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Trip to Paradise

Welcome to the weekend! Deb here, for the Design Team today. It’s a sunny one here in beautiful Vancouver, which also happens to be home to Scrap ‘N Stamp, as well as me!  Summer will be here soon, which is one reason why I chose the word ‘sea’ for today’s challenge word. We could all use a trip to paradise this year, I think – even if it’s just on paper.

PENNY BLACK PARADISE

If you’ve been following my blog at all, you’ll know that I love painting with alcohol inks. So I decided that I’d create a beautiful background for the Penny Black stamp, called Paradise. Here’s a look at the completed card.

Trip to Paradise

I don’t know about you’d, but I’d be happy walking along that path next to the sea! And what a pretty sunset, right? It’s easier than you think to paint – let me tell you how.

PAINTING THE BACKGROUND

First, start with a piece of Yupo. The final size will be 5″ x 3 3/4″, but you can start larger if you want. Set up the Yupo and the Paradise stamp in your stamp platform. Next, lightly ink up the shore line and the horizon line in a light ink – I just used a light brown. This is just for reference, so you know where to paint the sand, water and sky.  Stamp lightly, and then remove the Yupo, but leave the stamp in place.

Start with the sand, pouring a bit of Latte ink onto that area. Add a bit of Blending Solution, and tip the Yupo from left to right – keeping the ink within the shore line. Use a small brush to  help cover the area. The Ranger alcohol ink brushes are perfect for this! Next, add some Teakwood ink to the left and right sides, and brush into place. Keep the ‘path’ area lighter.

Allow the sand area ink to dry, and move onto painting the setting sun. Place some Lemonade and Sunset Orange inks into 2 wells in your ink palette. Using the horizon line reference, pick up some Lemonade ink, and create your setting sun. Add a bit of the yellow below the horizon line, for the reflection. Next, pick up some of the Sunset Orange, and paint around the yellow sun. Add some into the reflection. If the colour is too strong, dip your brush into some Blending Solution, dab off any excess onto paper towel, and then lift some of the ink off of the Yupo.

Now you’re ready to paint the water, and sky! To your ink palette, add Glacier and Laguna inks to 2 more wells. Pick up Glacier with your brush, and paint in the water. Leave a line near the shore white, and then add Laguna ink in that area. Paint Glacier ink onto your sky, using Blending Solution or an Alcohol Ink  Blender Pen to lighten up some areas.  Here’s a photo, below, of how my painting process looked.

Trip to Paradise

Remember that you’ll be stamping over with the Paradise stamp, so every inch of your painting doesn’t have to be ‘perfect’.

TIME TO STAMP

Once you’re happy with your sunset background, and the ink is dry, place it back into your stamp platform. Cover the Paradise stamp with a pigment ink, such as Versafine Nocturne or StaZon ink – remember that the Yupo is a slick surface, so regular ink will wipe off. Stamp firmly onto your background; you can ink & stamp more than once if necessary. I love using my stamp platform, for this reason!

Trip to Paradise

The stamp adds more texture to the sand, as well as adding the horizon and shore lines. With a white gel pen, add some highlights to your trees, and waves to the water.   The sentiment is from an older Hero Arts stamp set, called Color Layering Waves.  Layer your sentiment, and then your work of art onto coordinating cardstock and a card base, and you’re done!

JOIN THE DAILY CHALLENGE!

If you haven’t already, I hope that you’ll join the Scrap ‘N Stamp Daily Challenge. It’s on the Facebook Group HERE, where you’ll find a new word prompt for each day of the month. Play along as many times as you’d like, by creating your project & then share a picture to the group. Be sure to use the hashtag #SNSCHALLENGE there, and on your other social media sharing sites. At the end of the month, one lucky person is randomly chose to WIN a $50 Gift Certificate to shop at Scrap ‘N Stamp!

SUPPLIES

Have fun creating your own trip to paradise – however you interpret that! I’ll be looking for your ‘sea’ creations in the FB group. If you need supplies, links are below.

