Alcohol Ink Pearls W/Alloy

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Today's card project focuses on Alcohol Ink Pearls! These inks are so bright and vibrant and have a beautiful shimmer to them. There are a total of twelve colors available in the pearls family. They can be purchased separately, in a three pack or the full set. Today, I will be using six bright colors along with an Alloy Alcohol Ink. Also available are some earthy colors which are great for masculine cards! I will be using Yupo White Heavystock (which is a bit heavier that regular Yupo) with my inks. Yupo paper is a nonporous synthetic plastic that allows alcohol inks to move and blend using blending solution or isopropyl alcohol. I will be using a border die from Paper Rose that I will cut a panel twice with to create a card front to go over my inked background. I will be using a greeting die from Pinkfresh Studio as well as a sentiment from Altenew. Let's get started!!

I will be doing all of my work today on my Tim Holtz Glass Media Mat.

To start, I cut down a piece of Yupo White Heavystock to be 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" using my Tim Holtz Guillotine Paper Trimmer. Before adding any color, I add some Blending Solution to my panel. Working in rainbow order, I start by adding Intrigue Alcohol Ink Pearl to the left side of the panel. Working my way across the panel I add Splendor Alcohol Ink Pearl, followed by Alchemy Alcohol Ink Pearl, Sublime Alcohol Ink Pearl, Tranquil Alcohol Ink Pearl and finishing with Villainous Alcohol Ink Pearl. I then add several drops of Sterling Alcohol Ink Alloy. I then add a drop of Blending Solution over the alloy drops to help break them up. Now for the fun part! I use my Air Blower to gently move the ink around my panel. I want to blend each color but keep them in rainbow order as this helps keep the colors from getting muddy. Once I'm happy with the look, I set the panel aside to dry while I work on my die cutting. *I like to work over a piece of copy paper. This helps catch any ink runoff and makes it easy to pick up and move my wet panel away from my work surface to dry. To clean up my Glass Mat, I use some isopropyl alcohol and cotton balls. I then wipe my mat with a damp cloth and dry off.

For my card panel, I cut a 4 1/4" x 5 1/4" panel out of Neenah White Cardstock using my Guillotine Paper Trimmer. Taking my Gum Leaf Border Die, I line it up on the top edge of my cardstock panel and adhere down using Purple Tape. I then run it through my Big Shot Die Cut Machine. *For intricate dies like this one, I place a Metal Adaptor Plate under the bottom cutting plate. Using my Retractable Craft Pick, I remove any remaining pieces in my panel. 

I now turn the die and line up against the bottom edge of my panel and adhere down. I again run them through my Big Shot. I now have a beautiful design with a center strip area for my greeting and sentiment. *I turn the die so that the pattern has a continual flow look to it.

Using Double Sided Tape, I adhere my inked panel onto a white card base. I then add Liquid Glue along the edges and center of my die cut panel. I also add smalls drops of glue to the leaves and small areas, including the very edges of the design then adhere onto my blended panel.

For my greeting, I take a die from the Phrase Builder - Sending Die Set and cut out of white cardstock three times and once out of Black Cardstock, running them through my Big Shot. I then use Liquid Glue to stack and glue my die cuts together, with the black die cut on top. This gives added dimension and helps the greeting to stand out more. I use Liquid Glue and mount my greeting over the center of my card front.

 

Next, I place a thin scrap strip of cardstock into my MISTI Stamp Positioner. I choose a sentiment from the Sentiment Strips 2 Stamp Set and stamp using Versafine Clair Nocturn Ink. I trim the ends down a little and add some Foam Squares to the back then mount just under my greeting and this completes my card.

Alcohol inks are so fun to play with, I have to force myself to stop and put them away or I would use up all of my Yupo paper in one sitting! These border dies are brilliant! I love how they cut out a design yet leaves the panel intact. The stitching is a great finishing touch to such a beautiful design. I used a similar die on a previous post where I cut the panel just once if you would like to see another example of this type of die. I will be taking the rest of the week off as I have a very special project I will be working on for the next few days... I've been invited to be a guest designer for Gina K. Design's new release!! Come back on Monday for another fun card project, have a wonderful weekend!

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Jeannie