I used three colors of Ranger/Adirondack Alcohol Inks for the background (on white glossy) then used Forest Green StazOn to stamp the sunflower. Trimmed and applied to a second sheet of background made the same way (i.e. the other half of the sheet).
Dragonly was punched from bg scrap.
Sent to DH's coworker when their house burned - this is the card his department fought over to sign (instead of additional store-bought cards his manager had to buy so everyone could write a message of support).
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Date: Saturday, February 10, 2007 GMT Views: 3368
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Registered: October 19, 2004 Location: Warsaw, MO Posts: 17004
Wed, Feb 21, 2007 @ 2:57 PM
Your background looks great! a lot of the alcohol backgrounds I've seen tend to look spotty - yours doesn't. I like the effect of the background behind the flower too - bet that was fun to cut out!
Registered: January 21, 2005 Location: I escaped from NY! I ♥️ my new state of SC! Posts: 22762
Wed, Feb 21, 2007 @ 5:26 PM
Hey Dini ~
I know what you mean about spotty backhrounds when using alcohol inks. I think I avoid that by applying each color separately and overlapping them. I also make sure to pounce (although I sometimes use a pulling motion to get a striped background instead). I have some self-adhesive felt that I put on a rectangular wooden block (kids toy), so I can easily change it as needed.
A similar effect (although not as vibrant - imo) can be achieved using rubbing alcohol and dye-based reinkers. Look in the resources section for Polished Stone and/or Magic Snowflake techniques. You'll have fun following those tutorials.