February 24, 2018 Verity Biddlecombe

Stay Calm and Eat Cake!

Hi everyone! It is Verity here again from Pretty Little Button, so good to be back up on the blog again. I am showing you another card using to the Topsy Cake stamp set, I just love this set!! This is a nice clean and simple card and I love how the white space really brings out the colouring of the cakes. I also added a little ink blending in the background to highlight the stamps. Recently, I had discovered how easy and beautiful the surface inks from Brutus Monroe are to blend. Give them a try and you will be adding it to your card all the time!

Stay calm and eat cake card details:

To start off, I trimmed a piece of Alabaster card down to 1/4" small than my cardbase. Using a blending tool and Honeysuckle surface ink, I softly blended in one corner where I wanted to place my focal point. I gradually applied colour for a darker middle with the colour fading out in a rough circle. For a little more added interest in the background, I added a little ink splatter in the same colour. I mixed a small amount of the ink with water on an acrylic block and splattered with a paintbrush.

I stamped a cake and 3 cupcakes from the Topsy Cake stamp set in Raven Detail Ink and coloured these in with pencils. As I had used a pink colour for the blending, I tried to use a colour scheme that complemented this. I foam mounted and matted the cakes onto the card to add depth and interest.

Don't you just love the sentiment 'Stay calm and eat cake'? I thought this went perfectly foam mounted under the cakes. I added a little piece of silver sparkle washi tape for detail and lastly embellished with a few holographic sequins from my stash.