Another alcohol ink background birthday card. I precut some A6 pieces of vellum so I have a supply ready to grab and while I had the supplies out I couldn't resist making another alcohol ink background! Here's the card and envelope together.
Here's the card. I made the background for this card a little bit differently. I used a spritzer bottle to apply the alcohol onto the vellum rather than dabbing the alcohol on with a flat paintbrush. I found that I needed to spritz a lot to get the ink to move and blend so my vellum panel got very wet and really curled up. I don't like the look as much, I prefer the veining look I get when using the flat paintbrush and the vellum curled up a lot. I did manage to get it flat though so I carried on and made a card. I taped the vellum to a piece of Basic White CS and cut the panel out using a stitched rectangle die. I added a black floral die cut, some Basic Black shimmer ribbon and popped up a heat embossed sentiment label. I added a sweet little die cut butterfly and then added a clear epoxy droplet to the label to finish
Here's a closer look at the ink background. Using a spritzer bottle does have an advantage in that you don't get any colour contaminated alcohol. However, I will continue to decant some alcohol into a small jar and dab it on with a flat paintbrush as I much prefer the look achieved with that method and the vellum doesn't curl.
Here's the inside of the card. I die cut the leaves and snipped the die cut shape apart so I had part of the design for the inside of the card...
...and part of the design for the envelope.
Supplies:
Stamps: SU! 'Artistically Inked' & 'Happiest of Birthdays' sets
CS:
SU! Basic Black & Basic White
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, VersaMark, SU! Stampin' Blends alcohol ink markers in Dark Flirty Flamingo, Dark Mango Melody & Dark Melon Mambo
Tools: SU! 'Artistic' & 'Nature's Thoughts' die sets, 'Messages' die, Claina Palmer 'A6 Double Stitched Nested Dies' set, spritzer bottle
Embellishments & Accessories: 99% isopropyl alcohol, SU! white embossing powder, Basic Black shimmer ribbon, clear epoxy droplet, Dimensionals
Ruth
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