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!
To celebrate Simon Says Stamp is giving away a $25 gift certificate to EVERY stop on the hop!! 🙂 Leave your comments before 11:59PM EST on Sunday, January 14th and the winners will be announced on the Simon Says Stamp blog next week!
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Thanks so much for sharing and the opportunity! These are super cute
WOW…love that background you created with alcohol inks! And that flower die looks so amazing on top of the bold background! Thanks so much for sharing with us!
Thanks so much for sharing and the opportunity! These are super cute.
Beautiful!
Love your blog!
Those alcohol inkscreate such vibrant backgrounds love your cards
Love it
These are so super beautiful. I would be head over heels to receive a card such as these.
These are such super gorgeous cards. I would be head over heels to receive a piece of art such as these.
Very very beautiful
Gorgeous card!!!
BEAUTIFUL cards! I love your alcohol ink backgrounds!
i am loving those floral frames. what a great way to make them pop!
Very pretty card. That die is one of my favorites.
What a stunning background you’ve created for the cosmos die cut. This combination is perfect for so many sentiments. tfs
The Flower frame dies are my favorite and your cards using them are stunning!
I love that alcohol ink background behind the flower die cut. My ink background just don’t turn out as nice as that. Your’s almost has a Georgia O’Keeffe feel.
Wow for the die and wow for the backgrounds!
Great card! Love that alcohol inks came out to play 🙂
Love, love, love the contrast in the cards.
Love the colors you used. Great backgrounds!
the alcohol ink background is striking. great card
Beautiful cards, love the floral die and amazing background!
So pretty.
Wow! Your card is fabulous…the background definitely makes that die!