Saturday, January 28, 2012

Alcohol inks

Hi there,

This is one of two cards that I am entering into this weeks challenge at Try Stampin' on Tuesday.  Of the two this one is my favourite.  I love the colours of this card, plus it was the second one I made so of course I did things a little differently. 
Here is a close up of the butterfly & panel.  I used Festive Berries, distress inks on the butterfly & then some Ranger Forever Red Perfect Pearls Mist to give it a beautiful shine.  The Stamp on the panel is by Tim Holtz as well.  The nestie I cut the sides down on so the stamped image looks better.
This is the first card I made.  I discovered that a little ink goes a long way.  As I had put on three to four different colours, but the purple seems to have taken over.  I tried lightening it up by putting drops of Blending solution directly onto the panel.  Not sure on that look though.  I also coloured the gems to match using the alcohol ink.  All in all not a bad card.  Thanks for stopping by today

Hugs to you all & have a great weekend xoxoxo
  

5 comments:

Judy1223 said...

Wow, you have some amazing results with your alchohol inks...beautiful! Good luck with the challenge!

Tracey Old said...

Wow love those creative panels! Well done! Thanks for playing along with us over at Try Stampin;-)

Dawn T said...

love both your alcohol panels Paula. They do look great with the way you changed the shape of the label. Beautiful card. Hope the rain has stopped and you are getting summer weather

CherylAnn Robinson said...

Both cards are pretty. I love playing with alcohol inks too. This is my favourite of the two. Thanks for playing at Try Stampin'.

Alice said...

such beautiful colors and designs, Paula! very pretty cards. hope you have a beautiful weekend, my friend! =)