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For the love of Inky Flowers

26 Aug

Okay, so I PROMISE that I do own other stamp sets from Lil’ Inker Designs…really, I do!  But I simply adore this Inky Flowers stamp set!  You can see my previous posts using it here and here.  I (pinky) promise my next Lil’ Inker Designs post will use one of their other fabulous stamp sets! 😉

So I was cleaning my craft room recently and found my alcohol inks in the back of a drawer.  I’ve only ever used them as background coloring mediums and never really tried to “paint” with them; but I saw a beautiful card by the incredibly talented TaeEun and decided to give it a try!  My attempt is definitely a little messier and more imperfect but I think it suits the stamp set really well!

I’ve also been swatching my embossing powders recently and fell in love with this metallic platinum powder that melts to a beautiful champagne gold!  I started by stamping the flowers in a random pattern across a piece of yupo watercolor paper with versamark and then heat-embossed them with metallic platinum embossing powder.  The yupo paper tends to warp a bit more than regular cardstock so I adhere it to a piece of white cardstock before I emboss which helps keep it smooth.  Next I squeezed drops of Purple Twilight, Mermaid, and Sailboat Blue alcohol ink into some of the petals and tilted the panel to move the ink around.  I let it be a little messy and didn’t worry if the ink ran outside of the embossed lines.  I also added a few drops of blending solution to lighten the color in a few areas and then set it aside to dry overnight.  Once it was totally dry I splattered on more alcohol ink letting it dry between each color so the colors wouldn’t blend.  I love the vibrancy of the alcohol inks!!

Next I die-cut the Boxed Up So Happy For You die from white cardstock and then pressed my versamark pad all over the die before heat-embossing it with metallic platinum embossing powder.  Originally I was going to use a liquid adhesive to adhere the die to my card front but then decided to use something a little stronger.  I applied stick-it to both sides of a piece of white cardstock and then ran the Boxed Up So Happy For You die through my Big Shot.  I removed the backing from the top of the die and adhered it to the back of the embossed die.  Finally I removed the backing from the other side of the die and adhered it to the card panel for a nice, secure fit.

I forget how much fun my alcohol inks are (though it did take awhile to remove a few splatters from my cheeks) and I’ll definitely have to pull them out again soon!  Thanks so much for visiting and have a fantastic Friday!

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Inky Flowers (Lil’ Inker Designs)
Boxed Up So Happy For You Greeting Die (Lil’ Inker Designs)
Ranger Tim Holtz Adirondack Alcohol Ink, Mermaid
Ranger Tim Holtz Adirondack Alcohol Ink, Sail Boat Blue
Ranger Tim Holtz Adirondack Alcohol Ink, Purple Twilight
Ranger Tim Holtz Adirondack Alcohol Blending Solution
Yupo Heavyweight Pad White 5X7 Inch
Classic Crest Super Smooth Solar White 80# Cover 8.5
Classic Crest Cover Solar White 8-1/2×11 110lb 250/pkg
Powder Tool Adhesive Deactivator
VersaMark Ink Pad
WOW Embossing Powder, Regular – Metallic Platinum
WAGNER HT 400 650-Degree Heat Gun
Stick It Adhesive Die Cut Adhesive Large Sheets, 5pk
Sizzix 660340 Big Shot Plus Cutting/Embossing Machine, White/Gray
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Comments

  1. ShirleyD says

    August 26, 2016 at 9:19 am

    Great card, love it!

    Reply
  2. Karen B. says

    August 26, 2016 at 9:34 am

    Messes are.good! Beautiful card.

    Reply
  3. KT Fit Kitty says

    August 26, 2016 at 9:46 am

    Absolutely beautiful!

    Reply
  4. Lou Wittmer says

    August 26, 2016 at 9:58 am

    Wow! Totally loving this!

    Reply
  5. FeM says

    August 26, 2016 at 10:07 am

    This card is beautiful. I’m glad you found your inks and played with them again.

    Reply
  6. Melissa Friedrich says

    August 26, 2016 at 10:28 am

    Beautiful card, love the vibrant colors and the platinum embossing color!

    Reply
  7. Kelly Szafron says

    August 26, 2016 at 10:53 am

    Beautiful card thank you for sharing how you made it.

    Reply
  8. Ericka Strange says

    August 26, 2016 at 11:35 am

    Gorgeous card and I love the colors. Definitely have to play with my alcohol inks this is so pretty!

    Reply
  9. conil says

    August 26, 2016 at 12:07 pm

    I. for one. am certainly glad you found those alcohol inks and the amazing platinum powder. The card is breath-taking…and the colors…swooooon. Thanks for the tip about backing the Yupo with cardstock…it makes so much sense, I wonder why I didn’t think of it.

    Reply
  10. Lisaerica says

    August 26, 2016 at 12:09 pm

    Hi Jess, very pretty! I love this effect, I guess I’m going to have to invest in some alcohol inks, lol. Thanks for sharing and inspiring.

    Reply
  11. Celeste Goff says

    August 26, 2016 at 12:22 pm

    What a gorgeous card jess!

    Reply
  12. Jean Marmo says

    August 26, 2016 at 1:51 pm

    So very pretty!

    Reply
  13. Amy Cooley says

    August 26, 2016 at 3:57 pm

    Love it….it’s definitely a beautiful set!

    Reply
  14. ohyoumademeink says

    August 29, 2016 at 10:17 pm

    Great card! I love the technique and the colors!

    Reply
  15. Michelle Daigle says

    August 31, 2016 at 8:33 am

    I really love this card. It’s awesome!

    Reply

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