I spent a little time recently doing some playing around with alcohol inks….just having fun with textures, using a bunch of different little techniques, watching to see what would happen. If you make cards you could chop something like this up for card backgrounds….or frame the whole thing!
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I picked 2 blues – it felt like a wintry kind of set of colors….chill out and enjoy!
Video
I hope this inspires you to get out your alcohol inks and just goof around!
Supplies
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- Ranger Inks, 18 colors
- Ranger storage tin, holds 30 bottles.
- Pipettes
- 99% Isopropyl Alcohol
- Yupo paper, medium weight: BLICK • AMZ
- Airbrush
- ABS3: EH • AMZ • Blick
- Air Compressor – (you don’t need the full kit but this is the comp.)
- Cord, if it doesn’t come with the compressor
I’ve never tried alcohol inks, it’s definitely on my list of crafts to try in the near future as it seems to be a great tool for experimenting with colour. Thank you and congrats to all the winners of your generous giveaway!
I love alcohol inks but have to admit that I don’t use them often enough. These backgrounds are gorgeous, and would definitely make a nice card background stash to have on hand. Thank you so much for your giveaway! I’m off to contact you and am thrilled to see my name as one of the lucky ones.
Beautiful alcohol ink creation Sandy
Big congrats to all the winners!!
I’ve been pretty intimidated by using alcohol inks, so I’ll be checking out your video! I love the colors you used and the results you got with them! Looking forward to getting some ideas!
I am so excited to see my name on your list of winners! Yay! Sent my address!
You have a great touch with alcohol inks. Prior to taking your class, it was always just putting blobs on paper and letting it randomly make a pretty colored paper. Now, it’s fun to try to move the ink around purposely. It may still look like blobs to other people, but at least I know I did it on purpose!