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Anniversary Card Using Alcohol Inks

Today's card features an alcohol ink background and a die cut flower from Tim Holtz's Wildflower Stems #2 die set.  I was inspired to get out my alcohol inks and make several backgrounds after watching Tim Holtz's alcohol ink Facebook live session.  I decided to turn one of the backgrounds into an anniversary card.


To make the card, I cut a 5x7 piece of Yupo paper in half and applied Red Pepper and Sunshine Yellow alcohol inks.  I used blending solution along with Tim Holtz's handheld air blower to blend and mix the colors together.  I applied a silver metallic mixative and used isopropyl alcohol to separate it and thin it out.  I allowed the background to air dry a bit and then applied gold Deco Foil to the areas that were slightly tacky.

I wanted a simple design for my card that allowed the background to be the main focus.  Out of red cardstock, I cut my favorite flower from Tim Holtz's Wildflower # 2 Sizzix die set.  I die cut an oval from gray cardstock and a slightly larger oval from gold foil cardstock.  I also die cut the word "happy" from the same gold foil cardstock.  Using Versamark ink and gold embossing powder, I heat embossed the word "anniversary" on a small strip of black cardstock.

To assemble the card, I trimmed down the alcohol inked background and adhered it to a slightly larger piece of gold foil cardstock.  I glued this to a black card base.  I glued the red flower to the gray oval.  The word "happy" was adhered on top of the flower and the black sentiment strip was trimmed to fit the gray oval.  I glued the ovals together and adhered them to the background.


I love how the gold foil cardstock makes the alcohol ink background the main focal point of the card.  Hopefully, this will inspire you to brush the dust off your alcohol inks and create some beautiful backgrounds for cards.
Anniversary Card Using Alcohol Inks
Supplies:
  • Ranger Tim Holtz 5x7 White Alcohol Ink Yupo Paper
  • Ranger Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink - Sunshine Yellow
  • Ranger Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink - Red Pepper
  • Ranger Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink Mixative - Silver
  • Ranger Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink Blending Solution
  • Isopropyl Alcohol 91%
  • Deco Foil, 5 Transfer Sheets, 6" x 12", Gold
  • Sizzix Thinlits Tim Holtz Wildflower Stems #2 Dies 664164
  • Hero Arts DC150 Stamp & Cut - Happy
  • Spellbinders S4-110 Nestabilities Classic Ovals (Large) Etched/Wafer Thin Dies
  • Recollections Gold Foil Cardstock
  • Versamark Ink
  • Gold Embossing Powder
















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  1. JessicaJune 24, 2020 at 1:46 PM

    Kim, I LOVE this! It's beautiful! Thank you for sharing. :)

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