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Tag: alcohol ink

artworks

Awaken #4 sign

August 22, 2022August 22, 2022 Sarah

The last quarter of the "scattered rings" alcohol ink piece gets enhanced with some asemic writing and a graffiti-inspired tag.

Tagged alcohol ink, awaken series, mixed media1 Comment
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Awaken #3 trails

August 15, 2022August 15, 2022 Sarah

The third of my doodled alcohol ink quarters. After some trial and error, I ended up foiling these particle trails over the cloudy background.

Tagged alcohol ink, awaken series, foil, mixed media1 Comment
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Awaken #2 ring

August 8, 2022August 8, 2022 Sarah

The second of my alcohol ink quarters. In this piece I found a ring and highlighted it with more gold and black doodles.

Tagged alcohol ink, awaken series1 Comment
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Awaken #1 circles

August 1, 2022August 8, 2022 Sarah

I went back to a piece of alcohol ink experimentation and rather than let it linger in a pile somewhere, I turned it into four mini works with the addition of some doodling. This is the first of those.

Tagged alcohol ink, awaken series1 Comment
quick play

Alcohol ink landscapes

November 27, 2021February 9, 2022 Sarah

Before I created the alcohol ink landscape I used for my brother's birthday card, I had a number of practice attempts... I was following the basic instructions in Alcohol Ink Dreamscaping, working out what I liked and didn't. I'm not so keen on spritzing alcohol (that seems even less predictable than laying down the inks… Continue reading Alcohol ink landscapes

Tagged alcohol ink, landscape, quick play1 Comment
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Quick play: alcohol ink circles

November 20, 2021November 16, 2021 Sarah

tunnel Another quick play, this time with alcohol inks. It was inspired by a blog post from Kim Cook over at Thirteen Chairs. tunnel - detail This was also a good opportunity to try out the alcohol inks I got in the July ScrawlrBox subscription. All of my current alcohol inks are Ranger Adirondack ones,… Continue reading Quick play: alcohol ink circles

Tagged alcohol ink, quick play5 Comments
greeting cards

Alcohol ink landscape

September 18, 2021September 7, 2021 Sarah

Of course, inspiration is hardest to find when I'm on a deadline. Birthdays at the start of the month are the worst because I don't tend to think about them until the month starts: "oh it's September now, what cards do I have to make, only two but they both need doing in the first… Continue reading Alcohol ink landscape

Tagged alcohol ink, landscape, no sentiment3 Comments
greeting cards

Metallic cogs

March 31, 2021March 24, 2021 Sarah

It's my younger nephew's 17th birthday and, short of inspiration, I turned to my collection of things that have caught my eye while reading blogs or Twitter. Nothing specific leapt out at me, though there was a technique that used inked-up embossing folders to create a simple card and that reminded me that I haven't… Continue reading Metallic cogs

Tagged alcohol ink, birthday card, embossing, masculine2 Comments
greeting cards

Alcohol ink Merry Christmas

December 17, 2020December 17, 2020 Sarah

This is the basic design I planned to use when I was thinking about making this batch of cards, but it is not the technique I was hoping to experiment with. I had thought that I would use the Alcohol Lift Ink pad that has been lurking in my stash for ages along with the… Continue reading Alcohol ink Merry Christmas

Tagged alcohol ink, batch, Christmas card6 Comments
greeting cards

Butterfly trellis cards

August 10, 2020July 22, 2022 Sarah

It was time to make cards for my other half's twin nieces again. Although they no longer live at home together, I carry on the tradition of making an almost matching pair of cards for them. Almost three months into lockdown and I really wasn't feeling like doing a lot of colouring and I was… Continue reading Butterfly trellis cards

Tagged alcohol ink, butterfly, no sentiment, twins, watercolour5 Comments
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Stampbord butterfly

May 10, 2019April 29, 2019 Sarah

I picked up a bag of assorted Stampbord pieces on sale ages ago and they've sat in my stash unloved ever since. Then this post went by in my feed reader; I thought it looked really pretty and was inspired to have a go myself. To actually make one there and then rather than just… Continue reading Stampbord butterfly

Tagged alcohol ink, butterfly, mixed media, Stampbord3 Comments
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Seascape doubled

November 13, 2018August 30, 2020 Sarah

I had absolutely no intention of making this panel. Unlike so many other things, the idea for it had not been lurking in the back of my mind for months. This panel only exists because I had a bit of a rearrange in my craft room. It was more of a shuffling than a full-on… Continue reading Seascape doubled

Tagged acrylic paint, alcohol ink, mixed media, panel, sea1 Comment
greeting cards

Teacup bunny

September 8, 2017September 7, 2017 Sarah

I needed a birthday card for a bunny lover. My other half's sister's birthday is the day after my brother's birthday, so that's two cards that need that extra bit of thought put into them close together. I do have a couple of unused bunny stamps in my stash, but when I saw this bunny… Continue reading Teacup bunny

Tagged alcohol ink, birthday card, bunny, colouring, Copic, thedailymarker30day4 Comments
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Celebrate: Surfing ducky

June 27, 2016 Sarah

Gerda Steiner decided to host a Surf Challenge over on Instagram and created this cute surfing duck for it. I thought I’d keep my entry simple and just add him to a sea/sky background, but I changed it up a bit by breaking out my alcohol inks and some Yupo. How: The duck was simple:… Continue reading Celebrate: Surfing ducky

Tagged alcohol ink, celebrate, challenge, colouring, Copic, duck, GSD challenge4 Comments
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Happy Day card: Shaker tag

December 26, 2015 Sarah

What: I bought a fuse tool a little while ago, but I hadn’t got around to trying it out. It seemed daft to get these things and leave them unused so I pushed myself to give it a go. And I’m really happy with the results. How: In an effort to use up some of… Continue reading Happy Day card: Shaker tag

Tagged alcohol ink, fuse tool, other crafts, shaker1 Comment

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Hi, my name is Sarah and I live in London, UK with my very techy other half. When I’ve got the energy, my days are spent getting crafty and trying to remember to blog about it.

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