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Alcohol Ink Flowers – Prize Giveaway!

 

Happy Funday Sunday!  I am so excited that today is my day for the Scrap’N Stamp Present Parade Giveaway!  All you have to do for your chance to WIN the alcohol ink and blower prize pack is to leave a comment down below or over at the YouTube video tutorial for today’s blog!

Now onto today’s cards!  I have been guilty of not using a lot of my supplies so, today I pulled out one of my least used products which is my alcohol inks.  I must admit that they totally intimidate me and I am not always sure how best to use them.  So, I decided I would set some time aside to just play and have fun.

Check out the video below to see the tutorial on how I made some beautiful alcohol ink backgrounds including those that look like stunning florals!

https://youtu.be/YGUAtmIcKNY

 

I hope you enjoyed today’s video and that you are inspired to create your own alcohol ink flowers!

Remember to comment on this blog post and the YouTube video for your chance to win the alcohol ink prize pack!

Materials:

Tim Holz Rupo Paper 5″ x 7″

2020 Alcohol Ink set

Alcohol Ink – Indigo/Volet Spectrum

Alcohol Ink – Pink/red Spectrum

Alcohol Ink – Snow Cap

Alcohol Ink – Black

Tim Holz Air Blower

~Chala

xoxoxo

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Are They Circles, or Bubbles?

Are they circles, or bubbles? I guess it depends on your perspective – or how you’re using them! Hello there, my friend! It’s Deb here, from the Design Team.

CIRCLES OR BUBBLES

Well, today’s daily challenge prompt is ‘circles’.  And yes, I chose that word especially so that I could play with my new Sizzix/Tim Holtz Bubbling Die! Not only does it create a fabulous, fun cover die for your card, but you get tons of circles to play with for other projects!  I decided to combine the Bubbling Die with an alcohol ink background, and the Picket Fence Studios A Dose of Vitamin Sea stamp set. Here’s my finished card, below.

Are They Circles or Bubbles?

How fun is this?! You should see the shine & sparkle in real life – you almost need sunglasses 🙂

DETAILS

First, I started off with an alcohol ink background panel that I had created a while ago.  It was made on Yupo by adding alcohol inks, plus gold mixative and moving it around on the Yupo. Here’s what it looks like, before trimming to size & layering it with the die cut.

Initially, I was going to die cut this piece, above, with the Bubbling Die. But then I realized that most of the gorgeous colours would be cut out. So, I decided to die cut a piece of Tonic Glimmer Paper in Cobalt Blue, and layer it on top of the alcohol ink panel.

The rest of the card is super simple! Stamp the whale image from the PFS A Dose of Vitamin Sea set in Nocturne ink onto white cardstock. Cover it with clear embossing powder, and heat set. Next, use Copic markers in Gray to colour the whale. Now, use the coordinating dies with your Big Shot to die cut the image. For the sentiment, stamp it in Versamark ink onto a piece of Vellum. Cover it with white embossing powder, and  heat set.  Attach the whale to the card front with foam squares or foam tape. To attach the sentiment, simply put dots of liquid glue in the corners; it will dry clear.  Now add a couple of those many circles from the die cutting to the sentiment.  Finally, attach the card front to a dark blue card base.

All of those circles – or are they bubbles -along with the smiling whale, make me smile, too!

JOIN THE DAILY CHALLENGE

If you haven’t already, I hope that you’ll join the Scrap ‘N Stamp daily challenge! It’s loads of fun, you have a chance to win a prize, and you can play along as often as you want. Check it out HERE in the Scrap ‘N Stamp Facebook Challenge Group. And I hope that you’ll join the Circles (or are they bubbles?) challenge for today, too!

SUPPLIES

You can re-create my card by shopping for supplies at Scrap ‘N Stamp! Affiliate links for supplies are provided. If you choose to use my links, you help support me in maintaining my blog, at no extra cost to you. Thanks in advance!

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