Hey dudes and dudettes! I hope you enjoyed and learned a few tips from today's video... Leave a comment letting me know your fave ink blending tricks and tools! :) ✭ FULL supply list with PICTURES: ldli.co/e/5zdr7x
@crystall.e80984 жыл бұрын
Hey Simon! I have a question for you, how do you store your foam pads that you've used but not ready to toss out yet? I have these same blending tools, & I've been keeping them in a ziplock baggy inside a pouch with the blending tool - would you say that's a good idea or bad idea?
@simon.hurley4 жыл бұрын
Hmmm... that’s a good question. You can store them underneath you ink pad with tape or Velcro. Or just store them in little plastic bags with the color in it. :)
@crystall.e80984 жыл бұрын
@@simon.hurley Thank you so much for the reply! 😊
@rosalieridle46754 жыл бұрын
I haven't really tried blending...I have to watch your videos more and get some tools!
@thetexasleslie4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the tips! I agree about your card stock. I also agree with others about the flimsy backing on the foam now. I wish Ranger would go back. I wouldn’t mind paying a little more.
@lindarc88604 жыл бұрын
Excellent tips, now convince Ranger to switch back to the thicker backing on the foam pads. I love the technique with your Flower Garden stamp ❤️
@amyt62544 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! This video was very helpful. My favorite tip was that the sponge works better when well saturated with color. I also loved seeing your final technique of using the water on the background stamp. Looks fantastic!
@cherin60374 жыл бұрын
Love the short takes videos! Every little tip you share makes a big difference for those of us learning a lot of techniques all at once! Thanks much!
@charlottemarek30454 жыл бұрын
I used your tip today! I needed to ink a bright color through a stencil, and swiping the blending tool across the ink pad worked like a charm. It came out exactly the way I wanted...hot pink polka dots on white cardstock. Thanks!
@michelleanne95304 жыл бұрын
Hi Simon. I love your channel. I have avoided blending inks for as long as I could because I didn't know how to do it. You have helped me lots. Thank you.
@cecerudisill8282 жыл бұрын
I just need to tell you how amazing your stark white card stock is! I am new to ink blending - I have struggled to get a smooth blend around the edges / almost speckled - it just wasn’t absorbing the ink - I have watched so many videos & bought numerous card stocks & just not getting a smooth saturated edge & gradient blends. I was really about to give up. I watched this video & ordered your stark white card stock as a final last result. What a game changer! I am amazed at how beautifully my ink blending is now!!!! Fully saturated along the edges, not speckled with the white coming thru. And after I sat it aside & came back later the blend is so beautiful! I just can’t believe my issue was the wrong card stock & all the other recommended card stocks just weren’t working. Your card stock is amazing! Thank you so much for your videos!
@elisebb84234 жыл бұрын
Thanks for all of the great tips, Simon! Love your Flower Garden stamp and your bright colors of ink!
@mydyisgod4 жыл бұрын
Oh my gosh, that paper after you took that stamp off!!! LOVED IT. ❤️❤️👍🏻👍🏻❤️❤️
@user-mv9tt4st9k4 жыл бұрын
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@bertas-cards4 жыл бұрын
Great tips Simon. I get better results when I am using a glass mat or a non stick surface under my project. My blending tools just glide over my card stock with ease.
@valeriehofmann26153 жыл бұрын
Interesting im going to try that.
@janiew41093 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the tips, Simon. I saw some of the mistakes I was making in your demonstrations. I have those ink blending tools and no other crafter has ever explained so well how to attach the foams or load them with ink. I'm definitely going to give your tips a try and hopefully I will get better results when I ink blend.
@kathynielsen5186 ай бұрын
Simon, you are a joy to watch
@elizabethdreier75824 жыл бұрын
You are a miracle maker! I learned so much from this video! Thank you!♡♡♡
@simon.hurley4 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much Elizabeth! :)
@milissas.83644 жыл бұрын
Watch All of his video's, I'm new to this and I'm learning so much from him. :)
@user-mv9tt4st9k4 жыл бұрын
Simon is really good for beginners: not too long and uncomplicated. You know you can do at what home what he is doing on the screen and the result will be yours and fabulous.
