Using Gloss Paper to Make "Life" Card

I used to see the pack of GLOSS PAPER in the store and wonder what it was used for.  I discovered lots of great techniques through a couple of online classes and I used a variation of one of them to create this card.  To create the main image, I cut a rectangle of gloss paper and used alcohol inks on a felted blending pad to create the streaky sky.  It was easy to drag stripes horizontally across the paper and the colors blended beautifully using a little alcohol ink blending solution.  To create the sky I used these alcohol inks--Purple Twilight, Sailboat Blue, Sunshine Yellow, Lettuce and Meadow.

On top of that I stamped the flower image and sentiment using Jet Black Archival Ink.  For best results, use Archival Ink over alcohol inks.  Stamps used:  Inkadinkado "Meadow" & Tim Holtz "Attic Treasures"

I found a piece of yellow scrap that matched the yellow ink and used that as my card base.  A scrap of purple cardstock was embossed, sanded and then inked with Wild Honey Distress Ink.  This gives it a real distressed look that I really like.

I found a scrap of purple ribbon in my stash and didn't have a button that I liked.  So I found a white button and colored it with Sunshine Yellow alcohol ink...perfect!

This card is entered into the following Challenges:

365 Cards--#162 Bright

Crafting For All Seasons--#33 Bright Colours

Stampavie and More--#174 Button and Bow

Papertake Weekly--Anything Goes

Tuesday Alchemy--#26 Bingo

(ribbon or bow--embossing folder (my choice)--buttons)

CD Sunday--Bingo

(buttons--ribbon--stamp)