Hi, crafty friends. I’m excited to be a part of the Blog Hop celebrating THIS new release from Simon Says Stamp. I used several new goodies on these three cards…
I’ve recently joined the alcohol ink band wagon and have been experimenting by making backgrounds. I wanted to share a few ideas on how to use portions of the backgrounds that you aren’t happy with.
The first background was created using THIS alcohol ink with THIS blending solution on THIS paper. I applied drops all over the paper and found that I was too heavy handed with the ink so I grabbed another piece of YUPO paper and laid it on top of the first to soak up some of the ink. I pressed it down and gave it a little wiggle. When I pulled them apart, I noticed lines that resembled ripples that was perfect for the water scene that I was trying to create…
After the piece was completely dry, I stamped the greeting from THIS new stamp set with THIS ink and sprinkled on THIS embossing powder. Then I carefully taped it down to a cutting board. I did this to prevent so much warping from the heat gun when I embossed it. YUPO paper is plastic so it is very sensitive to heat. I let my heat gun get very hot before bringing it to my paper and did short bursts of heat. You don’t want to leave the heat on it for too long. I finished off the card by adding THIS adorable walrus to the top of the card. I sandwiched him between the piece and the fun foam behind it to secure him. I trimmed down my card to make sure it would still fit in a standard size envelope. I finished off the card with a few embellishments created from THIS die and THIS glitter cardstock. I’m using that die a lot for embellishments these days.
For the second card…
I die-cut THIS die from another alcohol ink background I wasn’t happy with. I didn’t like it as a whole, but I love the little pieces it created. I did a die-cut inlay technique where I die-cut the same die from white cardstock panel and applied adhesive underneath. Wherever there is an opening, the adhesive is exposed and I dropped in the pieces like a puzzle. I die-cut one of THESE circles from the center and placed another portion of that alcohol ink background inside to create a focal point for THIS cute new lamb die.
I stamped a sentiment from THIS new stamp set with THIS ink and adhered the piece to a gray note card after rounding the bottom corners with THIS.
For the last card…
I decided to die-cut another background that I was going to toss in the trash since it didn’t turn out the way I hoped. It was a rainbow background where some areas turned brown from too many colors mixing. However, there were a few bright spots left that created fun balloons…
I tied the die-cut balloons to the mouth of THIS new alligator die. I added googly eyes for some fun and some of THESE stars for added interest to the background. I finished off the card by stamping a sentiment strip using THIS new awesome stamp set.
I hope this has inspired you to salvage your backgrounds that you aren’t happy with and use them in other ways.
Click HERE to see the entire Best Days Release.
KEEP HOPPING
There is much more inspiration to see. Click HERE for the next stop on the hop and visit my friend, Sarah Moerman. Click HERE to start at the beginning of the hop. Here’s the complete blog hop list…
Looking for even more inspiration? I shared a blog post HERE using different products from the release.
GIVEAWAY
Simon Says Stamp is giving away a $25 gift certificate at each stop on the hop! Comment below for your chance to win. I would love to hear which card was your favorite from the three cards I shared today. Winners will be announced on the Simon Says Stamp blog onWednesday. Good Luck!
March 11, 2018
Oh how you must love making new out of old! I particularly like your version of the croc – great job!
March 11, 2018
Yes yes yes! Alcohol inks are back! That card with the little lamb on it is the prettiest card! Oh my goodness! What beautiful colors! I’m so glad you didn’t toss it!!!
March 10, 2018
Love the way there is always another use for something that wasn’t quite right for what we wanted to begin with. Your cards are so much fun and so inventive. 🙂
March 10, 2018
Heather, thanks for showing us how to save the best scraps from “botched”cards to be recycled into beautiful elements for new cards.Very creative!
March 10, 2018
Great ideas!! and colorful they are adorable!!
March 10, 2018
Fun Cards !
Great you were able to use the scraps
for perfect focal parts of cards!
March 10, 2018
Great ideas for using some of the alcohol ink backgrounds ! Sometimes small areas are just too pretty to discard and I like how you used them. Very pretty cards – thanks for sharing !
March 10, 2018
Love the balloons tied to the crocodile, so,funny.
March 10, 2018
I love your cards, hard to choose a favorite!!
March 10, 2018
When Heidi showed these on the FB Live post, I loved them and I still think they are wonderful!! 🙂
March 10, 2018
That alligator is super cute! What a clever idea!
March 10, 2018
Awesome background and cards.
March 10, 2018
Darling cards, thanks for the great tips!
March 10, 2018
Very nice cards. I really like your blue alcohol ink background.
March 10, 2018
Love your cards!!! The alcohol ink background you did is awesome – can’t wait to try something like that out.