Inky fun

The kids were with their Dad last weekend and I took full advantage of the time by taking an all-day class at my LSS, Country Lane. The class was "Bold & Kooky" and was all about using Dylusions inks and stamps to create amazing fun projects. The primary project was a small canvas (although I use the word canvas loosely since it was actually a really heavy card) which I ended up adapting into a large card.

The class was very much out of my comfort zone as it was unstructured and imperfect. We started by spraying the heavy card with Dylusions spray inks (I used purple, pink & orange primarily), then adding water and kind of swooshing the inks around. Once the paper was dry we added in stamping elements to create additional interest and then glued on stamped elements. I had a hard time letting myself just go with the process but it was such fun and I love, love, love the backgrounds that were created! I haven't used Dylusions before but have lusted after the stamps for quite a while so this was a great opportunity to give them a try too.

This card is going to be donated to Send A Smile 4 Kids - most of the cards that I make (and most donated) are more suited to kids but I think the Dylusions line is perfect for teenagers. I can hardly wait to play some more!

Challenges:

• ATC's & Cards with Attitudes - anything goes
• Fat Pages & Cards with Attitude - anything goes
• Papercrafting Journey - hand coloured image
• Squirrel & the Fox - sparkle (check out her tiara)
• Stamp and Create - bold & bright
• Use Your Stuff - use some hand-made elements (the background paper!)