Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge

I decided to enter a little friendly competition over at Simon Says Stamps.

This week the challenge is "Your Favorite Technique." Ink blending is my favorite technique hands down.  My favorite ink blending technique is stamp and smudge.  

In this example I used Distress Oxides.  The sundial is stamped then blended in Dried Marigold, the jellyfish is stamped then blended in Mermaid Lagoon, the greenery is stamped and then blended in Iced Spruce.  

I die cut the sea plants out of colored card stock.  

I ink blended on some white card stock then stamped the fish over the blending. I then fussy cut the fish and fully embossed it with Ranger Kitsch Flamingo embossing glaze.  

I stamped the sentiment then embossed it with WOW Silver embossing powder over black ink and then again with Peacock Feathers embossing glaze.  

I used black cardstock for the base and embossed the edges with some glittery embossing powder.  

I raised the panel with some fun foam and glued it down then raised the fish on some foam strips and added it in. 

Finally, I embellished it with some clear round pearls and some Nuvo drops.  

I hope you like it!

Exploring Alcohol Ink

Got out my Alcohol inks today since it was warm enough outside to have the window cracked.  This was Play 1. I used just two colors of ink here and it's done on Cricut Vinyl (I was out of Yupo, again.) Creating these backgrounds is so addicting.  Here I used Espresso and Citrus.  The method. Drop some ink, drop some 91% Isopropyl Alcohol and use a special tool to blow/guide the ink.

There is only one way I could teach this and that would be video.  Never two come out the same. Alcohol ink tends to have its own path. Embrace it.

This one was done with just ONE magical color.  Mushroom.  It seems to react with the alcohol differently than with the Alcohol Blending Solution. I doused my Yupo with alcohol then one drop at a time I blew in the direction I hoped for.  When I had a nice blob in the center, I started pouring alcohol on with a dropper with the paper tilted and blew like mad with my bellows-type tool.  I created the center with some textured and distressed paper and added more texture with Scrapbook.com Color Pops.

Same method only also used Alcohol Pearls in Foundry.

Watermelon and Pepper. White Nuvo drops for the center.