Alcohol Inks SPLATTER Backgrounds

Hi again it's me GlitteryKatie back with another fun way to use your alcolhol inks!!

 

I saw this technique in Tim Holtz's book and wanted to try it- he has a great tutorial on his website that explains the technique really clearly! Go HERE

You will need:

Glossy cardstock

Alcohol inks

Ink tool applicator and felt pads

Straw or air can

Covered worksurface (it can be messy)

Stamps

Black Ink Pad -Archival or Versafine Ink

First you need to drop a spot of alcohol ink onto your glossy cardstock- immediately hit it with a blast of air from your air can to spread the ink!

Now I used my Husbands air compressor just because it was there BUT if you don't have access to one nor an air can you can blow through a thin straw- you just need a stream of air to blow the ink around!  ;)

Add other spots of different coloured alcohol inks and splatter them with air until you have a pleasing pattern!

THEN you can stamp onto them and using them as funky backgrounds!

Make sure you use an OIL BASED ink pad to stamp with as some inks will not stamp over alcohol inks and some will cause the alcohol inks to dissolve!

I used Black Versafine ink or you could use Archival ink

First of all I used Madonna Woodcut Bombshell stamp to stamp on my alcohol ink background.

I wanted to make a shrine-like card so I used a Tim Holtz Texture Fade folder (Rays and retro Circles) to emboss some glossy cardstock then I applied alcohol inks all over with my ink tool.

Then added some bright coloured Primas and glitter beads for a Mardi Gras look!

Here I a strip of the alcohol ink background and stamped a Stampotique girl onto it. I used the Tim Holtz Texture Fades Folder again this time coloured with red and orange inks. I added some Rock Star stickers with Fragments glued over them for some dimension.

 

Hope you enjoyed this voyage into alcohol inks!

Love GlitteryKatie xXXXx

 

Comments

[Sarah]

aaarrgghh, you're doing it again, Katie, making me want to buy embossing folders!!!