Did you know that you can make a ‘flower’ using Alcohol Inks? It’s so easy to do and I’m sure you are going to love the results!
Welcome back! I am here today with Altenew and we are hopping along so you should have arrived here from the ALTENEW blog!
I have a very simple project to share with you today. Alcohol Ink Refills are so versatile. And in case you missed it I recently created a video sharing 2 fun and easy ways to use them. You can see that video right HERE.
To create today’s flower I started by making 2 Alcohol Ink backgrounds. I could then die cut the Craft-A-Flower: Open Peony and assemble it.
This flower looks complicated but is seriously one of the easiest one to layer (it has these little cheat ‘arrows’ that you line up). Finally, I added a pretty sentiment from the Magnolia Ballerina Stamp Set.
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$300 in total prizes! To celebrate this special blog hop, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 2 lucky winners and a $25 gift certificate to 8 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 09/06/2022 for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 10 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 09/08/2022.
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Therese Calvird <——– You are Here
Kelly Taylor
Michelle Short
Seeka
Nathalie DeSousa
Amber Rain Davis
Kinjal Trivedi
Terri Koszler
Karen Reátegui
Tenia Nelso
LauraJane
Maryam Perez
Annemarie Caister
Virginia Lu
Rosie Neustaedter
Bridget Casey
Nancy Souza
Reiko Tsuchida ***Note: Due to strict regulations in Japan, you might not be able to leave a comment on her blog post.
Michelle Burnier
Mindy Eggen
Amy Hill
I know that you are going to LOVE this hop, do you already feel like getting your Alcohol Inks out? Well, there is still more inspiration to come. Next you are off to visit KELLY’s awesome blog, have fun! Hugs
Other Supplies: Find the Altenew Alcohol Ink Refills HERE.
Artist Marker – Y337
 Classic Crest Solar White 110lb ALT |
 A4 250gsm Foiling Paper OTH |
 Bright Silver OTH |
 CAF Open Peony ALT | SSS | AUZ |
 Magnolia Ballerina ALT | SSS | AUZ | EH |
 Obsidian ALT | SSS | AUZ |
 Wisteria ALT |
 Hydrangea ALT |
 Pink Diamond ALT |
 Frayed Leaf Refill ALT |
 Morning Frost Refill ALT |
 Dew Drops ALT |
 Firefly ALT |
 Space Garden Set I ALT | SSS | AUZ |
 Alcohol Blending Solution SSS | AUZ | EH |
 Ink Air Blower SSS | AUZ | EH |
 Tweezers ALT | SSS | AUZ | EH |
 Scissors SSS | AUZ | EH |
 Bone Folder Altenew ALT | SSS | AUZ | EH |
 Mini Score Board SSS | AUZ | EH |
 Cutting Mat ALT | SSS |
 MISTI SSS | AUZ | EH |
 Gemini Junior SSS | EH |
 Precision Tip SSS | AUZ | EH |
 Multi Medium Matte SSS | AUZ | EH |
 Zig Chisel Glue Pen SSS | AUZ | EH |
 Foam Tape ALT | SSS | AUZ | EH |
 Glue Tape ALT | SSS | AUZ |
Gorgeous project!! I’d love too how you created it, but I didn’t find the video link.
My apologies Cindy but the link is fixed now, hope you enjoy!
I love that Therese it does look very complicated but beautiful, almost like a dimensional flower.
Your beautiful paper gives the flower even more dimension. Great card!
Hi there couldn’t open the link either.Your card is amazing as always the colours are FABULOUS such a beautiful die with so many possibilities.
Marie
My apologies but the link is fixed now, hope you enjoy!
What a great technique..love the flower and love the colors
What a gorgeous Peony, Therese! Made even more gorgeous with your self-made alcohol inky paper!
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That peony is so beautiful! Love it.
I agree, it’s so very beautiful!
Gorgeous!
Thank you Karen
I am so motivated to get out my alcohol inks! That is such a clever idea to make 2 backgrounds and piece them together. I’m definitely going to try that!!
I love the way the colors and the way you have the flower popped up. It looks as if you could pick it.
Thanks Jayne!
The color of the peony is so pretty, Therese. I love this idea and I must give it a try.
Absolutely gorgeous.
Great job on your card. I love the flower and the colors you chose are so soft. I love it tyfs 🙂
Absolutely beautiful. I have this bundle am going to make a few of them in different colors. Thank you so much.
Such a beautiful flower!
OMG! the colors and that flower are GORGEOUS! the way you inked the greens is great as well….I “have” to have that die! not that I will get the same results…but I can try 🙂
Absolutely gorgeous!
That is smashingly gorgeous!
How pretty. I like the mottled look. Amazing
What a gorgeous flower!
Gorgeous card! I love the shades of purple.
This is just stunning (& I love purple!).
How beautiful! I just love the way the flower looks! I hope you make a video showing how to put together this flower using the alcohol in backgrounds.
Oh my gosh, that flower looks real. What a beautiful card made using the alcohol inks. Thank you for showing us such a lovely example.
Wow! Your card is absolutely beautiful. Amazing colors.
Thanks for sharing.
What a beautiful card. It looks real. Thanks for showing what lovely things can be done with the alcohol inks.
I gasped when I saw the beautiful flower on this card. Thank you for sharing.
I love your creations. They are all BEAUTIFUL!!
Wow what a stunning card! I love getting inky with alcohol inks
OMG When I saw the Altenew email, I knew this was your card straight away Therese. Drop dead stunning. Wow. The dimension is superb. It looks like a real flower. Keep doing what you do Therese, you are inspirational
Keep well.
