Using Scraps for a Rainbow Inlay

November 8, 2019 Karen Brown1 Comment

I had a collection of colorful alcohol ink scraps on Yupo paper left over from a batch of cards I made this summer. I thought the scraps would be fun to inlay into Sunny Studio\’s Frilly Frame cover die.

$Using Scraps of Alcohol Ink on Yupo paper to inlay into Sunny Studio\'s Frilly Frame cover die.$

I first die cut my white panel and then cut the rainbow alcohol ink inlay pieces. After everything was die cut, I glued the cover panel to an A2 card. I put a line of Gina K Connect glue in each open space and then placed my alcohol ink scraps into each slat. I love how bright and glossy the strips are.

I black heat embossed the sentiment (Hello Bluebird Rainbow Script) on a die cut sentiment strip. Since my card used rainbow colored scraps, I thought the sentiment was very appropriate.

Easy, bright and eye-catching.

I am entering this card in:
Use Your Stuff\’s \”Use Your Scraps\” Challenge

I am so pleased that you stopped by!
Karen

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WWC243 – Heidi\’s Masculine "Anything Goes" Challenge

October 16, 2019 Karen Brown12 Comments

Hello and Welcome! This week we are creating Masculine Cards at the Watercooler Wednesday Challenge and Heidi is our hostess.

I\’ve been on an alcohol ink/Yupo paper roll and thought I would do a masculine sympathy card. I love the unpredictability of alcohol inks but I wanted to create a sunset background where the sun was setting over trees and a lake. I like the end result. The tree is a die from Simon Says Stamp. The sentiment is my favorite for sympathy cards: My Sentiments Exactly – Sympathy.

I am entering my card in:

UPDATE: My card was selected as \”Featured Artist\” for the As You See It Challenge.
As You See It\’s \”Trees\” Challenge

Clean and Simple \”Masculine\” challenge

Thank you for stopping by!
Karen

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WWC234 – Dawn\’s "All About Occasions" Challenge

August 14, 2019 Karen Brown3 Comments

Hello and welcome! This week it is all about occasions at Watercooler Wednesday and I decided to increase my stock of Sympathy cards. I find it easier to make them before they are needed.

I die-cut this pretty scripty sentiment from a yupo/alcohol ink sheet and then simply framed it. I like the clean simple lines.

Supplies:

Yupo paper

Alcohol Inks

SSS With Sympathy die

MFT Stitched Rectangle die (Stax set 2)

Thanks for stopping by!

Karen

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Ombre with Alcohol Inks

April 3, 2019 Karen Brown12 Comments

I have been somewhat obsessed with alcohol inks for the last month or so. I used the \”side to side\” method where I put blending solution on yupo paper and then added three lines of alcohol ink and tilted side to side until the colors were blended. Lots of fun and very quick. You want to blend quickly so that the colors flow into one another.

Sunshine Yellow, Sunset Orange, Flamingo

I set the yupo paper aside to dry and then die cut using Papertrey\’s Yellow Sunshine. I added a quick sentiment and the card was done.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:
Addicted to CAS \”Ombre\” Challenge

AAA \”Made in Minutes\” Challenge

Casology \”Burst\” Challenge – I was going for a sun\”burst\” look with my alcohol inks.

Thanks for stopping by!
Karen