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Monday, 5 March 2018

Gold or Silver - alcohol inks

Good Morning all,  Brrr what a cold one, i hope you are all keeping warm and cosy. 

So the theme this fortnight at Make My Monday  is

GOLD OR SILVER

I dug out the mirror card and decided to go all out and use it as the main feature with alcohol inks, getting a decent photo has not been easy at all. 


I first die cut silver mirror card into stripes and dry embossed with flowers, i then used alcohol inks to colour it.  I then used a cotton bud and blending solution i removed the ink from the flowers.  I mounted them onto white card, then silver mirror card and a white 6.5 x 5" card blank

I then stamped a sentiment onto white card and die cut into an oval and mounted onto silver mirror card.  I kept the embellishment simple with one metal flower to show of the background. 


Trying to show the colour better.



This shows the embossed panels coloured with the inks before i removed it from the flowers, you can see the colours so much better here. 



and onto a gold mirror card version


Same details as the first ones but instead i used red, orange and yellow alcohol inks onto gold mirror card and all the mats are gold. 

This shows the colour a bit better


and below is the embossed panels before i added the alcohol inks
Its a shame i couldn't get a photo to do it justice, but i really enjoyed playing with my alcohol inks again and in a different way for me so will be doing it again. 

Items Used
Silver & Gold mirror card
Ranger Tim Holtz Alcohol inks
Lettuce, bottle, stream & wild plum (on the silver)
Red Pepper, sunshine yellow & Terra cotta (on the gold)
Spellbinders M-bossabilities EL-005 
MFT Stitched rectangle set
Clearly besotted sentiment stamps 'Fancy sayings'
Spellbinders oval dies
Tim Holtz Ideology metal flowers

Please do pop over to MMM we love to see what you will come up with for gold or silver.

I hope you all have a good week whatever the weather brings us. Emma



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23 comments:

  1. Basslady5 March 2018 at 10:19

    this is so wonderful and clever...fabulous, teamie!

    hugs and kisses from germany
    silvi xoxo

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  2. Alison595 March 2018 at 12:42

    WOW fabby cards Emma :-)

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  3. ALI5 March 2018 at 13:03

    WOW they are stunning, the result is beautiful x

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  4. gwen705 March 2018 at 13:51

    Fabulous cards Emma

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  5. Jean S5 March 2018 at 15:05

    Fabulous Emma, love the red/orange colour xx

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  6. Anonymous5 March 2018 at 16:42

    Gorgeous work...clever idea with the Mirri..just a nighmare to photo well...so thanks for the extra pics..Marilyn.x

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  7. Pam5 March 2018 at 16:46

    Amazing cards Emma. Love the gold mirri one, colours are so vibrant.
    Pam x

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  8. Babs5 March 2018 at 16:57

    Gorgeous colours and card Emma, what a fab technique too, love the flower embossed background so pretty..
    Hugs Babs x

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  9. Anonymous5 March 2018 at 20:31

    Your cards are fabulous, Emma. You have such wonderfully crafty ideas! I can imagine the nightmare of taking a photo that would do your work justice.
    Hugs, Kathleen

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  10. Kirsty Long5 March 2018 at 21:20

    Two stunning cards, love the effects with the alcohol pens, beautiful work Emma. Big hugs Kirsty. x

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  11. Diane5 March 2018 at 22:19

    Wonderful colors Emma, great technique and card design.

    Hugs Diane

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  12. StephW5 March 2018 at 22:47

    Great idea to use the mirri in panels & love the warm colours of the red, orange & yellow ... beautiful makes ... Steph x

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  13. As.I.Do.Rodos.6 March 2018 at 08:12

    Stunning cards

    Ginny x As I do Rodos

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  14. meg6 March 2018 at 10:27

    Two beautiful cards, the inks on the embossed panels are beautiful

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  15. Denise Fletcher6 March 2018 at 13:26

    Funnily enough l was playing wit my alcohol inks the other day, but never thought of using blending solution to remove ink! Thanks for the tip 😉 Great cards xx

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  16. Herbaholic6 March 2018 at 13:36

    WOW! These cards look stunning Emma, I ordered some of the circular felts for alcohol inks for the mini blending tools last month. They've just been despatched, so I may give this a try, thanks for the inspiration :) I love how you used cotton buds, I have a stash in the bathroom and wouldn't have thought of 'crafting' with them :) Mirror card is a beast to capture in a photo, I try often and fail. Love & hugs - Debs xxx

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  17. Hells6 March 2018 at 20:34

    They are so dramatic. Wonderful cards, especially the red ones. It is so hard to get a true picture I agree..

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  18. Betty6 March 2018 at 23:42

    Stunning cards Emma.

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  19. sweetpea7 March 2018 at 13:47

    I love alcohol inks, love your cards. Janet x

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  20. sandy's crafty bits7 March 2018 at 19:08

    hi Emma ... two super cards and they look so different done in different mirror card ... yes it is very hard to get a good photo but you have certainly managed it ... well done ... hope you are well ... happy crafting and love sandy xx

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  21. FridayFeeling10 March 2018 at 20:21

    Fantastic cards, I love the effects with the alcohol inks.

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  22. Sian17 March 2018 at 22:04

    These are brilliant! I think I'll have to try this technique. I haven't used my alcohol inks in ages.

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  23. Kathy P20 March 2018 at 09:15

    Fabulous selection of cards Emma xx

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