Destination Inspiration - January 2016 - Terminal #2

Hello Everyone,

Amanda here (Ink-A-Pink) and welcome to Terminal #2, the second leg of this months Destination Inspiration . 

Jenny greeted you all last week at Terminal #1 and she certainly offered lots of inspiration. Here's a reminder of what Jenny created 

Now its my turn to pick up our travel bag, remind you of its contents and continue our journey. 

1.Product- Archival ink 

2.Technique -Stamping 

3.Colour - Dusty Concord 
4. Substrate- Acrylic/ Clear packaging/ Acetate  

                                          

Yes that's it , just a few creative supplies but then I believe in travelling light so let's get started. 

When I make cards I like to think that after the event they are made for they don't necessarily have to be thrown away or stored away in a box somewhere gathering dust but instead can be turned into a piece of wall art so that is  what I have chosen to make!

I began with the Substrate, which for me was Acetate and using Tim Holtz Layered Butterfly and Emboss folder I created my butterfly. 

 

 

As acetate is clear and has a slick surface I used alcohol inks (love them)  to add colour to my acetate butterfly. I then manipulated the acetate with my fingers to give the butterfly dimension . 

 

Once happy with the colour I then applied gilding wax to the butterfly with my finger to enhance the emboss. I love how the wax transformed the appearance of the inked acetate giving it a real metallic look.

 

My altered acetate butterfly then guided the rest of my creativity so next I will show you  how I used the other items in my travel bag .

I selected a paper from Tim French Industrial paper pad

and added detail by stencilling and stamping using a few of Tim's Layering Stencils, Stamps, Distress Inks and Ranger Archival Inks. 

I also added some subtle paint splats using Antique Linen Distress Paint and my Tim Holtz Splatter brush. (Personally I think a worthy investment, if you haven't already got one). I distressed the edges of the paper panel with Distress Inks.

I adhered the background panel to a mount of Dusty Concord Coredinations paper cut to size. I ragged and distressed the edges of the mount with Dusty Concord and Ground Espresso Distress Inks.

Here's a few close ups of the background paper once complete

My card needed a quote so I stamped 'There is Beauty in Simplicity' onto a piece of cream card stock using Hydrangea Archival ink and mounted it onto Grey board. I inked the edges of both the Card stock and Grey board with Distress Inks - Dusty Concord and Ground Espresso respectively .

I also die cut three circles, two larger ones out of Grey board, one smaller one out of Cream Card stock and again applied Distress Inks to their circumferences. (Nearly said edges there!).  These would provide a grounding for my butterfly when I adhered in place which is all that was left to do. I adhered all the elements of my card with high tack double sided tape apart from the quote. This I adhered with foam pads as I wanted to lift it slightly off the background - it seemed to look better that way!

Thank you for accompanying me on this 2nd leg of the our Destination Inspiration. I hope I have inspired you to go and have some fun creating . Be sure to pop back next Monday when you will be able to see whats on offer at Terminal #3.

Our current Challenge is all about Vintage Travel and Luggage and we welcome you to join in with us. There's still plenty of time left as the challenge is open until the end of the month

We always love to see what you create and appreciate each and every one of your entries.

Hope you all have a lovely week and don't forget to visit us again soon . 

Take care 

Amanda

xxx