Hi there Peeps-
I hope you are having a good week so far. Today I am going to share a great technique I learned from Tim Holtz ages ago and recently revisited for an alcohol ink class I had recently. This a is technique that essentially removes the alcohol ink from a transparency. (the circular image in the background on the sample below)
I started with a piece of transparency film (acetate), a couple of colors of alcohol ink, a blending tool with a felt pad, alcohol ink blending solution, craft mat, any color of Archival Ink pad, rubber stamps, and paper towels.
I dropped small amounts of both colors onto the transparency.
Then used the blending tool to smear the ink around. I like to use short twisty movements.
Add a small amount of blending solution to the felt pad to get the ink to blend and move around.
I have found that this technique only works with permanent dye based ink pads such as Archival Ink from Ranger.
Stamp across the acetate as desired.
Let the ink set for a couple of minutes then buff the surface of the acetate with a paper towel.
Rubbing will remove the stamped ink.
Look at the possibilities!
On this one, I stamped the opposite side of the transparency with Staz On ink and added a ribbon.
Have you ever tried this technique? It's a favorite of mine. I hope you will share what you make with our stamps.
Enjoy the flight,
Carrie
Absolutely gorgeous!! I forgot about that technique...thank you for the reminder and the inspiration!!
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A Mermaid's Crafts
Great technique, thanks for sharing! I have some alcohol inks but never use them because I'm not really sure what to do with them. I'll have to try this out ;D
ReplyDeleteWow! This technique is so cool! Thanks for the inspiration Carrie! =)
ReplyDeleteThis is fabulous! Will have to try this!
ReplyDeleteI had the best teacher who taught me the wonders of alcohol inks and I am so glad everyone else gets to learn from you too!
ReplyDeleteThis inspires me to pull out the dozens of alcohol inks I collected when I first started papercrafting! I thought you needed glossy paper ever thought of acetate sheets...very cool!
ReplyDeleteLove this! I gave it a try and it turned out great!
ReplyDeleteGheesh! Never heard of this one. So beautiful without much work! Thanks for sharing.
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ReplyDeleteFun technique - had a play day with some friends recently and we really enjoyed doing this. Linked to you : http://lynettecollis.blogspot.co.nz/2016/05/play-day-with-alcohol-inks.html
ReplyDeleteinteresting ! thxx
ReplyDeleteFabulous technique just tried it, worked a treat. Question is, do you use the other side to mount on a card as its smooth but then the writing is back to front?
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