I could not remember ever loving a card technique as much as I have loved this one.  When I saw my friend Patty Bennett do the Alcohol Ink on vellum I knew it would soon become an addiction. Boy was I right!!!!  I immediately realized I had to spend the afternoon creating with Patty.

I made these backgrounds by scribbling several Stampin’ Blends markers on a piece of vellum paper, spritz alcohol with a sprayer I had lying around, and then tapping a paintbrush with alcohol on the surface. I’m not kidding! I scribbled and tapped, and this background appeared within a matter of minutes.

PROJECT MEASUREMENTS DIES USED:

• Card Base Polished Pink 4 1/4″ x 11″ scored at 5 1/2″ or folded in half
• Basic White Matte 4″ x 5 1/4″
• Vellum (This is the blend and Alcohol piece) 3 3/4″ x 5″
• Brilliant Wings Dies (From Butterfly Brilliance Bundle)
• Sentiment Die is from Potted Succulent
• The sentiment is from Friends are Like Seashells 

As you can see, this blending technique makes beautiful results with minimal effort! Your cards and other paper projects will have a completely unique background, as it is impossible to achieve the same result twice.

After creating for the afternoon, we soon realized how fun it would be to take this technique up a notch!!!  We had to see if embossed images would be just as amazing and boy did it not disappoint!!!

Using the Pearlescent Specialty Paper and the SeaShells 3D Embossing Folder, this created an incredible addition to my project.

Blends Used: Light Calypso Coral, Just Jade, Soft Succulent dark and light, Light and Dark Misty Moonlight.

Magnolia 3D Embossing Folder

Blends Used: Dark Balmy Blue for Background, Dark and Light Highland Heather, Light Rich Razzleberry, Dark Daffodil Delight,

Dark Petal Pink, Dark Flirty Flamingo

The Piece Patty Called van Gogh.

Embossing folder from Art in Bloom Bundle

Blends Used: Light and Dark Hightland Heather, Dark and Light Just Jade, Dark Bermuda Bay, Dark Daffodil Delight, Dark Flirty Flamingo

Be sure to visit my dear friend Patty Bennett’s Page HERE so you can see her amazing color combos and projects.

Thank you for joining me today, be sure to like and visit my Cards By TLC Facebook Page for my very first LIVE Wednesday, June 30th at 4pm PT.   I will be showcasing some additional embossing folders.  I told you I was addicted to this technique.