Simon Says - Alcohol Inks/and or Drinks

Hi Everyone...welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog. Thank you for joining us for last week's challenge and we hope you can join us this week too because

and the theme for this week is...

ALCOHOL INKS AND/OR DRINKS

I used the new Tim Holtz/Ranger Alcohol Ink colours to create a background on White Yupo, stamped and heat embossed with Simon Says Old Letter background and added flowers and leaves from Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous French Garden die-cut with the co-ordinating die set from Simon Says Stamp.

I trimmed White Yupo to 4.3/4" x 6.3/4" and coloured using Tim Holtz/Ranger Juniper, Wilderness and Chronicle Alcohol Inks and Blending Solution.

I inked Simon Says Old Letter Background with Versamark ink, stamped randomly on the panel, sprinkled with White Detail Embossing Powder and heat set. Yupo is not heat stable so I kept my heat tool moving over the panel until the powder melted.

I inked the leaf image from Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous French Garden with Pine Needles and Rustic Wilderness Distress Oxide inks, spritzed the stamp with water, stamped on to scraps of Distress Watercolor card and die-cut using Simon Says Stamp co-ordinating die set.

I stamped the flower head of the image from French Garden on to Distress Watercolor card, inked with Abandoned Coral Distress Oxide ink, used a Distress Detailer Brush to pull the colour into the petals and coloured the flower centre using Ground Espresso Distress Oxide ink.

I re-stamped the images with Versafine Clair Nocture ink to bring back the details. I coloured small areas with Abandoned Coral Distress Oxide ink using the Distress Detailer Brush and stamped the banner images from French Garden.

I die-cut the flowers using the Simon Says Stamp co-ordinating dies and fixed the leaves and flower heads to the panel, popped up on foam squares to create dimension. I fussy cut the word banners, fixed to scraps of Distress Watercolor card, trimmed to leave a small border and also fixed in place with foam squares. I added white dots to the flower centres using a Sakura White Gelly Roll Pen.

I matted the panel on to Distress Black HeavyStock, trimmed 1/8" larger and fixed to a 5" x 7" white card blank.

You can find all the products I used over at Simon Says Stamp, just click on the links below

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I look forward to seeing what you create this week...

Have Fun and Happy Crafting

Hugs Kath xxx