More cards with Alcohol Ink Backgrounds

I'm still using the alcohol ink backgrounds I made a while back.  Here are 2 more cards I made using the backgrounds.

I used the following to make the cards:

• Yupo Paper
• Various Alcohol Inks
• Tutti Designs - Bird House Stained Glass Die
• Stick-it
• Black and Silver Card Stock

I think that overall - I like the black and green version better.  I will probably make a few more of these, using the backgrounds I have on hand.  

A Pumpkin Halloween Card

For this Halloween card, I used a variety of supplies, and also tried a comparison of my Prismacolor and Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils.  One card was done with the Prismacolor pencils, the other with the Faber-Castell.  Overall, to me the pencils are similar, but I liked the feel of the Polychromos better.  They just seemed to be smoother.

Here are the cards:

Faber-Castell Version:

 Prismacolor Version:

I used the following for the cards:
Gina K - Sweet Mango Foil
Deco Foil - Pumpkin Patch Clear Toner Sheets
Simon Says Stamp - Stitched Rectangles
Hero Arts Infinity Dies - Oval
Prismacolor Pencils
Faber-Castell Polychromos Pencils
Gina K Amalgam Ink
Hampton Art - Halloween Stamp

To make the card, I stamped the image on white card stock with the Gina K amalgam ink and colored with the colored pencils (either Prismacolor or Faber-Castell).  The image cut with the oval dies, and a second oval, slightly larger was also cut as a mat.  I foiled the clear toner sheet.  A rectangle frame was cut with the Stitched Rectangle dies.  The foiled image was cut to fit the black frame, and added to the frame.  The stamped pumpkins were added on top of the foiled image.  This was them added to the card base.

Another Lawn Fawn Halloween Card

Here is another card, made with the Candy Corn add-on stamp set.  For this card, I just used the stamps.

I used the following for the card:

• Lawn Fawn - Candy Corn add on stamps
• Martha Stewart - Halloween stamps (old set!)
• Copic - C0, C1, C3, Y6, YG07
• Distress Oxide Ink - Carved Pumpkin, Wilted Violet and Black Soot
• Versamark
• Stampendous Detailed White Embossing Powder
• Memento London Fog

To make the card, I stamped the candy corn cluster on white cardstock with Memento London Fog ink.  I masked the image, and continued stamping the lenght of the card base, masking as I went. The masks removed, and the candy corn colored with Copic markers.  The masks were then re-applied and the backgound added with the distress oixde inks.  Once dry, the sentiment was added with Versamark, embossing powder added and heat set.  The panel was then cut to 4 x 5.25 and added to the card base o complete the card.

Halloween with Lawn Fawn

When I first saw the "How You Bean" stamps and dies by Lawn Fawn, I thought - cute, but I have enough Easter realted stamps.  Then they came out with the Candy Corn add-on.  I knew I had to have that, which of course made me get the "How you Bean" stamps and dies as well!  I mean I can always use more Easter stamp - right?

But for Halloween - this set is great!  Here some of the cards I made:

I used the following to make the cards:

• Lawn Fawn - Candy Corn add-on, stamps and dies
• Lawn Fawn - How You Bean, stamps and dies
• Lawn Fawn - Perfectly Plaid Fall Paper
• Mama Elephant - Bootastic Stamp set
• Copic Markers- C0, C1, C3, Y06, YG07
• Memento - London Fog and Tangelo
• Acetate
• Sookwang double sided tape

To make the cards, I stamped the candycorn in London Fog ink, and then colored them with the Copic Markers.  These were then cut out with the matching dies.  On a piece of light orange paper, I stamped the jar for the How You Bean set.  The lid for the jar was stamped on white paper, colored with Copic Markers and cut with the matching die.  I added double sided tape to the acetate, and cut the jar out.  I then added the Candy Corn to the jar, added the jar cut from the acetate, then the lid to the jar.  The individual Candy Corn was added last.  The panel was then cut to size and added to the plaid background.  The entire piece was added to the card base.  I then stamped the Sentiment from the Mama Elephant Bootastic set to complete the card.

Close ups:

Another Vanilla Arts Class - Candlelight

The first class I took from Vanilla Arts (https://www.vanillaarts.com/online-learning/), was Candlelight.  I actually did this one twice, since for the first one, I didn't have the suggested paper, I didn't have all of the Copic Markers, and the most important, I was not happy with the candle.   For the second one, I did use the suggest paper, and had purchased the Copic Markers. I like it better, but still had problems with the candle.  Perhaps I need to try it one more time!

First try

Second Try

Vanilla Arts Red Bird

I've recently begun taking some of the on-line classes from Vanilla Arts (https://www.vanillaarts.com/online-learning).  The Red Bird was one of my favorites. Its done with a combination of Copic markers and pencils.  This was a fun class! 

Here is my version:

I'll probably do this one again, since the feathers on the back of the cardinal gave me some problems, and I'd like to try it again, to see if I can get better with those feathers!

Alcohol Ink and Yupo Paper

I'm back - slowly.  In March a tree hit our house.  We didn't get back in until the end of June!  Then just as we finally got settled, our sump pump in the basement failed.  Our basement is fully finished and furnished.  So now, we need to deal with that as well.  Fortunately insurance is covering both incidents.

While I we were out of our house, I was seeing examples of Alcohol Ink, Yupo paper, and in some cases foil, backgrounds.  So of course, once I was able to start crafting again, I had to give it a try.  I had used Alcohol Ink in the past, but this was the first time using Yupo paper.

Here are some samples of what I made:

I used some of them to make into cards:

The sentiments for all of the cards are from Gina K Designs Vertical Greetings and Things stamp set.  The Butterfly die cut is from Impression Obsession, and the Flower Die cut is from Simply Defined - Love Story Juliet.

Now what to do with the rest of the samples .....