Alcohol Ink with Gilding Flakes for GO7

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This month the Group of Seven Cardmakers had a messy play with alcohol inks and

Gilding Flakes.

I did four cards from two pieces of gilded alcohol ink.

First up....

For the blue piece, I used lots of alcohol with the ink on Yupo paper and my 

Tim Holtz Ink Blower to move the colors in fun patterns. I let it dry completely and

tried to add gilding flakes to the sticky areas.  

I couldn't get it to stick, so I used the skinny tip

of my Bearly Arts glue and added thin beads of glue to some areas then covered the glue with the

gilding flakes and let it sit for a while before rubbing the excess flakes off. 

I die cut some 

feathers from it.  You can't see it in the photo, but there are dry embossed 

feathers in the background.

 With the rest of the piece, I CASEd myself...  

I hadn't used this fun die in a long time and it works so well with

alcohol inked backgrounds.

Then I did a piece of green and made two more cards.

My first Christmas card of the New Year...

Again I used lots of alcohol with the ink on Yupo paper and my Tim Holtz Ink Blower to move

the color around.  Before the piece was completely dry, I covered it with gilding flakes

and pressed into the ink.  I left it to dry a bit then I used a scrubby to rub off the excess.

There was still some sticky places after it dried and I couldn't get the flakes to stick

so I sprinkled baby powder over the top and rubbed off with a dry baby wipe.

This worked great to get the sticky off.

For my final card, I used the rest of the green piece...

and added an Irish Blessing and hot foiled butterfly to it.

The butterfly was hot foiled on acetate and put on top of a die cut

of plain white.  The antenna is from gold cardstock.

Do go over to the Group of Seven website and check out the instructive videos and 

the beautiful examples the rest of the GO7 gals have done.  They have good tips and tricks

for this technique on their blogs.  If you try it yourself, you can link up your results

over there too.  The biggest tip I have is to wait until AFTER you do this to vacuum!

Challenges:

Group of Seven Cardmakers - Alcohol Ink with Gilding Flakes

Double D Challenge - Sparkle and/or Shine

Try it on Tuesday - Add Some Text

   

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Encouraging Words (Stampendous)

Ink:   VersaMark, Aqua, Monsoon AI (Ranger)

Paper:   Yupo, Black, Gold Foil

Other:  Feathers on the Side EF (Darice), Feather Dies (?), Gold Gilding Flakes ($ Tree), Gold EP, Circle Punches (1/8" & 1/4")

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Sentiment Strips (Alt)

Ink:  Midnight Muse, Aqua, Monsoon AI (Ranger)

Paper:   Yupo, Neenah Solar White

Other:   Floral Stem Collage (PS), Gold Gilding Flakes ($ Tree)

Card Recipe (card 3)

Stamps:  Holiday Sayings (Inky Antice)

Ink:   Gumball Green, Citrus, Limeade, Botanical AI (Ranger)

Paper:   Yupo, Neenah Solar White, Gold Foil

Other: Gold Gilding Flakes ($ Tree), Pretty Pines Thinlits (ret SU), Quickie Glue Pen, Glitter,

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Irish Blessing (Verses)

Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black

Paper:   Yupo, Neenah Solar White, Acetate

Other: Gold Gilding Flakes ($ Tree), Mini Slimline Double Stitch Die (KS), Small Butterflies Hot Foil Plate & Die, (PFS), Gold Foil

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Seahorse Garden

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Today I have a CASE of a card I saw here using the Seaside Garden set from Spellbinders.

I had a gel print using this technique that the Group of Seven Cardmakers did a

couple months ago. I thought it would work perfectly for an underwater scene.

This NBUS set has some wonderful ocean elements along with the sweet seahorse and 

there are dies as well as the stamps.  Lots of bang for the buck!

I stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored the seahorse, shells and grass

with Copic markers then die cut everything out.

I stamped some more grass on my background and arranged the colored elements using

some dimensionals.  Then I stamped the bubbles on the background and placed it all on this

fantastic 3D embossing.  I left the net in the background because I didn't want this seahorse to

get caught in it. :-0

Challenges:

Krafty Chicks #671 - Stamp Act

NBUS #52 - Never Before Used Schtuff

Simon Says Wednesday - Alcohol Ink

  

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Seahorse Garden (Spl)

Ink:   Memento Tuxedo Black, Island Indigo, Soft Suede

Paper:   Neenah Solar White

Other:  Alcohol Ink (bottom 1/4 Pool, next 1/3 Patina, top Sailboat), 91% Alcohol, Gel Plate, Copics (R20, R22, R24, YG03, YG17, YG67, E0000, E00, E01, E33), Cast Away 3D EF (Spl), Seahorse Garden Dies (Spl)

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Father's Day

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The background for this card was done with our GO7 Alcohol Ink on Gel Plate technique

from a couple of month's ago.

