Hey everyone! I didn’t think I could do this alcohol thing! At stamp club Friday, Linda from club did a demo and we played. This morning I did this by myself! The ink really spreads on yupo though…I wanted to try little dots of ink…hmmmm… lol Big dots worked though! lol Butterscotch, Red Pepper, Lettuce and Oregano are the colors I used. Then a little gold foil. I just gambled on getting the foil on there. If any of you know a video you can point me too on getting the foil on there… email it to me.
This is about as artsy as I get! lol
I had the die cut white to begin with, then a friend told me to put gold foil around the flame and I was like, “no way” am I going to get glue near that! lol So I die cut the Pine Candle Oval Frame die in gold foil cardstock then and glued it over the white ones. There are two white ones in the stack because I got a smudge on the first one so I had to cut another and glue it on. lol Oh the trials! haha
Linking my alcohol ink card to some challenges…
This next one is a Distress Oxide background…
A lot of pictures today! This one, I die cut an oval with the Sudio Oval Layers die set… it matches the size of the Pine Candle Oval Frame die. Using the mini Ink Blending tools, I inked on the NEW Distress Oxide Ink pad colors, starting at the top with Mustard Seed, then Barn Door (I brought it up and around the Mustard Seed a little, then came back in with Mustard Seed, back and forth a little to get them blended) then Mowed Lawn and Crushed Olive on the buttom! I was really happy with how the colors blended and worked with this die cut!
I stamped peace on earth on a strip of white cardstock that I inked with Barn Door Oxide and let dry. Then stamped on it with Archival black ink in the MISTI.
A few little sequins to finish it off… oh wait, I did spatter it with Barn Door regular Distress ink. I just swiped a little ink from the pad onto my Tonic craft mat, one spritz of water and a #4 soft paintbrush to spatter it. TIP: I don’t know about you but spattering seems like an art to me too!!! grrr BUT I think I’m finally on to something with this #4 soft bristle paintbrush! It works the best of any I’ve tried so far and I’ve tried a lot! SO don’t give up! Find a brush that does what you want it to do. I’m convinced it’s all about the brush!
The white spatters are a spray… I’ll link to it below. I just poured a little on my craft mat and picked it up with that wonder paintbrush (hehe) and spattered it on. I probably should’ve heat set my oxide inks first. I wonder if the white would’ve stayed whiter? SO, the saga continues as to what is what!
p.s. my paintbrush is a #4 US Artquest paintbrush. I love my US Artquest brushes. I will look and see if I can find them to link to. (EDA – found them, link below! I love the other brushes in the set too!)
Linking my Oxide card up to some challenges…
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge – Distress it (I used Distress Oxide inks)
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge – Sprinkles and Splatters
ABC Christmas Challenge – P, Q & R are for? (mine is P for plain)
Well, I’m gonna shut up. If you have any questions holler!
Thank you again for coming over! Are you going to try these? hehe I hope so! I jumped in, so now you gotta jump in! lol
Here’s some links to what I use to make cards and what I used to make these two in particular! Have fun!
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Love these, especially the one with the alcohol ink. Stunning!
Great job going out of the box. Very pretty. I have trouble making small dots too. I understand you can add ink using a toothpick and let dry before adding any ink close to it. Good luck
Pam they are both stunning!
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Beautiful cards!
You did a great job on all the cards so lovely. Quinty girl
Gorgeous cards! The die is lovely and the background really adds a lot. Glad to hear about the paint brush for spatters. That might help me.
Gorgeous cards!
Beautiful!!! (Love the gold overlay! Heehee!) The tip on using a toothpick sounds great. Gonna try it if I can get back to my craft table some day. All this work is killin me! 😋
You really are using the alcohol techniques we had at club. The card looks great.
So pretty-I love the Gold!!
Oh wow these are both so beautiful, I love the alcohol inked one, it works so well with the gold card.
Thanks for sharing with us at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge blog.
Have a great day 🙂
Gorgeous cards Pam! I love the backgrounds on both of them and the die cut candle design is fabulous! I am going to have to get me one!
Thanks for joining us on the ABC Christmas Challenge 🎄
Luv
Lols x x x
What pretty cards Pam! I am so far behind in my card making this year…things have got to change! I need more time to create! 🙂
they are both lovely, like the gold die cut against that fabulous background!
Both cards look fabulous, Pam! The alcohol ink background almost looks like stained glass (perfect for Christmas), and the gold die-cut shines beautifully. The ink blending of Distress Oxide for the second card is so smooth and stunning. I can feel the warmth of the candle light. Thank you for sharing the pine candle card with us at CAS Christmas! Hideko xx
Two really stunning cards, Pam! Both backgrounds are so pretty and I love the candle die cut! So glad you played along at CAS Christmas card challenge! Barb (GD)
Two beautiful cards using that gorgeous pine candle die, Pam. Great work with the alcohol inks — you did great … and it IS very arsty!! Love the addition of a little bit of gold foil. And your second candle card is gorgeous with those beautifully blended colours. Love the added sparkle! Thanks for sharing with us at CAS Christimas!
You obviously don’t need a video! You nailed it on both cards! They are just gorgeous! You looked like a pro doing this!
Pam these are so beautiful!! I love them both!!
These are gorgeous Pam!
Beautiful alcohol background and the gold candle and oval frame are so elegant! I love the die cut in white too on the blended background! Thanks for sharing with us at CAS Christmas!
two amazing cards and great way of making two same but different cards. Love the AI card 🙂 thanks for joining us at CAS Christmas.
Love your gorgeous creation! The colors are so beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing with us at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. 🙂
I totally agree that splatters are an art. I end up with that art all over my table and everything on it, plus the window sill. A mess! I need a special splatter screen, maybe. Your cards turned out fantastic! Both backgrounds are gorgeous. Someday I’ll get my 3 alcohol inks out and use them. I don’t have any Yupo and hesitate to buy it if I’m not going to use it. A while back I set out a sheet of glossy photo paper ’cause I heard that works pretty well. It’s still sitting there unused. Anyhoo, Pam, your two cards are winner winner chicken dinner. LOVE!
Beautiful Christmas cards ….lovely die from Memory Box.
Thank you so much for playing with the letters P, Q and R at ABC Christmas Challenge! Good luck in the draw and please join us again.
Dorte x