Good morning! I’m excited to be hopping along with Simon Says Stamp to celebrate the Friends release! The release went live last month but we’re continuing the celebration with even more inspiration! 🙂
As you probably know I’m a bit obsessed with my alcohol inks these days and I decided to pair some of the new SSS dies with a simple alcohol inked background! I started by mixing alcohol ink blending solution with alcohol inks in wild plum, raspberry, purple twilight, flamingo, and watermelon! I let the blending solution and alcohol ink mix pretty organically and left the sharp contrasts and edges where the colors met. I picked out my favorite areas of the panel and trimmed them down to 4 inch squares. (You can see what I did with the leftover scrap here)! 😉
Then I die-cut the Cosmo Flower frame die from white cardstock but made sure to tilt the die at an angle for a different look. I’m a little bit of a perfectionist when it comes to lining up dies and stuff so purposefully tilting a die takes away the need to make it perfect! 😉 I die-cut the sentiments using the Hello Gorgeous and Happy Birthday dies and black cardstock. I die-cut each twice and layered them together with glossy accents.Then I adhered the sentiments to the card panels and finished the cards with a few black crystals!
P.S. I recently received the Gemini Jr and I used it for this card…holy moly, that thing is AMAZING! I am so excited to not be hand-cranking my dies through anymore…I’ll definitely share more about it soon!
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Beautiful! Your alcohol ink backgrounds look like soft rumples of silk!
Beautiful, striking cards. I love the use of alcohol inks and the white card stock for the dies. Thanks for sharing your talent.
Love your background on your card! Love the die you choose also. You did a great job on your cards. Thanks for sharing and have a great weekend!
Such vibrant colors!
Love the bold background! Card is gorgeous!
That flower die can add such a beautiful touch! Love the backgrounds.
So pretty! Thank you!
Beautiful way to use the die. Thanks
Holy Moly! Absolutely love the card! Stunning! Must get the Die!!
Beautiful card. I love the colors in the background
These are beautiful cards! Beautiful background and layout, love the die! Thanks for the inspiration!
Love that die and how you used it!
I love that your alcohol backgrounds still show through that flower die….It was perfect that you kept the card simple to let that background shine through.
Very pretty. Thanks for sharing.
I was just wondering this morning about what to do with some alcohol ink backgrounds I have made. Thanks for the great ideas.
So beautiful!!! Love the alcohol ink background!
I love your card. It’s simple but stunning and easy to make!
I love those bold die cuts. And the color you picked is gorgeous. Great cards!
Very pretty! Love the purple!
Sooooo gorgeous, WOW!
Just started playing with alcohol inks, will be trying these techniques. Thanks for the inspiration!
Love this card and
the Cosmo die!
Fabulous.
Carla from Utah
Very simple but stunning cards!
So happy to see the Cosmos Frame die used. Beautiful!
WOW! So beautiful cards.