Under The Sea Card Series - Deep into the Ocean

Hello there,

Today I'm back to show you the second card I made using liquid pigment inks and alcohol. The process is the same as my first alcohol background card (the one with the flowers ^^), here it is:

I first spayed alcohol on a piece of glossy paper (or photo paper), put some colored drops, sprayed again with alcohol and then moved the paper to mix all the colors together. Put more drops and alcohol, and mixed again. And let the panel dry overnight.

Once I saw the result, I immediately thought of a deep ocean. So from black cardstock, I die cut a coral border, a hill border and another one from a tree border (I just removed the trees), and glued these at the bottom of my panel.

Stamped my sentiment using versamark ink, applied silver powder on top and clean it to reveal a shiny sentiment.

I stamped a cute little mermaid, colored her using my zigs markers, fussy cut her and glued her on my panel. From back cardstock, I also die cut three sea horses, a shell and a starfish. Glued these on the panel.

Attached my panel to a white card base, simply added some sequins here and there and clear glitter to the mermaid hair and tail to finish the card.

VIDEO

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CRAFTIN DESERT DIVAS SUPPLIES

- Mermaid Lagoon stamp set

- Ocean Border dies

- Island dies

OTHER SUPPLIES

- Liquid pigment inks from Aladine

- Alcohol from the supermarket

- Zigs markers

- Glossy paper from my stash

- Black cardstock from Simon Says Stamp

- Silver perfect pearls powder from Ranger

Craftin Desert Divas - Liquid Pigment Ink + Alcohol Background

Hey there,

Today I'm here to share with you a card that is pretty different compared to my other projects. It was my first time using liquid pigment inks with alcohol, and getting messy with these supplies was so fun!

When I saw the result after drying, the background immediately reminds me of paintings from Monet (without pretension, of course ^^) so I decided to add flowers to kind of match one of his fabulous creations.

So I first started by spraying alcohol on glossy paper (the kind of paper we use to print photos on), next I applied different colors of liquid pigment inks, sprayed a lot of alcohol again on top and moved the paper to mixed the colors together.

Did this process two or three times to get a good coverage and until I was happy with the result. Let  the panel dry overnight.

I took all the flower and leaf dies I have from CDD and die cut a bunch from bristol smooth cardstock. Colored them with my zig markers trying not to be too heavy to get kind of a soft and pastel look.

I heat embossed my sentiment using versamark ink and gold embossing powder, attached the panel to a white card base and finally glued all the die cuts on the panel using glue dots and liquid glue, trying to get a nice harmony.

VIDEO
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CRAFTIN DESERT DIVAS SUPPLIES

- Garden Border die set

- Inside Scalloped Circle die set

- Scenery die set

- Simply Said stamp set