Artsy Birthday Cake

What do you do when you have left over alcohol ink bits and pieces (like from this and this card)?

Cut them up and make a cake!!

Topped with some fancy letter candles.

My entry to ...

... CAS on Friday - Use die cut words

...  Inkspirational : Crop

A Mini Card Set

I was given a blank set of mini cards from a friend (2½" square).  When I opened the pack, I discovered that the cards were made with glossy paper.  A wonderful opportunity to use alcohol inks.

I cut the cards in half so I could use the front and back for my cards. I mounted them on white cards.

I then added die cuts and washi tape to the alcohol inks backgrounds, with the exception of the butterfly and seahorses, which were stamped.

I first played with mixes greens, blues and a touch of silver.

 Then I moved on to oranges and reds.

 These 2 were with reds and browns.

My entry to ...

... Just Add Ink - No Stamping

... Just Us Girls #501 - Colour

Alcohol Lift Card 2

This will be my second card as the guest designer at CAS Stencils this month.  The challenge is Alcohol Inks / Alcohol Lift with stencils.

For my second card, I used the top left hand part of the first panel (see HERE). This is the leaf stencil from Stamplorations.

I will also enter this to ...

... Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge : Make your own background.

Alcohol Ink Lift 1

I am very happy to be the guest designer at CAS Stencils this month.  The challenge is Alcohol Inks / Alcohol Lift with stencils.

I have never done this before, so it was a an experiment for me.  I made 2 backgrounds.  The first dropped the ink (dark blue, blue and green) directly from the bottle onto Yupo paper, added blending solution and blew with a straw. I used a couple of different stencils : bottom left is a trio of butterflies, top left is the leaf pattern from Stamplorations, and the whole right side is a floral stencil. I used blending solution on a sponge to take away the alcohol ink - and I was wiping it off on a grid stencil covered card. It's quite easy to make a mess this way, especially if the sponge is too wet, as the blending solution spreads below the stencil.

The second background I created by putting the ink (only the blue and green) on the felt pad and dabbing on the Yupo paper. I used 3 stencils here too : a flourish design on bottom left, negative butterflies on top left, and the whole right panel is the Hero Arts flower background stencil. This time I used Alcohol lift ink to take away the alcohol ink by dabbing a sponge onto the pad, and then on exposed area on the stencil.

Both method were very hard on my sponges - Used 3 different sponges to do these 2 backgrounds, and all are ready for the bin!

I will get 3 cards from each panel.

I started with the right hand side of the first panel.  I die cut 2 butterflies, and popped them on the card front that had the grid.

I will also enter this to ...

... CAS Mix Up : Alcohol Lift

Wish

It's almost as if I'm going through my supplies and taking turns to use them ... this time it's Alcohol Inks AND acetate with a new movers and shapers die. I bought it without realising that you have to have the base plate. Well, I improvised and got it to work. Yay. 

I used Stream and Citrus Alcohol inks on the acetate, then did the die cut.

My entry for Less is More : Acetate or Vellum Challenge.

Vibrant Colours

I love the vibrant colours on the Fusion Challenge : Elegance this week, and I'm sneaking in with a submission just in time!

I went with the colours of the photo (well I thought I had - I remember it as a vibrant pink. Goes to show how one's brain works sometimes) and inked up some glossy cardstock with alcohol inks which I then die cut.

Lily Pad Palette Challenge

I'm so exited about the Lily Pad Palette Challenge this month. These are SO my colours.

In fact when I finally sat down to do it, and got out my folder with turquoise etc, I had to laugh  . . . . I could make at least 10 cards just with the unfinished and leftover bits and pieces that were lying about!

So now I'm on a roll  . . .

I used a piece of card that I had already brayered. Stamped the leaf with Versafine sepia (it appears darker in the photo), and highlighted the tops with white gel pen. The card is actually pale lime green and not so yellow in real. Wanted to keep this one CAS.

For No. 2 I used the inked and stamped page from a book. Got perfect pearls too so a lovely glimmer to it. Here I was following the sketch from Hero Arts National Scrapbook Day.

For my 3rd card I continued with the HA sketch using a scrap of card card with alcohol inks, and pre-inked dots and scripted background.