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Welcome to the July 2021 Technique Squad Blog Hop! I’m so excited to be part of this fun collaboration with fellow demonstrators. This month’s technique is alcohol ink.
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The basics of this technique are that you lay down one or more colors with Stampin’ Blends markers onto Vellum Cardstock, add a highly concentrated version of isopropyl alcohol (I used 91% and plan to order 99% to compare), and then you can manipulate the interaction to create a pretty look. For this card, I colored a piece of vellum with the dark Daffodil Delight, Misty Moonlight, and Cherry Cobbler Stampin’ Blends markers, added drops of the alcohol with a paint brush, and used a can of compressed air to move the ink and alcohol around. When I was done, I used the Heat Tool on the low setting to dry the piece.
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Despite holding down the vellum flat with sticky notes, my vellum did curl pretty well with this technique. I thought it would be fun to use the Round & Square Brads to hold it down, and attached it to a piece of Basic White Cardstock. It has been a long time since I used brads, though, and I didn’t take into account how long the legs are in back! It worked out okay, though, since I had cut this layer down to be smaller, 3.75″ x 5″ rather than perhaps a more typical 4″ x 5.25″. So I added a layer of gold from the Gold & Rose Gold Metallic Specialty Paper to hide those legs.
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Sneak peek! I knew I wanted to get a couple of die cuts out of the gold from a set of dies that will be in the upcoming mini catalog. I figured I might as well use up some of the extra space in the middle, so I cut them out and then snipped away some of the small sharper bits on the more detailed one before adding the gold piece to the back.
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When you’re playing with a new ink technique where you didn’t use a specific stamp set, it’s a great time to have some ready-made sentiments on hand you can pop onto a card. I have lots of sentiments from the Many Messages Stamp Set and Messages Die all ready to go in 15 different colors and white embossed on Basic Black Cardstock. I chose one in Misty Moonlight, added a little Cherry Cobbler ink with a sponge dauber, and popped it over a length of the Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon colored with the dark Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blends marker.
I will be trying out this technique again after I acquire some additional tools, such as a liquid dropper rather than using a paint brush.
Select the NEXT button to head over to Mackenzie Grimme’s blog to see her awesome project! The complete list of participants is below.
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July 2021 Technique Squad Blog Hop Roll Call
- Nicole Mahler
- JoAnn Pollock
- Tracie St-Louis
- Vy Tran
- Carole Garrison
- Kristie Strum (you’re here)
- Mackenzie Grimme
- Rachel Tessman
- Amy Rudd
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JoAnn Pollock
So pretty, and the level of alcohol content really does seem to make a difference
Vy
So pretty, and I like the brads!
Rachel Tessman
Pretty outcome!
Amy Rudd
I really like the color intensity Kristie. I like how you incorporated the gold to really make it pop!
Carole Garrison
Pretty color combination. I am with you, definitely doing this again!