Alcohol Inks on vellum

Alcohol Inks on vellum Happy Friday stampers – I had so much fun playing with Alcohol Inks on vellum for today’s cards. I recently took an alcohol ink class and had a lot of fun. I decided to see if the technique would work on vellum. I was so excited when it did. Using different alcohol ink colors I created some color blending. When it was tacky I used some foil to add some accents…

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Colors of Summer – Daffodil Delight, Granny Apple Green, and Poppy Parade

Colors of Summer – Daffodil Delight, Granny Apple Green, and Poppy Parade Hello everyone – let’s try some Colors of Summer – Daffodil Delight, Granny Apple Green, and Poppy Parade to make a card! There are many ways you can use ink blending on your cards. One idea is to create a blended background and add a blended element. For the first card I blended a background and added some dots. Taking a banner and…

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Colors of Summer – Flirty Flamingo, Lemon Lime Twist, and Lemon Lolly

Colors of Summer – Flirty Flamingo, Lemon Lime Twist, and Lemon Lolly Hello Everyone – the next set of Colors of Summer – Flirty Flamingo, Lemon Lime Twist, and Lemon Lolly were used for the cards today. I came up with another color combination of Summer colors. Can you guess what inspired these colors? I used these colors to design 2 great cards. The first card uses some retired items – Subtle embossing folder, Label…

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Creativity your way – dear friend

Creativity your way – dear friend Hello everyone – are you ready for today’s Creativity your way – dear friend idea? This week Vicky and I are still playing with Creativity your way. Last week Vicky created a scrapbook page so make sure you check out her post to see what she created this week. I again used Sketch 5 from the catalog. I love showing you different cards you can create using the same sketch. I…

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Anything Goes Saturday – alcohol markers

Anything Goes Saturday – alcohol markers Hello Everyone – wait until you see today’s Anything Goes Saturday – alcohol markers card! Vicky and I are continuing with our Anything goes Saturday series. We are both using what we want to share with you.  In continuing with ways to color a large image, today’s idea uses alcohol markers. Using 3 shades of the same color you can add some dimension to your stamped image. I colored the…

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Coloring the back of vellum with alcohol markers

Coloring the back of vellum with alcohol markers Happy Friday Stampers – there are many ways to use vellum in your card making and one of them is Coloring the back of vellum with alcohol markers. I am back with another vellum idea to share with you. One of the easiest techniques for using vellum is to stamp your image on the vellum and heat set it then color the back using alcohol markers. That…

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