Alcohol Inks and Techniques

 

Alcohol Inks

     Hi friends ,Dr Sonia here  with my last DT post for Crafters Corner. I have been with Crafters Corner for more than a year and am so thankful to all of you my crafty friends for the encouraging FB likes and blogger comments . A big Thank you and Hug to dear Shalini for teaching me so much, gifting me so many wonderful things and being so understanding! Mwaaa...!!
          Well if you are wondering why am I leaving....I am not going anywhere girls....I am just taking things easy!.I will be very much around in the crafty world and in blog-land !
         
Now jumping onto Alcohol Inks Crafts
In case you missed the Alcohol Inks introduction post here is the link : Alcohol Inks Introduction
To apply Alcohol Inks you can

• directly drop it from the bottle onto the surface
• drop drops of Alcohol Ink on to felt and then dab it onto the surface you want to craft with
• drop Alcohol Ink on a craft mat / plastic and dip the surface to be inked on to Alcohol Inks 
• smear on Alcohol Inks using your gloved fingers

To create Alcohol Ink Patterns / background 

Use 1 or more colors ---keep in mind that using too many colors runs a risk of making a project look muddy if the colors overlap

• Apply the Alcohol Inks on the metal cardstock/ other surface and dab over using Alcohol Ink blending solution on a piece of felt
• Apply drops of Alcohol Inks  and blending solution on the felt piece and dab on metal cardstock/ other surface
• Apply drops of Alcohol Inks on surface and blow with a straw - I have not tried this ...just read about it!
• Create spotted / swirls pattern by changing how you dab with the felt piece...stamp and lift or twist to create different patterns

  

  Alcohol Inks 

  

  Alcohol Inks background 

   Here is the Alcohol Inked card used as a background to a card [ Details here : Alcohol Inks Card ]
  
  
• Instead of small individual drops,  add bigger blobs of Alcohol Ink onto the felt piece and create a different style background .

  

  Alcohol Inks

  And here is a card made with the above Alcohol Ink background : Details : Alcohol Inks Squares Card

Alcohol Inks

Alcohol Inks alone can be used to 

Color Resin - easiest way is to add a drop or 2 of Alcohol Inks to the resin mixture before it sets

resin

Color Metal

I colored the silver finish metal heart pendant into a red heart by dropping a few drops of red Alcohol Ink directly onto it.

Alternatively use your gloved fingers to dip the object onto Alcohol Ink drops on a plastic sheet/ craft mar

 Color Beads/ Pearls/Other plastic or ceramic embellishments

I still had some Alcohol Ink left over from the heart inking so dipped in some white heart pearls and made them a lovely red!

pearls

Stone Crafts

stones

I converted these stones into cool paper weights using Alcohol Inks !

stone craft

 The stones were first painted in white acrylic paint and once thoroughly dry , I dabbed Alcohol Inks + blending solution on a felt applicator. The stone above was stamped with Versamark using a Hero Arts Butterfly cling rubber stamp and heat embossed!

stone craft

This stone shows the marbling pattern achievable with Alcohol Inks very nicely!

More Points with Alcohol Inks 

• Once you have created an Alcohol Inks Project you can stamp on it with an Archival Ink /Staz On

Remember not to apply Alcohol Inks directly to your stamps as Alcohol Inks can crack and damage your stamps in the long run

• Same color Alcohol Inks will give different looks when used on different colored card stock [ you need metal/ glossy/ special card stock...normal paper is too porous to work with Alcohol Inks ]
  

  

  Alcohol Inks 

  The leaf was die cut from a background created using only red Alcohol Ink on gold metallic card stock



heat embossing

• Heat embossing looks fabulous on Alcohol Inked surface! In the leaf above I drew veins using an embossing pen and heat embossed with sparkling snow embossing powder[ More details here : Heat Embossed Tag]

  

  Heat embossed Butterfly

I made this butterfly by stamping and heat embossing on an Alcohol Inked metallic card [ Details : Alcohol Inks Card Techniques]

• Alcohol Inked background looks very vibrant and you can really add on various media to it. The Ganesha Hanging was created using beads gel and a stencil on an Alcohol Inked background .

  

  Beads Gel

  Hope you liked the various techniques and projects I have shared

You can buy the whole array of Alcohol Inks craft supplies at Crafters Corner

Links to Products : Alcohol Inks, Metal Fixatives, Alcohol Blending Solution, 

Felt Refill Pack , Felt Applicator, Alchol Ink Card stock

And signing off...Dr Sonia