Using alcohol ink die-cuts

Hello friends, I have been playing and experimenting with my alcohol inks that I thought it might be fun to make them into cards. This is my first card:

To make this card, I started off by lightly inking up and adding splashes on a 110 pd Neenah Solar white cardstock using Lawn Fawn butter ink and Stamping Up Certainly Celery

Next, I diecut my vellum using MFT stitched dome die-namics. Then I used from my old supplies, Tim Holtz Fall Foliage dies to cut out my images from the alcohol inked panel I made using splendor, sublime and alchemy alcohol inks. Using Sunny Studios Elegant leaves sentiments, I heat embossed the words "Grateful for your Kindness" in Hero Arts Copper EP. Then, I arranged my diecuts, and added some kaisercraft gems and twine.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

CAS Game #159 - One Corner + optional twist Love Those Older Supplies. -Tim Holtz Fall Foliage

Timeout Challenges #155 - inspired by words

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Crafting.

xo Clarissa

Ski-sons Greetings

Hello friends. I haven't played at the AAA CAS card challenges for a while, so I thought I would give the current challenge a go. It's also a win for me as this is an excuse to make a Christmas card for 2020. This is the card I came up with.

I realised when I was planning my card, it was hard for me to keep it to one layer, so I inlayed the little town border from Lawn fawn. I added a post it paper behind the doors and windows to give the light effect. Then, I stamped my polar bear which was coloured with copic markers. To create the snow scene, I tore a piece of paper and used the edge to ink blend it with tumbled glass distress ink. Then, to make the splashing snow effect, I used the smear and swooshing technique by smearing tumbled glass distress ink, add a bit of water. Using a clear scrap acetate, I pick up the ink from my glass mat and swoosh it to my paper by lightly dabbing it. I repeated the same process using mermaid lagoon this time to deepen the snow effect. Here are some photos.

To finish my card, I added white acrylic and Distress oxide splatters  and stamped the sentiment "ski-sons greetings" below my card. 

Materials used: MFT Ski-sons stamp set

Lawn fawn- little town border die

tumbled glass distress ink, mermaid lagoon distress oxide, white acrylic paint

Copic markers for polar bear: E57, E55, E53 Clothes: B05, B02, B00 Scarf and shoes: G17, YG06,YG13 Ski: W5, W3, W1
This card is for the challenge below.

AAA cards - CAS Game #157

Thank you for stopping by and appreciating my work.

Till next project or card,

xo Clarissa

Made in Minutes - Challenge #146

Hello fellow crafters. Just stopping by to share a card I made using the adorable sunny studios stamp Tropical Paradise. This stamp was what I had in mind as soon as I saw the "optional twist summer."
I coloured my images with my Arteza brush markers using the wet on wet technique. Here is my card.

For the background splatters, I used the Just Because stamp set from Concord and 9th. I love the idea of a cool drink to quench our summer thirst. Here is the sketch for this challenge.

Thanks for stopping by and happy crafting.

Clarissa

AAA Cards Game #144

Hello friends. I have been so busy lately but glad I managed to make this simple card to fit the new challenge at AAA Cards (Clean and simple challenges). For the challenge, I coloured this free image called 'Christmas Owls' from Di's Digital Stamps (aren't these the cutest?) with my copic markers. Of course, I couldn't resist the optional twist Christmas in July, a great way to start making my Christmas cards. To finish off my card, I scored a line around the edge of my card and stamped my sentiment from an MFT stamp before adhering it to a white card base.

There is still time to join the challenge. Here is the image challenge.

Thanks for stopping by. Hugs and happy crafting.

Clarissa