T x
I ADORE this flower! Great purple!
This is stunning!
The flower is stunning!! Beautiful card💕
Wow! What a stunning flower. The color is amazing!
Such an interesting look with the AI’s. Must get mine out! It’s been a while lol.
Absolutely beautiful peony. To me, creating a flower with the alcohol inked paper is so much better than just a background!
Beautiful! Lovethe simplicity!
Beautiful 3D flower die cut from your Gorgeous alcohol ink background, Theresa! You have me inspired to get out my alcohol inks. TFS Hugs…
stunning colours Therese. A beautiful flower with the vibrant alcohol backgrounds.
Absolutely beautiful card!
Well this definitely inspired an “add to cart”🤣 beautiful!
Hi Therese! This card looks like it took forever to make! It is an amazing card! I have used alcohol inks on vellum and cut fragile leaves from it. I’m sure that would look beautiful on a flower, too! I’ll need to try it today!
Wow! I love the texture and dimension on the magnolia! It looks so real!
Two of my favorites in one card, craft a flower dies and alcohol ink. Stunning.
Breathtaking, Therese!
Amazing depth of color! Love how this turned out.
Just ordered Altenew’s Open Peony’s dies and will attempt to recreate your beautiful card!
Just staring at this card its so pretty ! I’m going to watch your detail on how you created this one !
Lovely, lovely card – the paper you created with alcohol inks makes your peony unique! The font on the sentiment used is really beautiful! Thanks for sharing another of your creations.
Beautiful card. Love the colours you chose.
I love the dimension you get by using inked paper! Gorgeous.
Wow, what a beautiful card. I love the idea of die cutting flower shapes with inked paper.
Gorgeous card! That flower looks amazing!
Stunning Therese!! Love the colours and I must give it a go. Thanks for the ideas. 🙂
I love the die cutting of the alcohol ink background!
Whoever receives this card will definitely have a beautiful day!
This card is very beautiful. I like the pink spots on the flower, it looks great.
Love you card. Thanks.
Such a beautiful card! Love the colors! I’ve become obsessed with layering die cut flowers lately, and this one is a beauty!
This is just AWESOME! Makes the flower look so real!! 😍 super creative!
Love it!
Not sure why my comment isn’t showing up! Loved this!
Thanks so much Lynn, just wanted to say that all your comments turned up. Thank you x
That is such a clever idea, Therese! I love how that turned out. I never would have thought to use alcohol inks this way, thanks for the inspiration!
love the colours you used for the flower and leaves – thanks for listing them at the end. Altenew’s
Simply gorgeous… card goals
Your cards are always beautiful and this one is no exception. Such a cool idea
Very pretty. I love this idea!! Thanks for sharing!!
Awesome dimensionality!
Love this! Never thought of die cutting something I used alcohol ink on, I am going to give this a try.
I love the look of the dies with the ink! It always looks so done up so to say.
Beautiful card. I love how you left a lot of white space so the gorgeous flower can really stand out!
Wow, I love that open peony! The alcohol ink paper you used to make it is so beautiful!
Absolutely beautiful! The colors are so vibrant.
What a lovely card! Anyone who received it would think you spent a long time creating it,
Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous!
Love this beautiful peony. I haven’t thought of using alcohol inked backgrounds as my medium in Craft-a-flower sets. Match made in heaven. Thank you.
This is stunning! It’s my favorite from the whole hop!
You are so sweet, thank you Susan!
Such a pretty card. I love the flowers!!!
Beautiful card. I love the flowers!
So very beautiful and dimensional! Thank you for sharing!
I like the idea of making the flowers out of the alcohol ink background, makes the design so unusual!
Gorgeous use of alcohol inks on the die cut peony. It’s truly a beautiful card!! Thank you for sharing your lovely art.
I myself have a hard time using ink for backgrounds. I love these and hope to do it myself one day.
I learned a lot about alcohol ink now! I’ve never known how to do the alcohol inking and making this so much unique! Very good information, thank you Therese! Love you creation, would like to copy please, will get the color you used. Very pretty!
I’m quite surprised as the finished card does not ;look like you used alcohol inks! Beautiful.
Absolutely gorgeous card. I love it! It has great dimension and color!
Wow!!! Absolutely Gorgeous flower!!!
Wow! Beautiful work.
This is by far the most gorgeous Peony I have ever seen! Love the open feeling of this die and I think I need to add it to my collection. Altenew has such a gorgeous collection and they are pretty easy to work with. TFS and great video too!
Beautiful card. Love the colors used on the flower. Thanks for sharing.
What a beautiful card! A great inspiration for alcohol inks.
What a truly stunning flower, Therese! Love the colours (my favorite), So inspirational. Thank you for sharing.
Love how you used alcohol ink backgrounds to create this pretty flower.
Stunning Threse. I love the purples. 🙂
Love this process. The leaves look great!
Beautiful!
An amazing looking flower! Love the colours
Great card Therese, love your colour choices
Just beautiful!
I LOVE the purple card, do you have a video or something on how you did that one?
Hi Bobbie, it’s not the exact same flower but this video here shows how I created the same kind of flower. Hope this helps https://lostinpaper.com/2022/09/07/how-to-make-unique-inked-flowers-2-beautiful-cards-video/ Have a fabulous and crafty day! Tx
Thank you so much, I really appreciate it! Your cards are beautiful, thanks for sharing!