 Stampers welcome to another week of watch a weekly Wednesday. I'm Aubrey part of the Stampin' Jill creative team And today I'm excited to share with you the part 2 of our Stampin' Blends marbling technique videos on our last video part 1 I showed you how to make a card using the Stampin' Blends and alcohol on vellum cardstock to make this really fun marbling technique and I showed you a few other cards using that Today I want to show you just a little bit of a stepped-up version of this This is kind of the beginning level of the marbling technique. It's pretty simple You don't have to have a lot of control with the ink that you're running in the video today I want to show you how to control it a little bit more So once you've done this technique and you've gotten the hang of it then you can move on to the next step so in the last video I showed you this card and These kind of little rosettes that you can make on a card and how to do that I want to show you this in this video, but I first want to start with a different card So we're going to use some different colors and you can see on this card I'm gonna make a little line right across the card just like this I'm still using vellum cardstock. This cardstock is really great for this technique I'll tell you all the different things you'll need to create this card You'll need vellum cardstock. You'll need alcohol just regular rubbing alcohol You will want a stamp and spritzer This we actually won't be using it to spritz the card. We will just Screw off the lid and kind of use that little dipper and just transfer the ink that way You'll want some paper towels. Those are super handy to have nearby and You'll want whatever colors of alcohol blends you want to use So I'm using Stampin' Up Stampin' Blends and I'm using let me tell you dark poppy parade dark sauceron dark Bermuda Bay light polished pink and Dark mimp macaron on this card So I have kind of a lot of colors and you can see on my vellum cardstock I have already gone and colored all the way up the colors that I want to be on my cardstock Just like the last video that I did I colored all over this one We're just gonna control that color and where it's gonna go a little bit easier on this card So you can see I have already started down here in the corner to One by one Make my colors kind of run together and move So I want to just show you how to do that and control it a little bit easier So we're going to start right here with this mimp macaron color. I haven't done that one yet Oh one other thing you need. I'm so sorry a Heat tool this will just help to make your Your life run a little bit easier when you're doing this so we're going to just take our Alcohol that's in our stamp and spritzer and instead of spritzing it like I said you're gonna twist off that cap and you're just going to kind of dip it and collect some of that alcohol and then just Dab it dab it Right on to the color That you want to be working with so I want it to be right on that mimp macaron Now that color is gonna start to run a little bit and it might start to run into the other colors That's okay with me because the marbling technique kind of wends itself to that so what makes the Marbling technique so cool is That as this alcohol dries it leaves kind of these Rings in it. You can see that kind of in this poppy parade color. It kind of leaves those rings as it dries So as this dries I'm gonna start by not using my heat tool and just kind of letting it Kind of pull within the color and and make those little rings around the edges And then when it's kind of made those ridges I'll come in with my heat tool and turn it on the low setting and just kind of help it to dry the rest of The way and you'll see that slowly it will just start to make that marbled look It's just a little bit more controlled there Okay, so let's do the same thing again with our Bermuda Bay here We'll just dab it in there get a little bit of ink or a little bit of alcohol And just put it right on top of the ink that we want to work with and then just kind of move it around until it picks up all of the Ink from the stamp and blends just like that like I said this so this is a little bit more controlled It also is going to take you a little bit longer than just using the heat tool all and Pushing around the ink with that so you can kind of turn it on I like to start from far away and come closer, and it'll kind of push the ink around But you can see it starting to kind of marble Look Just like that. Okay, and then move on to your next color. We'll do this Pink our light polished pink color And just kind of do the same thing let it move around so essentially you're just making multiple little pulled sections of the alcohol Within your different colors Okay, and you can see on this one it pulled a little bit of that Bermuda Bay and brought it into the polished pink, but it just kind of makes a little purple color there And it just adds to it. I just I love it. I kind of love that color So I'll I'll finish this up, but let me show you the finished card here You can see So I just put a piece of white cardstock right behind that and then added some Gems and a thank you I stamped that and stays on black on that vellum and You have kind of a one of those geode looking cards super simple and It takes a little bit longer than the part one of the marbling technique, but What a cool effect Okay, so once you kind of can get that idea down where you're kind of controlling that Pull of alcohol and ink a little bit better Then you can move on to the next part which is this card and making kind of these little rosettes now this takes Time to get used to but I do want to show you Some different tips and techniques you can do to make the little rosettes It's the same idea as we did on this card where you're going to have