A New Dimension

I've started a new dimension to my card project and to my Etsy store. I now have Stickles and alchol inks including gold and silver metallic mixatives. You can see above the effects of adding the metallic mixative to alcoholic inks.

It is simple too. I take my Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink Applicator and add some applicator felt (which fits perfectly to my applicator and then I dab some Adirondack Ink to the applicator. I then add some Metallic Mixatives to the color to give the ink a polished stone effect or marbling effect. I tended to add some more color over top of the metal ink to get a good amount of color on the paper.

I also wanted to show off my new line of glitter glue called Stickles. So I stamped a butterfly in Old Olive Stamin' Up ink. I then filled in the butterfly using Turquoise Stickles. I outlined the antennae with Crystal Ice Ice Stickles. I didn't want to cut out the butterfly so instead I used the Stampin' Up Scallop circle punch. I was going to add it on top of regular paper but I saw some glossy paper that I had sprayed some Adirondack Color Wash Stream to and thought the butterfly would look beautiful against that paper. I then saw my other paper that I had colored using the Yellow Sunshine, Orange Sunset and Purple Twilight and thought that would make a beautiful card for this butterfly. Therefore, I cut it down to size (5 1/2 x 8 1/2) scored it in half so the size is 5 1/2 x 4 1/4. I thought this would make colorful birthday card so pulled out my "On Your Birthday" set from Stampin' Up and stamped using the Stazon Ink. This worked perfectly with the alcohol ink. As you can see, the ink didn't smear at all.

Getting Ready

This Saturday I am a hosting a table at Tarwater Elementary in Chandler, AZ. I will be selling my cards. As I've been previewing them here on my blog, you can see I have Easter cards, birthday cards and then just some sweet spring cards. Today, once again, I'll be adding to my collection. I would like to add some baby and thank you cards. If you live in the area, please stop by and bring your children, as they will be having activities for the kiddos.

I'm very excited to have been working on my inventory the last few weeks. Even though the weather doesn't quite feel like winter here in the desert, I always look forward to spring when the flowers seem to spring from the ground and birds sing in the trees. It's like a little wake me up or jump into spring.

Sunday I will be listing some of my inventory on Etsy and some on Lollishop. I am currently looking into additional venues in which to display my greeting cards. I am blessed when my cards can bring you and a loved one joy. So please, feel free to check back again.