Adirondack inks are one of my favorite inks to use. Almost a year ago now I made the switch as a designer to a more”retail friendly” ink and I’ve been thrilled with the Ranger Adirondack Ink line. The colors are rich and beautiful and when using them or the reinkers for watercoloring, the color never breaks down. As I’ve been using my Copic markers a lot lately, my most favorite Adirondack inks to use are the Pitch Black and the Espresso. These inks are perfect for using with Copic makers and do not bleed, even when using the colorless blender pen.When stamping detailed images such as my challenge design below, I ink up my brayer with the ink first, roll onto the rubber and then stamp. Brayering the ink will give you the highest quality image. Adirondack ink pads and reinkers are the CHF product spotlight for the next two weeks.
Today’s CHF Challenge Chicks Challenge is to create a design featuring the Adirondack inks. We have lots of samples and ideas today so take the time to check them out. Joanne, Kristine, Lisa Silver, Julie, Dawn, Jen, Kim, Alli, Michele, Becky, Val
We’d love you to play along here. Hope you’ll join us!
Winter Peace
I actually stamped and colored this beautiful Thomas Kinkade Village Christmas image while on holidays at the cottage in August. I finally had some time with the kids back at school to make it into a card this week and it fits the challenge well. My image is stamped in the Pitch Black Adirondack ink before coloring with my Copic Markers. Sorry I can’t tell you exactly what colors I used as it’s been a while. When coloring, I start light and slowly build up the color, blending with my lightest tone in that area.
My background is created with the new Thomas Kinkade Masculine series patterned paper. It has a beautiful subtle pattern that you can stamp on. In this case, I ran the layer through my Cuttlebug with a new Snow Dots embossing folder. One of the fun things about embossing patterned paper is the white core. Simple stamp the embossing lightly to highlight the inner white color.
To finish up…I added a subtle embellishment. A little “peace” charm is all the sentiment this design needs and it is paired up with some Creative Impressions’ felt snowflakes and ribbon.
Quick Tip: Make sure you allow your stamped image to dry well before coloring with the Copic Markers.
Have a wonderful day!
supply List:
Stamps:
-Village Christmas (Thomas Kinkade line) by Cornish Heritage Farms
Ink:
-Black Adirondack ink by ranger
Paper:
-Simply Smooth White cardstock by Prism
-Majestic Light cardstock by Prism
-Thomas Kinkade Masculine Series Paper Pack by Cornish Heritage Farms
Other:
-felt snowflakes by Creative Impressions
-dotted ribbon by Creative Impressions
-Cuttlebug and embossing folder by Provocraft
-Peace charm by Imaginesce
-markers by Copic
