FTTC12 - Lovin' Acetate!

Today is another Timeless Tuesday challenge over on the Flourishes blog, and today's challenge was to use acetate on your card. I decided to give the acetate and tissue technique another try, and let me tell you every time I do it...I just love it!!

There is a great tutorial on this technique over on SCS, and I followed it pretty closely. The only different I did was to use Tim Holtz Adirondack alcohol inks instead of the SU reinkers used in the tutorial. I first stamped the image in black stazon directly on the acetate. I then turned the image over and added the alcohol inks. To apply the inks exactly where I wanted them, I used an Adirondack alcohol ink applicator. For the flowers I used eggplant, for the leaves I used lettuce, and for the background I used a mixture of denim and cool peri with a bit of blending solution to lighten it up. Once it was dry, I applied some crystal effect and then smoothed the crumpled tissue paper over the back. I had a scrap of the background left over so I used it for the sentiment also, which is covered with a designer label silver hodgepodge hardware.

I really wanted to add a bit of purple ribbon to this card too, however, I really don't have much in the line of purple since it is not a color I use often. So out came my trusty white satin ribbon, and SU elegant eggplant reinker, and I dyed the white ribbon purple! I thought it turned it very close to the elegant eggplant paper accents on the card. However, my fingers are another story, LOL!!! To finish off the card, I added four small crystal brads from my SU pretties kit.

I really do like the look this technique gave this wonderful violet image...it is kinda like an abstract watercolor!

Have a great day!

Connie

Card Details:

Images: Sweet Violets - Flourishes

Paper: Acetate, Tissue Paper, Whisper White, Elegant Eggplant

Inks: Elegant Eggplant reinker, Stazon Black, Alcohol inks: Denim, Cool Peri, Eggplant, Lettuce

Accessories: Crystal Brads, Hodgepodge Hardware, Designer Label punch, White Satin Ribbon dyed purple, Crystal effects.