Happy Halloween

Life seems to be rather hectic lately and have been rushing around like a mad thing all week so thought I would take the weekend off from posting cards and will be back with more cards and techniques next week. I finished my Advanced PSP 201 course this week with Marilyn. Now isn't the certificate adorable. I adore teddy bears.

It's certainly been very interesting learning about what you can do with Paint Shop Pro. Now to find the time to start making my own backing papers and decoupage sheets.

Hope you are going Trick or Treating tonight - remember " Trick or treat, Kiss my feet, give me something good to eat." Enjoy.

Alcohol Ink technique - Part 2

Ok today another way to use those alcohol inks - on Acetate.

Technique:

Take a piece of acetate and then take your alcohol inks and put say 3 colors onto the alcohol ink tool and pounce it over the acetate until you are happy with the color. Allow to dry. You can stamp directly then onto the acetate if you wish. I would recommend using Staz on and stamp on the opposite side to what you used the alcohol ink on. Alternatively you can use the acetate to cover a stamped image which is what I did with this card shown here.

Materials: Cream cardstock, acetate, gold cardstock, black cardstock, Penny black scroll vellum,Cream textured cardstock, black fibers, 4 gold brads, gold krylon pen, rhinestones, word charm, Great Impressions dragonfly stamp, stickles glitter glue, Alcohol inks and tool.

Method: Fold cream cardstock in half.Add strip of foiled vellum and patterned textured cream cardstock strip down the left hand side of cardfront as shown. Take a piece of acetate and prepare it using alcohol inks as described above and leave to dry. On a piece of cream cardstock stamp dragonfly image and fill in areas of wings using Stickles glitter glue and allow to dry completely. Take dry alcohol inked acetate and attach it to the dragonfly image using gold brads and then attach to gold cardstock and then wrap black fibers around and then attach black cardstock. Attach piece to cardfront as shown. Add rhinestones and word charm.

The card unfortunately hasn't photographed that well - its actually much prettier in real life when you can see the glimmer from the Stickles showing through the alcohol ink piece.

Alcohol Inks and Dominos techniques

Thought I would share another two favourite technique today- Alcohol inks and stamping on Dominos.

Alcohol inks

I have used a selection of the Tim Holtz Alcohol inks on this project. For the card all I did was add a couple of colors of the alcohol inks to the Alcohol ink tool and then pounce it over glossy cardstock. Once I was basically happy with the colors, I then added a drop of blending solution and let it do its own thing.

Domino Stamping

Because of there slippery surface I find its best to stamp with Staz on but I have also had success with Brilliance although it takes longer to dry and doesn't work perfectly everytime. I find it is much easier to ink up your stamp, and you don't have to choose small stamp to fit domino, it can be large collage type stamp. Once you have inked up the stamp with Staz on, lie the stamp flat on the table inked side up and then choose which bit of stamp you want on your domino and simply press the domino firmly into the stamp and lift straight up. If you don't like your first image remember you can use Staz on cleaner to remove the image and let it dry and just start again. I would do this several times just to practice if you are new to stamping on dominos. For this domino, all I did was put 3 different colours of the alcohol inks onto the blending tool and then pounced them over the domino and left it to dry. I then stamped the image with Staz on and went around the edges with a Krylon gold pen.

Materials: Black cardstock, glossy cardstock, Gold cardstock, Stampers Anonymous stamp, Staz on Black , Rhinestones, Alcohol inks and blending solution and alcohol ink blending tool, butterflies, gold embossing powder, word stamp, clear embossing ink pad, Letter P sticker, Gold krylon pen, Domino.

Method: Fold black card to create base square card. Prepare domino as described above and also prepare stamped glossy cardstock as described above. Go around edges of glossy stamped image with gold pen and attach to black and then gold cardstock and then to cardfront. Use clear embossing ink pad to stamp words and emboss with gold embossing powder. Attach domino, rhinestones and butterfly and letter P sticker.

