Posted by Nichol Spohr
on March 05, 2019
Hello! One of my most favorite add-on products from the March My Monthly Hero Release is the incredible Jellyfish Party Bold Prints background. Today I'm going to share how I created this Reactive Lift of the jellyfish images with the Reactive Inks from the March Kit. It's a simple, yet effective technique!
Reactive Sea Glass and Reactive Blue Water inks were applied to Bristol Smooth cardstock with ink blending tools. Water from a Distress Sprayer was lightly spritzed over the background and the inks reacted with the water, lightening where the water hit the inked cardstock. A paper towel was used to blot the water droplets.
A heat tool was used to dry the background before the Jellyfish Party Bold Prints background was stamped over the inked panel with Versamark Ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder.
A water flow brush pen was used to apply water to the jellyfish images and the ink was "lifted" with a dry paper towel. Everywhere water is applied, the Reactive Ink reacts and is lifted away!
The panel was set aside to dry and then spritzed with White Iridescent Shimmer Mist.
A sentiment from the Pet Goldfish stamp set was stamped on the background with Reactive Blue Water Ink. The Mini MISTI was used so the greeting could be stamped one on top of another for a bolder sentiment.
The fish from the Paper Layering Goldfish In Bowl was die cut from Bristol Smooth Cardstock and colored in with 061 Light Brown and 076 Medium Beige Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers. Once colored, Nuvo Crystal Drops in Gloss White were applied in tiny, tiny drops to the gills and to the center of the eye. The die was adhered to the background with foam adhesive.
The background was applied to a Dove White Top Folded Card and finished with a sprinkling of blue droplets from the March 2019 My Monthly Hero Kit.
I hope you will try the lift technique with the awesome Reactive Inks. They are super fun!
24 comments
Thank you for sharing this beautiful card and how you made it Looking forward to trying this technique when my kit arrives.
I really was inspired by your YouTube videos on the March kit I wasn’t sure I would use the solid images of this kit, but you showed so many ways to color and use the imagesthat I was excited to order it and add ons.
Love this technique, thanks for sharing! I’m looking forward to trying it when my new kit comes.
What a great background and card! I really like how the ink reacted to the water and was lifted off creating the softer color.
Girl this was indeed a labor of love! Did you have to pack a picnic to put on all those Nuvo dots, each one is so tiny and perfect, so I can image it took a while. But so worth the time because it is absolutely gorgeous! Thank you so much for sharing your beautiful work of art!