Alcohol inks and Brayer cards!

I decided to play with the alcohol inks and the brayer again after getting a few cards done for the challenge I'm hosting over at ISC. I grabbed some of my Hero Arts silhouette flower stamps after getting some nice colors of alcohol inks done on my glossy cardstock. These were inspired by Tim Holtz and all the fabulous things he creates. I stamped the flowers in black Stazon and just kept them very simple. I really like on the purple card how there are those big circles of lighter colored ink- I just dropped the blending solution on after it the multiple colors dried. Then I tried to get the head of the flowers highlighted in the circles for some wow factor!
 Here is a tip for keeping costs down when using the alcohol inks. I just buy a few pieces of plain white felt at Michael's and cut them up myself- it's so much cheaper than buying the premade packs by Ranger (I think they were 99 cents for an 8x11 sheet).

Next up is the brayer card I did using a stamp by Clear Dollar Stamps. I've had this stamp set with 2 covered bridge scenes for a few months and never really made anything with it yet. I brayered the top of the sky but then came back with sponges also to get in and around the tree and roof of the barn, I also added a darker blue ink on the top of the sky. I added some snow flakes with my white gel pen and some other snow here and there, and even added a few white stickles also. I turned out pretty good for a first time inking up that stamp. I might try to do a fall version of this card- but i want to get some flowersoft or make my own flowersoft for some leaves on the tree. I'm due for a trip to Michaels soon to restock on black cardstock and see if there are any new and fun Studio G Valentines stamps out yet.

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