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Post by grammadee on Nov 20, 2018 17:34:04 GMT
Anyone had a chance to try it yet? Wondering if you would care to share your adventures. I played with it at a crop in October. Applied alcohol inks to yupo, then used a large stamp and lift ink to transfer the image to a card base. Later cut the yupo up to add flowers to the card front.  Yupo & lift ink caards by Gramma Dee, on Flickr Today, I dripped alcohol ink on a sheet of Staples transparency, squirted some blending solution over the drops, then plopped another transparency on top and smooshed around the colour, resulting in two sheets with blended colour on them. I then used a SU! stamp and lift ink to transfer snowflakes to a couple of sheets of cs I had blended oxide inks on. The results of the transfer were as good as with the yupo, and the transparencies are a lot cheaper. Thinking now I might just layer the acetate over the cardstock for my cards. When everything dries and I get my cards assembled, I will share. Would love to see what you have done if you have had a chance to play. |
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Post by freeatlast on Nov 20, 2018 17:44:29 GMT
When I saw the title of this thread, I hoped it meant you had pictures to share. Your card is beautiful, grammadee! Love the muted colors in the background and the vibrancy of the colors in the poinsettias. There's nothing I can add to the discussion about alcohol lift ink other than I bought it. |
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Post by riley on Nov 20, 2018 18:15:12 GMT
Wow how nice is that! I guess I need to unwrap my pad and give it a try. Love the colors.
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Post by GiantsFan on Nov 20, 2018 20:21:12 GMT
Your card is beautiful. I have the SSS October(?) kit but I've been in a funk and haven't tried it yet. I'm actually kind of afraid to try it. I'll probably be the only one who can't do it. LOL!
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Post by riversong1963 on Nov 24, 2018 17:48:19 GMT
I've tried it, and I really liked it! I had my doubts, but I had a coupon for a scrapbook store, so I bought it. You do need to use the Yupo paper for it to work properly. I lifted leaves from an alcohol ink background, and then I stamped the leaves on an envelope to make it match the cards. They turned out great! Unfortunately, I forgot to take pictures of them before I sent them out for Thanksgiving.
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Post by streetscrapper on Jan 12, 2019 14:14:52 GMT
When I saw the title of this thread, I hoped it meant you had pictures to share. Your card is beautiful, grammadee ! Love the muted colors in the background and the vibrancy of the colors in the poinsettias. There's nothing I can add to the discussion about alcohol lift ink other than I bought it.  Haha. Me too. I bought it and it sits unused! (Kind of like a lot of stuff I buy...) |
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Post by gale w on Jan 12, 2019 17:55:32 GMT
Same. I haven't even broken it out of the plastic wrapping yet.
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Post by scrapnnana on Jan 12, 2019 19:25:56 GMT
Beautiful card, Grammadee!
I had not heard of this ink or technique, but seeing your card makes me want to try it.
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Post by dasmith2 on Jan 12, 2019 22:46:38 GMT
That is gorgeous grammadee! I’ve really wanted alcohol inks for a long time, but was afraid a. Not using them enough and 2. I would spend too much lol. What are the general supplies needed with alcohol inks? It may be something I’d like in the near future tia |
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Post by scrapnnana on Jan 12, 2019 23:27:28 GMT
Maybe I should ask......it sounds like alcohol lift ink is different in some way. I have alcohol inks, but not alcohol lift ink, and I'd never heard of yupo.
So how is it different?
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Post by grammadee on Jan 12, 2019 23:40:10 GMT
That is gorgeous grammadee ! I’ve really wanted alcohol inks for a long time, but was afraid a. Not using them enough and 2. I would spend too much lol. What are the general supplies needed with alcohol inks? It may be something I’d like in the near future tia You can start with any set of 3 inks. I like the colour “stream” and whatever is packaged with it ( I believe it contains a yellow, maybe “butterscotch” and a red— cranberry?). You would also also need a bottle of alcohol ink blending solution. A nice-to-have is a blending tool and some felt pads, but you can do without that. Alcohol inks work work best on non porous surfaces, but no need to purchase yupo paper. You can use them on lots of different materials, including office transparency sheets, glass, ceramic tiles, or even packaging. They will also work on some glossy card stock and on metal, including kitchen foil. You can simply drip the ink directly onto your chosen surface, then tilt to let it spread out. You can get interesting patterns by adding different colours and/or dripping on some blending solution. If you have a blending tool you can apply the ink to the felt and then pounce onto your background. The alcohol lift ink ink is a way to use colour you have blended on a non porous surface onto regular paper or card stock. You make your background, then press the stamp into the lift ink before stamping it on your inked surface. You then immediately stamp the image on cs. You will get a ghosted image on the blended piece and a stamped image on the cs. I hope you try alcohol inks. They are great fun. |
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Post by grammadee on Jan 12, 2019 23:44:39 GMT
Maybe I should ask......it sounds like alcohol lift ink is different in some way. I have alcohol inks, but not alcohol lift ink, and I'd never heard of yupo. So how is it different? Alcohol lift ink is used on a pad so you can pick up alcohol ink from one surface and stamp it on another. I kind of explained it in the post above, but there are some good tutorials on line Yupo is a plasticized paper that is non porous. I have some, but found that office transparencies work just as well for lift ink stamping. |
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Post by dasmith2 on Jan 13, 2019 0:22:26 GMT
grammadee thank you! I’d love to do some ornaments and I definitely want to try what you did here for maybe for my scrapbook pages. I have a list lol. I have some blending pads, the Tim Holtz round ones but I’ll have to check if they’ll work. I’ve seen the rectangular ones and applicator he has out too. If I stop by TM when I’m in St. Louis, I’ll have to see if they have some. Thanks for all the info!
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Post by grammadee on Jan 13, 2019 0:45:24 GMT
dasmith2 if you have the TH applicator, you just need to get some felt pads. The only ones I have fit the big rectangular applicator. Don’t know if they make the smaller circle felt pads.
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Post by dasmith2 on Jan 13, 2019 22:06:49 GMT
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Haha. Me too. I bought it and it sits unused! (Kind of like a lot of stuff I buy...)
