Playing with Alcohol Inks, Lift Technique and Backgrounds To Create Two Cards.

 Hi There Crafty Friends

I have something a little different for you today. I am not an expert and if you never done this before would advise you check out some videos on you tube from Tim Holtz, (The Ranger King).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsTxx7YMww0

Products

My Favorite Thing Background Stamp ( Flower Field)

https://www.bumbleberrys.co.uk/collections/my-favorite-things/products/flower-field-background?variant=32642044428370

Alcohol Inks (Red, Orange, Yellow, and Green)

Alcohol Lift Ink Pad

Yupo Paper

Neenah 80lb Card Stock

https://www.bumbleberrys.co.uk/collections/neenah/products/neenah-classic-crest-80lb-8-5x11-25-pk

Black Card Stock

Embellishments

Honey Bee Stamps Hexagon Slim Frames

https://www.bumbleberrys.co.uk/collections/honey-bee-stamps/products/hexagon-thin-frames-honey-cuts

Mama Elephant Happy Birthday Die

https://www.bumbleberrys.co.uk/products/big-happy-birthday-creative-cuts?_pos=9&_sid=1393f397b&_ss=r&variant=21714126635090

Altenew Simple Hello Die

https://www.bumbleberrys.co.uk/products/simply-hello-die?_pos=3&_sid=6ec7add15&_ss=r

Gold and Clear Crystals Sequins

6 x 6" Black  and 7 x 7"  White Square Card Blanks

Method

Firstly make up your alcohol panel, using your alcohol inks and  yupo paper.

I decided to do mine in rainbow order.  

 I let this dry, then I placed it into my Misti. I placed my background stamp and used the special Alcohol Lift Ink pad to ink up the stamp. I then stamp down on to my yupo panel, Lifted this and removed the yupo  panel and put in my Neenah cardstock. I stamped down to transfer the ink that had been collected on the stamp to my cardstock. I did this technique a few times to build up the ink transferred. Then gentle I dabbed the yupo panel, with a piece of paper towel to encourage more ink to lift. Once this was clear on the paper towel,I gently rubbed my panel to reveal more of the image.   

As you can see its amazing how it transfers giving you two backgrounds.

 

Once I left these to settle for a while I cut them to different sizes and mounted them to card blanks.

I then started to embellish them with the various dies, which i have mixed and matched from different company's. As in the Hexagon and the Happy Birthday dies. I have listed and sequins.

I hope you enjoyed something out of my comfort zone today. 

Happy Stamping 

Jo

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Candy Land Papers from MFT and Sweet Holiday Penguins Stamps, come together to Create a Cute Christmas Card

Well Hello Crafty Friends,

Hope your all keeping warm.

 Carrying on with my Christmas theme this week. I created a card using the adorable fluffy Penguins from the Sweet Holiday Penguins Set by my favourite Things .https://www.bumbleberrys.co.uk/products/sy-sweet-holiday-penguins

This was a must have stamp set for me,as the four adorable fluffy penguins accompanied by a little baby penguin, was just to perfect not to play with.

So I got to work with a quick but playful design.

Products 

Sweet Holiday Penguins https://www.bumbleberrys.co.uk/products/sy-sweet-holiday-penguins

Merry Christmas Greeting from MFT https://www.bumbleberrys.co.uk/products/merry-christmas-greeting?variant=212480557066

MFT Candy Land 6 x 6 Papers 

Doodlebug Mini Hearts 

Black Card Stock

Versa Fine Onyx black Ink and Memento Ink

Neenah Card Stock.

Alcohol Markers.

Clear Embossing Powder

White Gelly Roll Pen

Method

Stamp the main greeting, with versa fine ink and emboss in clear embossing powder.

 Into the middle of a 5 x 5 piece of Neehan card. Then place your penguins around the greeting, making sure you are happy with the design. Stamp them in memento ink.

I added the baby penguin and parcel with an acrylic block after.

I used my Alcohol markers and white pen to colour my images.

Then I mat and layered it on, to black card then a sheet of candy stripped paper. 

I finished my design with tiny doodlebug red hearts.

As you can see a very quick design but I think this is my Favourite to date.

Happy Stamping

Jo

xxx