I used a painterly alcohol ink technique to create a background for the PERCHED BIRD 94244 on today's card.
how I created the background
- I started with a piece of Alcohol Ink Cardstock (Tim Holtz for Ranger).
- I added some drops of Alcohol Blending Solution (Tim Holtz for Ranger) on the top third or so of the paper.
- Then I added drops of alcohol ink on top of the blending solution (Tim Holtz for Ranger). I started with Aquamarine.
- I used a paintbrush to move the ink around into horizontal lines of color. (I have one dedicated for use with alcohol inks only.) I had to work really quickly and still had some blotchy spots which I kind of liked. Alcohol inks dry really fast!
- Continuing to work down the paper, I added more blending solution and Stream ink, overlapping the Aquamarine.
- For the next section, I added more blending solution and Pesto ink, blending it into the blue layer.
- For the bottom I used Sepia ink blended into the green.
- I added a few more drops of ink where I thought more color was needed and blended it in with the paintbrush.
- Alcohol inks dry very quickly, in just seconds. And this technique is not as messy as some...only one blue blotch on my thumb!
- I chose a light blue notecard and used Scor-tape to adhere the trimmed 4 X 5.25 panel to it.
For the Perched Bird, I chose another notecard in the same color to die cut it. I chose not to use the dotted rayed background because I wanted more of the inky colors to show. I used some white glue to attach it to the alcohol ink background.
All in all, this was a pretty quick card to put together. Another day when I have a bit more time and more alcohol ink cardstock I plan to make a pile of these backgrounds in a variety of colors to have on hand.
Happy Crafting!
94244
Very nice background! Also love the bird die.
Posted by: joy meadows | 08/12/2019 at 07:07 AM
Great background. I'm going to try that. We will see if alcohol pens will work.
Posted by: Brian Poteraj | 08/13/2019 at 02:56 AM
Beautiful background to go with your die cut!
Posted by: Conniecrafter | 09/03/2019 at 07:08 PM