Saturday, April 28, 2018

Tiddly Inks blog hop

I got an email the other day from Tiddly Inks announcing that they would be having a blog hop that anyone could participate in.  I have several of their digital stamps in my collection so I figured why not play along??

The image I am using is called Mama's Fuchsias.  Christy has a TON of gorgeous digital and clear stamps in her store.  If you aren't familiar with Tiddly Inks, I suggest you check out the store!


I printed the stamp out onto Bristol smooth paper.  I grabbed several colors of Zig Clean Color real brush markers, a waterbrush and got to coloring.  No extra fancy coloring here.  I layed down a little color and spread it out with the waterbrush.  If I felt I had too much color I would wipe my brush on a paper towel.  After the first layer was dry I did go back and add a little more color for a bit of shading.  Once the main image was dry, I went around all of the edges with the English Lavender Zig marker and spread out the color as far as I could.  I think it helps to pop the image off the page!

I set it aside and got to working on my background.  I have been slowly building up my collection of  Alcohol inks.  I just love to sit down and play around to see what I can get!  I chose three colors that coordinated with my colored flowers.  Raspberry, Amethyst and Botanical.  I just kept adding color and blending solution.  Used a straw to blow the colors around a bit.  Stared at it some more.  Added more color.  And so on until I was happy with the results.  Once it was pretty dry I laid a piece of gold foil on top and rubbed over it.  Pull it back slowly to see the little veins of gold!  


Isn't it gorgeous??!!    I almost hated to cut into it but it was too big for an A2 card.  I cut it with a die from Pretty Pink Posh and attached it to the card base.    The flowers I cut out with a die from Spellbinders and mounted it to the background with a layer of craft foam.  For the final bit, I heat embossed the sentiment in gold onto a scrap of black cardstock and glued it in place.  I did go over the sentiment with Wink of Stella to give it a little bit of sparkle!  Here is the finished card!


I can't wait to see what everyone creates!

~Kristina


21 comments:

  1. This is great coloring and an amazing background!

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  2. Great colors and I love that you used my mom's favorite flower!! Thank you for sharing and being part of the blog hop!

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  3. Awww...this was my mom's favorite flower! Beautifully done! Love that background too! Thanks for sharing!

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  4. Beautiful!! I love that technique! It is is definitely on my to-do list! Thanks for sharing!
    Lyn T

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  5. I hadn't seen this Tiddly image before and your card made me add it to my wish list. Your background really makes the colors just shout!!

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  6. The background is absolutely stunning. Love the coloring on the image.

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  7. WOW this is amazing, what as stunning crteration, Love the background, Im with you and not wanting to cut it up!! Beautiful, Love Hazel x

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  8. wowzers Kristina this is just amazing. The flowers look so delicate and that background you made is just perfect. Thank you so much for hopping with us, hugs Lou x

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  9. Oh wow!! This is gorgeous!!! The background is amazing!

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  10. Oh my I love that background and it works fabulously with the colours on image. Hugs Lisa xxx

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  11. Fab card! Such a cool background too. Thanks for joining in on the hop!

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  12. Wow!! After seeing your design, I think I must try alcohol inks. I don't have any in my stash but I've seen so many folks using them lately. I love your card and how the background compliments your fabulous coloring! It's a gorgeous card!! Thanks for sharing it with us on our blog hop!! xx Jen DT

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  13. Absolutely gorgeous card; I'm in awe of your background!

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  14. oh my goodness, your gorgeous bg with the gold veining is the perfect backdrop for the beautiful flowers! I love it! :)

    thank you so much for stopping by my blog and leaving such a nice comment, too. :)

    enjoy your afternoon!

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  15. GORGEOUS!!! Your background colors are perfect! Your coloring of the image is perfect!

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  16. Wow, amazing background!! Truly beautiful.

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