{Spotlight Project} Cornelia Plays with Alcohol Inks

Hi, Cornelia here today, playing with my alcohol inks.

I like to use Yupo paper when I use alcohol inks, as the paper does not absorb much of the ink and the inks floats on top. Yupo is synthetic paper; it really is a plastic product, but feels like real paper.

I used and old clipboard to secure the paper. I dropped 4 drops of black ink on it and a generous amount of blending solution.

I took my heat tool to move the ink around.

Where the ink dries you get a sharp line. The free moving ink give you a shaded area.

I kept dropping blending solution to reactivate dense areas of ink and kept moving it with my heat tool.

Here I just sprinkled tiny dots of alcohol onto the paper. You can also use rubbing alcohol - it's a lot cheaper, but dries more slowly. You can sprinkle or use a Q-tip for more controlled application.

Finally happy with my panel, but thought I'll add some hot pink drops for more color.

You can stop any time you like. Up to you! 

Added the sentiment - the amazing CUTplorations die, which I die cut twice - once neon pink and once with fun foam. I glued the two "amazings" together at a slight off-set.

Added the "you are", which I heat embossed on black card stock. It's from the Sentiment Builders set HAPPY.

So much fun! Go, give it a try!

Remember if you try out any of the techniques from our Spotlight posts and hook your project up at our Spotlight Project Showcase  you have a chance to win a $15 gift certificate (random drawing) OR your choice of 5x7 stamp set + a Spotlight Project guest designer spot (randomly drawn from the Top 3 picks).

Products Cornelia used in today's project:

 

Amazing word die | Sentiment Builders: Happy