Mid Week blog #62. Using alcohol markers to colour DSP

 Hello & welcome to my blog,

My name is Alison & I am an independent Stampin' Up® demonstrator in Melbourne, Australia. I love creating cards & gifts for my loved ones & this blog will show you how to create something special for those you love. Today's blog shows you how to use DSP & alcohol markers to create some beautiful cards. I hope you enjoy this quick & easy way to get more out of your DSP. In last week's mid week blog I mentioned that I would be featuring the Stamparatus but I was asked create some gift card holders & decided to bump up a future blog post to this week instead.

Here are 4 cards I created from one sheet of Celebrate Everything DSP. I used a variety of different green Stampin' Blends & Stampin' Write markers to give you an idea of the different kinds of effects you can create. Here's the paper before it was coloured.....

I simply cut it into 4 card front sizes then set to work with the colours.

The greens for the trees are Shaded Spruce, Call me Clover, Granny Apple Green & Parakeet Party. For the stars I used Pineapple Punch, Bumblebee & Daffodil Delight.

As I mentioned earlier I was asked to create some gift card holders for a friend so decided this paper was perfect for for them. Once the paper was finished I matted them all with Basic Black then mounted them on Garden Green, Pear Pizazz & Granny Apple Green. The sentiments were stamped, diecut with different shapes from the Stitched Shapes dies, matted with matching DSP or gold & black added to some. These were then added to the card front.

When cutting the card bases I had cut them longer, scored at 10.5cm & 21cm then cut away a piece from the top to half way on the remaining flap. I added an extra 1mm scoreline to give a little room for the gift card when it was added. I stamped a couple of Christmas trees on some Basic White mattes & blended matching inks on the left, just above the pocket.

A small piece of uncoloured DSP was added to the pocket & a sentiment was stamped then diecut for the inside. I experimented with the adhesives for the pockets. First I tried white glue, then some stretched out glue dots & finally decided that some strips of Dimensionals was ideal. 

As the cards were all being given by the one person I wanted them all to be similar but unique. I'm happy with the results & she was very happy too.

That's it for another mid week blog. I hope you've enjoyed this simple but effective technique. My next blog is on Sunday & features some super cute forest animals from the Happier Than Happy Bundle & in next week's mid week blog I will show you how to use the Stamparatus.  I hope you can join me for both of them. Til next time, take care & keep crafting! 

XX Alison