A Trio of Father's Day Cards with Alcohol Inks and Honey Bee Stamps - 2018

I got inky with my alcohol inks and played with colors until I had a few backgrounds that I liked.

Then I cut the top layer of the "Happy" die by Honey Bee Stamps out of gold cardstock and the second layer from velum.

The "Father's Day" is from Lawn Fawn's "Happy Happy Happy" stamp set heat embossed in white on black cardstock.

Father's Day Galaxy Card

I racked my brain trying to come up with a good masculine father's day idea for my step-dad and finally decided on getting out the alcohol inks and trying a technique I saw on YouTube.

After many failed attempts with trying to use foil to add some dimension, I finally got one that I was happy with and just decided to use some white paint to add stars.

Check out Ashlea_Crafts to see the alcohol ink process that I used.

Stampin Up - Up & Away Birthday Card

My grandmother's 85th birthday is this month and I was inspired by a card I saw on Pinterest.

This hot air balloon set by Stampin Up makes such wonderful balloon images!

Here are the steps and products I used to create this card:

• Cut four of the large hot air balloons from Stampin Up Up & Away Thinlits out of white cardstock with Stick-It and one out of Silver Glitter cardstock by Simon Says Stamp also with Stick-It and stuck all the pieces together to give the hot air balloon some dimension
• Created a bunch of alcohol ink backgrounds using Tim Holtz Ranger Alcohol Inks in Crimson, Sunset Orange, Sunshine Yellow, Clover, Sailboat Blue and Purple trying for a perfect rainbow
• Once I settled on my favorite background, I cut it up using the large hot air balloon detail piece dies.  Then, stuck these pieces to the back of my hot air balloon with the Stick-It that was on the white cardstock.  In hindsight, I wish that I had put the colored pieced right behind the glitter balloon piece instead of behind all of the dimensional pieces.  I think the colors would have shown up better.
• Cut a sheet of Spring Rain cardstock by Papertrey Ink using the Lawn Fawn Stitched Cloud Backdrop
• Stamped the sentiment from Stampin Up Humming Along with Versafine Black which I cut out with a Hero Arts Nesting Oval Infinity die

HAPPY 85TH BIRTHDAY TO MY GRANDMA!