Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Created by Hand - Alcohol Inks

I love alcohol inks and have had fun with them for a couple of years now. Last year I got two different sets of Adirondack AI for Christmas. I also have made my own by using food and fabric dyes with isopropyl alcohol. Created by Hand challenge has alcohol inks as its theme this week.

My background started out as a satin finish photo paper which I ran through the pasta machine in a cuttlebug folder to get that lovely swirl design. I then sprayed the sheet with my green AI. It looked gaudy, so I sprayed some yellow AI on it. It still looked pretty loud, so I hit it again with some red AI. Then I took a piece of toweling and dabbed some of the ink back off. I am really excited by the brownish background. The little kids are my mother's first cousins, the Weir children.

10 comments:

  1. Really gorgeous.
    Fabulous background and lovely image.

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  2. I can see why you are excited by the brown background because it is so gorgeous! You've created a wonderful vintage look perfect for the old photograph.

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  3. Your polished stone is excellent, Faye...I love everything about your card...!!

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  4. This is fabulous Faye. Background color is really nice. And the children are so cute.

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  5. Ooooh, I LOVE this! What a great idea. Just beautiful!!

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  6. Beautiful! I love to hear that I'm not the only one who avoids the loud colors - lol :)

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  7. I really like this. Has so much depth! I never thought of making alchohol inks but aren't they fun to layer and play with!

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  8. Very nice. I like the brownish background tone and that swirly thing.

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