Kaisercraft Inking tutorial with Fran Tynan
Kaisercraft have released 12 new mini pigment ink pads in a range of colours…..
Check out the full range here. At only AU$1.99 they’re a great buy!!
Today we’re sharing a little inking project with Fran!
*Using die-cuts and die-cut sheets as stencils and masks*
Cards by Fran Tynan: Dear Santa papers,Ink – Lipstick (IP714) & Brown (IP702), Stamps – Loire Valley, Dear Santa, Pack Your Bags & Rewind.
Here’s how Fran created her gorgeous cards:
“I actually saw this technique on a Heidi Swapp tutorial, but I thought Kaisercraft fans would also appreciate this great technique!”
I’ve used the Kaisercraft die-cuts and die-cut sheets as the positive and negative (or “mask” and “stencil”).
Step 1:
Using the actual die-cut I placed it over the patterned paper and stamped a bunch of images over it so they overlap the edges. (I’ve used “Brown” IP702)
Step 2:
Then take the die-cut ‘sheet’ and using the same shape, place it over the space you’ve made and ink in it lightly, using a blending tool. I’ve used “Lipstick” (IP714). Place a butterfly mask in the circle and ink over it again to make it a bit darker around the mask.
Step 3:
To take this technique one step further, while you still have your butterfly mask over the area – stamp a script image (or similar) over the top lightly to add a bit more detail to the inked area.
To celebrate the release of our 12 new mini ink pads we’re going to give away a full set to one lucky blog reader!
Just comment on this post with your favourite Kaisercraft ink pad colour and how you would use it (in 25 words or less) to go in the chance to win a set.
Competition closes 9 February 2010, 10am (ADST).
71 comments
if i really had to choose only one i would pick black because its so versatile but i love all the gorgeous colours.
Oh, that is very nice
My favourite colour is Red so I would pick the lipstick. I have two boys and red works well with LO’s for them as well.
I would pick HOT PINK! It’s so beautiful. Pink is my signature colour. So definately HOT PINK! x
Definitely brown, I have a pile of old pics to scrap and brown would be perfect!
I love that lipstick, it’s just so vivid. Could just imagine used for stamping lipstick kisses on cards and layouts. Brilliant tutorial Thanks x
I would pick sandstone; I love the warm hue and the fact that it’s small and pigmented ROCKS… great for light distressing.
I like the Sepia and would use it for inking! Very nice colors!!!
Sepia for sure!! When I get my hands on the Devonshire Collection I’ll be masking & distressing with this fabulous color!
I really like using the black, as much as I like all the other colors! I tend to use a lot of pattern paper so black stands out better
Kaisercraft inks are fantastic and a brilliant price, I love the sand and sepia inks which are perfect for vintage and distress layouts
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Lilac is my favourite and my little girl also loves it, I would use it on a page with her and butterfly stamps
i like forest. I think it would be a very versatile colour that i could easily use on my boys and girls pages as well as christmas and other occasions. i have just ound the joys of distressing, so i would use it to give it a more aged look.
I love them all but if I have to pick one it would be Forest, I’ve used it heaps! I make BTP books with chipboard pages, the ink pads are perfect for colouring the edges of the pages.
I like the Lipstick for Valentines cards!
Mini pigment inks sound fantastic! I find I go to my neutral shades most often so I would choose the Sepia ink. Sandstone looks great too!
Brown – reminds me of chocolate! It goes so well with so many other colours and not as “harsh” as black. One project … Chocolate bar holder
I love all the colors but black would have to be my fav. It matches everything and really pops,
I love the sandstone- very versatile!
I love the sepia. Very versatile and not a shade easily found in inkpads. The Jade and Rose would also come in very handy though..
I would have to pick Brown. I love distressing my projects & brown can make any color looked aged and delightful.
Sepia!!! It is just FANTASTIC!! It is so versatile, matches my favourite product- Kraft cardstock – and is perfect for either distressing or highlighting the edges of diecuts. I have this colour in the small and large ink pads and they are almost running out because I’ve used them so much!! Can’t wait to get my hands on all those scrumptous colours!
Love using black ink, it goes over any colour and i love using to stamp patterns on KC flowers to give them a new look.
I like a vintage look, so Sepia would be perfect to add a distressed look.
I love the Rose! Pink is my favourite colour and this one would be perfect for inking lace to give it an antique look.
Love the new colors – especially like the look of the jade. I just got my first KC ink pads and need to open them up today and use them with my stamps.
I love the DG014 – would use for cards and albums!
I’d use sandstone to do sandy beaches. I live in Perth after all.
