My ink pads

As I am not doing any workshops until at least 1st May so yesterday I decided to take my ink pads out of the red case that I keep them in and did a bit of moving around

 so I had a space to put them.

I then thought I could put a label on the sides so i could see what colours they are. Here is a picture of them.

Weekend backgrounds.

At the weekend I was making some backgrounds using Gesso and water colour paints, dry brushing with or without the gesso.

Here is a card that I have made with one of them.

Stamp is from Penny Black.

My latest 2 cards

Here are the latest 2 cards from my stay at home collection.

The flowers on this card are from Honeydoo which has been painted with pearlescent paints that I got in Hobbycraft a few weeks ago. I have cut some strips of different colours using a die from The Works.

This card is just using bits and pieces.

Tulip card

I have just finished of the tulip background card.

Alcohol Ink Marbling

Here are some backgrounds using alcohol inks in 

water like marbling.

It colours both sides of the card as you can see here 

each pair is the front and back of one dip.

Next I am going to try alcohol pearl ink to see what happens. --- the alcohol ink Pearls didn't work well.

Here is a link to the instructions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgcDSc5Su2c

 

Tulip background

Some of the petals had fallen off my Mothers Day tulips, so i thought I would put them through my Gemini machine on a piece of white card and got this lovely background although I expected it to come out purple but they are a lovely shade of green, mmmm now to make a card with it

more ideas .

The last couple of days I have been putting together 

some of my unfinished cards.

My cards for this weekend .

This weekend I have set myself the task of using up 

bits and pieces and messy backgrounds, some of you 

will know how many I have got.

Friday ideas.

These are my cards for today.

Using alcohol inks 

Just inks 

White Posca pen added. 

 I then cut the paper on the diagonal and cut off thin strips.

and stuck the card on to a white background .

Then added some stamped and die cut images,

inspiration while at home

I have decided to cancel all workshops and 

Make & Takes until 1st May, 

hopefully we shall be back then.

Meanwhile here are a couple of ideas for you.

Just in case you are in need of inspiration.

I have used my alcohol ink backgrounds for these 2 cards, on the top one I have stamped and embossed John Next Door dragonfly, the one below the flowers are die cut with John Next Door flowers.