Friday 2 March 2018

Alcohol inks and acetate.


Hi everyone, I was excited to be asked to be a guest designer on CAS Mixup Card Challenge after winning the January challenge. It's also the challenge's 2nd birthday, the time seems to have flown by!


I love CAS cards but also enjoy dabbling in mixed media and messy techniques, so this challenge is the perfect combination!


The theme is acetate, not something I've ever really used before! So I thought I'd have a play with some alcohol inks and see what happened. The acetate looked pretty ordinary until I turned it over, the side without the inks looks so much shinier and colourful. My elements are acetate, stamping, alcohol inks and diecutting.

I'm linking up to the anything goes challenge at Addicted to Stamps & More,


and it's also anything goes at Word Art Wednesday

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Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge has an anything goes theme too and they are featuring Memory Box goodies.

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Supplies:
Acetate sheet; Alcohol inks; Memory Box small circle burst die; Paper Smooches word salad sentiment stamp; versafine ink & clear ep.

Thanks for visiting,
Cathy x

24 comments:

Mac Mable said...

What a wonderful card and love the colours of the alcohol inks. Love how the die cut frames that beautiful background. Congratulations on guesting x I love CAS cards too but also enjoy dabbling in mixed media and messy techniques, so this challenge is the perfect combination for me too x

nancy littrell said...

I LOVE your gorgeous alcohol ink on acetate behind your wonderful circle burst die cut. CAS Mixed Media Perfection, my friend. So happy to have you as our March Guest Designer. Hugs..

Trina P. said...

Cute card, Cathy. Your AI acetate piece really does look like the world. Love the radiating dots die cut overlay. So beautifully CAS, Congrats on being GD as well.

Liz said...

A beautiful inky panel against the white. Lovely card, Cathy. xx

Loll said...

Gorgeous colours of your alchohol inks on acetate Cathy! Great die to show off the colours. Thanks so much for being our Guest Designer this month at CAS Mix Up!! xx

Julia Aston said...

Your acetate piece is beautiful with the AI's Cathy - and the colors even give more punch framed by the white die cut! Thank you so much for bringing your creativity to the CAS Mix Up as Guest Designer this month! Julia xx

Susan said...

I love your card, Cathy - you did a great job with the acetate and AIs! Beautiful blend of colours, a perfect sentiment to go with it, and an awesome die cut! Thanks so much for being the Guest Designer for my month of hosting CAS Mix Up!

Di said...

Gorgeous card Cathy! Love the alcohol inks with the acetate. I found a huge pack of acetate sheets in my craft room the other day - goodness knows what I bought them for but might see what I can make for the challenge :)

Hugs

Di xx

Marcia Hill said...

CAS perfection Cathy! Your card is just lovely and the vibrant colors are perfect with the die cut you used and your sentiment...love it!! :0)

Ina G said...

Simple and stunning! That die cut looks soooooooooo good showcasing your beautiful alcohol inked background. The font is just a perfect match Cathy.

Jo said...

Fabulous colours Cathy! The acetates makes those colours pop. Framed with that MB circle burst was brilliant. Thanks so much for being our guest design at CAS Mix Up this month xx

Cat Craig said...

Gorgeous card Cathy, those were fabulous color choices and the die just brings it all together.

Christine Alexander said...

Cathy, congrats on being GD at CAS Mixup, it''s so much fun :). I love your CAS Design, the die cut and AI's on acetate look awesome.

Brenda in IN said...

WOW. This is just stunning. The colors are so vibrant and the die really frames them so well. I love it!

Bonnie said...

Your alcohol ink piece is gorgeous, Cathy! Love those colors! The circle burst is perfect for showing the piece off! Love this card! Thanks for joining our CAS Mix Up team this month!

Papercraft Boutique said...

Congratulations on the GD spot at CAS Mix Up, Cathy! Beautiful alcohol inked acetate card! I love the colors and the way they blended. You chose the perfect sentiment for the card. Hideko xx

MaryH said...

Congratulations on your win, and your GD spot at this fun challenge. Love this wonderful sunburst circle die, and it certainly shows off the sparkle of color on your alcohol acetate. I've never done anything (that looked good!) with acetate. You've scored big on your first try! TFS & Hugs

Monika Reeck said...

congrats on your GDT
and love that middle point of your card
so beautifully made
many thanks to joining us at ATSM this time
hug
Monika

desperatehousewifecraft said...

Wow the result is simply amazing! I have the same die cut too and never thought of doing a design like that! So creative! Thanks for joining us at Addicted to Stamps and More and I look forward to seeing your beautiful cards again soon! Hugs, Gwendolyn

Jo Nevill said...

Great card, love your background and die cut !
Thank you for joining us at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge this week.

Jo x

Anita in France said...

What a gorgeous centrepiece, Cathy ... the die is fabulous enough, with your stunning AI background it's spectacular! Congratulations on your GD spot with CAS Mix Up! Hugs, Anita :)

Natalie said...

What a fun card! Love those alcohol inks. Thanks for sharing with us at Word Art Wednesday!

roffeycreations said...

Looks like a planet!!!! Mxxx

Tanja said...

love the Alcohol Ink background - thanks for joining us at Addicted to Stamps and More