@pamelab78714 жыл бұрын
I was amazed at your blending with the Guppy ink. As you kept blending, the inner circle got darker and the outer edge was lighter. Beautiful!
@weemo09132 жыл бұрын
I'm still fairly new to card making and now just moving onto inking / creating my own background so before I even touched my new ink pads & blending tool, I watched this video. Fantastic tips which were instantly beneficial for my first attempt. I love your videos; they're succinct, well explained and I love your artistic style. You are always my first go-to when looking for ideas & techniques 🙂
@lisetteroot61953 жыл бұрын
These were amazing tips, all of them, but my favorite thing was how you put water on a stamp and pressed your inked paper down on it, that was simply amazing!
@FLCraftyGirl4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the tips! Your title grabbed me because that’s what I think every time I blend....I look at it and think “that sucks”, 😳
@user-mv9tt4st9k4 жыл бұрын
I am the same way. I have learned to go with what ink I lay down, the beauty of collage stamping is knowing the inking mistakes are usually covered. 😁
@mahadrasheed31094 жыл бұрын
Thanks simon. Those were great tips. Really helpfull 😊
@lynnfetzer64243 жыл бұрын
Thanks Simon! Love your videos...and your products! The names on the ink are so perfect!
@sarascreations66374 жыл бұрын
Well once again I have learned something new..keep up the great videos.
@teacher44164 жыл бұрын
Still new to making cards this way so the tips are a huge help, thanks! Love the trick with the stamp!
@user-mv9tt4st9k4 жыл бұрын
I LOVE the background water stamping. A little something to try with my background stamps. The Ranger foam blender replacements are my favorite. I discovered recently that my most used foams need replacing--the replacement packs are awesome because they have twenty or so blender foams.
@johnslanicky3 жыл бұрын
As a newbie to cardmaking, thank you for these tips. Very helpful!! 👍 Cheers! 👍
@lindahobbs55454 жыл бұрын
So true, my blending does suck. Lol thanks for all the tips!
@yasineyra4 жыл бұрын
I like to use my inks with glycerine! It makes the blending even easier!
@bertas-cards4 жыл бұрын
How do you use glycerine to ink blend?
@barbaramiller38774 жыл бұрын
Yasineyra I would also like to know how you use glycerine. Thanks!
@yasineyra4 жыл бұрын
Just add a tiny drop and work it into the ink blending sponge, then add your colour. Doesn't work with oxides but it does work with inks.
@bertas-cards4 жыл бұрын
Yasineyra thank you for explaining.
@susandzama30004 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the information 😆
@anneowens10734 жыл бұрын
Great tips, thank you so helpful
@ritabrandow13183 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the Great Tips
@kevinvanderborght19344 жыл бұрын
Saturated foam pads help immensely with ink blending. Tapping off excess ink is a thing I do aswell. If I need some more, I can pick up the previous excess ink from my surface because I use a glass mat. Zero waste that way. Last one and I don't know if it is the Simon Hurley ink quality or if it is the size of the ink pad (before I always bought ink cubes i.e. distress ink and Altenew) but ink blending seems easier with bigger ink pads. Maybe better saturation of the foam pad?
@charlottemarek30454 жыл бұрын
I've found that stamping works better, too, with a full-size ink pad. I personally think it's because the cubes just don't hold enough ink.
@ritabrandow13183 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the Tips
@ritabrandow13183 жыл бұрын
Thanks you fo the tip
@dayleigh014 жыл бұрын
Great tips Simon, sadly Ranger now have super thin pads and flimsy with the blender tool duos, which are no where near as good as the black backed, foam. Hopefully they go back to the black backed ones. Thanks for your blending tips.❤️
@user-mv9tt4st9k4 жыл бұрын
Ranger sells full sheet ink foam. It is for creating your own ink pads. I love it, though it is pretty thick. You might be able to cut it into circles and use for blenders. My blender squares (non- handled) have a rounded circle with foam between it and the hook (Velcro) to hold the blender foam. The foam gives the blender base a little cushion.
@GettinBye14 жыл бұрын
I appreciate this video so much! You can always learn something new and that I did, thank you Simon!
