Card With Dimensional Circles

Welcome!
I'm glad you are here to visit for a little while.

Today I am sharing a card that I made using a 

technique that I saw on a You Tube channel that
I follow.

In the video, she uses rice paper, but I didn't 

happen to have any.  I did, however, have another

type of paper that was fairly thin, so I decided to

give it a try.

I punched circles from card stock with punches that I had handy,

then glued them together to give them a bit more 

depth.  I think I used 3 for each circle.
The circles were glued to a piece of card stock.

I then used alcohol inks to color the paper.

The panel was then covered with glue.

I used glue stick, as I didn't want it to dry before

I got the colored piece in place as I wanted it.

I used a bone folder to smooth the paper down and over

the circles.  I had to be sure to press around the circles

to have that paper adhere around them and show the dimension.

The "joy" was stamped onto a piece of card stock and punched

out with an oval punch.  I inked the edges of the oval with

the same color I used to stamp the sentiment, then

adhered it to the front of the card.

A simple white card base set it off very nicely.

I'm very happy with this card, something a little different

and I think, very pretty.

Thanks for stopping today, 

I hope you have enjoyed your time here and 

have been inspired in some way.

Come again soon.

Until then,

try something new, even if you

don't have the same supplies in the 

example you see.

 

Valentine Cards 2023

Happy Valentine's Day!

Today I'm showing you the cards I made for my grandchildren

for Valentine's Day this year.

This one was made for Marie.  She loves pretty things and her

favorite color is pink, so I thought it was perfect for her.

The wreath was cut with a

Gina Marie Designs Wreath die set

from silver metallic card stock.
For the heart I used vellum that I had colored with 

alcohol inks.  I added some silver reactive foil to 

areas where the ink was still damp.
The vellum was adhered to card stock to give it 

more stability and punched with a 

Recollections 2 3/8" punch 

The I Love You was heat embossed with

 silver embossing powder with a stamp from my stash.

The card still needed something more, so I cut thin

 strips of the metallic silver card stock and adhered them

to the sides of the card and that finished it off perfectly.

Inside I stamped and embossed a simple greeting and a 

couple XOs.

For Asher, I made this cute kitty card.

The stamps were from an old set that is in my stash,

but I'm not sure what company. 

I stamped, colored and fussy cut the cat.
The heart was punched from plain white card stock, stamped

with the sentiment and XOs and I added dash lines to finish

off the heart and the card front both.

I think this is Purr-fect for Asher.

As with Marie's card, I stamped a simple greeting inside.

Thanks for stopping by today. 
I hope you are having a lovely Valentines Day with those

 you love.

Come again soon,

until then,

Love On!

Note the links are only to give a reference so you can

see what the products are.
I didn't necessarily purchase from these sites,

except where specified,

and you may find better prices elsewhere,

I am in no way promoting any particular site.

 

Don't Worry Be Happy

Hello craft lovers!

The other day I decided to see what I had in my 

stash that I started and never finished.  I will be posting some of

the cards I made and decided to start with this one.

I made this background piece quite a long time ago and

always loved it, but never seemed to have a reason to use it.

When I saw it in my stash, I decided it was time to do something 

with it.

I'm pretty sure this was done by putting a drop of alcohol

ink onto a piece of glossy card stock and blowing onto 

the drop of ink through a straw.

I love all the bright happy colors and how the card turned out.

The sentiment is from Viva Las VagaStamps

Thanks for stopping by today to see what I've been crafting.

I hope you'll come again soon.

Until then:

finish something you started and set aside.

 

Father's Day Card

Welcome!

Father's Day is fast approaching, so I got a couple 

cards made to have ready.

I made this one for my husband who is a wonderful

father and grandfather.
I made it very easily using a background I found in

my hand made stash.

I used alcohol inks and spray alcohol to make this

background.
The sentiment was made using my 

Silhouette Cameo.

This card, I made for my son, who is a wonderful father

to our beautiful 18 month old granddaughter.

I'm so proud of the father he is and the love and caring he

shows for Marie.
I used 2 background pieces from my stash for this one.

Both of them were made with alcohol inks.

I cut the sentiment and the shadow with my Silhouette.

The shadow was cut out of the brown background

then the letters were adhered into those spaces.

I trimmed out the top and bottom of the front to match the 

lettering, then decided to trim the inside of the card also.

This added just that little something inside.

My family always appreciates when I make cards for them,

so I know they will like these.

Have you made your Father's Day cards yet?

Thanks for stopping by today and spending some time

with me.

Come again soon.

Until then,

create something special.

Note the links are only to give a reference so you can

see what the products are.
I didn't necessarily purchase from these sites,

except where specified,

and you may find better prices elsewhere,

I am in no way promoting any particular site.

 

Birthday Gelli Print Card

Hello everyone, I hope you are doing well.

Today I have a card to show you that I made from a

Gelli print that I made a while ago.

I used alcohol inks of several colors on my 

Gelli Plate and picked up this image.

I loved it, but didn't know what I would do with it.

My friend, Mary, told me she thought it looked like

balloons, I could see that.

So I made it into a birthday card and I love how 

it turned out.  Very abstract looking, I love the colors.

I had some scraps left so I cut one down and put a little

strip inside the card for a little extra something.

The recipient loved it.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Come again soon.

Until then,

see something special in what you make.

Note the links are only to give a reference so you can

see what the products are.
I didn't necessarily purchase from these sites,

except where specified,

and you may find better prices elsewhere,

I am in no way promoting any particular site.

Doodling

Hello!

I hope you are all staying safe and healthy.

We are staying home and our daughter is working

from home now.
I know this is a tough time for everyone and I

hope coming to visit my blog is helping

to keep you from boredom and maybe gives you 

some inspiration.

