Hello there crafty friends! It’s Cheiron Brandon here to share a card I have created with some of the newest colors of Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink. These new colors are the perfect additions to the palette, and you know I always love new colors to play with. Today I combined Alcohol Ink, Alcohol Lift Ink and stamping in Distress Archival Ink to create lots of light layers on my floral card, I will show you how. Be sure you are working in a well ventilated area for this one!  

Step 1: Cut a panel of Yupo Paper. I started with a 5 x 7 piece and will cut down to size at the end. Open your Alcohol Inks and Blending Solution. I used Cosmopolitan, Juniper, Bayou, and Smudge. 

Step 2: Add Alcohol Ink Blending Solution to your Yupo Panel.  

Step 3: Drop the Alcohol Ink onto your panel and use the Alcohol Ink Blower to move the color around. Add more ink as needed.  

Step 4: Let dry or dry with a heat tool.  

Step 5: Ink up the entire Tidbits stamp set with Alcohol Lift Ink. The easiest way I found to do this is by laying the stamp set on its back and then placing the inked Yupo right on top of it.  

Step 6: Place a piece of scrap paper and a brayer over your panel and brayer over it with firm (but not too firm) and even pressure.  

Step 7: Remove the stamp and you will see that the Alcohol Lift Ink has “lifted” the color. Use a clean paper towel to blot, then buff over the piece and completely lift the ink. IMPORTANT: Do this in sections, and be sure to use a clean part of the towel each time. You will get results like this… 
 

Step 8: Stamp the floral image from the French Garden stamp set using Distress Archival Ink in Black Soot Ink and dry with a heat tool. Cut your panel to size.  

Step 9: Put some Alcohol Ink Lift reinker onto your glass mat and dab with a foam blending tool, and then dab it off a bit.  

Step 10: Place the Brushstroke stencil over your panel and use the tiny foam blending tool that has the Alcohol Lift Ink reinker on it to remove more ink. Press lightly through the stencil and remove the stencil when done.  
 

Step 11: Use the Distress Archival Ink in Black Soot to fill in the background of the panel by stamping the small words and labels from the French Garden set.  

Step 12: To finish the card, mix some Gilded Foundry Wax with Alcohol and splatter over your panel, then heat with an embossing tool. Once the panel is dry, stamp and emboss the Just Because greeting from the Floristry set in gold and add your panel to a black card base. 

I hope you had fun creating this card with me today! I love how these light colors of Alcohol Ink look with all the layers we created and really pop on the black background. Hope you love these new colors as much as I do!