Barbara is our hostess this week and she has chosen Emerald Envy, Gold, Whisper White and for dessert: St. Patrick's Day
I used a technique called smooshing with reinkers and inka gold, another technique that I learned from Loll Thompson! You can see a video of the process . Loll keeps me busy with trying all her techniques - thanks, Loll! I also did smooshing with alcohol inks with a card on Saturday - if interested, it's here. This also works for our CAS challenge: luck of the Irish!
First I created my bg (with the the reinker and the inka gold smooshing technique) - mine got a bit darker than I was hoping for but I hope you can see the gold - it shimmers a bit in IRL! Then, since I did not have any shamrock dies, I used heart dies to create shamrock openings in my top panel. I die cut each shamrock by placing a heart die in 3 overlapping positions and then fussy cutting the stem. I was pleasantly surprised with how well it worked!
Stamped the sentiment, scored a border (hard to see in the photo) and drew another border line with a gold metallic pen, attached this panel to my smooshed panel and the card front and added sequins.
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Registered: August 10, 2006 Location: Sunny Florida Posts: 25290
Mon, Mar 06, 2017 @ 7:39 PM
Awesome card for both challenges, Maura!! I love the look you got using Loll's technique!! BTW, I die cut my shamrocks with a heart die also for my CAS card!
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Registered: October 29, 2004 Location: Coos Bay, Oregon Posts: 24007
Mon, Mar 06, 2017 @ 10:05 PM
I am so impressed with how perfect your shamrocks turned out, Maura. I thought you had a shamrock die. They are gorgeous with the metallic inka gold gold shimmer. TFS my friend and joining us at CAS Mix Up. Hugs..
Registered: January 20, 2011 Location: Beautiful British Columbia Posts: 7619
Mon, Mar 06, 2017 @ 11:01 PM
Gorgeous shimmer and shine from the inka gold and green re-inkers smooshing! So clever to create your own shamrocks using hearts dies --- looks awesome, Maura!!
Thanks for sharing with us at CAS Mix Up! And thanks for the wonderful shout out! xx