PDD Challenge *Love H20*

This month, we had a challenge at Pez-A-Doodle to do a faux granite technique using alcohol inks. The first part was to choose a granite sample as inspiration. I choose this:

Beautiful blues and silver. The technique is to take similar colors of alcohol inks along with a metal mixative (silver in this case) to create a faux granite to use as "tile" on a project.
First, begin by putting all your choosen colors (including metallic) onto the felt of your applicator tool. Dab all over glossy cardstock until you get the color you want. Next put blending solution onto same felt and dab all over the cardstock again to blend the colors.
After you've completed all your paper, cut or punch into squares and use on your project! I had a lot of fun with this and really went all out just creating a project just for me. Here's my "granite" paper:



And my finished mirror:



After making my faux granite, the project in my head totally changed (often happens!). It reminded me of summer and the water of the lakes, rivers and ocean and I wanted to use it to bring all those elements together.
I used rope along edge of mirror. The hearts and H2O are TH grungeboard painted with TH crackle paints. I used the same rope to tie that adorable metal fishy to a TH fragment charm that I colored with the same alcohol inks. I added decorative baubles around the outside and small shells as accents.
The only thing I had to purchase for this project was the mirror, which was $1.99 at Michaels! You can really have a lot of fun using this technique with some great Tim Holtz products and stuff you have around your house. Here's some closeups of my mirror and links to the products used.


All Tim Holtz products from Pez-A-Doodle:
Grungeboard
TH Fragment Charms
Distress Crackle Paints
Alcohol Inks


Thanks for stopping!

Hugs- Kelly

Fun with Alcohol Inks!

OK, sorry for the delay, but I'm back with pics of how to do the fun technique I used on my card yesterday with Alcohol Inks. First you need a few different colors of Alcohol Inks, glossy cardstock (Ranger is best) and a can of air (like for cleaning your keyboard), you can purchase that just about anywhere including Walmart, Target & office stores.
For my samples, I cut the cardstock into standard A2 size.

First, pick out your alcohol ink colors and put your paper on napkins or a wipe-off craft mat.

Put a drop of your first color onto the paper and spray from above or side with canned air.

Continue with other colors until you achieve the look you want.

This is my finished piece, ready for another project! I just love the new brights alcohol inks for this effect because their color is so intense. I think this paper has kind of a "groovy" feel with the neon colors! I'll share my finished project as soon as I use this, in the mean time, I'll have another alcohol ink technique up tomarrow with a great finished project (a home project, not a card). Very fun!

Thanks for stoppin!

Hugs- Kelly

PDD Wednesday!!!

Hello everyone! It's PDD Wednesday!!! Make sure to check out what all the other Pezzy girls have to share on their blogs today as well. Marti has some blog candy so make sure to check out her blog as well. (The links in the post below)

Well, I have a daughter home early with the stomach flu, so I'm going to post my finished project with a little description for now. After she is in bed tonight, I will come back on and post step-by-step pictures of the technique I used with the alcohol inks. Thanks for waiting for that! :)

For the paper I made using alcohol inks, I used Ranger glossy paper, alcohol inks (just drop on one dot at a time) and a can of air sprayer. All the alcohol inks are from the new brights line and those as well as the glossy cardstock are available at Pez-A-Doodle. I used the hinged card technique challenge from SCS this Monday as well. Unity Stamps.

Thanks for stopping, please stop back later or tomarrow to see the step by step of this fun alcohol ink technique.

Hugs- Kelly

Pez-A-Doodle Blog Candy!

Marti has some homemade blog candy over at the Pez-A-Doodle Designs blog, make sure to go check it out for a chance at winning!
I do have a project to share, but just got a call that my daughter just got sick all over her classroom :( So, i'll have to post it up as soon as I can, sorry for the delay, off to pick her up.

Hugs- Kelly

Papertrey Ink May Blog Hop!!!

Tonight is the Papertrey Ink May blog hop! So much fun to see everyone's creations! There's a simple card I have in mind I'm going to try to complete soon that fits this months challenge as well, but for now, this is the challenge and my take on it!

May Blog Hop

Spring and summer tend to be the most colorful out of the four seasons. One color in particular that evokes the warmer weather is yellow!!! Your challenge this month is to use this trendsetting color to the best of it's potential! You can use it in small pieces as an accent or as the main color. Experiment & play, discovering new color combos that perhaps you hadn't thought of before. No matter what, just have fun and enjoy the feeling of happiness that this cheerful color evokes

So for my project I worked on a goodie box for my son's 2 bus drivers as an end of the year gift. I used the new lunchbox template from Lauren as my base.

I used punches for the windows and wheels and used scor-tape to put acetate behind the window openings. I used my label-maker to put the school listing on the side of the bus.

This is my first attempt, so I'm thinking of ways to fancy it up even more, I'm thinking i'll probably do some work with some background PTI stamp sets for my next attempt. I'm thinking i'll also add black circles to the front of the bus with large round clear gems to simulate headlights.

Thanks for stopping!

Hugs- Kelly

Pez-A-Doodle Memorial Day *SALE*

Monday only for Memorial Day, Pez-A-Doodle will be 25% off most products!!! No code needed, items will already be marked with sale price! Yippee!

Happy Memorial Day!!!

Hugs- Kelly

More Alcohol Fun! :)

Ok, it's alcohol inks...not actual alcohol :) Soooo much fun to play with, I decided to do another version of an inked tin today. Sorry for the lack of posting this week, I've had several technical difficulties! Anyway, I wanted to show another version of a tin with alcohol inks, silver & blending solution.
This time I used a white tin which gives a totally different look right from the start. A white background makes the colors of the inks even more brilliant and adds some "white space" to any parts you don't cover with the inks.
First, using the ink tool & felt, I added 5 colors of alcohol inks in 2 tiny dots per color to the felt. Dab all over tin, leaving a little white space. Then, add 2-3 dots of the silver mixitive to the felt and dab all over tin again. Lastly, squirt some blending solution onto your felt pad and go over tin again until the inks are blended to your liking.
If you have all of your inks ready to go, this whole tin takes less than 5 minutes! The alcohol inks dry pretty much instantly, so it's a very quick way to make a beautiful impact!


Of course you can get all the great alcohol ink products to complete these tins right at Pez-A-Doodle by clicking on the banner to the right! She's got tons of great new Tim Holtz stuff including new alcohol ink colors (LOTS of them!), new alcohol ink pens & fun accents!
Have a great weekend everyone!

Hugs- Kelly

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