@loke-art73834 жыл бұрын
Thank you for all the tips
@yvonnewey Жыл бұрын
Thank you for the tips👍Would this work with all kind of ink pads
@wendy81844 жыл бұрын
So helpful thanks Simon
@rachelbautista62023 жыл бұрын
Thanks very helpful
@kimturner84884 жыл бұрын
Thanks for these tips, I have a hard time getting in onto my foam pad, not I know how to do it much easier.
@simon.hurley4 жыл бұрын
Yay! So glad you learned from the video Kim. Hugs🤗
@carmenbaby024 жыл бұрын
Those iguanas on your shirt are dope!
@TPAU19704 жыл бұрын
Thank you !!! This helped me so much !! ♥️
@tcconnection4 жыл бұрын
I love your videos, you are really helpful
@sassypowers2 жыл бұрын
this is a year old but it's funny how pertinent it is for me today. I am not new to card making but I've lost my mojo! now I have more tools but I am not ink blending well at all! I just tried coloring a stamped turtle and said, "gosh I suck at ink blending and coloring" and I googled coloring turtles and found this video first. which is ironic. funny ....
@BerniBernsify4 жыл бұрын
I agree with the glycerine technique below 😃a teeny tiny bit. Also I have found that Spectrum Noir blending foams works much better and smoother than the Ranger foams! I wonder if this is due to Ranger foams made to "distress" ? Or if it's just the different chemical make up of the different brands foam. I tried a generic brand too and those are different as well. So I like to use the spectrum noir foam for all my ink pad brands 🤩 thanks Simon!
@valeriehofmann26153 жыл бұрын
Does the ink soak through the back on the Simon Hurley cardstock?
@sandyvisger89174 жыл бұрын
Nice tips Simon. 👍
@nancyprobst63114 жыл бұрын
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
@zillyg212 жыл бұрын
I’ve seen alcohol based inks for resin. Can these be used on paper and card or are they just for resin?
@kimmer8234 жыл бұрын
Are you coming out with ink cubes? Please!
@susieford39542 жыл бұрын
What is the craft sheet you are using in this video?
@crystall.e80984 жыл бұрын
Ahahaha I love this title it's totally speaking to me 😅😂😍
@simon.hurley4 жыл бұрын
Lol! glad you found it helpful :)
@crystall.e80984 жыл бұрын
@@simon.hurley when you lifted that paper off the stamp - you should have seen my face! 😮💆🏼👀😍😂 that was an AWESOME trick, beautiful results! You're a genius - but you don't need me to tell you that! 😁
@user-mv9tt4st9k4 жыл бұрын
YES. I felt the same way. I am trying that today. (I loved that stamp, too)
@solovjud4 жыл бұрын
What is it about your paper that differs; Simon Hurley card stock not so easy to buy here in Australia. ( this May sound “tight” but delivery horrific to us here Downunder!)
@mandy.austin4 жыл бұрын
We cant get it but you can order from scrapbook.com. Craft online has all the inks and stamps.... i just put in an order today
@nessabridge50194 жыл бұрын
Love the T-shirt! From a UK dudette
@donnah72644 жыл бұрын
Simon, do you know if there is a black perfect pearls? I have been looking and can't seems to see one.
@thegreenwoodhub12794 жыл бұрын
Hello I am in need of help and was wondering if you could help Me! Do you know if the big plus die cut fits to cut on the platinum spellbinders machine? Thank you.
@milissas.83644 жыл бұрын
Do you have to wait a few minutes before mixing other colors?
@CockatooWantsToBeaCat Жыл бұрын
you didnt touch the 2nd one to see if fingerprints show!
@debbievignola82754 жыл бұрын
Great tips Simon. =^^=
@tcconnection4 жыл бұрын
I love the name Midnight Snack, ha ha
@jameslawless41184 жыл бұрын
Why your ink blending sucks 😂😂😂. Honest and to the point . I ❤️it.
@adrianleblanc60934 жыл бұрын
Love my Tee...
@marksidebottommark103 жыл бұрын
wean hi blend simon hi use a blending brush thankyou mate