"expect miracles", Sofia Butterfly, and Cottage Flower Circle Frame by Anne Thompson

Today's card got me playing with pearlized alcohol inks, blending solution and alcohol ink cardstock.

materials used:

• white notecard
• Ranger Alcohol Ink Cardstock
• Ranger Alcohol Pearl Inks--Intrigue (pink) and Tranquil (blue)
• Ranger Alcohol Ink Blending Solution
• paper straw; paintbrush
• COTTAGE FLOWER CIRCLE FRAME 9424
  
• SOFIA BUTTERFLY 94234
• "expect miracles" stamp from SPRINGTIME TYPEWRITER SENTIMENTS Clear Stamps Set CL5239
• VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink (medium gray)
• glue pen, pop dot, tiny bow , glue dot, tiny pearls in two sizes

To start I put drops of the alcohol inks onto the alcohol ink cardstock followed by drops of the blending solution.  Because these are pearl inks I had to shake the bottles a bit first to mix in the pearlized material.  I used a straw held close to the paper and blew the inks around a bit.  I kept adding ink and blending solution, blowing it around with the straw, until I liked the way it looked.

Then I used the paintbrush soaked with blending solution to spatter the design.  This added interesting little drops and more texture.

From this panel I die cut the Cottage Flower Circle Frame and adhered it to the front of the top-fold notecard.

You can see in this closeup photo where I added the extra flower sprig to the inside right-hand side of the circle frame and used tiny pearls for the flower centers.

I repeated the inks and blending solution process to make another panel for cutting out the Sofia Butterfly.

I stamped "expect miracles" in the lower left corner after popping the butterfly on the upper left.  I rounded the bottom corners of the card and added a small white bow with a pearl in its center.  Done!  Another card ready for almost any occasion.

I wish photos could show more easily the shine on these die cut pieces.  The pearlized inks glisten on the alcohol ink cardstock and look almost like enamel.  I also love the way that two colors of ink blend to create more colors.  I can tell that I'm going to need a larger supply of alcohol ink cardstock for future projects!

Happy Crafting!

 

 

Comments

[Ali]

Beautiful card. Love the dies. The bow makes it.

[gail]

Very lovely art work here with these dies and inks - TFS

[Becca Yahrling]

My favorite colors!! And the new dies are just gorgeous. Stunning card!

[Kathleen]

What a beautiful card and sentiment. Love how you used the inks.

[Jasmin alfonzo]

Linda tarjeta.

[Denise Bryant]

Wow... this is gorgeous! Love the pretty dies and the colors!

[Deanna Mulder]

Beautiful card. I love it. The colors are so pretty.

[Sue D]

Pretty panel you created to die cut from.

[Andre M.]

Gorgeous palette on this dainty elegant card.

[Barbara-Jean]

Beautiful card. The background prep really enchanced the beauty of the card. Thanks for sharing!

[Becky Green]

SO BEAUTIFUL!!! I've been eye-balling those Pearlized Alcohol Inks here for awhile! LOL OH HOW I NEED THEM NOW! LOL Anne, you made this Sophia Butterfly & the Cottage Flower Circle SHINE! GORGEOUS!!! I "NEED" these dies too!!! LOL ;)<3

[scrAPpamondo]

Wow! Love the circle floral frame, how gorgeous with the shining and colourful paper you made!! Love the butterfly too, great design!

[joy meadows]

Love the pearlized alcohol inks in the colors you used! So beautifully done.

[Conniecrafter]

The die cuts are just lovely using the Alcohol inks background!