Handmade by Michelle

I've been on a kick of making alcohol inks with foil - I've made a pile of Yupo panels, and this is how I used one of them.


The sentiment is from "Beautiful Day" by Altenew.


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I recently bought a stamp set and stencil from Sarah Gray at Funky Fossil Designs -and as soon as they arrived, I totally CASEd  card by Sarah!


I stamped the wreath image onto some coral coloured cardstock and white mbossed it, then coloured the flowers with red and pink Copic markers. I added a white embossed sentiment from Simon Says Stamp, some Distress Oxide ink around the edges and some Wink of Stella over the flowers.


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The new challenge at A Blog Named Hero is Christmas in July!


I used these cute little elves with the matching die, and added a sentiment from Winter Holiday Messages from Hero Arts.


Make sure you visit the A Blog Named Hero Facebook page - there's heaps of inspiration there!

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I am very excited to be a guest of The Flower Challenge for July!
You still have a bit of time to join in!


The challenge this month is "Pretty Pastels"


This is what I came up with:


I white embossed a flower from Fantastic Flowers from Sweet n Sassy Stamps, and I coloured it with Zig markers and water. I then used the Splash layering stencil from Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous to add some texture around the floral image. I stamped and clear embossed a sentiment from Gina K onto vellum and wrapped it around the panel, and finished with some white enamel dots.


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I recently bought this border die from Altenew - great  for making two cards for the price of one!
I started with a panel of Yupo coloured with green alcohol inks.


I finished this card with stamps from Simon Says Stamp.


Then I made this card with the positive die cut.


 The sentiment stamps are also from Altenew.


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Welcome to a new challenge at Fusion!









I stamped and embossed the floral image from Wplus9, and coloured it with Zig markers and water. I added a black embossed sentiment on vellum over the top.


Make sure you check out all the rest of the inspiration at the Fusion challenge blog, and play along with your own creation!
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This is the sister of a card I posted last month.


I made a panel of alcohol ink on yupo, cut it into strips, and added a sentiment from Hero Arts embossed onto black cardstock.


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I've been stuck in a bit of a rut recently, so I went to Pinterest with the intention of choosing a colour scheme that is a bit out of my comfort zone. I found this one with coral, navy, a cool grey and a pale warm grey.


I used the Floral Fantasy background from MFT, coloured with Zig markers and water, and a sentiment from Papertrey Ink.


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I made these cards after multiple blog comments, Instagram comments and emails asking if I had made a video showing how to make certain cards using alcohol pearls and alcohol inks. I decided I hadn't made a video in a while, so I did!


I used alcohol pearls in the colours Deception, Splendor, Alchemy, Sublime, Tranquil and Villainous. I stamped and white embossed over the alcohol pearls - I give some tips on embossing on vellum int the video.
 

For the first card, I used the Kind Soul stamp set from Wplus9, and a sentiment from Sketched Flowers from Simon Says Stamp. 


For the 2nd card, I used the large flower from Fantastic Flowers from Sweet n Sassy Stamps, and a sentiment from the same Simon Says Stamp set. 


For the third card, I didn't do any embossing on the Yupo, but I stamped the sentiment from Hero Arts in Versafine Onyx Black onto a strip of vellum and embossed with clear embossing powder.



And here's the video!


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I love my Zig markers. Love. But because I love them, I tend not to reach for my distress markers as much any more. Fixed that today.


I wanted to use slightly more muted colours today. I used the Floral Mix Background stamp from Simon Says Stamp, along with a sentiment die also from Simon Says Stamp, and a sentiment stamp from Birch Press.


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