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
Good luck! If this is your first time visiting my blog I hope you’ll come back again! You can subscribe to my blog via the sidebar on the right or find me on Instagram and Youtube. Thanks for visiting and have a fabulous day! Happy Hopping!
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Oh wow so many beautiful cards! Love 💕 all of them!
So beautiful!
Gorgeous! Those vibrant colors are just amazing!
Stunning as always. I love your galaxy and CAS looks with that pop of color. Just amazing dies. Just lovely cards. Happy Holidays!
Oh these are gorgeous!
Love the inked backgrounds
and the dies are lovely.
Carla from Utah
I’m in heaven. Your use of colour and products is inspiring. Now if I could only catch a money fairy so I could indulge all of my I wants. Lol.
Beautiful cards. It’s impossible for me to pick a favorite. My favorite color is blue so it’s difficult to pick.
I love, love, LOVE the alcohol ink backgrounds! Maybe it was watching you do these – you were obviously in control of the process, so they didn’t seem as chaotic as some of the pieces I’ve seen before. They are all so beautiful [especially the darker ones] and the way you do the spattering makes the sky effect very realistic. Thank you so much; you’ve gained a follower!
Gorgeous backgrounds!
Fabulous design!
Jess, you never dissapoint 🙂 These are more that just beautiful! Love the combination of your background and glitter die cuts.
BEautiful cards! Love the backgrounds and the dies are amazing!
The Sensational Snowflake Die is my favorite out of this whole collection! Thank you for sharing such beautiful cards!
Star gazed fantasies! And a great way to get the alcohol inks into play.
beautiful, awesome colors.
Beautiful colors!
I love these snowflake dies, but they are just fantastic with these gorgeous backgrounds that you have created. LOVE!!
Thank you for showing me how to use the alcohol inks–they make such beautiful, vibrant cards. I love all of the snowflake dies you have used, but the Collage Snowflake is definitely my favorite.
Alcohol inks make your cards so unique and beautiful. Your cards are stunning.
amazing backgrounds. Really set off the winter themed dies.
can’t wait to get home & try this with my alcohol inks. beautiful colors. Thanks!!!
I love your cards the snowflakes against that background is stunning! I’m torn because you said it took you about 10minutes to make lol not sure if I have that much patience or time with lils by my feet but I definitely am considering it for galaxy themes! Do the alcohol inks have a strong smell? I have a chemical allergy but reeeeeeally want to try this someday!
Wow, a ton of beautiful cards. Love the snowflakes!
These cards are gorgeous! I really need to use my alchohol inks more!
love the depth of the alcohol inks and the gorgeous cards!