Tartan Love

Good morning all, I hope you have had a great weekend. Today's card is one that I have kept putting off showing, because I really don't like how it turned out. But I thought I needed to show that it doesn't always work lol.

I started with an alcohol ink background, using Adirondack and Ranger inks, and a blending tool, I swept the colours across glossy card to make a tartan effect.

Then having watched a few videos where people had successfully heat embossed over the top of an inked background, I thought I would give it a go.

But as you can see, even though I used my anti static pad, and allowed my background to fully dry over a few days, it still didn't go on cleanly.

But oh well, it won't stop me from trying again, but next time, I will probably use a less intricate stamp, and a finer detail embossing powder lol.

Thanks for stopping by, take care and I'll see you soon.

xxx

Happy Birthday Fishes

Good morning all, I'm back again with one of my Crafty Magazine Makes, using the underwater theme from Issue 36 of Die-Cutting Essentials magazine.

I used Adirondack, and Ranger Alcohol Inks to create the watery background, and then cut it out with the fish bowl die from the set.

Then I cut the bowl another twice, once from blue card and then from acetate, so that I could layer them together.

The little fish and other images are included in the set and I just used scraps of card to cut them with.

The Birthday Fishes sentiment is part of the set, and I added an Avery Elle Die-Cut Happy, using their Modern Alpha Die Set.

I hope you like it, take care and I'll see you soon.

xxx