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Saturday, 16 July 2011

Wishing well at the Craft Barn, luvly jubbly :0)

Hi there, It's Wishing Well time at the Craft Barn and the wish was made by

KarenB    who said...I'm hopeless with alcohol inks so I'd love some simple and effective ideas about how to use them.
Any kind of 'wet' techniques really - paint, masking, misting - tips, techniques and sample projects.

I covered a whole page of shiny card ( photo paper's good) with Alcohol inks, with an applicator. One end of the paper had silver tones and the other was gold but the colour mix was relatively random. Now I've got a large supply of marble effect paper to use as a background or focal point on cards.

The card was created with the Impression Obsession Cover a page stamp, thin stripes. You may be seeing quite a lot of stripes coming up, I think, I love this stamp, LOL






Here are some more backgrounds that I've been working on, the pink is like a faux check might be good for baby / feminine cards. The green also has some Cosmic Shimmer green gold on it, yum yum :0)

 Hope you like and as you can see just by making background papers the possibilities are quite large.
Over at the Craft Barn there's been a whole lot more projects using Alcohol inks some of the projects have been truly amazing.





Alcohol Inks, Ranger
Hobby Art Happy Birthday Stamp Cover a page stamp by Impression Obsession Thin Stripes

Hope you like, have fun folks, Gay x
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13 comments:

  1. Valerie-Jael16 July 2011 at 09:12

    Lovely work! Have a great weekend, Valerie

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  2. Sarn16 July 2011 at 09:25

    WOW! That's all I have to say!!!! Oh, no it's not . . . I LOVE this stunning card!

    Hugs, Sandra

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  3. Cynthia Schelzig16 July 2011 at 10:01

    Gorgeous card....I am so into greys lately.......

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  4. Netty16 July 2011 at 13:30

    Smashing card Gay and loving your stripes stamp, brill. Enjoy the weekend, Annette x

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  5. Craft Addicts - Tracy Evans16 July 2011 at 14:02

    Fabulous alcohol ink background and I love how you have used a highlight piece. Gorgeous card. Tracy x

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  6. Shirley16 July 2011 at 15:44

    Your card is awesome, MAC, and here is where you might get some ideas on using the rest of that beautiful paper:
    http://yogiemp.blogspot.com/search?q=alcohol+ink&updated-max=2011-05-27T13%3A20%3A00-06%3A00&max-results=20

    http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/cg_display.asp?seed_id=30237

    The first one I knew, the second I Googled alcohol ink ideas.

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  7. Gibmiss16 July 2011 at 16:26

    Hi Gay
    Stunning card ...love it ...great mans card ...hope you are well ....
    hugs
    sylvie xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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  8. Wishcraft16 July 2011 at 17:35

    Oh no, stop showing me this stripe stamp... I've not bought the big block and stamps yet, but I'm so tempted I'll be giving in soon I think! Fab card, love the inky backgrounds you've made too :o) Lisa x

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  9. Dolly Daydreams16 July 2011 at 17:56

    No offense taken I am a nutter and not in the nice sense lol !! Love this inkiness what amazing colours ? marbling you have created. BTW love the Craft Barn . There are so many possibilities with this. Fabulous card the silver background works so well with the A I ( Is it silver the G & T is kicking in )

    Marie

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  10. Kim Dellow16 July 2011 at 18:19

    Fab Gay! Hope you are having a great weekend. Kim

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  11. Jenny16 July 2011 at 21:23

    Fab work Gay and so many projects from one sheet. I love the oily coloured effect :)
    Jenny x

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  12. Faith A at Daffodil Cards16 July 2011 at 22:34

    A stunning card Gay, love the effect of the alcohol inks.

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  13. Junie17 July 2011 at 15:17

    Another WOW Gay !!! Thought you said you could not use alcohol inks !!! Wish I could get this effect !!! love it

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I love to hear your comments. Sorry but I had to put moderation on, I will answer each comment and hopefully won't miss anyone out Thank you so much for your support, Gay.