Alcohol inks and pearls

I've been asked multiple times to make videos of my alcohol ink cards. Seeing as I told myself I would try to make more videos this year, I made a video. It has four cards in it!

For the first card, I used Alcohol inks in Salmon and Peach Bellini, and Alccohol Pearl in Alchemy. The giraffe is from Reverse Confetti "Lift me up" and the sentiment is from Stampin' Up (discontinued). The Stitched Hillside Border dies are from Lawn Fawn.

For the second card, I used Inks in Aqua and Sailboat Blue, and Alcohol pearls in Tranquil. The birdie stamp is from My Favorite Things (Tweet Friends) and the sentiment is from Stampin' Up (discontinued).

For the third card, I used Alcohol ink in Indigo and alcohol pearls in Tranquil. The cute stamps are from Mama Elephant "Up and Away" and the cloud dies are from Memory Box. The sentiment is from Stampin' Up (discontinued).

The final card has alcohol inks in Salmon and Pink Sherbet, and alcohol pearls in Intrigue and Enchanted. The elephhant is from Mama Elephant "Fly with me" and the sentiment is from Avery Elle "So Happy".

 And here's the video! (I apologise in advance for the coughing)

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Dandelion sympathy card

I am aiming to make a few sympathy cards each month, because I don't want to have to make one when I actually need it.

I used an old wood mount stamp from Hero Arts, with Distress Oxide inks and a sentiment from Reverse Confetti.

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Stenciled Valentine's card

I recently ordered some stencils from Sarah Gray at Funky Fossil Designs on Folksy - I decided to make a Valentine's Day card with this heart shaped stencil.

I used Distress Oxide inks over the stencil, then added Perfect Pearls powder over the top. I added a sentiment from Reverse Confetti.

I'll be sharing this at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, where the theme is "Have a Heart". 

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Blue floral sympathy card

I'm determined to never have to make a sympathy card when I actually need it.

I white embossed the flowers from Altenew onto watercolour cardstock. I then took two blue Distress Inks and smooshed them directly over the embossing, and then sprayed the panel with water. I repeated the process, but then sprayed the panel with Perfect Pearls in water. The sentiment is from Reverse Confetti.

I will be sharing this card at The Flower Challenge, where the challenge is to use an older stamp.

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Fusion: Galaxy

Welcome to a new challenge at Fusion!

  Make sure you check out all the rest of the inspiration at the Fusion challenge blog, and play along with your own creation!

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Heartfelt sympathy

I hate making sympathy cards, but I'd rather make them when I don't need them than when I do.

I used leftovers from a green alcohol ink background I made a couple of months ago. I cut the Stained Glass Coverplate die from Catherine Pooler from white cardstock, and cut out the centre circle. I stamped and white embossed the sentiment from Reverse Confetti onto vellum, and adhered it over the alcohol ink/coverplate die panel using tiny dots of strong adhesive hidden behind the embossing. I finished with some sequins.

I'll also be sharing this at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge, where the theme is Anything Goes.

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Sympathy cards

Sympathy cards are not easy. So when I made them, I tend to make a few the same so I have some spares on hand. I also try to make them not too masculine, not too feminine. I was inspired by a card by Lydia Evans on the CAS-ual Fridays shop - you can see it HERE as one of the samples for this stamp set.

I used "Casual Comfort" from CAS-ual Fridays, with a sentiment from "Lots to Say" by Reverse Confetti. I used a bunch of different Shadow Inks from Hero Arts - Antiqua, Pool, Soft Pool and Cornflower. For this card, I masked the sentiment, so it is a one layer card.

 This green one, however, is not one layer - it started off that way, but I had ink bleed through the mask, so I had to cover up the boo boo.

 Same stamps for this one, but I used Hero Arts Shadow inks in Green Hills, Lime Green, Soft Leaf, Field Greens and Fresh Lawn.

I'm playing along with CAS(e) this sketch

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Floral sympathy cards

When I make sympathy cards, I always try to make a few at once, because I never want to have to make them when I need them.  I decided to make these four recently, but I changed them up a little bit - same floral stamp (Penny Black's "flower cascade"), stamped and white embossed in the same place using my MISTI, all watercoloured with Zig markers, but then rotated, and mounted onto different coloured card bases.  I used a few different sentiment stamps, too.

This one uses a sentiment from Reverse Confetti "Lots to say", and a Simon Says Stamp Fog cardstock card base.

 This one uses a sentiment from an Avery Elle set called "With Sympathy", and a discontinued cardstock from Stampin' Up.

 Another using a sentiment from Reverse Confetti "Lots to say". No idea where that cardstock came from, sorry :(

 This one has a sentiment from Simon Says Stamp "Flower Friend", and the card base is a Hero Arts pool notecard. On this one, I accidentally picked up my bottle of Perfect Pearls mist instead of the almost identical spray bottle of water, so it has a lovely shimmer to it.

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My nieces are cardmakers, too!

My two eldest nieces (who are 14 and 11) and I had a play with some bouquet stamps and my Zig markers recently. We made birthday cards for my mum (their gran). This is what they came up with (with only a little help from Aunty Michelle).
Firstly, this is Miss Lauren's (she's 14).

Lauren used Concord & 9th's Hello Lovely, with a sentiment from Reverse Confetti. 

 And here's Miss Caitlin's (she's 11)

 Caitie used a stamp and sentiment both from Wplus9.

And here's another from Lauren:

I love that my nieces are cardmakers :)

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CAS(e) this sketch #204

I made this quick card this morning to play along with this week's CAS(e) this sketch challenge.

I used a flower image from Altenew's "Botanical Garden" set, with a Reverse Confetti sentiment from "You're So" and the matching die set. I stamped the flower in Hero Arts Wet Cement ink, and then coloured over it with Copic markers.  Yes, I know, Hero Arts Shadow Inks are not Copic fast, but I wanted the flower image to look a little bit like it was in soft focus, not sharp, so that the sentiment would stand out on top.

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