Campology Thank You Card

Hello, and thank you for visiting my blog! I am participating in Kylie Bertucci's July International Highlights contest. If you like my card, I hope that you will vote for it! Please click on the button below to go to Kylie's blog, and vote for me by clicking on the top right corner of the thumbnail of my card (#6), until you see the heart turn red. Thank you for your support! Voting usually closes in a week (Monday, July 12).

Alcohol ink cards seem to be all the rage now. I have to admit, they are one of my new favourites to make—the technique is quite easy, quick to do, and very cool! I hope you agree!

To do this technique, I started with a 2-3/4” x 4-1/8” piece of Vellum Cardstock. I scribbled all over it (filling in most of the space) with the dark shades of Stampin’ Blends in Highland Heather, Balmy Blue, Misty Moonlight, and Night of Navy.

Then I used a Water Painter and first dabbed gently all over the vellum with 99% alcohol, and then flicked the wet Water Painter over the vellum to make spots (the second step is optional). After this was completely dry, I stamped the trees from Campology with Memento, and then used tiny rectangles of Seal+ to adhere the vellum to a 3” x 4-5/16” Fresh Freesia rectangle (cut with our Stitched Rectangles Dies), and then to a Basic Black cardstock mat cut with our Scalloped Contours Dies (I love this die set!). The card front was glued to an 8-1/2” x 5-1/2” (scored at 4-1/4”) Highland Heather card base, and I added a Fresh Freesia sentiment strip and three Rhinestone Basic Jewels to finish the card.

 

I made a few versions of this card using different colours of card bases—Fresh Freesia above, and Gorgeous Grape and Balmy Blue below. Which is your favourite?

Thanks so much for stopping by--and for voting!!! If you like my card, please click on the link below--then please remember to vote by clicking on the top right corner of the thumbnail of my card (#6) until the heart turns red--that way you know that your vote is registered:

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Thank you very much for visiting my blog, and for your support!! 😊

❤️ Kim

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Product List

Campology Cling Stamp Set [152553]	Vellum 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [101856]	Highland Heather Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154887]	Balmy Blue Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154830]	Misty Moonlight Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [153108]
Night Of Navy Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154891]	Highland Heather 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146986]	Fresh Freesia 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [155613]	Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [121045]	Rhinestone Basic Jewels [144220]
Stitched Rectangles Dies [151820]	Scalloped Contours Dies [155560]

Alcohol Ink Brilliant Wings Thank You Card

 

Thank you for visiting my blog! And thanks to those of you voted, placing my card #1 in Kylie Bertucci's May International Blog Highlights!! Woohoo! I am pretty excited about that!! I now get to participate in Kylie's Top Ten Winners Hop again. It is such an honour to be part of a group of amazingly talented designers from all over the world. If you haven't seen my "Top Ten" card, it is posted at the bottom of this blog entry.

This time, I decided to give the Stampin' Blends alcohol ink technique a try. I've admired so many cards made with this method. My card was really quick and easy to make. I started with a 4" x 5-1/4" piece our our Vellum Cardstock. I used our Stampin' Blends and scribbled blotches of Highland Heather, Magenta Madness, and Misty Moonlight so that most of the vellum was coloured (with some spaces between). I poured a bit of 99% alcohol into a small dish and used the widest Water Painter to add dabs of alcohol to the paper, which caused the inks to blend. Then I flicked the Water Painter to add small drops of alcohol, which gave a cool marbling effect to the background. The vellum piece needs to dry thoroughly before the next step.

Once the vellum was dry, I adhered it to an 8-1/2" x 5-1/2" (scored at 4-1/4") Highland Heather card base with tiny pieces of Seal+ (which don't show through the vellum). It's quite amazing how different the look is, depending on the colour of the cardstock below the vellum! The sentiment was stamped onto Basic White cardstock with Misty Moonlight, and then cut with a Tasteful Labels die. The larger Misty Moonlight label was cut with another die from the same set. The white label was glued to the Misty Moonlight label, a 6" folded piece of 3/8" Gorgeous Grape Sheer Ribbon was added to the back with Mini Glue Dots, and the finished label was adhered to the card front with Dimensionals. I die cut a butterfly from Gorgeous Grape cardstock with our Brilliant Wings dies, glued just the body to the card, and added three Rhinestone Basic Jewels to complete the card.

Here is my card that was voted #1 in Kylie's International Highlights Blog. 

Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog--I'd love to hear from you! If you have a moment, please leave a comment below. Then be sure to hop to all of the Top Ten Winners' blogs! You'll see some amazing creations!

❤️ Kim

tams# 60295

Product List

Misty Moonlight Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [153108]	Magenta Madness Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [153106]	Highland Heather Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [147276]	Brilliant Wings Dies [155523]	Tasteful Labels Dies [152886]
Vellum 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [101856]	Highland Heather 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146986]	Misty Moonlight 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [153081]	Gorgeous Grape 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146987]	Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin' Pad [153118]
3/8" (1 Cm) Gorgeous Grape Sheer Ribbon [154572]	Rhinestone Basic Jewels [144220]	Inspired Thoughts Cling Stamp Set [155536]	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276]	Stampin' Seal+ [149699]

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