Since my hubby likes waterfowl, I went with this Lake Loon die and used the gel plate

background for the sky.  The loon was die cut again from a snippet of watercolor paper, 

fussy cut and colored with some watercolor pencils.  Adding another layer to the loon 

added extra depth.

I used a grass embossing folder to add some extra depth to the area around the die cut.

Challenges:

Krafty Chicks - CAS

Simon Says Monday - Masculine

Try it on Tuesday - Birds or Feathers

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  

Ink:   

Paper:  Neenah Solar White, Watercolor (Arches), Smoky Slate

Other:  Alcohol Ink (Shell Pink, Sunshine Yellow, Sailboat), 91% Alcohol, Gel Plate, Lake Loon Die (GM), Grass Silhouette EF (Darice), Caran d'ache Supracolor Pencils (Charcoal, Black)

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Blooms

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I have a couple more cards using the gel plate with alcohol ink technique.

First up...

I dropped some Amethyst, Flamingo and Wild Plum alcohol ink on a mini round

Gel Plate, added some 91% alcohol and used my Ink Blower to move the colors

around, being careful not to mix them up too much.

When I was happy with the look, I placed a piece of cardstock on top and pressed.

I stamped this Lavinia flower on top, then die cut a circle from the piece, then

dry embossed what was left.

The circle was added back foam and framed with a thin circle frame.

There was some ink left on the plate so I added a bit more alcohol and pulled

again to get a softer look.

This time I die cut a circle from another piece of cardstock and subtly embossed

that piece to add over the gel print.

I added some die cut NBUS flowers all around then added a tiny butterfly

for contrast.

Have you tried this technique yet?

If you have we'd love for you to add it to the

Group of Seven Cardmakers website.

Challenges:

Triple B Challenge - Birds, Butterflies & Blooms (I have blooms & butterfly)

NBUS #50 - Never Before Used Schtuff (Blossom Vine die)

Simon Says Wednesday - No Patterned Paper

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Floral Spray (Lavinia), Just Breathe (W+9)

Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black, Ranger Alcohol Ink (Wild Plum, Flamingo, Amethyst)

Paper:   Neenah Solar White

Other:  91% Alcohol, Infinity Circles (HA), Subtle EF (ret SU), Icy Sparkle Crystals (Studio Katia)

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Encouragement Phrases (Rubbernecker)

Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black

Paper:   Neenah Solar White

Other:  Blossom Vine Die (SSS), Stitched Circle Die (OOB LI), Subtle EF (ret SU), Levenworth Butterfly Trio (MB)

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Baby

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More playing with alcohol ink on a Gelli plate.

You can read more about this technique here and at the

Group of Seven Cardmakers.

I did some embossing on the gelli plate pull and added this sweet little

bunny sitting on a homemade swing.

Challenges:

Can You Handle the Pressure - Embossing Folder with option of Baby

Krafty Chicks - All Occasions

Seize the Birthday - Balloons (I hope it's okay since it celebrates Baby's birth day)

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Baby (?)

Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black, Alcohol Ink (Shell Pink, Stonewashed)

Paper:   Neenah Solar White

Other:  Gelli Plate, 91% Alcohol, Ink Blower (TH), Bunny Die (?), Falling Petals EF (ret SU), Balloon Dies (?), Heart Charms Die (PB)

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Alcohol Inks on Gelli Plate

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This month our Group of Seven Cardmakers used alcohol ink on a Gelli Plate.

It's messy but so much fun!

I shared two cards using this technique yesterday and I'll be sharing more in the coming days.

Today I'm sharing my favorites.

To do this technique, we squirted some alcohol ink on a Gel Plate (mine was 3" x 5"). 

A needle nose bottle works great to squirt some alcohol or blending solution onto the plate.  

Then I used a puffer to move the ink around.  

When happy with the mix of colors, regular cardstock is pressed onto

the inky plate.  When pulled off it leaves a lovely pattern and I love that the cardstock is

so much easier to stamp on than the glossy cardstock.

I did the technique a little differently on this piece.

I did one color at a time, trying to add it just to 1/3 of the plate.  I used Lettuce and

Sunshine on the bottom and Sailboat at the top.  I have the Tim Holtz puffer

and it works great for moving the ink and alcohol.

I've been wishing for this dragonfly die from The Greetery for ages and finally 

gave in and ordered it.  It was on a card within an hour after it was in my hands.

That's the fastest use of NBUS ever for me!

