Gold Deer

Hello and Welcome

This card began as I looked at this Alcohol inked piece left over in my stash.  I love creating the backgrounds but it takes me some thought to figure out what to create with them when they are done.

After I cut this deer out in some gold paper, I liked how it looked against the inky bkg and my card was born.

So, let me explain how I created the background first.  

Using a piece of Yupo, I drizzled on some Ranger Alcohol inks and added a few drops of Blending Solution to help the colours move.  I placed a piece of plastic wrap over that and let it dry.  When I removed the plastic wrap, I was left with this lovely, rich looking bkg.  I mounted that onto a piece of gold cardstock and set aside.

Using some more of the gold cs, I embossed a strip in my Cuttlebug using this Plaid Embossing folder to use behind the image. 

Time to put the card together.  I glued the gold embossed strip onto some brown cardstock.

I glued the gold deer onto the Alcohol inked bkg and pop dot mounted that over the gold strip.

It looks quite elegant irl.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Craft Stamper Magazine- ANYTHING GOES

A Bit More Time to Craft- ANYTHING GOES

Just Us Girls- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- Ranger Alcohol inks

Paper= Yupo; brown cs, gold cs

Accessories and Tools- Plaid EB folder (Echo Park); Deer Die (Recollections); plastic wrap;

Ranger Blending Solution; Cuttlebug; pop dots

Magical Garden and Transform

Good Morning

Today, I am posting 2 cards I created for the DTGD event over at Splitcoast.

They both were created using some Yupo paper and Alcohol inks.  It's so fun and kind of addicting playing with those inks.  They blend and move in so many unexpected ways.

The card above was created with a piece of Yupo and lots of shades of blues and oranges as I was trying to use opposite colours on the Colour Wheel.

After dropping the Alcohol inks onto the paper, I used a straw to blow them and spread them across my paper.  I splattered with some Rubbing Alcohol and Rangers Blending Solution.

I die-cut the flower overlay and glued it onto the inky background and done.

I didn't add a sentiment so I could use this card for any occasion.

Here is my next card:

This was a very easy one since I used a previously inked piece of Yupo for the butterfly.

I began by stamping the script using similar colours to match the butterfly across a strip of paper.

I decided to keep this one very clean and simple with lots of white space.

I glued it all together then placed the piece into my Misti to stamp the sentiment.

While that dried, I die-cut this beautiful butterfly from the AI inked Yupo and glued it over the script.

Another simple card for a friend.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies

Card #1

Stamps- none

Inks- Alcohol inks in blues and oranges

Paper- Yupo, heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- Paper Rose Blooming Flowers die; Tombow Clear glue, Cuttlebug

Card #2

Stamps- Script (Penny Black); Creative Chaos (Visible Image)

Inks- Alcohol inks in purples and blues; Peacock Feathers, Tumbled Glass DOX (TH)

Paper- Yupo; heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia); Butterflies die (TH); Cuttlebug

Enjoy the Little Things- The Flower Challenge

Good Morning

A new month means it's time for a new theme at 

The Flower Challenge

This month we are so happy to have a special sponsor and a great prize to be won.

Thanks to Altenew for offering a great stamp set to one lucky winner.

So onto my card details.

I began with a plain piece of heavy white cardstock and placed my rectangle mask from A Colorful Life Designs over that.  I rubbed on some Cracked Pistachio DOX ink at the bottom and some Wilted Violet and Shaded Lilac at the top, blending the colours together.  When I was happy with the blending, I placed the Crossword stencil over the inky background and rubbed on some more Wilted Violet DOX ink.  I splattered it with some water to lift some of the ink and give more interest to the background.  

While that dried, I stamped these flowers from the Charmed Altenew set with Versamark ink onto a piece of Yupo that had been previously inked up with Ranger Alcohol inks, then sprinkled on some Ranger Black Embossing powder and heat set.  I just got this black eb powder and I am really liking it.  It gives a good solid emboss to projects.

I took the embossed flowers and fussy cut them out.

Before pop dotting my flowers to my card front, I placed the inked piece inside my Misti, stamped the sentiment from the same Altenew set with Versamark and heat embossed it with some white embossing powder.

I doodled a border around the inking to pull it all together and then simple mounted it onto a white card base.

I hope you get a chance to come and play along with us this month and have a chance to win the stamp set from Altenew.

Here is the stencil I used:

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*Just use the code KarenFan10 to get a discount on stencils and masks.*

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Addicted to Stamps and More- CAS

Craft Stamper Magazine- ANYTHING STAMPED GOES

Supplies

Stamps- Charmed (Altenew)

Inks- Versamark; Wilted Violet, Cracked Pistachio, Shaded Lilac DOX (TH);

Alcohol inks (Ranger)

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook); Yupo (Curry's)

Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia); Ranger Black EB powder; white eb powder; 

inking tool; makeup applicator (Dollarama); heat tool; 

Meadow Clover

Hello and Welcome.

This is today's card inspired by a piece of inky Yupo paper I made awhile ago.

So onto my card.

This piece has been in my stash for awhile.  I like to do a bunch and put them away for future use.

I began with a piece of Yupo that I applied some Alcohol inks with Blending Solution to help move the inks around.  I love watching the magic of the inks move.  I did rub on some blue foil that stuck to the wet areas of the inks that added a bit of a shine.  I cut the larger piece into a small panel and adhered it to a piece of white cardstock for stability.  

Next, I die-cut the clovers with more white cardstock and glued them to the front of the inked panel.

Love how the white just pops against the inky bkg.

I took a piece of matching blue cardstock and ran it through my Cuttlebug in a plaid embossing folder to add some texture to the main panel.  

Lastly, I pop dot mounted the AI piece over the embossed bkg then onto a plain white card base.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Work It Wed. March- SPRING FLORALS

CASology- BURST

CAS on Fridays- SPRING

Supplies

Stamps- None

Inks- Alcohol inks (Ranger)

Paper- Yupo; heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- Blending Solution (Ranger); Blue Foil; 

Meadow Clover die (Poppystamps); Plaid eb folder (Echo Park); Cuttlebug