Showing posts with label Adirondack alcohol ink. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Adirondack alcohol ink. Show all posts

Wednesday, 18 January 2012

Altered Clock

Don't worry, I 'll be showing you some more cards soon, but first here's an altered wall clock.

"Altered clock"

This started out as just a very plain plastic clock. It was taken apart and the dial was removed then used to size a circle of glossy, white cardstock.

"Side view showing stamped decoration on outside of clock"

The clock and new dial were decorated with Adirondack alcohol inks & gold mixative, before stamping some Tim Holtz stamps with black archival ink.

"Altered clock"

The hands were dabbed with gold mixative. A small butterfly was diecut from a bit of saved cellophane wrapper to add to the secondhand (I used the thinnest clear plastic I could find so as not to add too much weight to the hand). The diecut was decorated with alcohol inks and stamped with Tim Holtz' butterfly in black archival ink to match the background, then fixed to the secondhand with a little glossy accents. It's fixed sideways and facing clockwise so that it flies in the right direction when the secondhand moves!

Entered for the following challenge:
Simon Says Stamp and Show... anything but a card.

Thursday, 13 October 2011

A quickie card with alcohol inks

I love the effects you can get from playing with a set of Adirondack inks onto silver mirri card. The colours are so vibrant!
"Fly High"

Some of the coloured card is die cut using the Tim Holtz' rosette strip die, alphabet set and a Sizzlit swallow. A plain piece of mirri card is embossed and used as a background for this simple card. The colours are so beautiful I don't think anything else is needed.