Sunday, 28 October 2018

Smile All Season


Hello and Welcome.
I have a confession to make....I love creating background then I scratch my head and just don't know what to do with them to make them into a card!!  Today, I was happy to have come up with an idea to use this alcohol inked bkg piece.

So I began with the alcohol inks dripped onto a piece of Yupo paper.  I added some Ranger Blending Solution to help the colours move and blend together.  I set it aside to dry days ago so it was all ready to go for this card.  For those of you unfamiliar with Yupo paper, it is a synthetic material that doesn't absorb ink.  When you drop alcohol inks onto it with Blending Solution, the effects are just wonderful as the inks sit on the surface and are not absorbed into the paper.
Using the Penny Black Snowflake die, I die-cut it from the piece of inked Yupo and then again onto my white card front.  Then I placed the white front into my Misti and stamped the PB sentiment from the Smiles All Season sentiment set.  
I cut the white base a bit smaller then the inked one and glued it over the alcohol background. The snowflake went over that, rotating it a bit so the negative cut away would show through.


Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:
Time Out- INSPIRED BY WORDS
Less is More- DIMENSION
Creative Artiste- ANYTHING MIXED MEDIA

Supplies
Stamp- Smiles All Season- (PB)
Inks- Memento Black= Alcohol inks (Ranger)
Paper- Yupo= heavy white (Scribes Nook)
Accessories and Tools- Snowflake die (PB)= Misti (My Sweet Petunia)= Blending Solution 
(Ranger)

18 comments:

Lin said...

Genius! Love this idea, Karen!

Bunny said...

Beautiful card.Some of my favorite colors. I do love alcohol inks. [Bunny]

cuilliesocks said...

Absolutely beautiful Karen, Kate x

Loll said...

So beautiful Karen! Love the colours of your AI snowflake. Using the cut away and second layer off-set really gives this snowflake lots of dimension. Great design!! xx

Pat said...

What a fantastic alcohol inked piece in the background Karen, and a super look with the die cut snowflake over the top of the negative white die cut snowflake. Altogether a beautiful dimensional card, and finished with the lovely sentiment. x

Christine Alexander said...

Beautiful AI background in blues and greens, and love the snowflake centre.

Marcia Hill said...

Lovely, lovely card Karen!! I have stacks of unused backgrounds too that I rarely use, so totally understand where you're coming from! So glad you used this one though as your card turned out absolutely BEAUTIFUL...love it!! :0)

Bonnie said...

What a perfect use of an beautiful alcohol inked piece! I love how the background adds a narrow mat and the double snowflake! Just beautiful, my friend!

Lisa said...

Another GORGEOUS card!

Joyce said...

Perfect way to use your lovely background piece. Love those cool colors blended together. Thanks so much for playing along at Time Out.

Dotty Jo said...

Another stunning creation, Karen, Jo x

Gabi MeWi said...

Love this stunning CAS-card.Wonderful colors.

Jeanne H said...

Really, really pretty card. Gotta love those colors and the simplicity.

nancy littrell said...

Such a beautiful and cleverly CAS Designed Christmas card, Karen. TFS your detailed description of your gorgeous card design. Hugs..Nancy

Bobby said...

What a fabulous way to use the positive and negative to show off that gorgeous paper, Karen.

Gerrina said...

What a beautiful way to keep a card CAS and stil get all the beautiful wintercolours on it! Thank you for joining us at TIME OUT!

Izzy Scrap said...

Absolutely gorgeous, Karen ! Your alcohol inked panel makes such a striking background for this beautiful snowflake ! I'm just starting with AI and you totally inspired me with your stunning card. Thanks so much for sharing and for playing along at Less is More.

Neets B said...

Karen, this is beautiful. Love the colours and it's great how you've brought the background to the foreground too. Great design. Thanks so much for sharing with us at Less is More, Anita x