Friday 19 August 2022

A sketch with alcohol inks for Seize the Birthday

 


Hi everyone, it's time for a new challenge at Seize the Birthday and JoAnn has chosen a sketch for the theme this time around.



Of course you can always play along with our anything goes birthday option too.
Our guest  and my team mates have some wonderful inspiration for you, so hope to see you in the gallery.

I struggle with sketches as they usually involve layers which go against my CAS grain lol!
I substituted the horizontal layer with a large sentiment but otherwise I think I followed the design.

The background panel is another piece of silver foil cardstock that I applied alcohol inks to.
 I used the same colours in this card. You never get the same results with the colours twice, although I think I was heavier handed with the ink bottles this time around!

I added some gold foil on the sticky inky parts to lighten things up a bit.

I'm linking up to these challenges:

AAA Birthday, anything goes




Supplies:
Silver foil cardstock; alcohol inks slate, rust and pitch black; Crafts 4 U stitched rectangle die; Mama Elephant scripty birthday die; Papertrey Ink star die; gold foil cardstock; sentiment sticker.

Thanks for visiting,
Cathy x

20 comments:

Barbara said...

Each card that I see in the team's inspiration, I see that they have interpreted it better and better I am pinning this one as I think it would be great for a masculine card.

JoAnn said...

I love your alcohol ink panel Cathy and that big birthday die cut is perfect for the horizontal element. Great take on the sketch.

Colleen said...

Cathy, WOW, I love your alcohol ink strip, all that gold is so striking and is perfect with the star and the birthday die. Well done! And really CAS too! I am going to have to remember this design! Perfect for masculine cards which I struggle with!

Martha said...

Gorgeous card! I love the alcohol ink panel.

Loll said...

The silver foil makes an amazing base for adding AIs on top, Cathy! Fabulous use of the sketch! xx

Pat said...

Beautiful Cathy and love the mix of AIs and also the pretty gold star and sentiment part black and part gold, such a great idea and the black card base is just perfect..a fabulous card. x

Jane said...

Oh that panel is breathtakingly gorgeous! Stunning card. Thanks for playing at AAA Birthday, hope to see you join in with future challenges too. Stay safe and keep crafting!

Vicki Dutcher said...

You had me at alcohol ink! That panel is stunning :) Gorgeous card. Also, thanks for joining in at AAA Birthday

Melanie Hungerford said...

I love alcohol ink backgrounds and this is just gorgeous with the gold! Thank you for sharing with us at Krafty Chicks.

Brenda in IN said...

This is stunning and I think my favorite card you have ever made. Great for any occasion or gender. Great job!

Nancy said...

FABULOUS..that is all!!!!

shirley-bee said...

This is fab, Cathy! Love how you used the sentiment for your horizontal element. We’re both sketch CAS-ers πŸ˜†

JulieP said...

Your alcohol piece is phenomenal!!! Wowzers. Seriously. I'm happy you also took a fairly loose interpretation of the sketch. :-) And thank you for linking this to our HLS Die challenge! --- Jules

Ashwini Rao said...

Love that alcohol ink panel. Great idea to do it on a silver panel as well. And the looks great with the golden star! Awesome take on the sketch!!

Lynda said...

Wowza! What a great panel - loving the effect. Thank you for joining us at HLS Birthday Challenge xx Lynda/Loopyloo DT

foleysfriend said...

WOW! That alcohol ink strip is amazing and gorgeous. I like how you used the gold cardstock for the star and birthday word to go with the gold on the strip. Beautiful card. Thanks for joining us at Happy Little Stampers ~ Birthday Challenge.

sue n.

Glenda J said...

This.is.absolutely.stunning. Love everything about it!

Karren said...

This alcohol inked panel is fabulous - so much depth! Such a gorgeous card!

Catie Cuddles said...

Wow. A perfectly put together card. ❤️
Thanks for joining us at Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes with Dies challenge blog.
Happy crafting! Catherine x DT

Karen said...

This is so beautiful! The alcohol ink panel is one of the loveliest I've seen, and the birthday die is just perfect for the sketch!