Due to a dirty little dark secret that those living in Orange County Calif. Keep secret, I had some extra time for card making. Along with the beautiful beaches, sunshine year round, and low crime rates, evil lurks in the walls of homes and offices.... TERMITES. Hoards of them descended on my dental office yesterday and we had to go home early. For the FF17 Stampmomma A challenge I made a holiday card with the word blessings. This is the second bg using alcohol inks and water....anyone who knows me knows I
lie a lot of color. White space makes me nervous. I left the yupo paper in a shallow pan of water and dropped extra ink on it. I added white gel pen, hand drew the flowers with a black sharpie, and added enamel accents. Julie chose a lovely site for today's IC. I chose the floral curtain in the 3rd row for my inspiration. TFL, Fcracie
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Ah, Yupo. That would account for your extra-vibrant colours. Now I know what to try next time I feel like bringing my inks downstairs. No way I'm going to try bringing a shallow test of water up or down my attic ladder :-). I love the way drawing your own flowers let you really use the ink patterns on the paper.
Yay for termites (so long as they aren't in your house)... So fun that you got a little extra play time this week. Your card is gorgeous! I love the colors on the flowers! Cool technique!