Vellum Marbling with Alcohol Inks

Hello crafty friends!
Well, I channeled my "inner Jennifer Mcguire" for this post! - inspired today after watching her latest video where she used Alcohol inks on vellum. Adding my own twist, I found I liked this 'marbled' effect and thought it would make an interesting card for my first actual card blog post.  The design/layout remains the same as Jennifer's - hey, why mess with perfection? 

I started by selecting 3 Alcohol Inks (Cool Peri, Pool and Eggplant) and a blending tool with a felt piece for applying alcohol Inks. I cut a piece of vellum and placed it down on some scrap paper. I applied the Alcohol Inks to the felt and added a little blending solution. I then 'pounced' the tool onto the vellum which produced a marbled-like effect. 

I applied more ink (letting the vellum dry a little) without adding more blending solution, to get a darker result. The below pic is my original piece behind (with a little more eggplant colour) and another piece in front that I made with the same technique but less of the purple ink.

I then let the vellum dry and die cut a heart (with My Favorite Things, Stitched Heart die). I cut two leaves with a Poppy Stamps Die (Massa Leaf Background) from another piece of vellum. I then die-cut a Thank-you sentiment using W-Plus 9 Hand Lettered Thanks (one of my fave sentiment dies).

I then adhered everything to the front of a white card base, overhanging the heart a little and trimming the edge.  

Hope it inspires you as Jennifer McGuire inspired me!  Love watching and supporting other crafters and sharing ideas - that's what it's all about!

Thanks so much for visiting my blog!

Ali xx