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Make It Monday #114: Blown Ink

I just had time to watch the Make it Monday video at Nichole Heady's blog. Dawn McVey shares a technique that I remember from my childhood when we had fountain pens and blew the ink around on paper.  I guess good things never die... 



I experimented a bit. My regular card stock that I use did not really work well - it just soaked up the ink. I took some glossy paper then - nothing fancy, just some advertisement that had a white back, dripped a drop of ink on it and blew with a straw. On glossy paper you can get real detail and it looks quite cool, I think. The sentiment is from one of my favorite Papertrey sets called Happy Trails, the bird I die cut from a paint chip - its from Memory Box, called perched Reed Bird. I gave it a little enamel eye and beak.

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carol (krillsister) said…
Very pretty. Love how you paired the sentiment with that bird.
April 29, 2013 at 11:55 PM
Helen F. said…
This is just stunning! I love the rich blue color ink on the white. The bird is sweet too :)
April 30, 2013 at 12:32 AM
maria f. said…
Uber-cool! Love how you went monochromatic with your design and I agree that Happy Trails is a keeper!
April 30, 2013 at 5:51 AM
Luanne said…
Cute idea! Love how you put the sentiment in between the blown ink and the addition of the birdie!
April 30, 2013 at 8:44 AM
Linda said…
Love how your card turned out. Really lovely.
April 30, 2013 at 9:56 AM
Nancy Penir said…
It does look like branches of a tree! Great split to showcase a lovely sentiment! Beautiful in blue and white.
April 30, 2013 at 9:58 AM
Wendy said…
This is lovely, what a beautiful shade of blue! I used the blown ink technique on a card I made a while back, it was to make a seaweed effect on an underwater scene, it's great fun isn't it?! xx
April 30, 2013 at 11:21 AM
Unknown said…
Ah, the days of fountain pens and ink leaks on white shirts...
The perfect blue to bring back all those memories..

Very nice card
April 30, 2013 at 3:18 PM
Virginia L. said…
Beautifully done! Love the monochromatic theme, Cornelia! Your blown ink background is fabulous for the bird image!
May 1, 2013 at 12:13 AM
Cathy said…
This looks really great! I love the detail/feathery parts on your ink design :) Cathy
May 1, 2013 at 3:42 AM
Kanan Pandya said…
Lovely technique and very beautiful effect, Cornelia. Love the ink blue against white. Beautiful card. :-)
May 6, 2013 at 9:54 AM
Svitlana Shayevich said…
Great result! I think this technique will work very good for Halloween cards.
May 10, 2013 at 5:31 PM
EvaE. said…
Hallo Cornelia, eine geniale Idee, die muss ich wirklich ausprobieren, dankeschön! Dein Kärtchen ist ein Träumchen!!!
Herzliche Grüße, die Eva!
May 18, 2013 at 1:41 PM
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