Before Alcohol Lift Inkpads

Evening All,

One of my favourite new products from 2019 was the Alcohol Lift ink pad. A fabulous product which not not only lifts an image from a piece of alcohol inked background, but also enables you to stamp the image onto another piece of card stock. A twofer.

Long before it came on to the market it was possible to create and lift an impression from a piece of alcohol inked background using an archival ink pad.

Unfortunately this technique does not result in a twofer, but it does give you some fabulous results.

These cards were made using alcohol inked acetate. The floral images were stamped onto the inked side of the acetate using Archival ink which is then removed with a piece of  kitchen paper or a cloth. This removes the alcohol ink, although the images can sometime look a little grey from the archival ink.

This final card was made using a piece of photographic paper stamped with images that were then cut out and layered onto a card over a fancy die cut.

We will definitely have to play with Alcohol inks again, they are such fun, in the mean time its stencils tomorrow.

Thanks for stopping by. Have a great crafty weekend.

Hugs Kimx

Awesome Agapanthus

Hi All
I'm absolutely shattered, and I must have washed my hands several hundred times over the course of the day.
Our Cafe Lass arrived with her finger heavily bandaged this morning, so it made far more sense for her to work on the main till and me to make the coffee etc since she wasn't allowed to get her bandage wet!!!!
I suppose at least it meant that I wasn't stuck in the same place all day, and it looks like I am in for a repeat performance on Friday.

This card was made for my friend Jenny who celebrated her birthday last week.

 The panel across the card was created using acetate, alcohol inks and a lovely Agapanthus stamp.

I have 'lifted' some of the Alcohol ink using an Archival ink pad and some kitchen paper.
I do love this technique.
Off to bed, back tomorrow.
Hugs Kimx

My First Step by Step Tutorial

Evening Everyone,
Welcome to the weekend ............again. Where on earth has another week gone to.
It is my turn to post on the Hobby Art Blog, and I'm only one day late this time so that is an acheivement in itself lol.

I thought that I would share one of the cards that I made for Jenny’s last TV appearance, and at the same time clear up the mystery of how to create the background on acetate. 
The picture that I took of the original card is not very good, (acetate is so hard to photograph) so here is another one that I made as a Birthday card.
I’m not a great one for step by step instructions, because to be perfectly honest, until I start to play I have no idea what I am going to end up with, so you will have to forgive me if my steps are not up to everyone elses standards. 
They also use different stamps.

These are most of the items that I used to create my acetate panel, although I did forget the Blending Solution, and it is hard to see the acetate in the middle of the picture.

Add a drop of each of your chosen colour of Alcohol to a piece of felt attached to a Blending Tool.

Tap the blending tool all over the acetate, turning it as you move across your panel to create a random background.

Every one will be different, even if you use the same combination of inks.

Add a few drops of the Blending Solution to the felt, without adding any more of the coloured inks, and create a second piece of background. 

This will give you a much paler piece of background to work with.

Next comes the fun part, but it will only work with Archival Ink. 

Stamp your chosen image on to the acetate on the same side as you put the inks. 

Leave it to dry very briefly, and then wipe the ink away using a dry cloth, or paper towel. 

Any colour of Archival ink will work, and I actually like the the slightly grey shadow that is left by using the black ink. 

Keep stamping and wiping away the ink over the entire panel until it is randomly covered. You can also use a fine detailed stamp such as a greeting with this technique.

At the end of the day just play, what have you got to lose except a little bit of time, and maybe some acetate. 

I managed to get this picture from the Hobby Art blog itself of the card from the TV.

The black images that appear on the panel above have been stamped on the uninked side of the acetate using Stazon Ink. I find that the image stamps out better on that side, but do remember that you will be turning the acetate over so if you have used a greeting stamp on your background panel it will then be in reverse. That is why I chose a very random text stamp as it can’t easily be read so works just as well in reverse.

I'm hoping to get some playtime this weekend as my parcel arrived today with all the new stamps for the next Hobby Art TV show at the end of the month. There are some real beauties so I can't wait. 

Have a great weekend. Hugs Kimx

It's Only Words at Crafty Cardmakers and More

Hi Guys
Here I am, late again with my post for the latest challenge over at CCM&More.

Lin is our host this time and her challenge is 'It's Only Words'.  She would like to see something that has the sentiment as the MAIN focus or at least prominently displayed.

As you know I have been rather busy this weekend and completely forgot about the new challenge, so I was rather relieved to find this card in my box. Perfect for Lin's challenge I think you will agree.

The sentiment is by Woodware FRS112 Double Thanks and is quite large.

The background has been created using Alcohol inks on Acetate.

The leaves have been stamped onto the Alcohol ink using an Archival ink which has then been wiped off with  a cloth to leave the impression of the leaves.

This is the prize for the challenge, so why not pop across and get some more inspiration from the rest of the Team.
Happy Crafting.
Hugs Kimx