Living an Inspired Life: alcohol inks

Hi there!

Welcome to ALTENEW GET INKY WITH ALCOHOL INKS BLOG HOP + GIVEAWAY. You are arriving from Seeka's Blog. A list of all the participants is available at the bottom of this post for your convenience.

I am so excited to be part of today's blog hop as I love all things messy and inky. I love mixed media! Today, we are celebrating Alcohol Inks, there is something magical and an somehow mysterious on how these react. The Altenew Alcohol Inks ( Artist Marker Refills) are so easy to work with, and having them in a family of colors allows you to create an infinite variation of colors for your finished projects.

Today, I am working with the Lapis Lazuli Alcohol Ink Bundle and Sugarplum Alcohol Ink Bundle to create my cards!

I started by creating two large Yupo paper sheets with these two color families. I wanted to get large spaces of saturated color, and other of just hints of color (alcohol is the key for this), plus large spaces where the two color families met.

For this card, I cut my panel from the blue side of my paper, then used the Caps Bold Alphabet die set to cut the sentiment from the same side of the paper. I used the Mix & Match Mariposa Die Set to cut the butterflies from different parts of the paper, so that they will pop from the sea of blue!

For my next card, I focused on the plum side of the paper. This time, I am using the Whimsical Garden Layering Die Set to create the focal point of the card. I cut the flower outline from white cardstock, and then used the coordinating die to cut the filler image from the plum alcohol paper.

I love the little color changing spots in the flowers. To bring the focus to the florals, I used the Scalloped Frame 3D Embossing folder to create the card panel. The strip sentiment was cut from matte gold cardstock - with the You Matter Die Set- and backed with a piece of the alcohol paper.

For my last card, I decided to use the area of the Yupo paper where the two color families met. This creates those transitional puddles of ink, and also a large range of different color tones. I reached for the Craft-a-Flower: Open Peony Layering Die Set to cut the leaves. Using glue dots, I arrange them on the card panel to bring a bit of the color transition to the cascade of leaves.

I am using a simple sentiment from the Colorful Soul Stamp set to add the sentiment to the bottom of the card. This keeps the leaves as the focal point of the card.

I hope these have inspired you to pull your Altenew Alcohol Inks and/or Artist Markers to create projects of your own!

Now, onto the fun part of the hop... GIVEAWAY!

$300 in total prizes! To celebrate this special blog hop, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 2 lucky winners and a $25 gift certificate to 8 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 09/06/2022 for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 10 winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 09/08/2022.

Let's continue the inspiration, you are off to visit Amber Rain's blog. Remember you can always start the hop in Altenew Card Blog. A list of all the participants follow up for your convenience: