Saturday StepxStep

Hello friends, Linda here with this week's Saturday StepxStep. I've had several questions on how I did the alcohol ink on acrylic packaging for the fish that I did for the "Fishing Trip" tag I showed last week on my personal blog so I thought I would incorporate that into my StepxStep this week. I also saw a great post on Tammy Tutterrow's blog this week about die cutting on a fold which got the wheels turning.

I got out my tag die and using plain white CS, I cut a folded tag as Tammy showed in her post.  Then using the Butterflight On the Edge die, I cut the butterfly edge.  Using the small edge texture fade from the Springtime set, I embossed the remaining part of the front panel with butterflies.

Using acrylic packaging left over from a Tim Holtz die cut set, I cut a strip of acrylic butterflies with the Butterflight On the Edge die.  I pulled out three blue shades of alcohol inks:  Stream, Stonewashed and Pool, plus my favorite color Ginger and started the process of coloring my acrylic butterflies.  Starting with a clean felt pad on my alcohol ink applicator, I applied a small squirt of stonewashed and dabbed it onto the acrylic.

I let that dry - it only takes a few seconds, then added another squirt of a second color of alcohol ink and dabbed on another layer of ink.

I repeated it with all the colors of ink, letting each layer dry before adding another color.

After the last layer was applied, it was a little harsh for what I wanted here so I pulled out my Pearl alcohol ink mixative and went over the entire piece dabbing the Pearl over it.  Sorry forgot to snap a pic of that step.  I loved the way it looked but for this piece it wasn't transparent enough.  I had stamped a line of text on the butterflies and wanted that to show through so I applied some alcohol ink blending solution to my applicator and dabbed that over the layers.  It removed just enough (but still left the coloring on) to let the text show through.  

Pulling out a few different Tim Holtz stamp sets, I did some random stamping on the inside, added a sentiment which I heat embossed on and then sponged on Tumbled Glass distress ink, followed by inking the edges with Walnut Stain DI.  

I added a bit of staining using Walnut Stain DI on my craft sheet, spritzed with a bit of water.  I made a little puddle and then carefully lay my piece in a few droplets here and there and then dry with the heat tool.  

Rayon seam binding was colored with Tumbled Glass and a bit of Walnut Stain, scrunched up and dried to shabby it up and then tied in a triple bow. I finished it off the inside with a rhinestone safety pin.

The acrylic strip was added to the front with wonder tape.  Once I had it affixed, I used my heat tool on the butterflies to warp them a bit which gave them a bit of dimension and texture.  I added a strip of hand dyed Venise lace to cover the wonder tape and the piece was good to go.  

Thanks so much for starting your weekend off with Frilly and Funkie.  Wishing everyone a great weekend and to my American friends, happy Memorial Day!

Sizzix Alterations Tim Holtz On the Edge Butterflight Die	Tim Holtz Sixxiz Texture Fades - Springtime Background and Borders	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Tumbled Glass	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Walnut Stain	Ranger Adirondack Alcohol Ink - Stonewashed
Ranger Adirondack Alcohol Ink - Stream	Ranger Adirondack Alcohol Ink - Pool	Ranger Adirondack Alcohol Ink - Ginger	Ranger Adirondack Alcohol Ink - Pearl Mixative	Ranger Adirondack Alcohol Ink Applicator, Stamp Handle and Felt
Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Good Thoughts	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Papillon	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Stuff to Say	Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black	Silver Tone Rhinestone Safety Pins
Rayon Seam Binding	Venise Lace Trim - 11/16"