Monday, January 21, 2013

OWH Sketch #156

Thanks to an OWH blogger, I discovered the Creative Jump Start which is full of creative ideas.  I started in the middle watching a video on alcohol inks and it inspired me to get out my glossy paper and play with my 6 inks (I don't have very many). 
 
I used a felt piece on my ink tool and blotted a few colors, then swished them around to make the purple & green papers.    The two papers that are splattered are from a Tim Holtz technique using canned air: 12 tags of 2012 - July. 
 
I enjoy the splatter technique so much that I've used up an entire can of compressed air!
When I saw this week's OWH sketch, I wanted to use my papers and make the rectangle look like a piece of art.  My first attempt:
I backed my purple inked card with purple and orange vellum.  Hmmm...not too sure if I like this one that much.  My second attempt:
That's better!  The stamp  sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp.  I double layered the back of my splatter image with teal and yellow vellum.
 
I totally had an oops moment with this and ruined one splattered paper.  I thought I could heat emboss an image over the glossy paper and watched it bubble up when I pointed my heat gun at it.  Duhh...I know that glossy paper/heat tools don't mix! I'm inspired to buy more alcohol inks and canned air now. 
 
I'm proud to say that I did a bit of scrap wrangling and threw away papers that I hadn't used in six months.  Feels good to clean out a bit!
 


6 comments:

  1. Wow, so cool to use a totally different media. Real art! One of a kind.

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  2. That is really cool! I love the second one. The colors really pop!

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  3. Gorgeous cards Erika, and definitely one of a kind pieces of art. Love the wood grain look of the 1st one, and the feathery look of the 2nd. Perfect for this sketch. Thanks so much for playing!

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  4. Really nice designs you created. Alcohol inks are so colorful and they really added to your card design.

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  5. I have yet to try these...and yours are gorgeous...I will get there one day! Thanks for the inspiration!!!

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