Hi there,
Hope you're having a wonderful week? We certainly are - temperatures are soaring - maybe even to 80 degrees today! I've been out in the yard starting some Spring clean-up. Feels good out there! Today I'd like to share a card I made for a dear friend using one of our three new SNS sets this month - Donna's Stylish Sayings Set. This friend is an avid dancer, and so this little set along with the dancing couple die worked out perfectly.
I had been playing around with some Yupo paper and some old Adirondack Alcohol Inks. It is cool to watch the drops of colors collide in to one another and create other colors. I chose some yellows and red hues and put in a little Pearl Mixative at the end for my background.
I kept on adding drops of the inks until the white was gone!
As they are alcohol inks they dry fairly quickly, but I made quite a few that day, waiting on this one to dry!! When it was dry, I ran my anti-static bag over the surface, then inked up the line stamp with Versamark and heat embossed with Gold Detail. "Celebrate" was then stamped in black StazOn several times and then I went back over each print with Versamark and heat embossed again in the Gold Detail. With the black behind it gave the illusion of a shadow giving the words a little more dimension.
I die cut the dancers (Die-Versions Sweet Petites - Dancers DVP-102) out of a piece of chipboard. This was then applied with Versamark and heat embossed with Gold Detail. Another coating of Versamark and then Fleur de Lis was heat embossed on top. I find that if you cover the die cuts, or chipboard first with a base coat of embossing powder, there is no need to heat from the bottom, the new covering of embossing powder melts nicely in to the base layer.
Look at the lovely swirly effect from the Fleur de Lis embossing powder!
To finish off the card, I made a bow from sheer black ribbon, using my Craft-Dee BowZ tool and wrapped it to the back of the card base. This was then layered to a black, then red, before the final black card base. The dancers were then attached with dimensionals. To me, it looks like they are dancing on a roof top in the city!
I'd like to play along in the following Challenges:
Our Crafty Corner Challenge 7: Anything Goes
Sweet Stamps Challenge: March - Anything Goes
Chocolate Baroque Challenge 20: Color Challenge
Hope you've enjoyed my share today?
Till next time,
Shona
Absolutely beautiful with all those bold colors and that lovely dancing couple. You always amaze me with your fantastic cards you create.
ReplyDeleteOh YUMMY! I got some of the Yupo paper (Amazon had a good buy recently) but not played with it yet. I LOVE what you did with the inks and boy, did it yield a really dramatic background. Love the couple, and think I bought some of that EP when I was last in SnS. Again - a NBUS. The lovely ribbon finished this off just grand...as I said, a VERY dramatic card. I've only seen the alcohol inks used with the yupo, so interesting to see your results with something else. TFS & hugs too.
ReplyDeleteWonderful card !! Loved the dancing couple and the vibrant background :)
ReplyDeleteWonderful card !! Loved the dancing couple and the vibrant background :)
ReplyDeleteAnother SUPER WOW! card, the couple will be thrilled with this I'm sure, such a beautiful effect on the dancers and the sentiments WONDERFUL work.
ReplyDeleteWow! Did your background EVER come out fantastic! So you like the Yupo paper? Does it replace a particular type of paper? Your card is fantastic, and doesn't that new mixed media background image look fantastic!!!! It's a beautiful card, Miss Shona. And now for my other hat: Thanks for joining us in the {Our Crafty Corner Challenge}! Hope to see more of your pretty projects again soon!
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Gorgeous background, it looks like you had a lot of fun making this beautiful project! thanks so much for joining us at Chocolate Baroque Challenge
ReplyDeleteClaire xx
Gorgeous card fabulous background and love all the embossing--Thank you for joining us at our Crafty Corner
ReplyDeleteCarol DT x
Hi Shona, a really beautiful card, fabulous background, and the dancers are gorgeous with the gold and black detail. Thanks so much for your entry into he Chocolate Baroque challenge, hope to see you again soon, Judith xx
ReplyDeleteWow...this is stunning Shona and now you have probably enticed me once again to get my alcohol inks out...that sure is a stunning background you have created....getting warmer here too...40's and 50's..lol!!
ReplyDeleteOH Shona, your blog is like visiting an art class every time I stop by! i'm so glad I 'met' you in blog land! I am in awe of the beauty of this card - from the vivid fresh colors to the fun 'dancing' theme. I actually just learned from you what Yupo paper is - is it your preferred paper for water coloring needs? I did a quick search and found it online - it seems like it gives great texture being that it doesn't absorb the water ... I'm so inspired by you! Thank you, Shona! Blessings ♥
ReplyDeleteCool card and love all the embossed pieces. I especially like that line stamp. Yupo paper - hmm I have always wanted to get and try some. Maybe some day. LOL. Anyway your card is wonderful.
ReplyDeleteAwesome design. I love the wonderful background and the colors you used for the dancers. Thank you for joining in our blog challenge at SweetStamps.com.
ReplyDeleteGreat card. Really shows the love for dancing. Thank you for joining the our crafty corner challenge.
ReplyDeleteHugs, Melanie DT