Happy Easter ~ Again!!!
I hope you all are having a fun Holiday! We worked around the house and ran some errands. Of course these things were done AFTER Easter egg hunting this morning!!!
I have a new technique to show you today! Now, don't get me wrong, this is a new technique to ME! I am sure many of you have already done this but for those that haven't, it is really easy and fun! It is along the lines of Polished Stone. This card is my first try ~
The base of my card is Basic Black. The next mat is some awesome decorative paper I had bought some time ago by Rusty Pickle. The image is matted on Basic Black cardstock. OK, now lets get to the image! The first thing I did was to stamp the Starving Artistamp Daisy (18.02) on glossy cardstock using my Versamark. I let this dry and then once the Versamark was dry I layered Ranger Adirondack Alcohol Inks lightest to darkest. I started at the bottom of the images and added a few drops of Latte Alcohol Ink & a few drops of Alcohol Blending Solution and then wiped the color on to the glossy cardstock. Latte was my lightest color and then my next darkest color was Caramel so I added a few drops of this color on to a new cotton ball. With this color I started wiping about a 1/4 of the way up from the bottom and wiped the ink on the glossy cardstock all the way to the top. The last color and my darkest is Ginger. I used another cotton ball and wiped this ink starting around the center and going all the way to the top with this color. The last step is to use another cotton ball and add some Alcohol Blending Solution to it and wipe from the bottom to the top to blend the colors and make it look more even. I must say that the cotton ball leaves streaks so you might want to purchase the felt pads that are sold with the inks and blending solutions. I am going to get some this week because I do think the look would be less streaked using the felt pads.
OK, the final step is to spray (you want larger drops ~ not a fine mist) Rubbing Alcohol on the image. Let this sit for a minute and then dab with a tissue. You can then polish the image piece with a clean piece of felt.
The sentiment is a Rubon from Basic Grey. The flower centers are from Prima (they came in a can that had flowers & crystals) and they aren't really shiny but the color was perfect. I used a glue dot to adhere them.
Now for how I did my butterflies!!! I have done this technique before and love the look! The BEAUTIFUL butterflies are from Starving Artistamps and can be found HERE (small freak p1.6). I stamped the butterfly (2 times) on a transparency sheet using Black Stazon. I also stamped the butterfly on the focal image piece using the Black Stazon. I then cut out the 2 butterflies from the transparency. Once the butterflies were cut out I turned them over and used Misty Lavender Pearl Ex, a paint brush and Future Floor Wax to color the butterfly. Once the Pearl Ex & floor wax dried (I did do a couple of coats), I bent up the wings and adhered the butterflies using a glue dot. That's it! Here is a close up of the butterflies ~
Don't forget that until the end of the month (3/31), you can get a 10% discount from Starving Artistamps on your entire order by entering code ~ lyndadis at checkout.
I have another card to show you which I used this technique again but it will have to wait since my daughter is waiting for me to color with her!!! Be back shortly!!!
~Lynda
Wow, is this ever stunning Lynda!!! Beautiful colors and fun technique too!
Posted by: Teresa | March 24, 2008 at 12:58 PM