Club Scrap Blog Hop: Color Me Happy

Time for another blog hop, seems like it was just Christmas and now it is nearly the end of January which means I had better get started on my Valentines.  Oh well, so it goes.  Before we jump into my cards, you should have arrived from Cheryl, and if you got lost along the way Click Here.

So lets get stated.  The kit this month was color me happy.  Included in the kit, besides the wonderful paper and stamps, was 2 sheets of 12 X 12 Yupo paper.  Yupo is weird paper that is really a plastic that is porous.  It accepts Alcohol inks like no other.  So, after my laborious task of creating the pop up, in my previous post (take a look if you haven't) I decided to Yupo my way through this blog hop

I pulled out my Ranger Alcohol Ink and my Copic Various (these are the same as the alcohol inks, but ofter a bit softer, 70% isopropyl alcohol and my Copic Blending Solution.  I had intended to use the ranger blending solution, bleach out areas, but unfortunately, I could find my bottle no where, oh well, I had plenty to play with.  And play I did.  I cut up my Yupo into useable pieces and just started dropping on ink.  Some I blew through a straw, some I added alcohol or blending solution and some went into the trash.  After a fun time, this is what I decided to keep.

Card 1:

I love this card, it is classy, elegant and perfectly flat for mailing.  

I started with the top image, but 1/2 way through I lost one of my panels and started over with the bottom one.  I should not be so messy and I wouldn't lose things!!

I cut this panel into 4th, then chose the parts that I like and using a 1.5 " square cute out the Yupo background.  I mounted this onto slightly smaller fun foam and centered them on a blue cardstock from kit, using a 1.75 inch die.  Placed the 4 squares onto a white card base and then onto the same blue cardstock in an A2 size.  I added some sequins in blue.  Lastly Stamped and embossed the Thank you on Velum and centered it between the top and bottom panels.  Lovely I think.

Card 2:

Well this was the most fun and little "out there".  

My Background!

My card.

I doodles all over the background with a black pen and a silver pen.

Then I glued little gems and enamel dots onto the "flowers".

Double click for a close up view.

I found a blue "dot or circle" in another panel, cut it out, doodled it into a flower and popped it into the corner on a wiggler.  Added a dragonfly (made the same was as in the pop up blog post, added a sentiment.  Placed it on a white A2 card base.  Voila!!

Card 3:

The background on this card said it all.  Nothing else required.  That is often the hardest with these cards.  When you just want it that background to be the whole card.  Trying to add something, often detracts from the background.  

Let's see what I did.

Not bad!!

How did I make this.  First it is mostly Copic Various liquid.  My secret tool to create this flowing image.  . . . . .

A Straw!!!!!!

So you drop on your ink and blow like crazy.  It dries rapidly and does not pool.  A dry air can, the kind you use to clean electronics works as well, but moves things way fast, sometimes too fast.  

Almost looks like a flower.  Very soft, and subtle compared to the Ranger Alcohol inks.  

Trimmed it up a bit, added a black ribbon and sequins.

The sentiment is perfect!

Stamped and fussy cut the tag, using the letters to guide the shape

Traced around the stamped tag and roughly cut it out.

                              Adhered the tag onto the shadow layer and trimmed it up more

This was popped up on fun Foam . Done!! 

Thank you for stopping by.  Your next stop is:   Jennifer

Happy Crafting, 

Josette

Links:

Club Scrap

Color Me Happy, January 2017 Kit