What a week that was...

Hi my friends, I'm sneaking in with an end of the week post and what a week it's been. It all kicked off on Tuesday afternoon when out of the blue, I couldn't access my e-mails. No-one knows what goes on inside those packages of technology that we all rely on so much and despite 3 days of doing this, that and the other to try to restore my communications with the outside world, I lost the battle when my laptop went into black screen mode showing the error message - critical process died. Fed up of faffing around, it was time to package him up for his final journey to the skip at the recycle centre and find a replacement. So with communications now restored, I decided to use two of the Alcohol Ink backgrounds I made following the Tim Holtz YouTube Live last Saturday and created 2 cards with "note to self" encouraging words. When life or technology kicks you in the teeth, all we can do is pick ourselves up, smile and do our best.

I began by creating two backgrounds on 5" x 7" panels of Distress White Yupo using Moss and Mushroom Alcohol inks and Mined Alloy,

and Dijon, Mermaid and Cobalt Alcohol inks

I inked the largest image from Simon Says Dandelion Messages with Versamark ink, stamped on to both panels and heat embossed with Simon Says Fine Detail White Embossing Powder. Yupo is a plastic substrate so it's important to keep your heat tool moving and not overheat to prevent warping.

I coloured the back of Tim Holtz Ideaology Transparent Wings with Dijon Alcohol Ink and fixed to scraps of Yupo and trimmed.

I fixed Tim Holtz Ideaology Velvet Trim across the bottom of the panel and fixed the Transparent Wings in place, adding adhesive only to the centres to create dimension.

I added an Idea-ology Transparent Wing to the edge of the panel and another to a scrap of Yupo and fussy cut.

I trimmed both panels to 4.1/4" x 6.1/4", matted on to Simon Says Black cardstock trimmed to be slighty larger, fixed to 4.1/2" x 6.1/2" White card blanks and added Tim Holtz Idea-ology Sentiments Label Stickers.

Have a great weekend whatever your plans are and happy crafting.

Hugs Kath xxx