I will share with you another way tomorrow to use your alcohol inks. There are some stunning new colors out. What to do if you don't have any of the Tim Holtz alcohol inks - cry - no seriously you can try the technique using Copic refills (they are alcohol ink after all) or try any die reinkers.

Credit card technique

This card makes use of one of my favourite techniques - credit card technique.

Technique Instructions:

I normally use the inner wrapper paper of normal gift wrap - its usually a light grey very thin cardboard. Alternatively any cheap cardstock will work - not too thick as you need to be able to crumple it up. I then scrunch it up in my hands and then flatten it out and spray it with water. I then add a couple of dollops of paint - I use Lumiere paints but Dala our local brand work just as well, the dollops should be about the size of a R5.00 coin. I then use credit card to spread the paint across the paper. Add more paint if required. When you are happy with your paper leave it to dry and then once dry you can stamp on it. Makes for lovely background paper which has a texture in it.

Materials for card: Black cardstock, copper cardstock, inner cardboard from gift wrap tube, cream cardstock, butterflies, black brilliance ink pad, Stampers Anonymous word stamp, Prima flowers, rhinestone,Paper Artsy woman stamp, Copper pen

Method: Prepare the background as described under technique above. Once dry use black brilliance to repeatedly stamp background words. Take A4 black cardstock and fold in half to create card base. Add layer of copper and then black cardstock and then your credit card technique paper. Use black brilliance ink pad to stamp woman onto cream cardstock and go around edges with copper pen and then attach to black and copper cardstock and then to cardfront as shown. Add flowers with rhinestone and butterflies.

Hope you enjoy this technique.

I am late today

Wow I am late posting today. Life has been so hectic these past 24 hours and time ran away with me.

Today's card is a very quick card using Sissix die cuts.

Materials: Black cardstock, silver scroll paper, Mauve bazzil paper, flower punch, dress and handbag die cuts by Sissix, rhinestones, Pink wool.

Method: Fold black cardstock to create side fold card. Attach strip of silver scroll paper as shown. Use Big Shot to die cut handbag and dress form. Wrap pink fibers around dress form and attach both to cardfront as shown. Use daisy punch to punch out flowers and attach along with rhinestones.

Touring

Card today has a lovely vintage type feel to it I thought.

I have used B Bline image for the car and the word touring. I do love their stamps.

Materials: Black cardstock, gold pen, brown cardstock, cream cardstock, Penny black Foiled script paper, Penny black foiled vellum, Autumn leaves swirl, Car image and Touring image by B Line designs, buttons, old car, Letter T K and Co, brown brilliance ink pad, caramel color box ink pad, black brilliance ink pad.

Method: Fold black cardstock in half to use as card base. Use Brown brilliance ink pad to stamp swirls onto Penny black writing paper and use Black Brilliance ink pad to stamp word touring. Tear strip of foiled vellum and attach to writing paper and secure at back and then attach to cardfront. Use Brown brilliance ink pad to stamp car image onto cream cardstock and trim to size and go around edges with color box ink pad and attach to brown cardstock and then to cardfront as shown. Attach buttons and car and Alphabet letter.

Romance

Thought I would share another Penny Black card today. Their stamps are just so adorable.

Materials: White cardstock, red cardstock, Penny black foiled swirl vellum, gold cardstock, Penny Black hedgehog stamp, black brilliance ink pad, romance word charm, rhinestones, watercolor pencils, Cuttlebug swirl folder

Method: Fold white cardstock to create top fold card. Attach square of gold cardstock to cardfront. Take a square of white cardstock and run through Big Shot using Cuttlebug swirl embossing folder and attach to cardfront. Tear a strip of foil vellum and attach to red cardstock and then attach to cardfront as shown. Use Black Brilliance to stamp image onto white cardstock and color in using watercolor pencils. Go around edges with gold pen and then attach to red cardstock and then to cardfront. Attach rhinestones and word charm.

Enjoy the rest of your Sunday.