Beautiful blown alcohol ink flowers. So lovely!!

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Hello! Today I share fast and easy ways to create bold backgrounds with alcohol ink. This technique is fascinating! I also am part of a blog hop celebrating a great new product release.

How to seal alcohol ink artwork to protect from damage and UV fading.

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This is a new technique for me, and I'm going to make a couple more backgrounds this morning. I tore a piece of cling wrap to larger than my A2 card, dropped dots of alcohol ink in a few places, sprayed with water, and put my glossy card stock on top, and then turned the whole thing over and smooshed the cling wrap a bit. I also tried this with Distress reinkers, and while I had to leave the wrap on that card, the alcohol Inks immediately created their design on the paper so I was able to…

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We're going to start the technique calendar off with one of my favorite Ranger products. It was actually the first Ranger product I ever owned...Adirondack Alcohol Inks! Groovy Inks If you're visited Ink Stains before you know I like to experiment. This technique is one of those experiments that I love. It yields results that remind me of the "groovy" swirly t-shirt designs from the 70's... I hope you give it a try and enjoy the results! Supplies: Adirondack Alcohol Inks (Ranger) Glossy…

I took a little time this weekend to play with some Distress Ink combos. I have some strips of watercolor paper and mixed media paper fro...

I bought some alcohol inks the other day. This is the first piece I made with them. (You're going to find a lot of blues on my blog this year. Just sayin'. ) I added Ranger alcohol inks in Aqua, Sailboat Blue, Indigo and Mermaid, plus some silver mixative, to some Ranger Inkssentials white Gloss Paper. I then stamped and white embossed the bouquet from Concord and 9th's "Hello Lovely", and then added a happy birthday sentiment from Hero Arts "Many Birthday Messages" white embossed onto…

Hello Crafters! I just realized this post never went live so my apologies... If you've been here before you know I've been trying to push myself outside my comfort zone for awhile now. Today, thanks to my amazing friend Jenn Shurkus I have a really cool technique to share with you. She sent me a Snapchat of a card she made with a beautiful alcohol ink background that had the most beautiful gold foil veins running through it. Immediately I was like I need to know how to make that. AND then I…