Good morning! Today I’m hopping along to celebrate the Diecember release from Simon Says Stamp!! I shared my first Diecember card yesterday and today I’m sharing eight cards along with a video! I know, I know…I never make this many cards at once…but you’ll see how easy it is and you’ll make a ton, too! 😉
You can watch the video below or in HD at my Youtube channel:
Alcohol inks are making a comeback in a BIG way these days and I wanted to try using them as I see alcohol ink artists use them on big canvases on instagram! I’m not a fan of using the felt blending pads…they never really seem to give me the effect I want and all the colors blend together too much for my liking. I follow several alcohol ink artists on instagram and I love the way they put droplets on a canvas, blow them around, and then add more colors. It seems like a very free-flowing organic process and I figured there’s no reason I can’t do something similar for a card, right? So basically I used that concept but on a much smaller surface, a 9×12 piece of yupo paper. I used alcohol inks in indigo, denim, turquoise, amethyst, pool, and sailboat blue. Off camera I used those colors with pitch black alcohol ink on one piece of paper and then on camera I used those colors with silver mixative for a brighter, sparkly look. After the inks dried I splattered the yupo paper with copic opaque white paint to create the look of snow across a wintery night sky. I let that dry as well and then cut up the 9×12 paper to create a variety of cards!
For the first two cards I simply cut 4″ by 5.25″ inch panels of the alcohol ink background and adhered them to a white card base. Then I die-cut the Bliss, Joy, and Felicity snowflakes using the new glitter paper from Simon Says Stamp and adhered them to the panels. Finally I die-cut the sentiments from older SSS releases and adhered them over the snowflakes. I used two layers of white cardstock on the lighter card and a layer of blue glitter over a layer of white cardstock on the darker card.
I mention this in the video but either of these backgrounds could be used for galaxy cards or underwater scenes! Lots of ways to use these fun backgrounds for a variety of cards! 😉
For this card I die-cut the Sensational Snowflakes from white cardstock and reserved the snowflakes. Then I adhered the alcohol inked background behind the white cardstock and adhered two white snowflakes on top. Finally I added a die-cut sentiment using the silver glitter paper!
My next card uses the pretty Picture Book Tree die! Again I die-cut it from a white card panel, adhered the alcohol inked background behind it and finished it with a glittery sentiment!
This card uses the same Sensational Snowflakes Collage die I used on my card yesterday but this time it’s backed by the alcohol inked panel. I stamped the sentiment from Christmas Essentials with versamark, heat-embossed it with silver embossing powder, and then popped it up with foam mounting tape.
The rest of my cards follow a similar layout just using different sections of the alcohol inked background. I love how unique all the cards look even though they’re using the same panel! I hope these cards give you some ideas for how to incorporate alcohol inked backgrounds into your card designs. And if you don’t have alcohol inks…you could easily create a similar look with a watercolored background, color burst sprinkled background, or a distress ink blended background…or even by using patterned paper or glitter paper! I used only a small portion of the amazing dies that Simon Says Stamp just released for Diecember so make sure to head over and check out the full release! What’s your favorite one?
And what’s a hop without a giveaway, right? Simon Says Stamp has generously offered a $25 gift card to EVERY stop on the hop!! All you need to do is visit and leave a comment on each blog. The winners will be randomly selected from each blog and announced on the Simon Says Stamp blog! There’s also a second blog hop tomorrow with even more inspiration and giveaways so don’t forget to check that out! In case you encounter a broken link here is the full hop list for today:
- Simon Says Stamp Blog
- Jennifer McGuire
- Kristina Werner
- Debby Hughes
- Amanda Korotkova
- Jessica Frost-Ballas —> You are here!
- Kathy Racoosin
- Bibi Cameron
- Heather Hoffman
- Barb Engler
- Sarah Moerman
- Anna Kossakovskaya
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I have not played with alcohol inks yet and look forward to playing with them soon. Your cards make me want to do that ASAP. LOL!!
so very beautiful! The white over the alcohol backgrounds is striking!
Oh my! What beautiful backgrounds for the dies
Your backgrounds are amazing. I am never sure what to do with die cuts like these but these look great.
The backgrounds are wonderful in color.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
The backgrounds are so awesome. I was excited to see a large size of Yupo paper. Your color choices are great.
Beautiful cards…I’ve always shyed away from the alcohol inks, after watching your video I feel I’m ready to try this!! Loved the sparkle snowflakes on the top of the colored paper. Thank you!!
Gorgeous cards, love the colors you used.
Dolores
The background is so beautiful. Love all the cards out together using the background paper.
Such beautiful cards! Love the colors for this time of year. I would never have thought to make one large sheet of background and cut it into parts to make a number of cards. Thank you for the inspiration!
I love how alcohol inks look. These are gorgeous
luved this, think i need to shop for a few supplies 🙂
Gorgeous cards!!
Well, if ever there were a tipping point for me to get alcohol inks, this would be it. You have found my ideal color palette for winter: it looks cold, yet stunningly beautiful. I can see why you made so many; they are gorgeous.
Absolutely gorgeous! i was mesmerized watching video of ink blending. Cards are stunning.
The alcohol inks make such bright backgrounds, just lovely.
YOU so ROCK!!
I’ve never used alcohol inks but you have inspired me. The colors are so vibrant and really showcase the beauty of the die cuts used!
I love your youtube channel, these backgrounds and how you utilized them are just gorgeous. I am so glad I picked up all of these inks last week. Just waiting for my order of yupo paper. Thanks for sharing!
Wow! I am thankful for talented artists like you…I have never used alcohol inks but am now considering them. Thank you for sharing!
Your backgrounds are gorgeous. Love how you used the alcohol inks to create them. 🙂
The colors in your card are so vibrant! This looks like such a fun technique and I can see why you were able to create so many cards so quickly!
Truly beautiful cards and gave all of us some great ideas. Thank you
I’m always so surprised at how shiny and rich alcohol inks look. Beautiful backgrounds!
It was so much fun to watch you create the alcohol ink background. Love the colors of the sky.