Transformation

Welcome

Meet today's card.

I've been playing with some Alcohol inks and the Alcohol Lifting re-inker fluid to see what I could come up with. 

So here's what I did to create my card.

I began with a piece of Yupo paper.  Yupo has a plastic type coating on it and works well when using Alcohol Inks and Blending solutions.  The only problem with using Yupo is that when the inks are dry, the background can be tricky to stamp over as the surface is very slippery. 

So to remedy that problem, I created a Alcohol inked background onto Yupo, letting all the colours bloom by adding Rubbing Alcohol and some Ranger Blending Solution.  When I was happy with the colour blends, I let it dry then applied some of the Alcohol Lifting Re-inker along the top, dragged that down using a brayer, then rubbed a piece of heavy white cardstock over the print to lift.  It transferred the inks onto my white cs and I was left with a colourful print.

* helpful tip:  keep the piece of Yupo that you inked and lifted from.  You can wipe it clean using some Rubbing Alcohol and use it again and again for this technique*

My background dried instantly and was ready to be stamped onto.

First, I added some stenciling along the edges using the Meshing Around stencil and some Picked Raspberry Distress ink.  I randomly added stamping along the edges of my panel, then placed the piece into my Misti to stamp the flower in black.  I stamped it again onto another piece of white cardstock and fussy cut out just the flower head.  Using some diluted Distress inks, I lightly painted in the flower petal and then glued it over the stamped image.

I felt like it needed a bit of black, so using the edge of a credit card, I added some lines for interest.

I mounted the panel on some matching coloured cardstock, then onto a heavy white card base.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:
Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES
Addicted to Stamps and More- ANYTHING GOES
My Time to Craft- USE A STENCIL
Creative Artiste Mixed Media- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- Creative Chaos (Visible Image)

Inks- Versafine Clair Black; Alcohol inks (Ranger); Distress ink (TH); Alcohol Lifting

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- stencil (Meshing Around VI); brayer; Misti (My Sweet Petunia);

credit card; blending brush; paintbrush