product. Where available I use affiliate links which means if you make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support.

Clearly Besotted MAKE A SPLASH Clearly Besotted A LITTLE SENTIMENTAL Clearly Besotted MAKE A SPLASH Dies Simon Says Stamp holiday shapes SSS THANKSGIVING FEAST Dies Tim Holtz DISTRESS WATERCOLOR CARD SSS TEENY BIKINI Dye Ink Tim Holtz PEACOCK FEATHERS Distress Ink Tim Holtz PEACOCK FEATHERS Mini Distress Ink Tim Holtz WORN LIPSTICK Distress Ink Tim Holtz WORN LIPSTICK Mini Distress Ink Ranger Non Stick CRAFT SHEET Ranger PERFECT PEARLS Neenah 80 LB SOLAR WHITE Neenah 110 LB SOLAR WHITE Tsukineko MEMENTO TUXEDO BLACK ZIG Wink of Stella CLEAR Sakura CLEAR GLITTER PEN All PPP sequins at SSS PPP 4mm SPARKLING CLEAR Sequins PPP 6mm SPARKLING CLEAR Sequins PPP 4MM AQUAMARINE Sequins Ranger GLOSSY ACCENTS Ranger MULTI MEDIUM MATTE 3M DOUBLE-SIDED FOAM TAPE COPIC MARKERS Copic 0 COLORLESS BLENDER Copic Sketch N1 Copic Sketch N3 Copic Sketch N5 Copic Sketch N7 Copic Sketch R12 Copic Sketch B34