Recently I've started to do some doodling and today

I'm showing you a little bit of what I've been doing.

I have a lot of backgrounds in my stash and decided to 

do a bit of doodling on some of them.

This background was one I made with some

white alcohol ink along with some colored ones

on black card stock.  I'm not crazy about this

doodle, but remember I'm just learning and messing

around with it.

Alcohol inks on card stock.

Also alcohol inks on card stock,

I thought this looked like a hippo, so

I outlined it.

This is watercolors on watercolor paper.

I know these aren't fabulous pieces of art, but the

point is that I'm having fun with it and I'm hoping

that with time I'll get better at it.

There are lots of videos on YouTube showing

how to do doodling.

It's a fun and easy way to relax, give it a try.

Thanks for stopping by, hope you'll

come back again soon.

Until then, stay safe and stay healthy!

Shaving Cream and Alcohol Ink

Hi All!

Today I'm going to show you the process I used to 

make some fun paper for crafting.

I use them for backgrounds for cards, scrapbook layouts

elements for cards and anything else that strikes my fancy.

I got a inexpensive aluminum sheet, shaving cream and

a spatula from the Dollar Tree.

I put a good amount of the shaving cream on the 

aluminum sheet.

Using the spatula, I smoothed it out.

I then dropped Alcohol Inks onto the shaving cream

and used a plastic knife to run through the ink to spread it 

a little bit.

It's hard to see the paper here, I used Deli paper

for this print.  I just laid the paper on top of the

shaving cream and smoothed it over the surface,

to be sure it was in contact with the ink.

Any type of paper can be used for this,

For this session, I used deli paper, white card stock,

white mulberry paper and colored mulberry paper.

When I picked up the paper, I scrapped off the

extra cream and left the paper to dry.

You never know what your print will look like.

This one is very subtle.

I added a bit more ink,

ran the knife through it again,

and made another print,

this time on plain white card stock.

When I scrap off the extra shaving cream from the

paper, I put it at the side of the pan,

it can be used again.

I smoothed out the shaving cream and added more 

inks to make other prints.

As you lift the papers off, the colors meld more each time.

I love the way these papers turn out.

When I wanted to change the colors, I mixed what I had

in the pan and ended up with a light color.

I then added new colors and went on making prints.

This is a different pan of shaving cream,

that I was playing with, but I found it works better on

a flat one like the one above.

Depending on how much ink is in the shaving cream and the

color of it, you may get some over all color on your 

papers, but with some colors that didn't show up at all.

It's all an adventure where you never know what you'll end up with.

Here are some of the pieces I ended up with.

I did quite a few on plain card stock.

some on deli paper

In this one above, you can see a light pink in the

background.  For this one, I had mixed the shaving 

cream and it ended up pinkish, I added other colors to it

and when I pulled them, they had absorbed a bit of the 

pink from the mixed in ink.
Most of the time the mixed in color didn't show up,

but for this it did.

This is one of my favorite pieces and I've already used

it for a project.

I tried yellow mulberry paper

and orange

and green.

These next two were done on a white mulberry

paper that doesn't have a lot of fiber that is noticeable

Thanks for stopping in today.

I had a lot of fun making these background pieces

and I hope you'll give it a try too.
See you soon.

Until then,

think outside the box!

Tags - Alcohol Ink and Foil

Good day crafty people!
I have a group of friends that are
crafty people.  We are in different areas
of the US and most of us know each other online.
I am close friends with some of them in real life
and I hope to meet the rest of them in person
one day. But for now we are close online friends.
Some of our group decided to have a
Tag Swap.
We have done this at Christmas before,
but this time decide to do other tags.
We needed to make 5 tags for each person
in the swap.  There were only 5 of us participating,
so I needed to make 20 tags for the other ladies.
I will be posting about these tags over the
 next couple weeks.  These are
the first tags in this series.

I knew I wanted to use some of my
alcohol ink pieces for the tags, so I looked
through my stash and found some of the ones
I liked the best.
This one I used alcohol inks on silver metallic
card stock.  I put the ink onto a felt blending tool
and pounced it onto the card stock.
The alcohol inked piece flips up on each
of these tags, you'll see that below.
I made a "messy nest" of silver thread
and topped it with a silver thread bow to
finish it off.

This one was made by dripping alcohol inks
onto white glossy card stock and blowing through
a straw to spread the inks.  I also pounce with
ink and blending solution to create this beautiful
design.  I added a few buttons for interest.

I had an inked tag that matched beautifully
with the alcohol inked piece, so I used that
for the tag base. I inked this tag with
Distress Inks then flicked water onto the tag
and picked it up with a paper towel, creating the
lighter areas.
For all of the tags, I used small strips of
clear acetate packaging to make the hinges.

These next two tags were done on one larger
piece of glossy card stock and cut down. 
I used alcohol inks
and when they were not quite dry, and still a little
tacky, I applied gold Deco Foil to them, then pulled it off.
Where ever the ink wasn't dried the gold foil stuck,
that's where you see it on the tags.
I love this technique, you never know
what you'll end up with, it's always different.
To finish one off, I wound gold thread around
the tag and tied a bow on the front.

This one I simply tied a bow with gold thread
and glued it to the front of the tag on top
of a messy nest of thread.

This is what the insides of the tags
look like.

I think my crafty friends will like
the tags I made, each of them will get one of these.
Next post I'll show you some other tags I made for the swap.

Thanks for stopping by today,
until next time, have fun
crafting something.

Note the links are only to give a reference so you can

see what the products are.
I didn't necessarily purchase from these sites,

except where specified,

and you may find better prices elsewhere,

I am in no way promoting any particular site.