Alcohol Ink Background card

 

Good Morning Ladies,  

I started to tidy the set of drawers that has my Ink blending tools and Alcohol inks in on Saturday afternoon,   I gave up with the blending brush cleaning after doing about 5 and discovering the amount of ink they hold.  I did try to blend some of that ink out but it just doesn't budge, its too far up on the bristles,   plus you can't scrub hard when you are blending otherwise it would look terrible,  I do have the old style blending tools and foam but the brushes to give a softer blend.   

After giving up with the brushes I sorted through my Alcohol inks,  that got me wanting to play with them,   I watched a couple of tutorials and discovered that I don't use nearly enough Isopropyl Alcohol or Blending solution,  I had also never thought about using only one colour,  it has several colours that make up that shade so I just went for it, added more Isopropyl than ink and went to it with my 'puffy' tool, it was much easier to blend.  It's always hard to know when to stop though.   After allowing the ink to dry I took a stencil and blending tool with domed foam which I inked up with 'Alcohol Lift Ink'  and inked through the stencil,  it doesn't look like much has happened at first but you buff over with a piece of kitchen roll the pattern is revealed,  you can line the stencil up and re - ink through it, I did it twice  ......

It's quite a subtle effect but I really like it. 

So to keep it simple I matted it on to a piece of gold card,  a good tip: I use tape adhesive to adhere Yupo, especially when adhering to another shiny surface. 

Inspired by one of the videos I watched I kept embellishment simple,  A die cut butterfly with a gold embossed sentiment.

I hope that you all have a good day, 

Love and hugs to all,

Sandra xxx