Ghosting with Alcohol Ink and Acetate

Hello and TGIF!

There's still a couple days to play in the
CAS Mix Up Acetate Challenge.

We're celebrating our birthday this month and have prizes!

Here's one last card (for now) using acetate.

Using Stamping, Alcohol Ink, Ghosting Technique, Acetate, Die Cut

I used a technique I saw on Jennifer McGuire's blog on my alcohol inked piece.

I inked a stamp with Archival ink and stamped then wiped off the ink with a soft cloth.

It removes some ink leaving a ghosted image.  I repeated the process several times.

When it came to the dragonfly, I didn't think it showed up very well so I

stamped him in black and left him stamped.

Unfortunately the ink smeared a bit (it doesn't dry very fast or at all?) so

I filled in the schmeared wing with a black Sharpie and put some

acetate over the whole thing to keep it from schmearing more.

I die cut a piece of foam behind the frame so the acetate doesn't touch the

dragonfly.

Oh, and I stamped Friend on the acetate.

Even if you don't use acetate, come on over to see the gallery at

CAS Mix Up

Awesome entries!

Also entering at

Craft Stampers Magazine Take It, Make It Challenge

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Awesomely Artistic (SU), Bouquet of Thanks (SSS)

Ink:   Jet Black, Forget Me Not (Ranger Archival)

Paper:   Neena, Glossy Photo, Window Sheet (SU)

Other:  Alcohol Ink, Stitched Rectangle Die (SSS), Foam Strips

Small Antilles Flower Garden on Acetate

Hello my friends.

Today's card is for both the CAS Mix Up and CAS Watercolour Challenges.

 

I have used alcohol inks to color a piece of acetate for the background.

The flower garden has been die cut and watercolored using a

water brush and picking up ink smooshed into the lid of the inkpad.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Bouquet of Thanks (SSS)

Ink:   Jet Black (StaxOn), Old Olive, Strawberry Slush, Not Quiet Navy, (SU)

Paper:   Neena, Watercolor

Other:  Acetate, Alcohol Ink (Lettuce, Pesto, Gold Mixative), Stitched Rectangle Die (LI), Small Antilles Floral Left Corner (MB), Water Brush

Foil Leaves and Acetate

Hello my friends.

I hope you are having a good day.

Here's another card for our CAS Mix Up Challenge.

My mixed media are stamping, acetate, tissue paper, foil, alcohol ink and die cuts

Susan is hosting this challenge and it's open until the 24th.

Our Design Team and Guest Designer, Cathy, have some awesome cards to inspire you.

This time I used alcohol ink to add color to the back of a piece of acetate.

After it dried, I added some crinkled tissue paper to the back with clear glue.

Since there was some gold mixative with the alcohol ink, I thought 

some foil leaves would look good with it.

The copper leaf had some tape on the back when I cut it to keep those 

little pieces from running off.

The sentiment doesn't show up as well as I would like, but

I didn't want to risk ruining the whole piece so I left it as is.

This will be good for one of the guys in the family.

I'm going to share this with

Craft Stamper Magazine Take It Make It Challenge

Where it's ANYTHING GOES as long as there's stamping on it.

Edited to add that I'm also adding this to the 

Heather's challenge at The Foiled Fox

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Persian Motifs (Alt)

Ink:   Timber Brown Stazon

Paper:   Thick Vanilla, Gold Foil, Copper Foil (SU)

Other:  Alcohol Ink, Acetate, Tissue Paper, Layering Leaves Die (C9), Stitched Rectangle Die (SSS)

Acetate for CAS Mix Up

Hello, and welcome to a new month.

It's a special month for us.

CAS Mix up is 2!!!!

We're celebrating with prizes for the top pick and one random draw winner.

Be sure to check out the challenge and enter a card for your chance to win!

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We also have some exciting changes at CMU.
  I'll get to them in a minute.

First, our challenge hosted by Susan

and my card.

I used acetate as a window by first embossing the image on

heat resistant acetate with StazOn white ink and heat embossing.

The acetate is sandwiched between two pieces that have the 

window cut from them

I stamped this gorgeous flower again with Mustard Seed Distress ink 

on a piece of watercolor paper and colored it in using inks that

were smooshed unto my palette.  I picked up the ink with a water brush.

The trickiest part for me was lining the watercolor flower behind the 

acetate window after die cutting it.

The sentiment starts on the front and finishes inside.

My mixed media are

stamping, acetate, heat embossing, watercolor and die cuts.

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Sadly, this is Susan's last month at the Mix Up.
We'll miss her wonderful designs as inspiration, but she promises
to join in the challenges.

Gladly, she is joining the CAS Christmas Card Challenge.

It starts in just two days.

We're so excited!!!!

And we're even more excited that Mac Mable is joining our CAS Mix Up team!
Yay, Mac!  We're so happy to have you on our team!

The Design Team has some awesome inspiration for you and we are joined
this month by Cathy R. as our Guest Designer.  Thanks, Cathy!

Check the CAS Mix Up Challenge for helpful tutorials using acetate.
Then join in for a chance to win a birthday prize.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  French Marigold (Stamplorations), Out on a Limb (PTI)

Ink:   Onyx Black (Versafine), Cotton White (StazOn), Mustard Seed, Fossilized Amber, Dried Marigold, Peeled Paint (DI)

Paper:   Neena, Heat Resistant Acetate (Crafter's Companion), Watercolor (TH)

Other:  White EP (SU), Water Brush, Stitched Squares Die (SSS)