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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This die caught my eye! Striking cards!!!
Pretty color choices, lovely cards.
I love these cards. So pretty
Great dies!
Wow!! Your cards are gorgeous!! The alcohol ink blending was the perfect way to showcase the beautiful die…..thanks for sharing!!
Beautiful backgrounds and flowers!!
Great tutorial! Thanks.
Your cards are gorgeous ! I’ve just received my first order of alcohol inks…. thank you for the inspiration !
That background is just gorgeous! And I’m in love with those word dies!
That background is exquisite! I will have to play with alcohol inks! TFS.
Beautiful that was the die I’ve been waiting to see. Love it wasn’t disappointed!
Gorgeous bold, bright design!
Oh wow, gorgeous, wonderful work on the background too!
These are just beautiful! I like how you angled the flower on the front of the card…such prettiness!
These cards are gorgeous! Bright and vivid and really fresh too!
Love the card, the cosmo flower die is fabulous.
I love these! I can’t wait to try this technique out! Thank you
Ooh! I just bought that die! Thanks for the great ideas!
Jessica, you’ve used GORGEOUS COLORS of the Alcohol Inks! I’ve only begun using them & LOVE THEM! Your cards are AMAZING!!!! 😉
These are so pretty! This die is perfect for how you used it – I love it!
Love the bright pink with the white die cuts!
Simply elegant
Lovely cards, thanks for sharing!
I just love the alcohol ink background! So colorful!
I really need to try the alcohol ink background in my next project.