A blog devoted to the cards I make in my tiny upstairs space. When my sister stays there, she calls it an "artist's garret". I'm not an artist, but am an enthusiastic cardmaker - hence the title "Cardmaker's Garret".
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Friday, 12 May 2017

Stenciling with Alcohol Inks

Another day of great crafting with three friends yesterday - Loll (Stamping with Loll), Christine (It's a Card Day's Night), Nancy (scandinancy creates), and I are spending five days together having our own mini card-making retreat.  Yesterday Trina Pham (My Crafting Closet) joined us for a few hours.  It was so great to meet another Vancouver area stamper!

We did various things with alcohol inks, including Nancy showing us her technique for using alcohol inks and a stencil.  She gives detailed instructions here.  And here are my results:



I used the TCW Poppy Garden stencil and lots of vibrant colours of alcohol inks.  The inks bled under the stencil more than I expected, so Nancy suggested going around the edges of the stencil image with a fine point black marker.

The resulting piece was perfect for dividing in half for two different cards.  The first one has a small heat embossed vertical sentiment, then second has a black border and die cut sentiment.  Both panels are popped up on fun foam.

I'll be back with a couple of tags we made tomorrow.





Supplies:
Stamps - Rosie's Roadshow small vertical Happy Birthday
Ink - Versafine Onyx Black, alcohol inks
Paper - Yupo, white and black cs
Size - A2
Accessories - TCW Poppy Garden, clear embossing powder, Tattered Lace Happy Birthday die



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8 comments:

  1. Bonnie12 May 2017 at 10:41

    Two gorgeous cards, my friend! I love those warm, vivid colors! The outlining is great for delineating those beautiful flowers! We need a video of you guys doing this technique.

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  2. Mac Mable12 May 2017 at 11:30

    This is so eye catching. Vibrant colours and what a marvelous technique. Stunner and you really should frame these x

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  3. nancy littrell12 May 2017 at 14:10

    Your one piece worked beautifully for 2 gorgeous, vibrant and very artsy cards, my friend. I am so thrilled with how much fun you had and how you caught onto the technique. I have to say...your cards are even more beautiful IRL, Susan. We have had soooo much creative fun this week. I am already missing all 3 of you. A big hug, Nancy

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  4. Loll12 May 2017 at 18:20

    These two cards are amazing, Susan. Love the artsy look you get with this technique ... and the vibrant colours from the alcohol ink. Fun!! xx

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  5. Nstiz13 May 2017 at 06:50

    Wow Susan! I just love the fluid look of the images! This is so different and so vibrant! What an incredible card! Would love to try this sometime! Thanks for sharing and sharing her directions too!

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  6. Christine Alexander13 May 2017 at 18:26

    These were my favorites, I just love the abstract art effect :)

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