Spray Ink + Glossy Paper

Hello!  It is Thursday folks and this little engine that could is still chugging, woo woo! You know me, and I always love to make a mess, so when I first saw the new Runway Inspired Challenge an idea popped in my brain and I thought, "what the heck, why not?"  My idea included some glossy paper, which I happened to have in my scrap stash, and some of my spray inks.  I have always loved the look of alcohol inks on glossy paper, but sadly own none of them... however, I think I might have found a small way to fix my need for them. Now just so we are clear, I am not saying these replace what you can do with alcohol inks, I've just found a way to get a similar look with products I happen to have on hand.  Let's take a look at my card first, and then I'll tell you what I did...

Now for the how to... I trimmed a strip of my glossy paper (I believe it might have been excess photo paper) and removed the nozzles on several of my ink sprays letting their coloring drip on the strip.  I let it sit for a few seconds and then went over the different colors in a wiping motion with a paper towel.  This gave me the marbleized look.  While this looked pretty cool as is I also wanted to capture the sparkle in the colors as seen in the challenge photo, so I added a strip of double sided adhesive and sprinkled with Hero Arts Prism Glitter. Ta - da!  The glitter also works as a sealant for the inks.  I then tucked it behind two black strips of cardstock to represent the coat in the photo.  Added the grey/white patterned paper to mimic the scarf, and finally I added black enamel dots to represent the black buttons.

Here is the photo that inspired me so much:

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you like my new little technique!
Happy Crafting!
Lisa

Supplies: Spray Ink: Heidi Swapp, Ranger; Die: Lawn Fawn; Enamel Dots: My Minds Eye

Runway Inspired Challenge #70

Hello, hello!  This is post #2 for me today, but I'm super duper excited about this one... It is super CAS, but with some omph!  You know what I'm talking about, wink wink!  Check it out...

 

Ta da!!!  Sometimes you get those ideas that pop up in your brain and it all works out just right, yay!!!  To create my card I started with a red panel the same size as my card base, I then trimmed the top corners.  Next I cut staright up the center from the bottom of the red panel and then came in and up from both bottom corners.  This formed my Christmas tree opening.  You can't help but be struck by the pure beauty and force of the antlers in the inspirational photo, so I used my Mama Elephant antler image from their Winter Wonderland stamp set as the "star" on top of my tree.  Next I heat embossed the sentiment, and for the finishing touch I used an old earring that belonged to my Great Aunt who passed away last year.  She had several earrings without backs to them and they are perfect for adding bling to any paper project.  The colors were so perfect I had to pinch myself.

And here is a look at the RIC #70 Challenge photo:

I am also entering this into the Mama Elephant and Me Challenge: Anything Goes
and into the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Anything Goes

Happy Crafting and thank you so much for stopping by!
Lisa