For the love of Inky Flowers

Okay, so I PROMISE that I do own other stamp sets from Lil’ Inker Designs…really, I do!  But I simply adore this Inky Flowers stamp set!  You can see my previous posts using it here and here.  I (pinky) promise my next Lil’ Inker Designs post will use one of their other fabulous stamp sets! 😉

So I was cleaning my craft room recently and found my alcohol inks in the back of a drawer.  I’ve only ever used them as background coloring mediums and never really tried to “paint” with them; but I saw a beautiful card by the incredibly talented TaeEun and decided to give it a try!  My attempt is definitely a little messier and more imperfect but I think it suits the stamp set really well!

I’ve also been swatching my embossing powders recently and fell in love with this metallic platinum powder that melts to a beautiful champagne gold!  I started by stamping the flowers in a random pattern across a piece of yupo watercolor paper with versamark and then heat-embossed them with metallic platinum embossing powder.  The yupo paper tends to warp a bit more than regular cardstock so I adhere it to a piece of white cardstock before I emboss which helps keep it smooth.  Next I squeezed drops of Purple Twilight, Mermaid, and Sailboat Blue alcohol ink into some of the petals and tilted the panel to move the ink around.  I let it be a little messy and didn’t worry if the ink ran outside of the embossed lines.  I also added a few drops of blending solution to lighten the color in a few areas and then set it aside to dry overnight.  Once it was totally dry I splattered on more alcohol ink letting it dry between each color so the colors wouldn’t blend.  I love the vibrancy of the alcohol inks!!

Next I die-cut the Boxed Up So Happy For You die from white cardstock and then pressed my versamark pad all over the die before heat-embossing it with metallic platinum embossing powder.  Originally I was going to use a liquid adhesive to adhere the die to my card front but then decided to use something a little stronger.  I applied stick-it to both sides of a piece of white cardstock and then ran the Boxed Up So Happy For You die through my Big Shot.  I removed the backing from the top of the die and adhered it to the back of the embossed die.  Finally I removed the backing from the other side of the die and adhered it to the card panel for a nice, secure fit.

I forget how much fun my alcohol inks are (though it did take awhile to remove a few splatters from my cheeks) and I’ll definitely have to pull them out again soon!  Thanks so much for visiting and have a fantastic Friday!

Interested in the products I used?  To make them easy for you to find, I have listed them below. (Affiliate disclosure can be found here). Your purchases help keep my blog running and I thank you for the support!)

Inky Flowers (Lil’ Inker Designs)	Boxed Up So Happy For You Greeting Die (Lil’ Inker Designs)	Ranger Tim Holtz Adirondack Alcohol Ink, Mermaid	Ranger Tim Holtz Adirondack Alcohol Ink, Sail Boat Blue
Ranger Tim Holtz Adirondack Alcohol Ink, Purple Twilight	Ranger Tim Holtz Adirondack Alcohol Blending Solution	Yupo Heavyweight Pad White 5X7 Inch	Classic Crest Super Smooth Solar White 80# Cover 8.5
Classic Crest Cover Solar White 8-1/2×11 110lb 250/pkg	Powder Tool Adhesive Deactivator	VersaMark Ink Pad	WOW Embossing Powder, Regular – Metallic Platinum
WAGNER HT 400 650-Degree Heat Gun	Stick It Adhesive Die Cut Adhesive Large Sheets, 5pk	Sizzix 660340 Big Shot Plus Cutting/Embossing Machine, White/Gray

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