The wings on the dragonflies on these card from Ishani are so beautiful! To create them she used alcohol inks on vellum and acetate, each one gives a slightly different look when the inks are applied, so which ever you … Read More ...
3 Ways to Color on Acetate
I love working with acetate, those clear plastic sheets are fun to use to create shaker and window cards but you can also stamp and color on them too! Rebecca has three different ways to add color to acetate, one … Read More ...
Coloring with Alcohol Inks
Alcohol Inks add loads of color and pattern for card backgrounds but did you ever think of using them to color a stamped image too? Well, Lydia did for this beautiful floral card. She created purple and green inked panels … Read More ...
Valentine Spotlight Technique Cards
Yana Smakula used some super sweet new stamps from Colorado Craft Company designed by illustrator Anita Jeram for these adorable cards. She kept the cards clean and simple but added some extra depth with a spotlight technique. By stamping twice … Read More ...
Halloween Mixed Media Tag
This amazing Halloween Mixed Media Tag from Emma Williams is a true work of art. She used stamps, dies, paints, inks, embellishments and more from Tim Holtz for this wonderfully spooky tag. I love the creepy skeleton hands reaching around … Read More ...
1 Stencil, 3 Card Techniques
Amber used the same stencil and three different mixed media techniques to create three different card designs. One card has dimension from stencil paste with alcohol inks over top, another is just liquid alcohols and the third was colored in … Read More ...
5 Vellum Techniques for Cards
Vellum is a thin semi-transparent paper that add a soft touch to any paper crafting project. Justine Hovey has 5 different techniques using vellum, from card bands, to overlays, embossing and backgrounds colored with ink she’ll show you just how … Read More ...
Alcohol Inks and Embossing Card Backgrounds
Verity created the most stunning card backgrounds by applying alcohol ink to vellum paper. And then took it to the next level by added embossing powder to sections that were still wet for an added metallic shine. These pattern are … Read More ...
Marbling Card Technique
These colorful cards created by Carly were made using a marbling technique with alcohol inks. The backgrounds are the star so some simple die-cutting and sentiment is all that is needed to finish these off. Honey Bee
Otter Valentine’s Day Card
How sweet is this otter Valentine’s Day card? Laura used a background technique using Distress Ink and Micro Glaze for a cool water effect.
She’s sharing her video tutorial over on the SugarPea Designs blog, click here to watch.
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Pet Lover Valentine Cards
Laura used Ranger Alcohol inks on Yupo paper to create cool backgrounds on adorable pet lover Valentine’s Day card. She’s created a dog and cat version.
She’s sharing her card making steps over on the C. C. Designs blog, click … Read More ...
Christmas Wall Hanging
Using stamps, embossing, die cutting, alcohol inks and more Anna-Karin used her paper crafting supplies to create this lovely Christmas wall hanging. It’s sure to brighten up any room for the holidays.
She’s sharing her step by step tutorial over … Read More ...
Fall Leaves Cards with Alcohol Inks
Alcohol inks seem to be making a comeback. They were very popular for a while in card making and paper crafting but seemed to have sort of fallen out of style for a bit. But now I’m seeing them pop … Read More ...
Stamping with Alcohol Lift
The new Alcohol Lift solution from Tim Holtz allows you to lift away alcohol inks for some lovely images. By applying it to stamps you leave behind the colored background with the white image of the stamps, it’s very cool. … Read More ...
Alcohol Ink Card Backgrounds
Learn how to create beautiful molted backgrounds that look like marble to use on your next card project. Barbara Anders will show you how to alcohol inks and clear alcohol for this cool technique.