Poppy Happiness

I had my alcohol inks out to make some backgrounds earlier today, and this is one that I made using Yupo and Alcohol Inks in Lettuce, Citrus, Limeade, Peach Belini and Valencia, used for the inside of the poppies. 
While the background was still damp I added some art deco gold foil which you can see in the picture below. As I did not have the correct colour for matting my piece, I coloured a piece of Neenah card stock with my Copic Marker using YG17 and doing several passes to deepen the colour. I then attached the Yupo piece to the matting and attached both to my card base.

Before I ever start to make my Alcohol Ink backgrounds, I decide on the framing of the piece. It just makes it easier, otherwise I use parchment paper to ensure the ink does not transfer to my die.
I also made a separate piece of Yupo for the flowers using the Valencia ink and die cut, keeping the negative pieces. I die cut the poppies 4 times and glued down the first layer of the poppies, then painted with the glossy glaze, somehow managing to keep it off the rim of the poppies. I then glued on the other 3 pieces of the poppy frames, and 2 layers for the leaf.
You can see the depth of the dies in this picture and the shine from the glaze below.
This was such a fun technique to try and I thank the CAS Mix Up Challenge Group for this, which you can find here.

Thank you for joining me today.

Linking to the The CAS Mix Up Challenge.

9 comments

  1. The colours of your background are very earthy and let the bright poppies really stand out. Great work with the faux stained glass technique Kia! Thanks for sharing with us at CAS Mix Up!

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  2. love this mf...gorgeous and what a great sign of Spring's arrival.
    xx Karen

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    1. Thanks Karen ... I am so ready for spring, it has been a long winter.

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  3. Gorgeous faux stained glass poppy card, Kia! I love the colors and the effect of the alcohol ink with a little glitz of gold foil in the background. The poppies look so shiny and pretty and the dimension is wonderful. The DIY deep green matte definitely gives a finishing look. Thanks so much for sharing this beauty at CAS Mix Up!
    Hideko xx

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  4. Gorgeous poppies, Kia! Love the colors and how the stained glass effect makes them even more beautiful! Thanks so much for sharing with us at CAS Mix Up!

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  5. Pretty die cut great for the CAS Mix Up challenge, thanks for joining us this month.

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