Alcohol Inks by Betty McCommon

It is a technique using Alcohol Inks from Tim Holz:

Supplies:
Stampscape stamps
glossy paper, Black and mustard cardstock
Black Brilliance Ink
Adironkack Alcohol inks and Blender solution

I was intrigued by the picture that was on the packaging Tim Holz's Adirondack Alcohol inks came on so I thought I'd TRY to recreated it. I didn't get mine to look exactly like that and realized I never even got CLOSE to getting the same thing twice so this was a fun techniqe to play with.
I knew I wanted to use my Stampscape stamps and have a blue on the bottom for a pond and a sunset look on the top so I played with colors that I hoped would give me that look

First I dropped inks on in colors I wanted in the areas I wanted. I squirted on the Blender solution and started tilting the glossy cardstock this way and that so it would flow in the spots I wanted. Not as easy as it sounds! More inks and solution and more inks and solution. It's a time consuming process and quite interesting. The colors blend nicely but it can be frustrating if you are going for a look and don't exactly what your hoping for. My last step was to drop butterscotch ink where I wanted the sun to be (with no blending fluid) and I was shocked it actually worked!

It dried right away and I was able to stamp my scene on the bottom and clouds on the top with my black Brilliance ink. I then layered on Black and Mustard. The scan doesn't really show the colors like in person. Even my hubby was impressed!
 

Supplies:
Stamps by Art Impressions and Meer Images
Glossy paper, white card base
Brilliance Black and Gold leafing pen.
Alcohol inks, Blending solution
Makeup sponge

On this one, I tried to manipulate the inks with a makeup sponge. The results weren't quite as stunning in my opinion as the previous attempt but, still has a nice look.
For a different look, I just edged the white cardstock base with my gold leafing pen so it looked like it was layered on gold paper.

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