January Group of Seven Cardmakers - Alcohol Inks with Gilding Flakes

 It's time for the January post by the Group of Seven Cardmakers!   This month we are playing with Alcohol Inks and Gilding Flakes!

I used an 8"x10" piece of Yupo for the technique and so was able to cut 4 card panels 4"x5" to make my 4 cards below.

Here are a few photos of how I created my panel.

Supplies:  8"x10" Yupo Cardstock, Alcohol Inks: Latte, Pistachio, Sail Boat Blue, 91% Rubbing Alcohol, Ranger Ink Blower, heat tool that has a low or cool setting, gilding flakes

I applied quite a bit of 91% rubbing alcohol all over the Yupo Sheet.  Then I dropped Sailboat Blue AI into the alcohol and blew it around with the Ink Blower.

I added some more rubbing alcohol and dropped Pistachio AI onto the panel and blew the ink around again with the blower.  

(I wish I had stopped with this result below!)

I repeated the same steps adding Latte Alcohol Ink.  

I kept blowing the ink around, adding rubbing alcohol and more ink until I felt I was done.  Then I dried the panel with a cool setting on my heat tool.  You want to dry the AI but not where the colors have pooled because you want the Gilding Flakes to stick to those edges.

Then I spread Red Blaze Cosmic Shimmer Gilding Flakes over the panel of Yupo and pressed it down onto the sheet with my fingers.   Then I let it sit for 20 minutes or so.  Then I brushed it off the panel with my fingers.

The Gilding Flakes didn't end up sticking to too many places  - but there is some on each of the panels I cut for cards.

Sorry, my post is going to be a bit longer!

I decided to make another panel using different Alcohol Inks - Stone Washed and Citrus and the gluing technique for the gilding flakes on the 2nd video.  

I dribbled the rubbing alcohol over the panel of Yupo and added one row of color and moved it around with the bulb, then added a row of the 2nd color and moved it around - alternating the 2 colors until I filled the panel.  I didn't drop more rubbing alcohol over the ink, just on empty areas as I moved along as I didn't want all the circles I created on the panel above.

I like the results of smoother swirls of color below. 

 (This photo was taken when the inks were still wet - some of the mixed colors are turning yellow

and check out how more pink showed up when it was dry on the third photo down!) 

I dried the panel with my heat tool (not too hot!) Then I added little beads of glue along some of the edges of colors and pressed some larger pieces of gilding flakes over the glue and let it sit overnight.

The next day, I rubbed over the flakes to get all the loose bits off - and I like the results.  I had more gilding flakes stuck on the panel using this technique than my first one above.

Notice how the blue and citrus created some areas of pink and yellow as it dried?

I cut the panel into 4 pieces.  Here is a card I've made with one of the panels so far. 

I just purchased the wonderful hot air balloon and clouds dies from Magnolia.

Below you can see the shiny look of the gilding flakes a little better.

Final impression:  Alcohol ink backgrounds are beautiful - the gilding flakes are really messy and it's a little hit or miss with them sticking - using glue seems to work better than trying to get it to stick to wet AI.  When it sticks - it looks wonderful!

Here are the two videos from the GO7 blog.  

Whispy Alcohol Inks Effects and Gilding Flakes by Tiffany Solorio (18:48)

Alcohol Inks + Gilding Flakes by Neat and Tangled (11:03)

So please check out the Group of Seven Cardmakers blog and see how the rest of the Group of 7 created using this technique! 

 

And we hope you'll try this out yourself - we'd love to see how the techniques work for you!  You can link up your creations over at the blog so we all can see them!

I'm linking my hot air balloon card to:

Die Cut Divas  

Never before Used Stuff

first time using the beautiful hot air balloon die.

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NBUS

First time using hot air balloon die

Hello Friend 

Paper:  Yupo - Ranger, White, Tropical Teal - PTI, metallic brass from stash.

Ink:  Alcohol Inks Sail Boat Blue, Pistachio, Latte - Ranger

Accessories:  Ink Blower - Ranger, 91% Rubbing Alcohol - CVS, heat tool, Red Blaze Cosmic Shimmer Gilding Flakes - Creative Expressions, Hello Friend Posh Script die - Memory Box, Simple Stacks frame die - Penny Black, foam dots.

Happy Birthday

Paper:  Yupo - Ranger, White, True Black - PTI, metallic brass from stash.

Ink:  Alcohol Inks Sail Boat Blue, Pistachio, Latte - Ranger

Accessories:  Ink Blower - Ranger, 91% Rubbing Alcohol - CVS, heat tool, Red Blaze Cosmic Shimmer Gilding Flakes - Creative Expressions, printed sentiment, Celebration Words Script die - Tim Holtz/Sizzix, Nested Rectangle with Square Holes die - Rubbernecker, foam dots

Feel Better Soon

Paper:  Yupo - Ranger, White, Tropical Teal - PTI, metallic brass from stash.

Ink:  Alcohol Inks Sail Boat Blue, Pistachio, Latte - Ranger

Accessories:  Ink Blower - Ranger, 91% Rubbing Alcohol - CVS, heat tool, Red Blaze Cosmic Shimmer Gilding Flakes - Creative Expressions, Mid Century Frame Die - Altenew, Nested Rectangle with Square Holes die - Rubbernecker, enamel dots - Altenew, printed sentiment, foam dots.

With Sympathy

Paper:  Yupo - Ranger, Hammered White - Amazon, metallic brass from stash.

Ink:  Alcohol Inks Sail Boat Blue, Pistachio, Latte - Ranger

Accessories:  Ink Blower - Ranger, 91% Rubbing Alcohol - CVS, heat tool, Red Blaze Cosmic Shimmer Gilding Flakes - Creative Expressions, With Sympathy die - Simon Says Stamp, enamel dots - Altenew, Lacey Frame - Gina Marie Designs, foam dots.

Be Fearless

Paper:  Yupo - Ranger, Hammered White - Amazon.

Ink:  Alcohol Inks Citrus and Stone Washed , Ranger Distress Oxide - Old Paper, Gold Pigment Ink - Color Box.

Accessories:  Ink Blower - Ranger, 91% Rubbing Alcohol - CVS, heat tool, Gilding Flakes from stash, Le Balloon and Basket Die, Le Balloon Clouds and Flowers Die - Magnolia Ink (UK), Small Talk Sticker - Tim Holtz/Idea-ology, foam dots..