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Today I decided to play around with my alcohol inks, one of my favorite techniques. I will be using some of the new colors of alcohol ink along with an alloy. To showcase my inked panel, I will be using a border die from Paper Rose Studios. I love the look of color against stark white backgrounds. To keep my card clean and let the alcohol inked panel be the main focus, I will use a die from Pinkfresh Studio to create my greeting for a white on white look. Let's get started!!
I will be doing all of my work today on my Tim Holtz Glass Media Mat.
To start, I take a piece of Yupo Paper and add some Blending Solution to it. I then add a few drops of Cobalt Alcohol Ink, followed by Boysenberry Alcohol Ink then Vineyard Alcohol Ink. I then add a few drops of Gilded Alloy Alcohol Ink and add a drop of Blending Solution over the drops of alloy. Using my Air Blower, I move the color around the panel then set it aside to dry.
Next, I cut a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" panel out of Neenah White Cardstock using my Tim Holtz Guillotine Paper Trimmer. Taking my Gum Leaf Border Die, I tape it down to my panel using Purple Tape and run it through my Big Shot Die Cut Machine. I cut a total of four borders, and mark a spot on the die with a marker so I can line it up on the cardstock panel before each cut. This helps to make sure I am making the same cut with the design so they line up when I glue them together. *I can get two cuts out of one panel, I then trim each of the sides to be the same size. **I place a Metal Shim under my bottom cutting plate when die cutting intricate dies.
Using Liquid Glue, I stack and glue the die cuts together then trim the ends and sides of the border die cut so they are all even.
I now take my alcohol inked panel and cut it to be 1 7/8" wide. I then use Liquid Glue to adhere the border die to the inked panel and trim the ends off.
Next, I take two dies from the Phrase Builder - Sending Die Set and cut out of Neenah White Cardstock three times each, running them through my Big Shot. Using Liquid Glue I stack and glue the die cuts together. *I put the dots for the "i" aside that I will adhere later.
Using my Scor Buddy, I place a 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" piece of white cardstock into it and score at 4 1/4" creating my card base.
Next, I place the card base into my MISTI Stamp Positioner and place the inked border and greeting dies over the card base to figure out my stamp placement. I then choose a greeting from the Simple Sentiments 2 Stamp Set and stamp it onto my card base using Versafine Clair Nocturn Ink.
Using Liquid Glue I adhere my greeting die cuts just above my stamped greeting. To evenly stack and glue the "dots" to my greeting, I place the negative piece back over the greeting to use as a guide. I add a small drop of Liquid Glue into the opening then use my Jewel Picker to pick up one of the "dots" and place it into the opening of the negative piece. I repeat this until all three "dots" are glued into place. I then carefully remove the negative piece and all of my pieces are glued into place.
Finally, I add Liquid Glue to the back of my inked border and mount it onto my card front. Using my Jewel Picker, I add Water Droplets with Liquid Glue and this completes my card.
I hope you enjoyed today's card. I really like the way this card turned out. Again, I just love the clean white look with the bright colors being the focus. Alcohol Inked backgrounds give such a unique look to any card. You can make them bold and vibrant by adding more ink, or you can keep the look soft and subtle by using only a few drops of ink. Either way the inks flow so beautifully together giving soft blended results. Adding an alloy gives a beautiful leafing or foiled look and gives an elegant look.
I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend and takes time to create a card on Saturday for World Card Making Day!!
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Jeannie
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