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Brea Reese Galaxy and Big Dot Background Cards

September 4, 2019

Hey peeps. With hurricane Dorian never making land fall I was able to still craft my weekend away. Making Brea Reese galaxy and big dot background cards was a better way to spend my time. Let me share with you the two cards I made.

For my first card I made a galaxy background with several alcohol inks on Brea Reese waterproof paper. I set this panel aside to dry while I worked on my design. When I’m making cards, I like to have a plan. I may sketch out the design first or I may already have a design in mind. For this one I knew I wanted to use the new Waffle Flower Big Dots die. I could use the left over pieces to make another card.

Brea Reese Galaxy background

Once the panel was completely dried I ran it through my Gemini Jr. with the Waffle Flower Big Dots Die. Since I also knew I wanted to make this a shaker card I cut out additional backgrounds so I could stack them all together. I needed to have a background for the panel to sit on so I grabbed my distress oxide inks to create the colorful back drop. Since the galaxy panel was really busy I didn’t want to risk stamping a sentiment in the middle. Instead I pulled out my hello die from Pink and Main and die cut it out of silver paper. I also die cut additional hellos to stack the sentiment for weight.

Brea Reese Galaxy and Polka Dot Background

Now it was time to assemble the card. To make things easy I took the Big Dot die and used a pencil to tray the dot areas on the background panel. I pulled out some colorful sequins and placed them in a few of the dots areas for the shaker aspect of the card. Once I had that complete, it was time to place the galaxy background on top. Using the pencil to trace the openings made it super easy to line up. To complete the card I added the sentiment and adhere the entire panel to a white card base. I literally squealed when this card was complete. 😍 Brea Reese Galaxy and Polka Dot background

Now let’s see what I did with all those left over dots. It was so easy to put a card together with the galaxy dots that were left over. I placed the Big Dot die onto a white card panel and traced around each opening so I had a grid on my paper. I then adhered dots onto the traced lines and the card came together quickly.

For the sentiment I used one of the sentiments from the Big Dot Sentiment stamp also from Waffle Flower. I wanted to have color on this sentiment that matched a color in the galaxy dots so I used the archival ink in the color of plum from Ranger.

Brea Reese Polka Dot Card

I layered this piece onto a purple background and adhere the panel to a white card base. This card is stunningly beautiful in real life. The different colors I was able to achieve with the Brea Reese alcohol inks is what totally made this card so beautiful. Remember if you have an alcohol ink background that you’re not sure you completely love it, pull out die cuts and make backgrounds with them. You can use word dies, shaped dies or cover plates like this one from Waffle Flower.

Thanks for stopping by today. I have all the products I used listed below for your shopping convenience. Have a great day everyone and I’ll see you back here soon.

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge – Mid Summer Blues

August 19, 2019

Hey everyone. I’m back sharing a quick card I made for the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge. This challenge is to use mid summer blues and I’m so happy I played along. I finally pulled back out my Nuvo mouse from my stash and the really cool facetted stencil from Simon Says stamp to create this card.

For today’s card I used three Nuvo mousses for my color combination. I tinted the pearl white down with a little bit of alcohol ink in blue from Brea Reese. I stenciled the mousse over the faceted stencil from Simon Says stamp with a palette knife. While this panel was drying I die cut out the sending hugs sentiment from white and silver foil paper. I stacked my dies one on top of the other for dimension.

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Mid Summer Blues

To finish off the card I layered the stencil panel on light blue card stock and then onto a white card base. I added a few matte sequin and my card was complete. I have a tutorial up using this stencil in a video I shared on my Youtube channel. Head on over and check it out.

Love the simple look of this card. Shopping list included below. It can either be sent to a female or male friend due to it’s simple color palette. Thanks for stopping by today. I’ll see you back here soon!

Alcohol Ink Textured Background – Let’s Go Masculine Today

August 7, 2019

Hey peeps. I’m back sharing a masculine alcohol ink textured background. Whew say that three times fast.😂 These types of alcohol ink backgrounds are super easy to make. Running these backgrounds through an embossing folder really plays up the color and design. Let me show you the project I have for you today.

Masculine Alcohol Ink Background

As you know I love playing with the Brea Reese alcohol inks. The colors are gorgeous and really easy to work with. You can see other projects I’ve made by clicking the Brea Reese link here on my blog. Usually I would use the watercolor paper from Brea Reese however this time I used regular Neenah Solar White 110 lb card stock for my background.

