I also use dye inks for quick, but spectacular backgrounds on glossy paper. With my busy schedule, nothing is easier than a single image in black over a colorful base - so effective...
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| Bookplates I gave as holiday gifts one year |
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| A card I love, but never had the nerve to send... |
In my wanderings on Pinterest, I found this card made and posted by Torrey Moseley.
It reminded me of my single-image-on-dye-ink-colored-glossy-cardstock technique mentioned above. I immediately bought the Memory Box die Torrey used in her card with a thought to replicating the image (read more about my fascination with skylines in my next post...). Here's my version from the beginning of this year:
Not quite knowing what do do with the card, having included a New Year's sentiment, but missing New Year's altogether, I kept it at work, and finally hung it up by my desk. Which is opposite a window getting strong morning sun. Although I didn't notice it happening, the card now looks like this:
You can see that the frame around the sentiment retains some of the vibrant color, but the sky has gone from sunny day sunset to cloudy morning. I like it, but it's definitely different.
Although I didn't mean to experiment, it's been fun to find out first-hand about dye inks and sunshine.
What crafty things are you experimenting with?
