Alcohol Inks on Gelli Plate

Hi there.  I'm so glad you stopped by!

This month our Group of Seven Cardmakers used alcohol ink on a Gelli Plate.

It's messy but so much fun!

I shared two cards using this technique yesterday and I'll be sharing more in the coming days.

Today I'm sharing my favorites.

To do this technique, we squirted some alcohol ink on a Gel Plate (mine was 3" x 5"). 

A needle nose bottle works great to squirt some alcohol or blending solution onto the plate.  

Then I used a puffer to move the ink around.  

When happy with the mix of colors, regular cardstock is pressed onto

the inky plate.  When pulled off it leaves a lovely pattern and I love that the cardstock is

so much easier to stamp on than the glossy cardstock.

I did the technique a little differently on this piece.

I did one color at a time, trying to add it just to 1/3 of the plate.  I used Lettuce and

Sunshine on the bottom and Sailboat at the top.  I have the Tim Holtz puffer

and it works great for moving the ink and alcohol.

I've been wishing for this dragonfly die from The Greetery for ages and finally 

gave in and ordered it.  It was on a card within an hour after it was in my hands.

That's the fastest use of NBUS ever for me!

I pressed the die cut in VersaMark and heat embossed in gold before assembling him

and popping him on a torn piece of vellum.

Then....

This time I used a NBUS silhouette stamp and kept it simple.

This background was my second pull.  The first was quite rich in color so I added 

some more alcohol on the plate and pulled again.

Here are the two pulls side by side.

I hope you'll go to the Group of Seven Cardmakers blog and take a look at what the

rest of the girls have done and maybe try the technique yourself.  There are instructions at

the web site.

Challenges:

NBUS #49 - Never Before Used Schtuff (Dragonfly & Daisy Stap

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Happy Snippets (PB)

Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black, Alcohol Ink (Lettuce, Sunshine, Sailboat), VersaMark

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Black

Other:  Gelli Plate, Ink Blower, (TH), 91% Alcohol, Jumbo Curiosity Dragonfly Die (Greetery), Gold EP

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Daisies (Nellie Snellen), Sketched Flowers (SSS)

Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black, Ranger Alcohol Ink (Lettuce, Sunshine, Sailboat)

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Black

Other:  Gelli Plate, 91% Alcohol, Ink Blower (TH), Linen/Canvas Impression Plate (PTI)

Enjoy!

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Monochrome for Merry Monday

Hi!  I hope you have a wonderful weekend planned with some crafting thrown in.

It's been a busy week here but I managed to get a card done for
Merry Monday
thanks to my UFO (UnFinished Object box)

the challenge is hosted by Debbie this week.

I found this piece that I had done using the Embossing Folder Technique.

I rubbed Distress ink on the inside of an embossing folder, spritzed with water

and "stamped" it on a piece of cardstock.

My spritzer bottle and I have a running feud!

It wants to take control and send an over abundance of water to the project.

I was able to salvage a small piece of it that had white snowflakes

instead of watery blue.

A frame that was cast off from another project was the perfect size.

I actually tried to make a shaker card using some acetate from the back of a stamp set.

Nothing would stick to it!

I wonder what that stuff is actually make of?

I gave up on the shakers and stamped a sentiment directly on the image.

I've used this Holiday Snippets set many times and always wanted to 

find a card to use this sentiment on.

Here's a close up in case you can't read it on the card.

You can also see the sparkle on the snowflakes.

I thought it needed something else so I winked it with Stella.

However, Stella seems to have lost her sparkle.

So I sprinkled some Dazzling Diamonds on the wet Stella.

I'm hoping there was enough glue in it to hold the glitter.

Otherwise whoever gets this card will have an envelope full of sparkle.

Maybe that's not a bad thing!

The best part of today is celebrating our oldest grandson's graduation from High School.

It seems like yesterday he was a tiny baby.

Now he's a big strappin' young man!

We are so proud of him!

I'm hoping to catch him in his cap and gown later today.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Holiday Snippets (PB)

Ink:   Faded Jeans (D)

Paper:   Neena, Midnight Muse, Whisper White (SU)

Other:  Snowflake EF (SZ), Stitched Mats Rectangles for frame (LI) WOS, Dazzling Details (SU)

Awash with Plaid

Hello stampin' friends. I tried the Technique Lovers Challenge on SCS this week. Sometimes it's too complicated as in cards that move. This week was to ink in plaid. It's really cool, don't you think?

You have to use a solid stamp. Ink it in the lightest color, then lay the edge of a contrasting ink pad on the stamp a few times with about 1/2" between. Repeat with another color ink pad with the darkest color. You can find complete directions here. Thank you Joan.

I used the Awash with Flowers stamp set and just used the filler stamps. I used Blushing Bride, Peach Parfait, and Pear Pizzazz for the tulip and So Saffron, Peach Parfait & Pear Pizzazz for the petals on the other flower. I cut the flowers out and adhered to the top note with dimensionals. I stamped the stems directly on the top note and used Pear Pizzazz, Wild Wasabi, & Soft Suede to plaid the leaves. They are also cut out and adhered with dimensionals.

I sponged some Peach & Pear around the edge of the top note with sponge daubers and doodled with the Pear Pizzazz marker. I dotted the center of the tulip with the Peach Parfait marker. A pearl from the retired Pretties kit finished off the design.

All is attached to a base card of Peach Parfait that has been embossed with the Square Lattice Embossing Folder.

I can use this for Mother Mark's Teapot Challenge this week too. These bloomers look like they are on a pinafore atop a smocked dress, if you use your imagination a bit. This challenge is all about imagination! You can read the story here.

Card Recipe
Stamps: Awash with Flowers, Short & Sweet
Paper: Peach Parfait, Whisper White
Ink: Blushing Bride, Peach Parfait, Pear Pizzazz, So Saffron, Whild Wasabi, Soft Suede
Acc.: Big Shot, Square Lattice Embossing Folder, Top Note Die, Pearl, Dimensionals

This card uses a lot of the In Colors. Did you notice? Aren't they delicious?

Hope you enjoyed seeing this technique. Now it's your turn.

Enjoy,
Bonnie