I created this card using Pink Sherbet, Expresso, and Pool alcohol inks. They came together in a set, and I really like how the colors look when they’re combined. I was going for a pink crushed velvet look behind the salutation-not sure I pulled it off. 🙂
Materials Used:
Coredinations Cardstock, Lipstick
Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink Yupo Paper, 5” x 7”, Translucent
Brown Cardstock: Salutation. Strathmore Watercolor Paper, Cold Press, 90 lb. and Ranger Distress Ink, Seedless Preserves (behind the salutation)
Tim Holtz Alcohol Inks: Pink Sherbet, Expresso, and Pool
Sizzix Thinlits Celebration Words: Script
Giottos AA1900 Rocket Air Blaster, LARGE (I use this to control the direction of the alcohol inks.)
We R Memory Keepers Crop-A-Dile Corner Chomper Tool
Zig 2 Way Glue
Scor-Tape: ¼”
An older Ranger non-stick Craft Sheet
Krylon Matte Finish (I found that this gave the card a protective finish and a much smoother look. There was such a contrast between the dull and shiny areas of the alcohol inks on the yupo paper before I used it.)
Machine used:
Sizzix Big Shot – with two cutting pads and the magnetic platform.
I used a combination of distress inks and alcohol inks to create this card. Spiced Marmalade, Mustard Seed, and Tumbled Glass distress inks were sponged onto watercolor paper to make the background. I used Butterscotch, Bottle, Purple Twilight, and Lettuce alcohol inks on yupo paper, along with a Giottos Rocket Air Blaster to control the direction of the inks. After it dried, I sprayed some Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist to give the paper a shine. The yupo paper was cut with a scissors to create the ground; I used a punch to cut out the butterflies; and a Spellbinders circle die was used to cut out the suns. I put a circle of foam, cut a little smaller than the suns, behind each sun to give it a 3D effect.
I so LOVE Livinia stamps! There’s just something about them! But, my frustration level was really high because I couldn’t get a solid image of Freya (the fairy), even with my stamp positioner. Then I re-remembered 🙂 a technique I saw, I think, on one of Tracey Dutton’s videos…I used a small paintbrush, dabbed it on a black archival ink pad a few times, and was able to fill in Freya’s silhouette completely with it.
The ground, the suns, and the butterflies were anchored onto the watercolor paper with Scor-Tape. I completed the card by attaching the finished watercolor paper to black cardstock with some more Scor-Tape.
Materials:
Strathmore Watercolor Paper, Cold Press, 140 lb.
Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink Yupo Paper, 104 lb.
Black Cardstock
Tim Holtz Distress Inks: Spiced Marmalade, Mustard Seed, and Tumbled Glass
Tim Holtz Alcohol Inks: Butterscotch, Bottle, Purple Twilight, and Lettuce
Lavinia Stamps: Freya, Bluebells, Field Grass, Stars 1 Miniature, Slender Mushrooms -Miniature (Tracey Lavinia Dutton is the artist of the Lavinia stamps.)
Giottos AA1900 Rocket Air Blaster, LARGE (I ordered mine from Amazon.)
Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist
Ranger Archival Ink, Jet Black
Tim Holtz scissor, 7 inch
Hampton Art Stamp Perfect-Stamp Positioning Tool
Spellbinders Nestabilities Standard Circle, LG, 1-3/8”
Adhesive Foam sheet
Ranger Tim Holtz Mini Ink Blending Tool
Ranger Mini Ink Blending Foam
Fiskars Squeeze Circle Punch, 1-1/2”
Fiskars Lever Butterfly Punch
Ranger non-stick Craft Sheet (I use an older one which I specifically use for alcohol inks.)
I bought this sleeping fairy at a holistic expo this past April. She needed a fairy garden, and a big, comfortable bed, to dream her fairy dreams. I made this fairy garden with a combination of things purchased from craft and thrift stores. (The mirror on the bed was from Pier One.) The fun was in finding these things and using my imagination to create her new home.
I had all but given up on alcohol inks. I love the vibrant colors, but everything I tried hadn’t worked. Then I saw a post on Pinterest. I changed my paper to Yupo and used a new tool, and…voila-success!
I had seen posts and YouTube videos, where they would blow through a straw to control the direction of the alcohol inks. Someone had commented that she had felt light-headed and dizzy after she had done this. It wouldn’t be a wise thing for me to do. I used a Giottos Rocket Air Blaster instead. After each drop of alcohol ink, I used this tool to blow the ink in the direction I wanted it to go (basically) on the paper. I used artist pens to outline flower images and could see a little fairy in the right hand corner.
After I sprayed Krylon Matte Finish on the paper, to make the inks permanent, I used Stickles to outline the main flowers and the fairy. Strips of Scor-Tape anchored the Yupo paper to the green cardstock, and my first (successful) alcohol inks card was done!
Materials:
Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink Yupo paper, 104 lb.
Coredinations Cardstock, Grassroots (Michael’s)
Tim Holtz Alcohol Inks: Butterscotch, Bottle, Purple Twilight, and Lettuce
Giottos AA1900 Rocket Air Blaster, LARGE (This tool is also used to clean photo equipment, like a camera lens.) I ordered mine from Amazon.
Faber-Castell PITT Artist Pens: B and F
Stickles: Lavender and Seafoam
Scor-Tape, ½” and ¼”
Krylon Matte Finish
Ranger non-stick craft sheet (I use an older one which I specifically use for alcohol inks.)
Alcohol Inks~Flowers, CARD TWO
Materials:
Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink Yupo paper, 104 lb.
BAZZILL Cardstock, Mexican Poppy
Tim Holtz Alcohol Inks: Butterscotch, Bottle, Purple Twilight, and Lettuce
