Good morning! I’m excited to be hopping along with Simon Says Stamp to celebrate the Friends release! The release went live last month but we’re continuing the celebration with even more inspiration! 🙂
As you probably know I’m a bit obsessed with my alcohol inks these days and I decided to pair some of the new SSS dies with a simple alcohol inked background! I started by mixing alcohol ink blending solution with alcohol inks in wild plum, raspberry, purple twilight, flamingo, and watermelon! I let the blending solution and alcohol ink mix pretty organically and left the sharp contrasts and edges where the colors met. I picked out my favorite areas of the panel and trimmed them down to 4 inch squares. (You can see what I did with the leftover scrap here)! 😉
Then I die-cut the Cosmo Flower frame die from white cardstock but made sure to tilt the die at an angle for a different look. I’m a little bit of a perfectionist when it comes to lining up dies and stuff so purposefully tilting a die takes away the need to make it perfect! 😉 I die-cut the sentiments using the Hello Gorgeous and Happy Birthday dies and black cardstock. I die-cut each twice and layered them together with glossy accents.Then I adhered the sentiments to the card panels and finished the cards with a few black crystals!
P.S. I recently received the Gemini Jr and I used it for this card…holy moly, that thing is AMAZING! I am so excited to not be hand-cranking my dies through anymore…I’ll definitely share more about it soon!
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I love these dies. I have not tried to use the alcohol inks for backgrounds yet. I especially liked how you used the scraps to create another card.
I, too, am obsessed with alcohol inks. Thanks for the great idea.
I really like this die and I like the colors.
Jessica, your cards are bold and beautiful!!! The background, the die, and the large sentiment make for a great design that is sure to deliver a big smile to whoever receives the card!
Love the colors from the alcohol inks – makes for beautiful background to these flower frame dies!
The Cosmo Flower die is so gorgeous! The alcohol ink backgrounds really make this pop so beautifully!
Beautiful cards!!
Beautiful cards!
Beautiful background and fun flower – great combo!
Beautiful! Looks be alcohol inks!
How lovely your cards are. Great release and looks like a lot of fun new stuff.
Gorgeous cards! I am loving the flower frame dies. They make such elegant cards with minimal effort, a real time saver!
I love the new frame dies. And you have it’s inspired me to get out my alcohol inks again and play with them. I haven’t used them in years.
Beautiful! Love the fluidity of alcohol ink backgrounds
Gorgeous! Thank you for sharing, I love the color combination of the alcohol inks you used. First time on your blog and very inspiring!! Keep up the joy you spread!:)
Like the pink, black, and white.
So pretty! Absolutely love that gorgeous die!
A really pretty and versatile die. The backgrounds are lovely.
Love the colors you chose and the intricate die.
Beautiful! Loving the white words on a pop of color.
Very elegant! Love the colors! It’s so neat how the die cut layered on top of the background almost make the flower look like it has petals! Beautiful work!
lovely – my favorite dies of the release
These are beautiful! I love the backgrounds, and how you cut the dues at an angle 🙂
Why not be obsessed with alcohol inks when they can give you this kind of background? I really love this trend of the intricate die cut silhouettes to put on top of colorful backgrounds. It’s such an amazing look, and the slightly askew version you did adds a fun element to the card. It works so well with the colors on the background. Thanks for sharing and being part of the bloghop!
Jess, these are jaw-droppers for sure. I’ve yet to buy alcohol inks but am very tempted now. And that Gemini Junior sounds wonderful.