To achieve this look I added the ink to a piece of felt and ran it back and forth over the paper. Achieving that beautiful almost leather-like feel I mixed cadmium red, cadmium yellow and orange inks together. I kept going back and forth over the paper until the colors blended into each other creating that brown leather look. For an added pop of color I swiped over the entire piece with turquoise. Adding some fine gold mist was the last step before I set the paper aside until it was dried completely.

Masculine Alcohol Ink Background

The next day I pulled out a weave pattern embossing folder and ran the panel through my Gemini Jr. machine to create this very masculine texture. The pressure from the embossing folder also helped to flatten out my panel. Up close it really does look like leather. I didn’t want to add too much to this card so a simple sentiment of thanks and a white card base completed this card.

Masculine Alcohol Ink Background

All products used in today’s post are linked below for your shopping convenience. More inspiration using alcohol inks can be found here on my blog and also on my Youtube channel. If you have any questions, make sure to leave a comment so I can respond. Thanks for stopping by today. See you back here soon.

Make Your Card POP With Alcohol Inks

July 18, 2019

Hey peeps. Make your cards pop with alcohol inks!! It is such an easy way to add beautiful color and uniqueness to your next set of cards. I’m a avid card maker and I’m always looking for ways to kick my cards up a notch. Using Brea Reese alcohol inks makes that a breeze. So let’s get into today’s card.

To start my card I pulled out a piece of Brea Reese waterproof paper and got creative. Staring with cadmium yellow and orange inks I worked the ink into the paper adding lots of blending solutions to soften up the color. Creating a little more intense color I added just a few drops of cadmium red. Creating movement in the ink was easy by using a Brea Reese blending tool to push and move the color until I achieved the blend I wanted.

Let’s it kick it up a notch. Add gold alcohol ink to my blending tool and started dabbing it all over the paper. This gave me a gorgeous marble affect. You can create amazing color blending using the blending tools and gold alcohol ink. If you need to soften things up, just dab on some blending solution. Once all the blending was complete I pulled out a large cover plate to die cut a leave design. I LOVE how these leaves look.

The colors of these leaves I would of never been able to create with just blending inks. Brea Reese alcohol inks make my heart so happy. If you really want to have a lot of this color variation, I suggest making and entire 8×11 panel so you have lots and lots of scraps. Speaking of scraps, I could not just toss what was left over so I made another card using the rest of the alcohol inked paper. For this card I keep it really simple and used a large strip of paper on the bottom portion of a coral piece of card stock. Stamping a leave background on the coral piece and heat embossed it with clear embossing powder makes the card really soft. Keeping with a simple sentiment made sure my colorful alcohol piece was not overwhelmed.

I would love to see what you create with Brea Reese products. Make sure to link them over on the Brea Reese Facebook page. Also you can find some much inspiration there too. Thanks for stopping by today. I’ll see you back here soon!

Reverse Rainbow Card With Brea Reese Alcohol Inks

June 30, 2019

Hey peeps. I shared a card last week using a beautiful rainbow alcohol ink piece to make a shaker card. I NEVER get rid of scraps of pretty paper. So today I’m going to show you the card I made using the scraps from last week. Of course the gorgeous Brea Reese alcohol inks are the star of this card.

Any time you make a great card using a die, see what else you can use the leftover piece for. My card today is reverse rainbow. These beautiful piece came out of the Rainbow die cut from Avery Elle I used last week. I love the way it looks on the all white background. It also reminds me of a sound echo of some sort. LOL I see all kinds of things when I create. All I did was glued the piece onto a white card base and stamp a simple sentiment.

Reverse Rainbow Card

I wish I had the power to create such beautiful cards with all my alcohol ink backgrounds. Some of them are so beautiful I really don’t want to use them. (LOL I know- first world problems). However when you know using Brea Reese alcohol inks would make your heart happy, don’t you want that feeling to last through your art?

Brea Reese Alcohol Inks

To keep the card simple. I kept lots of white space, used a simple sentiment and very few embellishments. I didn’t want anything to compete with all that color. The card base was made out of fog card stock. Another color that won’t compete with my alcohol ink pieces. Absolutely stunning.

I’ve linked all the products used for this card below for your shopping convenience. I also have a link to more work I’m done using Brea Reese alcohol inks. Want to see a tutorial? Head on over to my Youtube channel. Thanks for stopping by today. I’ll see you back here soon.