Happy 19th Birthday!! Another Alcohol Marker Marbling Experiment for Two Lovely Nieces :-)

Hi Stampers!!

This weekend we are celebrating my twin niece’s 19^th birthday and I wanted to create their birthday cards using the Alcohol Marker Marbling technique (see the Splitcoaststampers tutorial here) along with the Splitcoaststampers WT497 Stencil It! Challenge using a mixed media collage design.  

I must admit, I love this marker technique- it is so addicting!!

Since they are twins, I wanted to create similar cards geared towards their interests in college- one has taken a music path and the other art.   

To create the background panels for both cards:

Using the medium marker from the Night of Navy Stampin’ Blendabilities™ Collection, scribble some color onto the zip lock bag as noted in the tutorial , add additional color onto the zip lock bag using the dark markers from the Daffodil Delight, Old Olive and Wisteria Wonder Stampin’ Bleandabilities™ and spritz with rubbing alcohol.

   

Lay a piece of Glossy White cardstock over the ink and lift up, spritz the ink again with the rubbing alcohol, lay a second piece of Glossy White cardstock over the moistened ink and lift for your second print (I used the second print for one of the cards and the first print for the other). 

Allow to the panel to dry and use Sponge Daubers to apply Blackberry Bliss, Island Indigo, Mossy Meadow to the Positively Chevron background stamp and sporadically press the stamp over the marbled marker background piece. 

 

Using the Island Indigo Classic Ink along with a Sponge Dauber, stencil the hexagon areas and use a stenciling brush with Gesso to stencil the circles.

Using StazOn® Jet Black Ink, stamp off onto scrap paper and stamp the flowers from Choose Happiness onto the background panel.   To create the masks for the flowers- stamp a few flowers onto sticky note paper, “fussy-cut” around the edges (don’t forget to leave a bit of the sticky strip at the top). 

Mask the flowers and stamp a few more flowers onto the panel as well as the leaf stems using StazOn® Jet Black Ink.  Apply additional Blackberry Bliss and Island Indigo Classic Ink using a Sponge Dauber to the flower petals.

Fill in the leaves and stems using a Black 199 Fiber-Castell Pitt Artist Pen and darken the details on the flower petals.   

Using Blackberry Bliss Classic Ink, stamp the image from Friendship’s Journey onto the panel. 

Add white highlights using a Fiber-Castell Pitt Artist Pen White 101 to the flower centers to finish off the background panel.

For the musical card with the punched squares (the punched squares were a result of a "too busy" background- lol!!) :

Ink the background stamp, Musical Score using Mossy Meadow Classic Ink, lay portions of the background panel onto the stamp and randomly stamp a few areas.

Using the 1 ¼” Square Punch, punch out the entire panel.   Randomly position the punched squares and adhere to a piece of Whisper White cardstock, trim and mount onto the Island Indigo panel.

Add a 5/8” Satin Ribbon bow along with the sentiment (stamped onto Glossy White cardstock, trimmed and banner points created with the Hexagon Punch). 

Adhere the sentiment as well as the bow to the front of the panel and add to the Island Indigo cardstock panel, trim and mount onto the Whisper White card base.

For the second card:

Add a 5/8” Satin Ribbon bow along with the sentiment (stamped onto Glossy White cardstock, trimmed and banner points created with the Hexagon Punch). 

Adhere the sentiment as well as the bow to the front of the panel and add to the Blackberry Bliss cardstock panel, trim and mount onto the Whisper White card base.

Stamp Sets:  Choose Happiness, Positively Chevron (background, Friendship’s Journey (retired) , Musical Score (retired background), Short & Sweet (retired)

Ink: Staz-On® Jet Black, Blackberry Bliss, Island Indigo, Mossy Meadow Classic Ink; Stampin’ Blendabilities™- Daffodil Delight, Night of Navy, Old Olive and Wisteria Wonder Collections; Fiber-Castell Pitt Artist Pen- White and Black

Paper: Glossy White, Whisper White, Blackberry Bliss, Island Indigo

Accessories: Gesso, Hexagon and Circle Stencil, Stencil Brush, Sponge Dauber, Hexagon Punch, Plastic Zip Bag, 5/8” Satin Ribbon, 1 ¼” Square Punch

Thanks again for taking the time to stop by- I hope you have a wonderful Sunday!!