Good Morning.
Happy March 1st and where the heck did February go??
So....what do you do when you have a piece of alcohol inked Yupo that just doesn't work for you? You take some TH Alcohol Lifting ink and a stamp and create a card.
Here's what I did.
I had a piece of Yupo that was inked with Ranger AI inks. I just didn't like the colour blends so had stuck it into my stash. When I got this beautiful new At Grace stamp from Penny Black, I couldn't wait to play with it.
So I pulled that AI inked piece out and was determined to give it new life.
I placed the stamp into my Misti and positioned it over the piece of Alcohol inked Yupo paper. Using my Alcohol Lifting Ink, I stamped then removed the Yupo and stamped the flowers onto a piece of regular white cardstock. So quick and easy and I loved the results. It reminded me of a piece of fabric with the look of texture.
I stamped the sentiment from the Penny Black set called Smile Today with blue Archival ink and mounted the finished piece first onto coloured cardstock then onto a plain white card base.
Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.
EDITED: If you don't get a good print the first time, stamp onto the AI piece, wipe your stamp off and ink again with the lifting ink and stamp over again. Using a stamp positioner like the Misti is a very useful way to achieve this technique.
Adding my card to these challenges:
Little Red Wagon- LOVE IT (this new stamp)
Craft Stamper Magazine- ANYTHING STAMPED GOES
Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES
Supplies
Stamps- Smile Today (PB); At Grace (PB)
Inks- TH Alcohol Lifting; Archival (Ranger)
Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook); coloured
Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia); a previously inked piece of Yupo
Beautiful card.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous Karen, I must pull out my alcohol lifting ink, we buy all these products use them once and then on the shelf they go. Great inspiration :)
ReplyDeleteHi Karen, this is a fabulous technique and your card is beautiful, I do love the colours Kate x
ReplyDeleteHaving seen this I must get some alcohol lifting ink as this is gorgeous Karwn, and the turquoise coloured ink for the sentiment looks great, and some lovely matting and layering to finish. x
ReplyDeleteThis is so lovely Karen, great technique too, I must try that sometime ;) hugs Viv xx
ReplyDeleteThis looks amazing, Karen - great technique !
ReplyDeleteThanks for joining our "Love it" Challenge @ Little Red Wagon this week.
Imke ~ MY CRAFTY PLACE
This is a beautiful card! Thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteThis turned out beatifully, Karen. I couldn't get that Alcohol Lift to work for me.
ReplyDeleteSuch a beauty! Love it. I've got to try this sometime.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous combo of colours and a SUPER design and sentiment.
ReplyDeleteHappy St David's Day.
Faith
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Karen, this is really a gorgeous card and I want you to know that is it because of people like you that I now have the Alcohol lift ink! I am easily enabled! I'll bet the AI background is nicer to look at now as well! I 'm playing with my ink tonight.
ReplyDeleteWOW! What a beautiful result you got with the alcohol lifting. That stamp looks sensational her Love the sentiment.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card and great use of this technique. A great reminder too that it's worth keeping backgrounds that don't quite work to try new techniques with, Cathy x
ReplyDeleteThis does look like a piece of appliqued fabric, Karen! A beautiful way to "fix" and unhappy piece! I've yet to try my alcohol lift.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fabulous effect. Don't have any Lifting Ink.... YET!
ReplyDeleteYou certainly DID give it a new life ! Stunning !
ReplyDeleteGorgeous card Karen. And what a wonderful way to colour this amazing stamp. And thanks for the idea to use it on a piece that just doesn't work for what you want ... we all have those in our stash! :) xx
ReplyDeleteNow that's a good idea. It has no doubt transformed the initial yuppo ink card and love how you've used it on this card. Such a beautiful stamp and what a unique and fabulous effect you've achieved. Glorious card x
ReplyDeleteGorgeous card.. up till now I could resist the temptation to buy the lifting ink (as I don't like AI).. but now .. you make it difficult to not put it on my wish list!
ReplyDeleteThis is beautiful. Thank you for the great suggestion. Usually if I have an alcohol inked background I dislike, I'll clean it off and start over, but this worked so well.
ReplyDeleteWhat an amazing flower card, great stamp and great technic, I really love this!!
ReplyDeleteThis is stunning. What a beautiful image, and great results with the Alcohol Ink Lift. Thanks for playing along with the Craft Stamper challenge xx
ReplyDeleteI'm here visiting from Cart Stampers blog. I had to check out your Design Winner's card! I think your card is fantastic! Who would've thought that something you thought was trash could be reinvented into a card so lovely. Love your creativity!
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