The blending solution is basically alcohol and glycerin. There’s a RU-vid video that shows how to make your own. The glycerin slows down the drying process and also helps move the pigment. Great video! I can’t wait to play with my alcohol inks!!! 😊
I am just over 4 minutes into this vid and am SO APPRECIATING YOU for speeding everything up and adding a voice over. There are so many videos I can't through because i get bored and am like, "Next!". Also, you're easy to listen to. Quick vid, concise tips. Thank you.
I could watch you all day...no matter what you are doing....why....because you my me smile and giggle....you are a star 🌟....love Jane North Wales UK 🇬🇧 😀 x
Thqnks so much Laurel - first time watcher - have bought my inks but have not ventured to the paper yet - thanks so much for sharing your own learning curve with us. All looks so exciting - can't wait to get started!
I love working with alcohol inks, too! You've made beautiful backgrounds. I'm just seeing this video 11/20/20. I'm excited to see the cards you made from these backgrounds. Thanks for sharing.
I have recently (2 days ago) received these piñata inks and had a very brief play with ipa. Loved them, but find you really need to have a wet surface to get them moving. Really good with foil technique. Thanks for the inspiration xxx
I have alcohol inks but had not used them yet. You make me want to get them out! I love what techniques you used (and some lack there of), my favorite was just what it does with just plain alcohol onto the alcohol paints! Can't wait to see what else you do!
Nice. Looking forward to the series. I just started playing with alcohol inks as well. I made some night skies for Christmas cards this year. They turned out beautiful.
You just made my day! You invented techniques Tim Holts never even heard of. You’re such a hoot. I LOVE how your backgrounds turned out. I can’t wait to see what you make with them, or is this it, backgrounds? LOL
❤️❤️❤️ this video Laurel!! Alcohol inks are such fun and I love that we can clean up a "mess" and pretty much start over! Can't wait to see what you create with these beauties. Thanks so much for sharing! ~HUGS~ #kindnessmatters
One of the best technique videos I've seen thus far. Have you tried to make your own alcohol inks by chance? I can't afford to buy all of the colors I want so I'm going to try to do homemade inks and also homemade blending solution. What beautiful effects you got. New subscriber after seeing this. Hehe! Thank you so much!
HI LAUREL! I laughed so hard....I teach online courses with Alcohol Inks and have the hardest time pronouncing Pinata inks too. :) What a great channel you have! :) Newly subscribed.
Thank you for passing along the tip about the blending solution & mixatives! I'll have to give that a try. Like you, I wasn't super-impressed with the mixatives. Guess that was my problem! Looking forward to more videos from you, Laurel! I hope things are going better for you now. You sounded like your "old self" here--good! :)
Laurel I love the way you demonstrate to us crafters what we need to get fabulous inked backgrounds using simple tools/equipment but making sure that we and our crafting areas stay clean and tidy too. Great techniques I will definitely be trying out thank you Laurel. :o)
Yep i know this is old. I just did my first attempt last night and I was up until 3. I would a batch then leave it then i kept thinking of different ways to get different affects. This is addictive lol you sounded like you were have so much fun.
Oh my, I had you come up on my feed as I watched youtube on my TV. I hadn't been sub'ed to you before (I am now) and I was so impressed with you I actually stopped the video and pulled up my laptop so I could comment directly to you. I've been using AI's for a very long time but I tell you what, I still learned some things by watching you. For one thing I have decided I am definitely going to go buy some PIinata inks as I"ve always used Rangers and have all of his colors but he still doesn't have some that Pinata does. ANyway, just wanted to jump on here and tell you thank you so much for a great video and I am anxious to see some of your other videos now as I am a new sub'er.
Hello, I really like your tutorials. I want to start painting with alcohol ink. I am a French Canadian and in this presentation. At the beginning of the tutorial, you mention not to vaporize a certain liquid. I did not quite understand what you meant. If you will explain to me. A big thank you! 🙂
Didn't realize this video was nearly 4 years old but it's still so relevant. Have you since tried any other mediums with your alcohol inks? I've done water, vellum, acetate and the underside of photo paper. I've just learned you can use them on the Gel Press so looking forward to doing that and I might break down and try it on Yupo - I'm afraid I'll like the yupo too much lol
HAHA. I haven't tried them on the gel plate yet, or acetate. I always just reach for yupo or the hard panels made to hold alcohol ink! I should try it!
I’ve had my alcohol inks for a couple weeks now but I was afraid to use them because I didn’t know how lol!! I don’t know what I was afraid of!! I’m gonna go try ‘em right now!!! Thanks Laurel!!! Any tips for a newbie anyone? What’s the most affordable yupo paper?
Wow. Those pieces were gorgeous. You could publish a book with your techniques. { I would purchase one!} . I subscribed to your channel and can't wait to see more.
Love what you did in this video. I am curious what do you do with these once they are dry? I wasn't sure if they can be applied to tumblers ir are they decirative cards?
Frame some of them as art pieces! You could probably mod podge them over tumblers. The yupo paper is slippery so a matte mod podge would probably work. Maybe a few layers of it!
A mixative from ranger. It does say mixative on the bottle. It sort of sits on top of the alcohol ink instead of mixing/blending with other colors. It is thicker.
I'd love to make alcohol ink backgrounds properly, but mine are always a mess - I never get those cool lines/cells that you did. Do you prep each sheet of yupo with the alcohol first before applying the inks?
I love your panels, they are truly beautiful! I've tried doing the alcohol inks on yuppo, and I loved the results. Where I ran into problems was when it came time to stamp on the panel. For some reason I could not EVER get a good impression, no matter what ink I used. *even using the MISTI multiple times* Hence (for me anyway) I ended up only being able to use the backgrounds as that. I could die cut or cut them up or cut an image and place on top, but I could never directly stamp on them. Did you have this problem?
Mary, I posted a card on my blog stamping on a background, take a look! This will be my next video in the series! www.laurelbeard.org/stamping-on-alcohol-inked-background
thanks for your reply. Your stamping looks great. The stamps I was using are from a company called Lavinia stamps. Maybe because the image I was trying to stamp is a large solid image it didn't adhere well? oh well, thanks for responding..I'm encouraged to try again! ;)
Wait, didn't you say at the beginning of the video to never ever spray alkohol because its inflammable but at 7:04 you do spray it? because I thought it would be pretty to spray but then after your warning wanted to never do it. I#m a little bit conffused :o But your videos and techniques are great, love the thing with the straw!
I must done something wrong, my ink just did not move at all ? I wonder if I used the wrong side of the yupo paper? #2 try I used the other side of the paper and still not working? what did I do wrong?
It has to be a surface where the alcohol inks can move. A canvas is too textured. Maybe there is some kind of finish you can put over the canvas..... I am not sure. I tried Gesso and it did not work.
