AECP – Irresistible Inking Techniques

I continue my Altenew Educator Certification Level 1 training with Irresistible Inking Techniques.  Instructor Sara Naumann provided excellent instruction on stretching the purpose of your ink pads.

I was inspired to use my ink pads as paints for this card.  It is wonderful to be able to utilize your supplies for multiple purposes and get different results for each technique.

1. I placed a 4.25 x 5.5″ Neenah 80 lb card stock panel into my Altenew Daisies 3D Embossing folder and ran it through my die cutting machine.
2. I rubbed my ink pads onto my glass media pad and then sprayed the ink on the glass media pad with water to create a water based ink/paint medium.  
3. Using the various colors I painted each of the flowers; I used Altenew's Frosty Pink, Pink Pearl, Blush and Rouge for the flowers and Limeade for the leaves and stems.
4. For the flower centers I colored them with Altenew's alcohol markers in Mango Smoothie and Citrus Burst.
5. I then splattered the card panel with the rouge ink/paint medium.
6. Next, I glued a 4.25 x 5.5″ panel of Stampin' Up! Blushing Bride card stock to an A2 card base (Neenah 110 lb – 4.25 x 11″ that was scored and folded in half).
7. The Daisies embossed card panel was then trimmed down to 4 x 5.25″ and adhered to the card front.
8. I stamped the Thank You sentiment from Stampin' Up! Peaceful Moments Stamp set onto 80 lb. card stock and cut it out with my Stampin' Up! Scalloped Contours Die and adhered to the card front with foam tape.

This was such a fun card to make and allowed me to use a new technique with my inks which I know I will use on future cards as well.  I hope you will give this technique a try as well.  

Until next time…Happy Crafting!!