I pressed the die cut in VersaMark and heat embossed in gold before assembling him

and popping him on a torn piece of vellum.

Then....

This time I used a NBUS silhouette stamp and kept it simple.

This background was my second pull.  The first was quite rich in color so I added 

some more alcohol on the plate and pulled again.

Here are the two pulls side by side.

I hope you'll go to the Group of Seven Cardmakers blog and take a look at what the

rest of the girls have done and maybe try the technique yourself.  There are instructions at

the web site.

Challenges:

NBUS #49 - Never Before Used Schtuff (Dragonfly & Daisy Stap

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Happy Snippets (PB)

Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black, Alcohol Ink (Lettuce, Sunshine, Sailboat), VersaMark

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Black

Other:  Gelli Plate, Ink Blower, (TH), 91% Alcohol, Jumbo Curiosity Dragonfly Die (Greetery), Gold EP

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Daisies (Nellie Snellen), Sketched Flowers (SSS)

Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black, Ranger Alcohol Ink (Lettuce, Sunshine, Sailboat)

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Black

Other:  Gelli Plate, 91% Alcohol, Ink Blower (TH), Linen/Canvas Impression Plate (PTI)

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Flowers in Bloom

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Seize the Birthday has a prompt of alcohol.

I thought about raising a glass, but decided to pull out a piece of background

done in alcohol ink instead.

Actually I pulled out two pieces.  I used pink to stamp and die cut the flowers and 

a piece of green for the stems.

Another for those May birthdays.

Challenges:

Krafty Chicks - CAS

MFT Color Challenge - Pink & Green

Seize the Birthday - Alcohol

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Flowers in Bloom (MFT), Bitty Birthday Wishes (MFT)

Ink:   Archival Jet Black, Alcohol Inks

Paper:   HP Photo Paper, Neenay Solar White

Other:  Flowers in Bloom die (MFT), Subtle EF (ret SU), Black Ultrafine Sharpie

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Sparkling Snowflakes

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I have more cards made from projects I did using Vaseline on stamps.

For this technique, we spread a little Vaseline on a lid and picked up some with a piece

of foam to lightly cover the stamp or a stencil.  I used a background snowflake stamp here.

We stamped it down on a piece of Yupo paper then added 91% alcohol or blending

solution on top followed by drops of alcohol ink.  All the alcohol or blending solution

allowed me to use my Tim Holtz puffer to blow the ink around a bit.

When we were happy with the results, we wiped with a soft cloth and it

revealed the stamping.  The Vaseline had acted as a resist.

On this piece the color was so strong that I didn't think the snowflakes showed well.

So I put some alcohol on a paper towel and wiped the surface of the piece thinking

that I could just start over.  The snowflakes resist still showed up and gave me a

perfect background for some sparkly snowflakes.

Challenges:

Krafty Chicks #638 - CAS

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Hand Drawn Snowflakes Background (HA)

Ink:   Alcohol Ink (Sailboat, Indigo, Amethyst)

Paper:   Yupo, Neenah Solar White, Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer (SU), Silver Foil

Other:  91% Alcohol, Greetings Die (PB), Tis the Season Die (Creative Expressions), Stitched Alpine Snowflakes Dies (PS)

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Vaseline

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A few weeks ago, Christine led us in a Zoom using Vaseline

on our stamps.  Sound intriguing?

  

We smooshed some Vaseline on a mat and picked it up with a sponge to add a light coat to our stamps

or through a stencil on Yupo.  I used a stamp.

Then we dropped some 91% alcohol or Blending Solution on Yupo and dropped alcohol inks

into the alcohol.  I used my Tim Holtz puffer to move the ink around adding more ink

and puffing until I was happy with the background.

When the ink was dry, we used a soft cloth to rub over top and wipe off the Vaseline which

had acted as a resist.

I tried something different with this one and colored the resist with Copics.

Copics don't work great on Yupo and left a lot of streaks.  It worked out okay for this bird

but I don't think I'd try that again.

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Soft Wings (PB)

Ink:   Alcohol Ink (Butterscotch, Sunset Orange, Shell Pink)

Paper:   Yupo, Gold Foil, Neenah Natural

Other: Vaseline, 91% Alcohol, TH Puffer, Thin Frames Rectangles (SSS)

 Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Perched Hummingbird (IO)

Ink:   Alcohol Ink (Shell Pink, Cloudy Blue, Lemonade)

Paper:   Yupo, Emerald Envy, Neenah Solar White

Other:  Vaseline, Copic Markers (G14, G46, E13, E23, E25, E27, R24, R37, N7), Sharpie Black Ultra Fine

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