Friday, May 24, 2013

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!

20 comments:

  1. oh, FUN! I was going to try the alcohol ink this weekend, but you have stepped it up a notch :). I just got my edge dies, so hmmmmm wheels are turning :)

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  2. Love this!! Adds that extra dimension and you had me at butterflies!

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  3. Gorgeous card Linda, love the butterflies along the edge. Great technique of die cutting on the fold. Sue C x

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  4. Really love those butterflies! Fabulous tag with so much depth! You already gave me an idea! Hugs!

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  5. I was inspired when I saw Tammy's but you have taken it to another level entirely with your stunning tag Linda, it is gorgeous! Must give this a try.... Hope you have a lovely weekend too. Hugs, Anne x

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  6. WOW Gorgeous! It adds that extra touch of the WOW factor.

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  7. OMG this is fabulous Linda!!!! Love the way the Pearl Mixative has softened everything and the way the text shows through the butterflies. You'll have more wheels turning in crafty heads everywhere with this x

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  8. So clever, and so beautiful! Those delicate butterfly wings are just a delight, and I love the whole folded edge to the tag - brilliant!
    Alison x

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  9. I have already commented on "frilly and Funkie" but I can not help but do it here too! It 'a wonderful tag! BArbarayaya

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  10. Sorry!!!!! I'm confused! I wanted to say that I have already commented on The funkie junkie! However, I say again: it is a fabulous tag! Barbarayaya

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  11. GORGEOUS. Just pinned it to 2 of my boards. TFS!

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  12. ...this tag is breathtaking, one of the best I've seen in a long while, I love it...Melxx :)

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  13. Beautiful make, - the effect of the alcohol inks on the butterflies looks fantastic!

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  14. This is so beautiful Linda, I love the color you chose. Thanks for showing us the technique, I will def need to try this one out.

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  15. This is Awesome! I can't wait to try it out.
    Thanks for your amazing inspiration Linda.
    Your posts make my day!
    Hugz
    Moz

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  16. FANTASTIC LINDA!!!! I'm going to be playing with this! Super great tutorial! Thanks so much for the inspiration!

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  17. Oh, Linda, I really, really love this idea!! What a fabulous step-by-step. Very inspiring!!

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