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 and cover the surface without pooling the colour much.
Step 3: Blow the inks around using a straw or an empty pen tube works too!
Step 4: Let dry – these dry super quick!
Pairing various die cuts over colourful backgrounds is one of my favourite things to do while cardmaking. I used the Triangle Fade Frame and the Prism Triangle Collage to die cut the panels out of black cardstock. I layered them overtop and then embellished with the sentiment Friend Sugar Script and the Best Friend Stamp set.
Both cards have a very deep and regal look. I added some white accents to each of the cards to ensure they wouldn’t get too dark. I hope you enjoyed today’s inspiration!
Supplies
Welcome back for another inspiration post at Birch Press Design. Today I have a fun card to share with you using the 
I gathered my supplies together and made a short video to show you how I used the 
Armed with my Frog Tape I taped the Mandala Card Frame, that was cut with very thin white cardstock, over my 5 1/4″ x 4″ panel of Bristol Smooth cardstock. Once I secured the top and both sides down I lay the stencil over the circle and then taped the stencil down on the top bottom and both sides so that it would not move when I was blending ink over it. It might seem a bit much but there is nothing worse than a stencil shifting when blending ink on it. Lets have a look at how I created this card…
I used a sentiment from the Best Friends clear stamp set which I embossed in white on the same purple cardstock, that I used for the shadow on the Big Friend Sugar Script die and for mat behind the main panel. The purple really picks up the purple in the design.
A closer look at the blended colours from the stencil.
Thanks for stopping in today to create a card with me. All of the stencil sets at Birch Press Design open up so many options for colours and design. Have a wonderful day and we’ll see you next time.
Welcome back for another inspiration post at Birch Press Design. Today I will be creating a card using the new 
The Ludlow Triangle craft die cuts all the detail of the die but does not does not cut the outer edges of the die. For my card today I wanted to cut the die so that all the lovely detail would sit in the corner of my ombre ink blended panel. I did this by cutting the die in the bottom corner of a piece of black cardstock and then trimming it off with my cutter. Let’s have a look…
The Big Wishing Sugar Script die set will cut both a sentiment and a shadow for when you want to add extra depth to the design. The sentiment from 
The ombre background really showcases the elegance of the Ludlow Triangle’s design.
Thanks so much for coming by today and I hope I’ve inspired you to do something creative today. See you again next week and have a wonderful weekend.
I started by cutting the Aurora B die from a panel of card stock. I didn’t want it to cut all the way through. I wanted to create an outline of the die on the card panel that I could color. I added some clear packing tape to the back of my card stock panel before cutting the die on the front of the panel. The packing tape helps keep the die together so no pieces fall out.
Fill in the die cut openings with Glossy Accents. I used a needle to move it around and get into all the corners. It’s also convenient for breaking any bubbles you might see. This is a time consuming technique but the shine is worth it. TIP: Use a die cut with large openings to make this process easier. I chose the Aurora die for this reason.
I only applied glossy accents to the outer rings and the center circle. When the glossy accents is dry add a die cut Aurora Layer A die cut to the design. 
Finished Size 4.25 x 5.5″
