I’m sharing more alcohol ink prints which I made into cards! I seem to have a knack for creating colorful, splashy florals! To achieve the petal formations, I used my new Masters air compressor! What a difference it makes in moving the ink! On the back of a 4×6 inch piece of Kirkland photo paper I place a drop of ink down, then add a drop of 91% alcohol and hit it with a shot of air. I keep doing this repeatedly, using different colors and directing the air as I go and turning the paper. Layers and layers go into this process with beautiful results. For this card I cut the panel down with Gina Marie Designs Rectangle dies, then adhered it to a panel of white. I cut a strip of black and white patterned paper and placed it behind the panel, then mounted it onto a black card base. Finally, I stamped out the sentiment on a scrap of paper, glued on the little jewels and attached it to the top of the card. I kinda love it! 🙂 This print looks almost 3D, doesn’t it?! I trimmed it down to a square and attached it to a white card base upon which I’d stamped out one of the images from Altenew’s Wild Hibiscus set. The sentiment is from Altenew’s Label Love set, heat-embossed with black and mounted on a strip of double-stick foam tape. This is the other half of the print above, mounted on a piece of aqua card stock and then to a piece of chevron patterned paper. The base card is shimmery aqua card stock which I purchased at A.C. Moore. I stamped out the sentiment from Wplus9’s Beautiful Bouquet Ranunculus stamp set using Versafine Onyx Black permanent ink and attached it to the card. I’m really enjoying looking at these as I write this post! The card above was quick and easy to make! I trimmed down the 4×6 print to fit my card, mounted it to a layer of white card stock, then added a strip of black and white patterned paper along the side. I then attached it to my white card base. The sentiment is from Tim Holtz Handwritten Sentiments and I heat-embossed it in white directly onto the inked panel. It’s important to be very careful not to melt or distort the print with the heat! This final card was a quick one! I cut the print into three graduated sizes, adhered the sections to a layer of white card stock, then mounted it onto another layer of white, and finally, onto the purple base card. I had stamped a floral image using Versamark onto the base but very little of it shows. An old Stampin Up sentiment completes my card!
Aren’t these cards beautiful and fascinating?! Alcohol inks are addicting and you just never know what will happen with them! I created these cards on the back of Kirkland photo paper, as it has a non-porous surface and the inks move beautifully when you add 91% alcohol or Blending Solution to it! The Gold Mixative is made by Ranger and adds beautiful shine! After making the prints, I cut them down using Gina Marie Designs Stitched Rectangle dies, then cut out a strip from the lower section in order to insert the sentiment. I mounted the panels onto pieces of fun foam to lift them up, attached them to the layer below and then onto the card base. I was able to squeeze in the sentiment between the cut pieces. I’m really happy with how these turned out!
It was about a month ago that I invested in some Ranger and Pinata Alcohol Inks , and began a fun, albeit sometimes frustrating journey! The inks are so changeable, so fluid, so fascinating and they become something astonishing! This is one of my earlier prints, made by blowing the ink and 91% alcohol with a straw to form the petals! The yellow and purple are opposites on the color wheel so really POP together, don’t you think? My card base is embossed with a folder by Stampin Up called Petal Burst and the sentiment is from their retired set called So In Love. Pretty purple jewels accent the sentiment.
When I sit down to play with my alcohol inks, I’m ALWAYS surprised by what happens! This print was a VERY happy surprise! I think I created it by blowing the ink and alcohol with a straw; so many prints, so much time…one forgets! 😀 Anyway, I love the added Ranger Mixative Gold which just goes where it wants to! I die-cut the print with my Gina Marie Designs Stitched Rectangle die, mounted the panel onto a piece of gold metallic paper then onto the black card base. My sentiment is heat-embossed in black using Altenew’s Label Love stamp set. I mounted it on a piece of double-stick foam tape for a little dimension.
I’ve been playing with alcohol inks for over a month now, and creating many colorful and interesting prints! My goal is to use them in my cards, and I chose this one to combine with Simon Says Stamp’s Kaleidoscope Leaves background stamp! My first step was to cut the print down using Gina Marie Designs Stitched Rectangle die, and then I heat-embossed the background stamp in gold onto the print. I mounted that to a layer of hot pink card stock, and then onto an A2 sized card base.To accent the gold embossing, I cut out Celebrate using my Sizzix Thinlits Die Set- Celebration Words by Tim Holtz from gold metallic card stock and adhered it to the panel.
This is the second version of my Kaleidoscope Leaves card but this time I used Ranger Distress Oxide inks to create the colorful background! First of all, I heat-embossed the background stamp in gold; I then pressed several colors of oxide inks onto my craft mat, spritzed with water and randomly pressed my embossed card panel into the ink, drying between colors with my Ranger heat tool. When I was satisfied with the results, I did the same thing with a strip of card stock to make the base for the letters.
I mounted the strip onto a piece of gold metallic cardstock and attached the cut-out letters remaining from the first card. Finally, I adhered all the layers to a base card of dark blue.
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