Serving the King

Several of you have asked my how to apply the alcohol inks to the metal, so I made a little tutorial to explain.  Because it can be difficult to take pictures of the metal I decided to do the tutorial with white glossy paper, so hopefully you'll be able to see it better. 

Here are the supplies you'll need.

copper mixative

alcohol inks:  (I used ginger and pesto for my sample)

Felt applicator tool: (this tool has velcro on it and you can stick a new little piece of felt to it whenever you want to change colors, etc.)

Alcohol blending solution:

The two dominos in the picture are my little color samples.  I made a sample of each color of alcohol ink I have. The mini dominos are perfect for this. Whenever I need to choose which colors I want to use on a project I look through the sample dominos to see what I think looks good together.  Thank you to Joy for this cool idea!!!  : )

Ok... this is really easy.... here we go...

Sorry this picture isn't the greatest, but hopefully it's good enough for the explanation. Each square in the picture shows the corresponding steps below.

Step 1.  I put 2-3 dots each of pesto & ginger alcohol inks on the felt. I then dabbed the felt applicator on the paper several times, leaving some white space.

Step 2.  I then put a couple drops of the copper mixative on the applicator and dabbed that on the paper... still leaving a little white space.

Step 3.  Last, I put two small drops of the alcohol blending solution on the applicator and dabbed this around on the paper. This causes the copper and inks to blend.

I think this technique actually works better on the metal than on the paper. You can use the alcohol inks on any type of surface and it dries fast.  :  )

Be sure to check out Joy and Daisy's store for the alcohol inks.  And if you'd like to purchase some metal just let me know by emailing me (click on my email...  near the top of the right hand column).  Click on this for metal prices.

I first posted the pocket pull-up card back in July. Since then I’ve had several requests for step by step instructions. I’m sorry this took me so long to get it together and get it posted. Let me know if you have any questions or if this was fairly easy to understand. I’d love to hear your feedback.  : )

What you need:

1 piece of cardstock  5 ¼ x 8

1 piece of cardstock  5 ½ x 4 ¼

1 piece of cardstock  1 ½ x 5 ½  (this  is your “tab”)

Scrap cardstock for the pocket, girls, and one flower

Step one.

Score the large piece of cardstock in the middle and fold card in half.

Open back up.

On the inside of the card use a ruler or straight edge to draw your lines as shown in the picture.  Two lines from the bottom of the cardstock 4 ¼” long and 1 5/8” apart.

Draw two lines across… one at the top of the two vertical lines and one 3 ¼” inches from the bottom.

Step two.

Cut the two vertical lines. Score the two horizontal lines (as noted by the dotted black dashes).

Place a piece of sticky tape on the very bottom of the cardstock that’s 1 ½ x 5 ½. This piece of cardstock will be your tab.  Adhere this piece to the bottom of the strip you cut on the large piece of cardstock (note the red xxxxxxx).

This picture shows a side view with the card folded shut before the tab has been glued on… so you can see how the scored lines are bent.

This picture shows the card open again with the tab now glued on (at the bottom with the sticky tape).

This one shows how it looks with the card closed. (Tab already glued on)

Step three.

Now that the tab is glued on, open your card up and put glue where it shows in the picture. Be careful not to get glue on the tab area. Carefully shut the card so it will be glued together.

Step four.

Decorate your card as you like. For mine I stamped flowers and leaves all over and clored in. Then stamped a pocket and the girls, and cut them both out. The girls are glued behind the pocket. I also stamped and cut out a single flower to glue on top of the pocket.  I put an eyelet with ribbon through it on the top of the pull tab to make it a little easier to pull up. The pocket with the girls is placed and glued on the strip. 

Whatever you decide to use as your main image if it’s larger than the “bend” area, as my pocket is… do not glue it all the way down flat. You’ll have to play with it a little to see exactly where to glue the image so that it will pop up when you pull the tab.

Also, you can stamp your background (as I did the flowers/leaves) before you make any cuts if you like.

Step five.

Glue the card on top of your 5 ½ x 4 ¼ piece of (colored) cardstock to give it a nice border.

Here’s what it looks like with the tab pulled up. I stamped a sentiment so it would show when pulled up, but you could also leave that space blank so you'll have room to write something or sign the card. Please let me know if this was helpful or if you have any questions.  : )