16 ways to SWINK your cards!

[@lisadelong1455]

So many great backgrounds which turned into great finished cards. I watched Laurels video on swinking too and she also made great backgrounds and cards.

[@ardyth]

Laurel's the swinking-queen, that's for sure! But we can all be swinking-princesses! lol! Thanks for watching!

[@cynthiapoudrette8436]

I LOVED the sky/cloud one you called a fail! Those streaks were like the rays you see coming out of clouds some days.

[@ardyth]

LOL! You're in good company - lots of supporters of that background. I see what you're saying, and I feel it might work if I did it in gray, and worked a rainbow in somehow..... Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment!

[@cynthiapoudrette8436]

@@ardyth I could see that background with a rainbow and/or a unicorn for a little girl's birthday. She'd love it!

[@ThisIsMeTinnaMarie]

I totally agree!!! Loved it for the same reasons

[@dawnspengler9357]

These are fun, easy, and beautiful! Great technique!

[@ardyth]

Thanks so much, Dawn!

[@glennistrotman8421]

Loved the swinking with water effect.

[@ardyth]

I did too - beautifully soft watercolour look with minimal work! Thanks so much for watching!

[@timeenuf4200]

Swonderful this swinking! Watched Laurel's first but so many ideas you had with it too!

[@ardyth]

Haha! That Laurel is a genius, even when she doesn't mean to be! Thanks so much for watching!

[@RhondaMiller]

I love these backgrounds. So easy and you got some beautiful cards.

[@ardyth]

Thanks so much!

[@donnamikasa]

So fun, Ardyth! I love the simplicity of it all and that you coined a new term--swinking!

[@ardyth]

Haha! That was really Laurel, but I'm all-aboard the swinking train! Thanks for dropping by, Donna!

[@donnamikasa]

@@ardyth Ooops! That's what I get for fast forwrding! Yay, Laurel!

[@743linda]

Great cards!!! Love swinking!

[@ardyth]

Thanks for watching!

[@TraceyMcNeely]

Great experiments, always good to show the good and the not so good. A better educational experience!

[@ardyth]

Just keeping it real! lol! Thanks for watching!

[@CraftingandRelaxing]

Love your swinks! Great word! 😂🤣😂💙

[@ardyth]

Thanks so much!

[@KathyaKalinine]

Super awesome technique, Ardyth! Can’t wait to try it!

[@ardyth]

Haha! Thanks - new name for an old technique! Thanks for watching, Kathya!

[@SharetheMakewithCaroline]

Even with all the beautiful color swinks, I love the gold embossed swinking on white. Might be my new favorite word.

[@ardyth]

Not sure that card is my favourite (partial to rainbows! lol!), but it's up there - I love how translucent the embossing is! Thanks so much for watching!

[@barbaramatthews4556]

You blow my mind Ardyth. I love all the cards you created. Not sure why you thought the cloud background was a fail but I hope you didn't throw it out. I often put aside the ones I didn't like and then some time later I look at it again and love it. Thanks for sharing.

[@ardyth]

LOL! Not a fail, but needed more work. I am thinking if I swinked with gray ink and worked a rainbow in somehow, it could make a good stormy encouragement card! And like you, I have a pile of backgrounds for 'someday'! Thanks so much for watching!

[@cindyroman-daversa9194]

Whoa...this is such a fabulous and easy technique!

[@ardyth]

It really is! Hope to see you using the hashtag! Thanks for watching!

[@harriettezmalloy7182]

How fun! Thank you Ardyth.

[@ardyth]

Thanks for watching!

[@justinehovey]

Love how you showed off the experiments and what worked and didn't work - genius!

[@ardyth]

Thanks so much - just keeping it real! 😂

[@artcreationsbydar]

Love these cards! Good job ! I watched Laurel as well! :)

[@ardyth]

Thanks so much 😊

[@janmancini1842]

So easy and doable! Thanks so much for the tips! Love my CP inks!

[@ardyth]

Oh me too! CP inks are my favourites! Although, based on what I've seen from some others joining the challenge, it looks like Distress Cubes give some really cool swinking texture....lol! Thanks so much for watching!

[@MsGabmc]

What a fun idea - these are great!

[@ardyth]

Thanks so much!

[@helensheppard8435]

Such awesome backgrounds.

[@ardyth]

Thanks so much!

[@germainedubois8526]

Loved the blue sky that you didn’t like 😮

[@ardyth]

LOL! Thank you! We all like different things (I even like different things at different times). Thanks for watching!

[@BarbGhig]

Another great video, Ardyth! Thanks!

[@ardyth]

Thanks for watching, Barb!

[@nancyludlum2646]

Thanks, Ardyth! Great ideas!

[@ardyth]

Thanks so much for watching!

[@brendaprescott2043]

Got me thinking..can’t wait to try these techniques.thank you !

[@ardyth]

Thanks for watching!

[@lisapetrella3976]

Super fun technique, Ardyth! Definitely going to try this!!!!

