This is for Cathy's fun Ways to Use It Challenge - to use something new. This is my first card of 2015.
Father Christmas brought me some terrific Unity stamps and a few more Izinks!! I love the beautiful pearly finish of Izinks, but I find they don't spread very far so I use them as a top coat only.
This background was first done by smacking several pink distress inks onto a sheet of foil, spritz on a LOT of water, then drag the cardstock through the puddle, spritz on more water and continue to move the cardstock around until well covered.
Using the same sheet of foil (and working quickly while your cardstock is still rather wet), apply 3 drops of Izink, spritz each drop with few good squirts of water and swish the cardstock around until you get good coverage.
I always use an A4 sheet, so I have enough for 3 tall cards. Once dry, cut to size, spritz with a bit more water, blot with a tissue then stencil and stamp. Fussy cut feathers and stamp on sentiment.
Happy New Year ladies and thank you for looking.
Date: Thursday, January 1, 2015 GMT Views: 2103
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Registered: March 31, 2008 Location: Eastlake, OH Posts: 22598
Thu, Jan 01, 2015 @ 8:02 AM
Beautifully done, Susie and Happy New Year! I love that background! The texture you add with your stamping and stenciling is so beautiful! Fantastic cutting on those feathers! I always love seeing the doodled edges too! Wow, this is so pretty!
Registered: May 23, 2009 Location: sunny california Posts: 9825
Thu, Jan 01, 2015 @ 9:32 AM
Your gorgeous cards sure stand out in the gallery, Susie. Your sense of design always shines through...just the hint of flowers on the edges looks fantastic and lets your wonderful bkg really shine. Such beautiful shades of pink. A terrific card to start 2015. Happy new year dear friend.
Registered: August 7, 2007 Location: North Carolina Posts: 28113
Thu, Jan 01, 2015 @ 1:13 PM
Oooooh this is a beautiful use of your new toys Susie!!! LOVE it in pink!!!
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