Happy Valentine's Day alcohol ink style!

Hi everybody!

I'm going to tell you one of my deepest, darkest secrets. Are you ready?

(whispering) I don't like pink.

There I've said it! I'm the only woman in the known universe who hates the color pink. In fact, I'm not really into any bright colors. My favored color palette are those colors that people generally find really boring; like brown, dark blues, dark greens, etc. Pretty much any color you'd find in a flannel shirt.

So, as you can imagine, Valentine's Day poses quite a problem for me.

This year, I decided to tone down the usual pinks of the holiday with some reds, purples, and even a bit of brown. It's my version of compromise. :)




So I started with some glossy cardstock from Ranger. I just love alcohol inking! I love that you really can't mess it up, if you don't like the way it looks you just add different color and keep going until you do like it. I love foolproof crafting!



For this card, I used Ranger's shell pink, salmon, wild plum, red poppy, and snow cap.





I put a few drops of each (maybe a little less of the pinky colors) and a generous amount of blending solution on one of Ranger's felt pads. With the blending tool, I just started going crazy all over the piece of glossy cardstock.



Once I was finished, I heated it with a heat tool just because I am impatient. You can let it air dry too. I cut the cardstock down to 4 1/4 by 5 1/4, inked the edges with brushed corduroy distress ink, and put it on a pink card base. (Of course I inked the pink card base edges with the brushed corduroy too). :)




\Next, I inked up one of Tim Holtz's ticket stamps with the new festive berries distress ink and stamped it onto white cardstock. I inked the whole thing with the foam ink tool and brushed corduroy again, and cut the ticket image out.




I used a Viva Decor Pearl Pen in chocolate to freehand a heart onto the card and popped up the ticket into the center of the heart (but make sure to wait for the pearls to dry!).



And voila! A not quite so pink Valentine's Day card that even I am ok with ;)

Thanks for stopping by everybody!

Keathe