I think the brown would be my pick, so versatile with most PPs. Love the project by the way, never thought of using templates like that. TFS.
Not sure if I can pick just one!!!! I use inks soooo much in my scrapping and card making. I love to distress my pages and projects with them. To have a full set of colors would be AWESOME!!!! thanks
I love brown and black ink use it on everything!!
I like the look of the sandstone. I like to give my chipboard just a slight colouring so this would be perfect to add a little colour whilst still looking natural.
If I had to pick one it’ll be brown, I use it on EVERYTHING!!!
Hot pink! for a mini album about all the changes in my life over the last year – new job, becoming a single mom etc.
oh i love them all, but the brown would be so versatile for edging/distressing and stamping on everything.
Sepia would have to be my 1st pick. The use for this ink is unlimited!!! It could add the finishing touch to any project. I’d love to use it with Devonshire papers as a recipe book.
Tough choice to pick just one…like them all. But I would go for sepia, can see a lot of uses in that one.
Sepia to edge photos, papers, cut outs, anything to give it extra pazazz.
My absolute favourite colour would be lilac – just love anything purple. But for use on card making I would have to go with black or maybe on occasion sepia as these could then have more colour added after stamping. The new range have a lot of fun colours though.
Looks brilliant but could I bring myself to “waste” a diecut!
I couldn’t go past the Rose ink for my girls pages.
I would have to say Hot Pink…Hot steamy passionate pink…love this, could use it on everything…from pages of my little girl to crazy pages for my boys…..around photo’s of my husband and me…and on tags most everywhere……could do with a touch of happy bright hot pink…
my favorite is Sepia. You can use it with stamps, or to ink edges of paper, and it has a nice vintage look to it.
I would have to say the brown ink would suit me, it could give my work a natural or vintage look!
With so many great colors, which one would I choose maybe Sepia or Antique Blue but oh no Hot Pink to make the boys wink!!!!
With Valentines day just around the corner, it would definately have to be Lipstick Red. Simply kissable!!!!
Definitely the lipstick red…but really I want to win so i can give this amazing tutorial a try!
My favourite would be Sepia for sure- to go with all the heritage photos I have ready to scrap, and its a great blending colour.
Corn: A bright, cheerful shade perfect for bringing a touch of sunshine to the page!
Brown-a versatile earthly colour, great for distressing, blending and toning down brighter colours. Definately going to give this turtorial a go with my brown.
I would have to pick the Jade. I have a thing for Jade and shades of it just like some of your new range!
I love the 2 cards and thank you for showing how they were made. I like the new colors and I like jade best. Would love to use that with the masking technique on cream cardstock.
Eveline.
I’m going to say forest because it will challenge me to try something different – maybe on an “outdoorsy” layout. I use pink, blue, brown, black, red all the time so something different is in order!
I love the look of the sepia – I love to distress the edges and ink and it looks like a perfect colour for that.
Jeez! That’s a freakin’ awesome tutorial!
I love getting my hands inky so definately giving this a go.
I love the brown and I’m going to use this technique to make some wicked journalling spots,
thanks again
Sepia! I am about to start decoprating my own new scrap room and love the vintage look!
I really like the antique blue! I would love to try the technique that Fran showed us. IT has given me some great ideas!
Actually, I love them all, but to pick one, I’d have to have Hot Pink! I’m starting to visualize it more in my projects & I don’t have it!
Love the sandstone colour, it can be using for layering onto different colours
Definitely would love a sepia. I am into that color family lately. It must be all the genealogy I am working on!
And it’s not a color that is very common to find so thanks for making it!
I love using different colors of beige and brown so my favorite is Sepia!
Great tutorial Fran!!
For most commonly used I would have to say Brown…But as all things Aqua-Turquoise are my signature colour I gotta love the jade! Thanks for the comp!
Hi! Love the sepia but all the colors are amazing!!! Thank you for the opportunity. Oh, I forgot, I ‘ll use it to scrap my Paris pictures!!!
Best regards,
Wanda C.
My favorite color is lilac, I’d use it with a blending tool, too! Love that it works well with it!
My favorite is the brown because I want to use it with my Duchess stamps!
What a great tutorial, thanks!
I would use the ink to try this technique out as I think its a brilliant idea, as for colour well it has to be purple
just one… ack, so many beautiful colors – Hot pink!!
Red is the only colour I really need as I have so many other kaiser inks already. I would love to use the red ink with my Loire Valley stamps to make lovely cards for my hubby and family
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Hot pink would be my favorite colour of Kaisercraft ink, but I would use them all.
Love the Hot Pink! I’m such a girly scrapper so it’d be on almost every page in some form or another!! thanks Fran what a great tutorial
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