Alcohol Ink Lift Technique

Hello, crafty friends. Happy New Year. I have two cards to share today that came from one Alcohol Lift technique. To create these cards, I started by applying blue alcohol ink to a piece of THIS Yupo paper. Once dry, I stamped it with THIS background stamp using THIS alcohol lift ink. After each stamping, I made sure to wipe in circular motions to intensify the image. I also stamped off the ink on...

Perfume Bottle Shaped Cards

Hi, crafty friends. I love creating shaped cards because they are something unexpected and out of the box. I have two shaped cards to share today featuring THIS perfume bottle die… I started by creating two alcohol ink panels. Once they were dry, I die cut them using THIS perfume die. I also cut four more panels from white cardstock. One to layer behind each alcohol ink panel and one for each card base....

Yupo Translucent Alcohol Ink Backgrounds

Hello there, crafty friends. I have two cards to share that feature alcohol ink backgrounds that were created on THIS Yupo Translucent Paper… I usually create Alcohol Ink Backgrounds on white Yupo paper but wanted to try the translucent Yupo paper I had in my stash. I love that it gives a different look and was able to turn one of the cards into a window card using it. More on that in a...

Coloring Die Cuts with Alcohol Ink

Hi there, crafty friends. Today’s card features coloring die cuts with alcohol ink… I stared by die-cutting the butterflies from the Graceful Butterfly Set from white Yupo paper. I put them inside the coordinating embossing folder from the set and embossed them to add some texture. I added some rubbing alcohol to the die-cuts and then applied alcohol ink on top. I mixed in a bit of pearl alcohol ink for some sparkle and...

Alcohol Ink Strips

Hello again, crafty friends. Last week, I shared some alcohol inked cards HERE and HERE and I had a lot of good leftover pieces left over… So, I cut them into strips… …and adhered them one on top of the other to create a background… I added an older Summer die-cut on top cut from holographic cardstock… I added a sentiment from an older stamp set (Vacation Time) and finished it off with some...

Hot Foiling on Alcohol Inked Panels Part Two

Howdy, crafty friends. I recently shared THESE cards where I hot foiled on alcohol inked panels and I was having so much fun with the technique that I decided to create another set but this time with a larger, cover hot foil plate… First, I created the alcohol inked panels. I applied Rubbing Alcohol on four panels of Yupo paper. I added rows of color using alcohol ink and let the color blend by...

Hot Foiling on Alcohol Inked Panels

Hi there, crafty friends. Today’s cards feature hot foiling on alcohol inked panels… I started by creating the alcohol ink backgrounds. I applied rubbing alcohol on Yupo paper and then dropped on different shades of pink, red, and orange alcohol inks. After the panel was covered with ink, I applied rubbing alcohol to another piece of Yupo paper and laid it on top of the first inked panel. I slid them apart creating a...

Case Me A Christmas Card with Michelle Lupton

Hi, crafty friends. I am very honored to be teaming up with my friend Michelle Lupton today. She is CASEing one of my cards and I am CASEing one of hers for her Holiday Card Series. I love Michelle’s style and it was hard to choose just one card to case but I ended up CASEing THIS card of hers… I love that she added the focal points to a strip of ink blending. For...