[@ardyth]

I love hearing that, Lisa! It's the best compliment when someone wants to give it a try! Hope you're well!

[@lisapetrella3976]

@@ardyth We're doing great! Hope you and your family are all safe and healthy! Hugs!

[@susiescraftroomandstudio]

Very pretty! Loved the experiment!

[@ardyth]

Thank you! 😊

[@karend.3171]

awesome video....thanks for inspiring!! Those little pads worked great and what great colours.

[@ardyth]

Thanks for watching, my friend!

[@karend.3171]

@@ardyth my pleasure!

[@barbaraarmstrong4295]

This was beautiful!!! Thanks 🙏

[@ardyth]

Thanks for watching!

[@created2bless322]

The are so cool Ardyth! Thank you for sharing!

[@ardyth]

Thanks so much for watching!

[@shirleydesrochers4947]

The cloud card looked like it’s a storm. Cool. Beautiful cards!

[@ardyth]

I had a similar thought - I think I could do something with gray ink, a rainbow and a little more time..... lol! Thanks for watching!

[@andreah993]

I agree it was my favourite of all of them and i will certainly be trying these techniques. X X

[@lafstamper]

Awesome cards! Thanks for the inspiration.

[@annricks]

Love these backgrounds! Thanks for sharing.

[@ardyth]

Thanks for watching!

[@joycesm2010]

Wow, Ardyth. This is an amazing technique, and I cannot wait to try to swink something myself. You are really on to something here.

[@ardyth]

Yay! Thanks so much for watching, Joyce - it's really just a new fun name for an old technique, but it's fun!

[@vickirivera1052]

Card 2 looked like fabric because the ink was lighter in areas. Like highlights! Many great cards!

[@ardyth]

I love the variation in colour you get with this technique! Thanks so much for watching!

[@jesseb5112]

Those look fun!

[@ardyth]

Thanks so much for watching!

[@bethnewman840]

I LOVE this and want to try them all!!

[@ardyth]

I hope you do! Thanks so much for watching!

[@Dsiegel7]

I liked the one you called I fail. If you do less of those clouds, it kind of looks like sunbeams coming through clouds. You could do a little blue and then a little yellow.

[@ardyth]

I think with some more time and different colours, it could be a really neat effect. Thanks for watching!

[@JoanOrloffDK]

Beautiful cards 🥰 I love your swinking backgrounds ❤ thanks for sharing your creativity Hugs xx

[@ardyth]

Thanks so much! 😊

[@cheriepemberton3896]

These are awesome!

[@ardyth]

Thanks so much!

[@456monaliza]

Wow love this absolutely wonderful. Thank you for sharing.

[@ardyth]

Thanks so much for watching!

[@lisabreeden7328]

FABULOUS!

[@ardyth]

Thanks for watching!

[@patticallihan8515]

Thank you for sharing 💖

[@ardyth]

Thanks for watching!

[@wilmadiaz5517]

Great ideas!

[@ardyth]

Thank you! 😊

[@carolynpicken6949]

So much fun, thank you

[@ardyth]

Thanks so much for watching!

[@terriconrad4612]

Gotta go swink! I’m gonna be a SWINKER! 💕🙋‍♀️

[@ardyth]

I was just thinking we should start a Swinking Sisters Club.... lol! Hope to see you using the hashtag! Thanks for watching!

[@terriconrad4612]

Ardyth Percy-Robb great idea!!!! 😂🙋‍♀️💃🏻

[@LindseyMP]

Very fun! Stay tuned for my own swinked card! ;)

[@ardyth]

Looking forward to it! Thanks for watching, Lindsey!

[@LindseyMP]

I’d been meaning to and finally did! 😁

[@ardieblack9231]

Oh gosh my name is Ardith too !

[@ardyth]

WHAT?! lol! That's so cool! I spell it Ardyth, but we are definitely an exclusive club! So nice to meet you! I've met a few others in my life - my grandma, my friend's mom and a girl in high school.

[@mitzibud6908]

Lovely!!

[@ardyth]

Thank you! 😊

[@bertas-cards]

Great idea and fun video. I too liked the cloud one you felt failed. If you still have it, I challenge you to use it some way in a card.

[@ardyth]

LOL! Lots of votes for the 'fail' in these comments! Rather than use that one, I think I would re-work it with gray ink and fit a rainbow in somehow, to make an encouragement card. Thanks so much for watching!

[@bertas-cards]

@@ardyth I have faith that you can turn that blue one into to something fabulous.

[@debbiel890]

I loved every card - even the ones you discarded - will definately have a go at this thank you

[@ardyth]

Yay! That's the best compliment! Thanks for watching!

[@janmarch5039]

What FUN!!! I have been telling my fellow paper crafters about you Ardyth, you have such a great imagination, love the way you give us so many NEW idea’s to use what we have!! Thanks so much, I think your subscriber numbers are going to be climbing FAST!

[@ardyth]

Oh, wow, Jan, thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed the video!

