Monday ShowCase - Ranger Adirondack Alcohol Inks & Tim Holtz Yupo Paper

Happy Monday to you all! The Saturday Showcase slipped to Monday and I am happy to share with you some inspiration using the Ranger Adirondack Alcohol Inks using the Tim Holtz Yupo Paper.

I spent quite a few hours playing with the alcohol inks and then cutting some of the backgrounds out to use on a few projects.

I started with the Translucent Yupo Paper and the reds, greens, yellows and blending solution.

For any of my backgrounds I like to first layer on a light alcohol ink. To do this I put three drops of the color first on the felt and then add a few drops of alcohol blending solution. I smear this up and drown across the entire surface. After I cover the surface, if I want to remove the streaks I just dab across the surface to let the blending solution bubble up the color.

Once that is done, I let the surface dry. Next for the background I was trying to create with the drops and circles I start by dripping directly from the bottles onto the background. I drip as single color in multiple places across the surface. While it is wet I will drip blending solution over the circles I have created. I then like to let them dry before I add the next set of circles. I add them by dripping more circles and more blending solution.

If I don't like where the colors are blending I will bring in large amounts of the blending solution and let it spread to lighten up the background. You can see I did that on this background after I added the green as it was getting muddy.

I let the green dry and came back with yellow dots. The more blending solution on the background that is not dry will help expand the circles. After it dried I added the red dots back into the surface.

My next attempt was still on the translucent background with greens, blues and yellows.

On this one I added much more blending solution and didn't let the colors dry in between adding more colors. I also used the heat gun to push the colors around the background.

You lose the hard edges and it becomes much more free form without the circles of color. After it dried I came back and added some more circles by dripping the colors directly onto the dry background.

I then pulled out the white Yupo cardstock and created a much softer and blurrier background by adding many drips of blending solution and using the heat gun to push the colors around.

You can see the blending solution and inks pooling off the edge of the paper.

When it dried you can see how it pooled colors around the edges and how the white cardstock helps keep a much richer color.

I then added some drips of blending solution.

I finished it with adding a few drops of blending solution to a clean felt pad and dabbing across the surface to get tiny bubbles across the surface.

For my last sheet I used White Yupo Cardstock and decided to use the felt applicator for all my colors.

I covered the background with the yellow alcohol ink first by adding a few drops of yellow ink mixed with a few drops of the blending solution.

I then started adding a hint of brown ink with a few drops of blending solution and dabbed it on the right side of the paper.

I repeated with a fresh piece of felt with a blue alcohol ink mixed with the blending solution. I didn't re-apply and ink and kept dabbing all the way over to the left.

I then added a bit more brown. I left drying time between each color and replaced my felt each time I put a new coat of color.

I also at the end just used a clean applicator with just blending solution. Most of all the important thing with the alcohol inks is to just try out new ideas. The medium is fun and forgiving!

I didn't finish off this piece, I just put it on a card front to finish later.

I did die cut a bunch of butterflies and leaves from the other backgrounds:

I quickly put together a tag and a card using the butterflies:

I purposely left the background of the cards white and simple to highlight the beauty of the alcohol inks.

 I also cut out a dragonfly from the leftover backgrounds.

The yupo paper allows the alcohol inks to shine and the alcohol inks come in a variety of colors to allow you to pick your color combinations. The Funkie Junkie Boutique has the papers and inks available to purchase. There is still time to play in the Inspired By Challenge!

Suzz

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