If you have stopped by my blog before, you might know how much I love multi-tasking supplies and this marbling technique uses one of my favorites, alcohol inks!
Happy Weekend!
xo,
Carly
Showing posts with label inspiration. Show all posts
Showing posts with label inspiration. Show all posts
Saturday, October 29, 2016
marbled with water
Today I have yet another marbling technique to share. I love it and I can't stop...I might need help. Stand still for too long and I might marble you, LOL!
If you have stopped by my blog before, you might know how much I love multi-tasking supplies and this marbling technique uses one of my favorites, alcohol inks!
I love this technique so much, I've used it a lot but today I made a video...
Happy Weekend!
xo,
Carly
If you have stopped by my blog before, you might know how much I love multi-tasking supplies and this marbling technique uses one of my favorites, alcohol inks!
Happy Weekend!
xo,
Carly
Wednesday, October 26, 2016
inspiring me right now... marble
I have a tendency to go on "kicks". You know, the kind of thing where you LOVE something so much you do it for weeks until you get it out of your system. I am very "kicky", like lentil soup everyday for lunch for a few months now; or wearing striped shirts almost every other day because they are my fav & I have so many; watching a whole season on Netflix in a weekend; or loving a trend so much that I have to think of every crafty technique to create it with paper & ink. That was a long-winded way of me saying welcome to marble week!
I'm sure I haven't thought of every way to use my supplies to marble but I have a few to share along with an inspiration board.
Let's start with acrylic paint! This card uses acrylic paint in 2 ways to create 2 marbled looks.
To create the background, you need water, non-toxic dish soap, non-toxic acrylic paint and a shallow dish to work in. Mix a solution that is 1 part paint, 1 part soap and 2 parts water. I used metallic gold paint.
Use a straw to fill the dish with bubbles. It's just like the bubbles you blew in your milk when you were a kid, LOL!
When the dish is full of bubbles, gently press a piece of cardstock into the bubbles. Repeat as desired to achieve a look you love.
To create the leaf accents, stamp on gold foil paper with a permanent ink like Stazon.
Die cut leaves with coordinating dies.
Apply a large dollop of white acrylic paint to a non-stick surface and add a few drops of alcohol ink or other liquid ink (like a reinker).
Swirl ink in paint with a tool like a toothpick to create a design.
Dip leaves into paint.
Die cut the background and sentiment, gather all the pieces and assemble.
Thanks so much for stopping by and come back tomorrow for more!
xo,
xo,
Carly
Monday, April 25, 2016
welcome to copper week!
after some unintended time away for moving and illness, i'm back! to celebrate i have planned a whole week of inspiration! after rainbow week in march, i've been super excited to do it again. this week, copper!
to start i created another inspiration board:
sources:
-sparkle quote
-watercolor cake
-watercolor print
-kitchen
-lights
-copper corner cake
-invite
-planters
-hair
here is my first copper creation, inspired by the beautiful invite from minted:
i started by creating my "amazing" word. i did a loose watercolor wash with distress ink. when it was dry i used a versamark pad straight to the paper to apply ink to one half and then i embossed it with detail powder. i added a piece of copper foil on top of the embossed area and sent it through my laminator.
then i die cut the word amazing for my watercolor/foiled piece.
next i stamped & embossed the essentials by ellen mondo hydrangea twice on the top of a desert storm panel.
i placed another piece of copper foil over the stamped hydrangeas and sent that through my laminator.
on a piece of solar white, i also stamped, embossed & foiled a single hydrangea. then i used the coordinating die to cut it out and added a little pink with distress ink & a waterbrush.
i stamped and embossed "you are" and assembled my card.
thanks for stopping by, join me again tomorrow for more!
carly
to start i created another inspiration board:
sources:
-sparkle quote
-watercolor cake
-watercolor print
-kitchen
-lights
-copper corner cake
-invite
-planters
-hair
here is my first copper creation, inspired by the beautiful invite from minted:
i started by creating my "amazing" word. i did a loose watercolor wash with distress ink. when it was dry i used a versamark pad straight to the paper to apply ink to one half and then i embossed it with detail powder. i added a piece of copper foil on top of the embossed area and sent it through my laminator.
then i die cut the word amazing for my watercolor/foiled piece.
i stamped and embossed "you are" and assembled my card.
thanks for stopping by, join me again tomorrow for more!
carly
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