[@christianebaligand3331]

Nice video. Thanks.😘

[@ardyth]

Thanks for watching!

[@dbltrbl57]

Ironically...my favorite was the blue over-the-edge...just needed a sun diecut & supportiv sentiment!

[@ardyth]

Thanks so muc for watching!

[@IngridBlackburn]

I LOVED THIS!!!! You had me with that daisy card and it just kept getting better and better....lol!!! Love the fails too, so glad you included those! Math works for me!!! 😘😘❤

[@ardyth]

Thanks for watching, my friend. Such a fun technique!

[@IshaniScards]

I have always admired your color choices and these color combination that you shared, are amazing! How you used stencils was soooo cool.. omg..so easy and cool.. loved them. Can't wait to try few of your ideas.

[@ardyth]

That is the best compliment, that you are inspired to try! Thanks so much for watching, Ishani!

[@natashavalkovskaya5309]

Love this, Ardyth! Definitely going to give it a try! Thank you for the inspiration!

[@ardyth]

Yay! So glad you were inspired! Use the hashtag so we can see! Thanks for watching, Natasha!

[@pattylaird930]

I liked the cloud swinking she rejected 😄

[@ardyth]

LOL! I didn't hate it, but maybe it would work better in gray, so it looked like a rainstorm? Maybe I'll revisit that one.... Thanks for watching!

[@andreah993]

Wow BRILLIANT IDEA 'S. Thank you for sharing this with us. I'm going to have great fun (messy lol) trying to do these. Wonder how many backgrounds I can het done in half an hour? (Not very long is it your little challenge lol) X X

[@ardyth]

LOL! No need to set a time limit - I didn't. I just noticed how quickly it went when I was done! Thanks so much for watching!

[@donnamaree5253]

Great backgrounds, and I actually even liked the cloud one that you thought was a fail

[@ardyth]

Aw, thanks! I didn't hate it, but I felt like it would take some time (maybe a different colour?) to make it work. Thanks so much for watching!

[@mrspickle8285]

What a really awesome idea.. Loved them :) question: what size do you make your square cards? I never know what the right size is or even if there is a right size?? thanks so much.

[@ardyth]

I make my square cards 4.25x4.25. That way they fit in an A2 size envelope (which I have on hand) and no need for extra postage. And no. There is no 'right' size - whatever works best for your design. I usually stick to a size that there is a ready-made envelope for, but you can make your own envelopes, too, so you can really make your card whatever size you want! Thanks for watching, Paula!

[@betyerpwet]

Hi Ardyth! Do you think this technique worked well especially using different color inks, because of the Catherine Pooler inkpads? I know that one of their properties is no cross contamination between colors, I am just wondering cuz I want a reason to get more inks 🤪

[@ardyth]

I actually think that felt cubes would give you consistently nice wispy swinking because they tend not to be that juicy. As you know, CP inks are my favourites, for all their properties! I think what really worked here was the foam pad and the vibrancy of the colours. Plus you get the option of putting down a little more pressure, and getting heavier coverage, if that's what you want, because they are so juicy. The no-contamination is really more about how clean the stamp gets when you clean it before you stamp again with a different colour - ie: stamp with green, clean it and then stamp with red and get the true red colour with no green undertones (or muddy brown). But you can bet I'll be thinking about this property with respect to swinking. It didn't occur to me while I was doing it. And come on. We always need more inks! lol! I'm about to order the new set of minis. Thanks for watching!

[@lalagamma4452]

This excellent video has been choosen to use on this coming week's Monday Mindless Wonders Challenge. The challenge is done in ScrappinLizzi's Unicorn and MKay K's Artful Journey Facebook groups with hashtag: #MondayMindlessWondersChallenge. Thanks for sharing and I hope it gets you new subbies! 💕🌻💞

[@ardyth]

Oh wow! Thanks so much!

[@maryjones107]

Nice nice

[@ardyth]

Thanks

[@deborahbuonomo296]

So many fun backgrounds! I love it! 💜

[@ardyth]

Thanks so much!

[@abgorden]

There's no such thing as ugly in your creations!

[@ardyth]

You are very sweet. There's a few, for sure, but most things are rescu-able! Thanks for watching, Beth!

[@crispazmino1902]

tfs. new subbie coming over craft roulette.

[@ardyth]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@mpbailey18]

You must be so excited...you talk like you are in hyper mode! The backgrounds are fun and such a great idea but slowing down a bit would have been better!

[@ardyth]

Thanks, Marilyn. As I mentioned last week, I'm still working on getting more comfortable with the voicing part of making videos, but I suspect I will never get it absolutely right for everyone. KZbin allows viewers to slow down the video if it's too fast for you. Just click on the settings icon in the lower right corner of the video and you can adjust playback speed.

[@mpbailey18]

@@ardyth thanks for the reply...hoping it didn't sound too negative. I didn't know you can adjust the playback speed, but check that out! Just relax when speaking...we're all on your side!