Today marks the beginning of April and a new event that I’m hosting on my blog this month. All month, I will be posting Monday, Wednesday and Friday with a couple bonuses in between and each of the videos is going to be a collaboration with a favourite artist of mine. I am so looking forward to introducing you to some of my favourite artists and showing off bulk card videos featuring my favourite techniques. The best part about creating all of these videos is that they are 100% my…
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Alcohol Inks
Today I am experimenting with three different cards and a variety of mediums for my cardmaking process video today: alcohol inks, pastes, sprays, stamping and tons of tips along the way. I am using the January Hedgehog Hollow Box (limited quantities left!) which includes three stamp sets, chipboard and a stencil to create these cards. Get Free Shipping on this box! Life would be pointless without you is such an adorable sentiment to pair with a unicorn. I just adore these chipboard pieces – I want more of them but…
The Essentials by Ellen December Release was super inspirational and I loved these elegant Hands Dies the moment I saw them. I was inspired by the sentiment stamp “A mother holds her children’s hands for a short while but their hearts forever” so I used both the large and small hand on today’s panel. I wanted to literally incorporate the entire sentiment into the design so I added a small heart die from Lawn Fawn with the hands holding it. At this point, I had the design but I needed…
Hi Crafters, It’s Justine back again here on the Birch Press Blog! Today I am creating a stained glass effect on my card using Alcohol Inks. Using Vellum paper helped me achieve that slightly muted but vibrant colour. I used a fairly thick vellum for this piece. Vellum is a non-porous surface that is super elegant when used alone, but it is perfect for any alcohol techniques as well. Step 1: Choose your ink colours. I used Purple Twilight, Wild Plum and Black Step 2: Shake your inks onto the vellum…
Laurel Beard and I kicked off our monthly FREE card classes this September with the Alcohol Lift Technique! If you want to join us for our monthly live classes, be sure to like our facebook page. We went live on Thursday Night and created 4 cards together. Don’t worry if you happened to miss it because you can watch the live replay on our Facebook page or the edited video below. Don’t forget to head to Laurel’s video too! Supply List If you are inspired by my videos, please shop through…