Blog Blitz Alcohol Inked Greenhouse
by Nancy Penir

Alcohol Inks, Birthday, Border Die, Flowers, Scene, Spring

Hi everyone! Are you ready for a Spring Blog Blitz? Lots of new stamps and dies, and plenty of fun techniques from the designers.

Today I have the Greenhouse Potted Plants Sidekick Frame & Stencil to show you. And I've done a card with all alcohol inks die cuts. 

Alcohol Inks are a fantastic way to add pizzaz to your project. They react with Yupo paper, a shiny surfaced paper, and blending solution to get a wildly colorful, rather agate like pattern, fun result. Here's one way to play with them. First I squirted my blending solution on my yupo paper. Notice it gets messy so protect your surface. Gloves are optional. 

Next up I added my colors. No rhyme or reason, for this technique just go for it. 

I then sandwiched a clean piece of yupo paper over my saturated sheet, in a schmooched way, pressing without moving either sheet. The result is a magical blend of wild color!

Ok, friends, this was way too much fun! As you can see, I played with all color combos. And here's what I did with them:

A birthday card for someone who loves potted and potting plants! Now there's a stencil that is included with this die. I can't wait to use it too.

This fabulous die and stencil set is the giveaway to one lucky person. Don't forget to leave a comment today and on each of the blog blitz days for a chance to win. Best of luck to you, and thanks for sticking with me through my little tutorial on alcohol inking. By the way, there are fabulous you tube videos to entice you to trying these inks. 

The new release is in the store, and the blog blitz runs from Mar. 2nd – the 14th. You have until the 17th to comment. The winners will be announced on the 19th. AND here's a 2nd way for you and a friend you choose to win… Visit us on Instagram, follow us, like the post you want to win, leave a comment and tag a friend. It's that easy!

Other dies I've included are listed below. Have a great week, and hope you enjoy the blitz!

 

 

Supplies

 

2176 Greenhouse Potted Plants Sidekick Frame and Stencil
2175 Folk Watering Can craft die
2174 Spring Pots Shelves craft die
2146 Doodle Happy Birthday craft die

 

 

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90 Comments

  1. Wow, what a super fun new die&stencil set! I am loving these, I must say – they’re very unique! And your card is absolutely gorgeous! Love all your alcohol inked backgrounds, too! I need to finally start playing with mine! 🙂

  2. Aha! Such a refresh and cheerful one! Magnificent work, love the backgrounds to work with new dies and stencils, I love this new die and potted plants along with frame!!!

  4. Wonderful dies and great to see how they all fit together! Thanks for the tutorial. Anybody would be pleased to receive such an amazing card. The ‘sky’ brings everything out and together.

  5. What a wonderful card. I would love to win this die set, imagine the fun you can have colouring all the plants.

  6. Very cool! I LOVE this sidekick set … well, I LOVE all of them. Your card is GORGEOUS!! You are SO CREATIVE!!

  8. Wow! what a great card. This new die and stencil are wonderful. Thanks for sharing your creative card idea with us.

  15. Perfect spring card, and I love how vibrant the colors are with the alcohol inks!

  16. This is such a delightful card, Nancy. I hadn’t thought of die cutting my images out of alcohol inked papers. Great idea. tfs

  18. Love the colorful backgrounds you created and the greenhouse scene you made with them.

  20. Unique, colorful& intriguing! Love this little card…busy like a bee! Lots of detail. What a great collection of new dies!

  21. What a fabulously fun card! Your friend is going to just adore it. This die/stencil duo is pretty awesome!!

  22. WOW NANCY!!!! This is BEAUTIFUL!!!! TRULY A PERFECT CARD for someone who LOVES potted plants & SPRING, I might add!!! A SUPER JOB!!!!!! 😉

  24. Alcohol inks are so fun to play with! Love your pretty card! Thanks for the inspiration.

  31. This looks like a flower shop. Great job coloring all of the different elements.

  32. Wow, this is just amazing, any gardening enthusiast would just love a card like this, I know I would and would love to own such dies….thank you for sharing…luv Ursula Longworth xx

  33. Wow, that is a gorgeous card, any gardener would just love one like this, I know I would…A lovely die to own, thank you for sharing…luv Ursula Longworth xx

  35. Fun and cheerful Spring card…Great job! I would love to win this die set.
    Thanks for the inspiration and the beautiful backgrounds.

  36. Sweet card. Love the way you used the alcohol backgrounds to add texture and interest to all the die cuts. Thanks for sharing!

  37. Nancy, you rock! The colors are absolutely the best! And the alcohol ink–I must try that.

  38. I’m a full time gardener so this would be so perfect for me. And love the backgrounds, so gorgeous!!

  39. Hi Nancy, I’m loving your alcohol ink and yupo paper techniques and then using to die-cut from, fabulous !! I’m loving your gorgeous card.
    Lots of love from Patricia xx

  40. what an amazing die cut.
    Love it. I need to get the
    Yupo paper out and start playing. Fantastic backgrounds. thanks for sharing txmlhl(at)yahoo(dot)com

  41. Fabulous card. I have friends this card would be perfect for. You could use this wonderful die for lots of different occasions.

  42. Wow What a great card! It’s so spring and very fresh. Also love the alcohol ink technique. It’s so soft and pretty. Beautiful job!

  44. I love these dies and stencil sets. This one is even more unique than the others I’ve seen. Really nice card.

  46. What a fun card! We were given a greenhouse as a wedding gift and my husband is enjoying pottering about in there. This would be perfect to make him a card.

  48. Fun technique, I have to try! 🙂 Thanks for sharing how you realized those fabulous blending shapes! The Greenhouse Potted Plants Sidekick Frame is really adorable and useful!! Love those cute birdies on the pots!

  50. What a terrific green house die, and watering can! And yes, your backgrounds are great, too!

  54. Love the idea of having both a die and stencil to work with. And I really need to try some alcohol inks. The results always look so intriguing. Your card is gorgeous–love the bright, happy colors!

  60. This is such a wonderful die for so many projects and I love how you used alcohol inks to add loads of color!

  61. Oooh, loving your colorful backgrounds and this is making me want to pull out my alcohol inks to play! Thanks for the chance to win this beautiful die and stencil

  62. Your alcohol ink backgrounds are all gorgeous. The mostly blue one is perfect behind the Greenhouse die cut. You made a wonderful card!

  66. Well this is just spectacular! This die set is fabulous and I love your ink tutorial!

  69. This is just a lovely die set and would be fun to combine with flower dies for a pretty spring card design.

  71. I love this die. I think it would be fun to color in any medium. Have been playing with water color pencils and this die would be perfect!

  77. This is such a lovely card. I’ve never played with alcohol inks but it looks very enjoyable and the results are gorgeous.

  78. DELIGHTFUL card!
    LOVE your greenhouse filled with such DELICATE pots & plants, surrounded by pretty stitching!
    Thank You for sharing your die cut and INKY INSPIRATION … I haven’t tried alcohol inks or Yupo paper, can’t wait to give this technique a go 🙂

  82. That alcohol ink background is beautiful for this!! I am LOVING these sidekick frames with matching stencils!! They’re both topping my wishlist!!

  85. Oh wow I love this die how perfect for so many kinds of card and great for men and women too and can’t wait to give that background technique a try too thanks for the fab tutorial and chance to win such a wonderful die , definitely one for my wish list

  90. Your work with the alcohol inks is beyond good. The Yupo paper is the best paper to be used for painting. I like the art you have. Simply amazing to have that talent.

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