Technique Tuesday - Alcohol Ink resist

 

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