Technique Class

Well I wanted to post much sooner then this, but it has been a very busy month so far! I seemed to go from one project to another with no down time. Now that Fall Fest is over I have a bit of a breather before the next event. First here is a picture of a card we did at my belated Technique Tuesday class. This was really fun to do and looks really elegant in person. We used alcohol inks to do this, but I'm sure I could have used the SU Classic inks in a cotton ball with rubbing alcohol like doing polished stone without the metallic ink.

Supplies:

card stock

aluminum foil

alcohol inks & applicator

blending solution

Xyron

Black Stazon

embossing folder

Big Shot

So here is how to do: Take a piece of cardstock (doesn't matter the color). As far as size goes, it depends on what you're going to use it for, here I used 3 3/4" x 5". Place you're card stock through a xyron or cover one side with double sided adhesive and place on a piece of aluminum foil (sticky side to foil) slightly larger then your cardstock. Fold over the extra foil to back. Now load up your cotton ball/piece of felt or whatever with about 2-3 drops each of 2 different ink colors. Dark colors work better on this project. After you have the in on your cotton ball add alcohol unless you're already using alcohol ink you then add the blending solution. Now pounch your cotton ball/piece of felt all over the piece of foil covered card stock. Do this until you're satisfied with how it looks. Place your piece into an embossing folder with the foil towards the negative side and run it through your BIG SHOT. Take out and with a juicy Stazon pad (black) swipe it over the raised part (embossed). Add to card and embellish as desired.