the Individual places of ink and pull that ink all in one spot so you can see here I've done one and finished it on This one I've done one layer of the ink and alcohol and this one I haven't finished or I haven't even started so I want to start here and show you Kind of from start to finish what we're gonna do so on this one. You're I've just colored The stamp and blends this is the dark polished pink color and you're just gonna color a little Circle circular area there of the polished pink blends Just like that and on this one. I'm going to actually pour the alcohol when I'm starting this right from my alcohol Bottle because I'm gonna use a little bit more than what I can get from my spritzer So this is always a scary part. You're trying to control how much you're gonna get there I could pour it just from my spritzer bottle, too, but it really doesn't make a difference But I just want a good amount. We'll start with that and see if I can get what I need from there So we're just going to kind of like before we're gonna let that alcohol just run And try to get it to I'm gonna grab just a little bit more Okay, we're gonna let that alcohol kind of run and grab all of that ink That I want and you can see once it starts to dry and it makes that ridge it Sometimes has a hard time getting over The ridge that it makes and you can use a paper towel and kind of Create the edging that you want there. Maybe just pour a little bit more in. Okay So I'm gonna take that alcohol and just let it flow to the edges Just like that and then I kind you have to be kind of patient. I'm gonna just let it kind of Dry for a second You can always come in with your heat tool the heat tool will make it dry even faster So it really just depends on The look you're going for if I bring my heat tool in again stay far away and come in slowly You don't want it to push your ink as much as you just want to help those edges to dry Okay okay So you can see I have Kind of just one of a little bit one of these pools like what are on this card Okay, now to make the rosette. I want Even more of those pools just all stacked on top of each other. Does that make sense? I hope so so what I'm gonna do is I'm gonna pour a little bit more alcohol each time But I'm not going to let it get to the edge of my circle I'm gonna and this is always the part that it's like oh I might mess up because I might get too much alcohol So we hope and pray that doesn't happen Like that. I'm gonna dab up as much as that as I can get Because I did way more alcohol that I meant to do Okay, we'll see if I can salvage this because the thing is if the alcohol touches it It's going to Affect any of that ink that it touches. Okay, so pretty much what I have now is I'm starting all the way over So I'm gonna just dry this and this is gonna be my new circle of Once I get that dry okay, so as You can see it you can't control it It really is it takes such a practiced hand and it takes so much time and it You can mess it completely up, but if you are patient I'm gonna add a little bit more ink in here Just in the center if you are patient with yourself. I promise you can create a beautiful rosette So let's try again. I'm gonna add just a hopefully just a little bit of alcohol Just a drop and we're gonna try that again So on this one my hope is not to get all the way out to the edges Because I want those edges to be like the edge of my flower Does that make sense? So with this ink in here, I'm hoping to make another ridge and you can see that forming All along there and I have a good amount of ink in here now So I may even be able to get two ridges Out of this So if I let it dry again We might get another ridge Okay, so you can see I got a few ridges out of that actually here, which looks really cool So now we're gonna go back in with a little bit more alcohol in the center and just do it again and push it out to the edges at And then you can see I have another ridge forming Come in with my heat Just like that Okay now that I'm dealing with a smaller place here in the center I'm gonna go back to using the little thing when in my spritzer so that I can control the amount of alcohol That I'm getting a little bit easier Okay, so I'm gonna add just a little more ink with my stamp and blend just in the center because I want to have plenty of ink to To continue having that really good pink pigment all the way into the center of my flower So now I'm just gonna dab a little bit of alcohol using my spritzer and I can control that just a little bit better And then do the same Keep just making those ridges all the way through Okay, I'm gonna add just a touch more ink there in the middle Try to just get that center Don't want too much alcohol Maybe just a little bit more Okay, I'm pretty happy with that So you can see that kind of rosette just all stacked right on top of each other so Like I said, it takes a lot of patience and some time, but it can really make a really really cool look So let me bring in the card again You can see the different Rosettes that I've made here Super duper fun I do want to show you one more stepped up version I decided I'm gonna make a part three of our stamp and blends marbling technique I made this look so I made a rosette And then I added some of our gilded leafing along with it. So you get even more of that Gold geo looking um rosette So in our part three watch for that to come the next few weeks I'm going to show you how to add in Some gilded leafing on your rosette to give it a really cool Dynamic look so watch for that If you have any questions on how to do it or if you need any tips or anything Please reach out to us at su demonstrator at gmail.com Or you can always follow us on instagram at stamping jill. Thanks so much for watching and we'll see you next week for another watch at weekly wednesday