Friday 1 March 2019

Alcohol Lifting

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 


23 comments:

Anne (cornucopia) said...

Beautiful card.

Christine Alexander said...

Gorgeous 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 :)

cuilliesocks said...

Hi Karen, this is a fabulous technique and your card is beautiful, I do love the colours Kate x

Pat said...

Having 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

Viv said...

This is so lovely Karen, great technique too, I must try that sometime ;) hugs Viv xx

Imke said...

This looks amazing, Karen - great technique !

Thanks for joining our "Love it" Challenge @ Little Red Wagon this week.

Imke ~ MY CRAFTY PLACE

Ruth said...

This is a beautiful card! Thank you for sharing.

Bobby said...

This turned out beatifully, Karen. I couldn't get that Alcohol Lift to work for me.

Janet a.k.a. swanlady21 said...

Such a beauty! Love it. I've got to try this sometime.

Faith A at Daffodil Cards said...

Gorgeous combo of colours and a SUPER design and sentiment.
Happy St David's Day.
Faith
x

Patricia said...

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.

Ina G said...

WOW! What a beautiful result you got with the alcohol lifting. That stamp looks sensational her Love the sentiment.

Cathy said...

Beautiful 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

Bonnie said...

This 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.

Viv said...

What a fabulous effect. Don't have any Lifting Ink.... YET!

Annick said...

You certainly DID give it a new life ! Stunning !

Loll said...

Gorgeous 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

Mac Mable said...

Now 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

Ellie Knol said...

Gorgeous 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!

Barbara said...

This 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.

maria's knutselplezier said...

What an amazing flower card, great stamp and great technic, I really love this!!

Linda said...

This is stunning. What a beautiful image, and great results with the Alcohol Ink Lift. Thanks for playing along with the Craft Stamper challenge xx

lynda said...

I'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!