Happy Birthday Dragonfly with leaves alcohol inks A6 card

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Happy Birthday Dragonfly with leaves alcohol inks A6 card

 Hi Craft addicts!

 Today's latest handmade card is one using a background created with alcohol inks and a dragonfly die! I sometimes find I use the inks and I think ugh what a mess but once cut with a die turns into something quite decent!


How I made this card:-
  • I took a sheet of Tim Holtz's Alcohol Ink Foil tape sheet (which is self adhesive) and added a selection of inks - from both the Ranger and Jaquard ranges. I still haven't tried using the Blending Solution yet but will do soon!
  • As before, I wasn't too sure with the result but thought I would see what it was like die-cut so used the Dragonfly die from Sweet Dixie - it is quite a large one so can only been used with an A5 or larger die-cutting machine.
  • I then removed the backing sheet and placed it towards the top of an A6 white linen effect card, burnishing it to make it stick down properly. 
  • I then used a woodgrain stamp from the Hobby Art Textures set and stamped it onto some white card using Black Gina K Amalgam ink and then coloured it in using a brown alcohol marker. I then trimmed around it.
  • Using the Happy Birthday stamps (they are separate) to stamp the sentiment on to some white card (making sure it fitted the wood grain background), this time with the Jet Black ink cube from Altenew.
  • I used PVA glue to attach them together and once dry, I set it at the bottom of the card using foam pads.
  • Finally, I added some very small drops of the Black Nuvo drops from Tonic to opposite corners of the card.
Products used in this project
  • A6 White linen effect card with envelope
  • Sweet Dixie Dragonfly die
  • Happy Birthday sentiments stamps from Creative Expressions
  • Textures stamp set from Hobby Art Stamps
  • White stamping card
  • Jaquard Pinata and Ranger Alcohol inks
  • Black Drops from Nuvo Drops by Tonic Studios
  • Ranger Alcohol Ink Foil tape sheets
  • Jet Black Altenew mini ink cube
  • Gina K Black Amalgam ink pad
  • Brown Alcohol marker
  • PVA Glue such as Cosmic Shimmer or Glue-it glue from Pinflair
  • Foam pads
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