Welcome friends! Today I’m joining some crafty friends in a blog hop celebrating the new Always There release from Simon Says Stamp. We have some amazing inspiration to share with you PLUS an exclusive offer!!
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For today’s card, I combined three products from the release: the Dewpierce Butterfly Wafer Die, Creative Overlays, and the Wild & Free Flowers stamp set.
It’s been quite a while since I pulled out my alcohol inks, so this card felt like the perfect excuse to play with them again.
I started by creating backgrounds on Yupo paper using Cool Peri and Smudge alcohol inks.
For one panel, I moved the ink around with rubbing alcohol, and for the other, I used blending solution. An air blower helped push the inks across the surface, creating soft movement and beautiful blends of color.
The butterflies were die cut from white cardstock and ink blended with two different color families. One butterfly features bright pink shades from Trio 6, while the second uses the gorgeous periwinkle tones from Trio 33.
I finished each butterfly with a body die cut from black glitter cardstock for a little contrast and sparkle.
One of my favorite elements on this card is the Creative Overlay. The acetate overlay has a mixed-media feel with printed text and texture details, while still allowing the colorful background to show through.
To keep the adhesive hidden, I attached the butterflies and sentiment to the overlay first using foam squares. Then I placed adhesive behind those elements on the back of the acetate before attaching everything to the alcohol ink background.
The sentiment comes from the Wild & Free Flowers stamp set and was stamped in black ink before being cut out with the coordinating die.
I hope this card inspires you to pull out your alcohol inks and create some colorful backgrounds of your own!
BLOG HOP
Your Next Stop: Cheiron Brandon
- Simon Says Stamp Blog
- Nina-Marie Trapani
- Heather Hoffman
- Cathy Zielske
- Laura Bassen
- Suzy Plantamura
- Amy Rysavy
- Mindy Eggen ** YOU ARE HERE **
- Cheiron Brandon
- Lea Lawson
- Barb Engler
- Yana Smakula
- Heejung Hunsberger
- Kristin Sluhan
- Susan Valle
SUPPLIES
I loved seeing the overlay used as a background for the pretty, colorful butterflies. Beautiful card.
This card is stunning. Love your background
Interesting and dramatic card. Thank you for sharing, Mindy.
You always knock my socks off with your cards and beautiful color choices! Thank you for using the butterfly die – it shows how many you can fit on a card. Thank you for the inspiration!
luv these so much
Such a beautiful card!
Super lovely. Wonderful colors. Thank you.
What a stunningly creative card. Loving the design and loving these colorful butterflies.
What a lovely card.
Beautiful card–love that butterfly and wonderful background! I just ordered the butterfly die a couple days ago!