Het belangrijkste bij het gebruik van alcohol inkt is de juiste papier keuze. Je hebt echt glossy papier nodig want mat papier neemt te snel de inkt op en het zal niet vloeien. Dat vloeien is juist de kracht van alcohol inkt.
This is a turtorial to explain the basic of using alcohol ink. There are many ways to apply it but alcohol ink has a few basic rules. I'll try to explain!
The most important choice when you're going to use alcohol ink is the choice of paper. You really need glossy paper because matte paper will absorb the ink and it won't cover the surface. The "flow" of alcohol ink is the magic!

Choose a few (like three) colors you want and cut a rectangle felt that will fit your inkblending tool. Felt will stick perfectly to the velcro.

Keep the bottle AGAINST the felt. Don't hold it above it because it can and will squirt if you're not careful. And you DON'T want alcohol ink on your clothes! Squeeze the bottle for two seconds and you have the right amount on the felt. Repeat with the other colors. Use silver and gold sparingly. Just one little drop is enough otherwise the paper will be all silver or gold and no colors.

With a stamping movement you apply the ink to the glossy paper. The amount of ink on your felt is enough to cover it completely.

On the next photo you see the difference between glossy and matte paper. The glossy is evenly covered with alcohol ink but the matte immediately absorbed all the ink. There wasn't even enough to cover the whole paper.

If you have the product you can now apply the blending solution. Just put a few drops on your felt and stamp it here and there. You can also let the drops fall directly on the glossy paper. I did that here:

You will see the blanding solution "pushing" the ink away. It gets lighter where the drops fall. And the colors will blend more.

After that I applied the gold. Just two little drops of gold on the felt to make spots of gold. I thought it was a bit to red so I used a little bit of green together with the gold.

You don't have to use a stamping pattern. Here I made a circular movement with a completely different result. You can also go in straight horizontal and vertical lines. That gives a kind of plaid pattern.

Here two finished cards. On the left I made a plaid pattern, on the right the stamping pattern. If you want to stamp on alcohol inkt you have to use StazOn ink. That won't smear on glossy paper. I used a santa stamp but you can also cut out a picture if you don't have stamps!

If you have any questions you can e-mail me. I'll try to answer as clear as possible. Have fun with your alcohol ink!

P.S. Ik heb deze kaart toch nog even afgemaakt:
P.S. I finished this card later:

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