Alcohol Ink Techniques

Day 3 of Creative Chemistry 101 with Tim Holtz and the focus was on alcohol inks. I had fun with the Archival Resist Technique. The coloured archival ink (stamped on glossy paper) resists the distress ink backgrounds, then the black archival ink is stamped over the top. I don't own any solid background stamps like Tim used for his black foreground stamping, so I may need to invest in some.  

I wasn't able to play with Tim's Alcohol Ink Agates Technique, as I don't have any metallic mixative and blending solution in my stash, but he showed some beautiful work using it, so - another excuse for shopping! 

Tim's third technique was Stamping with Reflections. Without any reflections stamps, my effort didn't use the technique, but the below photo is my approximation of the results using what I have. I stamped the archival ink first (black images), embossed the tag in my Ezy-Press, then blended Tim Holtz Distress Inks over the top.  

All supplies used in this tag are available from Kaszazz. To purchase any of them, contact your local Kaszazz consultant, or me if you're in Melbourne's West!  You can also check out my Kaszazz page on Facebook. 

Supplies used to make the above tag, with their Kaszazz order codes:

Stamps

• 4484N Asian Botanicals
• 1778LD Lantern Large

Die Cutting/Embossing

• 124574 bellish! Ezy-Press Roller Die-Cutting and Embossing Machine
• 2905 Miss You Embossing Die

Alcohol Ink

• 72010 Ancient Page Inkpad, Coal Black

Tim Holtz Distress Inkpads

• TIM21445 Ranger Dusty Concord [purple]
• TIM21506 Ranger Spiced Marmalade [orange]
• TIM20226 Ranger Mustard Seed [yellow]
• TIM20233 Ranger Peeled Paint [green]
• TIM21490 Ranger Shabby Shutters [green]
• TIM27188 Ranger Tumbled Glass [blue]

Essentials

• 4208 Ranger Glossy Accents [on bird]
• IBT23616 Ranger Ink Blending Tool
• IBT23623 Ranger Ink Blending Tool - Replacement Foams
• 9757 Ranger Stamp Cleaning Pad [Rubit Scrubit]
• NCD00792 Ranger Cleansit All-Purpose Stamp Cleaner

Tim spent some time today talking about solvent stamp cleaners and why he doesn't use them.  His reasons are all logical, and he does clean his stamps (with misted water and a cotton cloth) but somehow I couldn't bring myself to leave my stamps looking like they had ink on them after I'd cleaned them.  I'll have to train my brain if I want to do it Tim's way. Scary!