Thank goodness it is Friday! So happy to be welcoming another weekend and not another school morning. I am sure plenty of people can relate!
I am excited to be sharing another TGIF Challenge today and this one had me in a fun zone and took me to singing the Barbie song – maybe everyone is just singing that song and inspired by Barbie at the moment! It’s all about GLITTER this week for the TGIF challenge and I went really PINK, hence the reference to Barbie. To keep the Glitter theme I pulled out all the sparkle and my favourite More Dazzle *disco ball* paper but I wanted to change it up this week and make it a different colour so I made my own alcohol ink spray.
I love that with three simple supplies you can make your very own alcohol sprays in any of the Stampin’ Up! colours! This allows you to colour mediums like the More Dazzle paper. See below where I have shared a handy picture reference guide of how to make your own Stampin’ Up! alcohol ink spray.
This week’s tgif challenge #tgifc435

Here is a look at this week’s TGIF challenge.
Check it out here on the blog and jump in and participate.
how to make your own alcohol ink spray with Stampin’ Up! ink refills

Here is a look at how to make your own alcohol ink spray.
Here are some basic steps.
- Take a Stampin’ Spritzer and fill not quite to the top leaving about 2.5 (or 1″) of room with rubbing alcohol (I use just rubbing alcohol available at my local pharmacy)
- Add 10-20 drops of a re-inker in any colour depending on the colour concentration that you desire. You can go back and add more if the colour is not quite deep enough.
- Give the bottle a good shake and you are ready to go.
- For this particular project I have sprayed Berry Burst on some More Dazzle Specialty Paper. I sprayed about five sprays over my project and tilted the card to let it run and disperse over my entire piece before setting aside to dry.
TIP: You can let the piece dry and add another coat to make the colour brighter.
the finished card – miss you

Here is a look at the finished card, just take a look at all that glitter – make sure you have your sunglasses! The Patchwork Pieces Dies are definitely a must have. Have you seen them? I also have to say, for those that use metric measurements and A4 cardstock these actually are sized beautifully for a change! LOVE! Here is a look at the two styles. You can find them in my store here.

a close up of the finished detail

I mixed up the speciality papers I used with the Patchwork Pieces dies and used the More Dazzle Specialty Paper which I coloured using the DIY Alcohol Ink Spray technique shown above and I also pulled in the beautiful Soft Shimmer Specialty Paper in Berry Burst to alternate each second piece. This means you cut the die twice – but you can actually get two backgrounds – make two cards at once – why not?
The cute little car image comes from the brand new Curved Occasions stamp set. I can’t show you just yet because it is coming soon to the brand new Mini Catalogue that will go live on September 6th. I saw it and I just couldn’t help but think of BARBIE! Everything needed to be pink!
Funny story – my one and only car I have ever owned was a little pink car – I named her Polly! When I used to own my little craft shop you used to see me driving around loaded full of what looked like pizza boxes going to the post office to post everyone’s craft kits off *haha*
The stamp set also comes with these adorable sentiments which match with a coordinating curved punch which you can see I have used here. I love it!
Lastly, I have embellished with some brand new brand new sequins from the Mini Catalogue. These are so beautiful and glittery – perfect for today’s theme!
a little look at the pretty inside – no naked cards here…

Here is a little look at the inside of my card where I have used some of my leftover scraps and pieces from my card from and stamped a little disco ball *adorable*
This disco ball image is taken from the same stamp set that has the little car that will be coming soon to the new Mini Catalogue. Wouldn’t that look cute heat embossed in silver or with some sparkle? So many ideas!
I hope that you enjoyed my post today and got some ideas for using glitter, making your own DIY alcohol ink spray or liked seeing some sneak peeks of some new product coming soon!
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Until next time, crafty hugs. xx

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