Simon Says Stamp | October 2018 Card Kit – Alcohol Ink Lift Card

Hello friends! Alcohol inks, it seems, are making a huge comeback so it’s no surprise that Simon Says Stamp included 3 bottles of Alcohol ink in their latest October 2018 card kit. I am very much new to alcohol inking and background making (just recently I shared my first video & projects with Alcohol inks) so I was thrilled to receive this kit in the mail and have another excuse to play with this new-to-me medium.

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CARD DETAILS

I started working on my card by making my alcohol ink background. I poured a bit of alcohol into a small mixing container and added several drops of Stream alcohol ink to dilute it and make less saturated. I swirled my mixture in the mixing container and next carefully poured it onto yupo paper from my kit.

I picked my yupo paper up and tilted it from left to ring and top to bottom and vice versa to help my ink move and cover almost the entire surface of the yupo panel. I also used my heat tool on the low setting and used it to help speed up the drying process (the flow of hot air from the heat tool also helped the ink move a bit).

Next, I used my stamp platform and a stamp set from the kit along with a Alcohol Ink Lift ink pad to stamp a beautiful floral cluster and lift the ink off my background. I stamped it several times and blotted ink off with a dry paper towel to reveal this beautiful image on my background. It’s like an emboss resist technique without the embossing or resisting. Very beautiful results, and frankly – not hard to achieve at all.

I trimmed my alcohol ink background panel to 4 x 5 1/4″ and foam mounted it on an A2 white side folding card base. I also white heat embossed a Birthday sentiment from the stamp set in my kit and foam mounted it on top. Lastly, I used Nuvo Drops in Gloss White and added several white accents onto my card.

SIMON SAYS STAMP OCTOBER 2018 CARD KIT

You can subscribe to Simon Says Stamp card kit of the month program for $29.99 plus shipping and handling. Kits can also be purchased individually at Simon Says Stamp store for $34.99 plus Shipping and Handling, you can also purchase many of the elements of the kit separately.

SUPPLIES

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Simon Says Stamp Card Kit of the Month October 2018 Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Clear Stamps Sketched Flowers Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stamp White Alcohol Ink Yupo Paper Shop at: SSS	Tim Holtz Alcohol Lift-ink Pad Ranger Shop at: SSS
Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink Stream Ranger Shop at: SSS	Neenah 110 Lb Solar White Cardstock Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stamp Black Cardstock Shop at: SSS	Hero Arts White Detail Embossing Powder Shop at: SSS
Hero Arts Heat Embossing Gun Shop at: SSS	Versamark Watermark Emboss Ink Pad Shop at: SSS	EK Success Powder Tool Applicator Shop at: SSS	Tonic Gloss White Nuvo Drops Shop at: SSS
White Fun Foam 12 Pack 9 x 12 Shop at: SSS	Scrapbook Adhesives White Foam Squares Shop at: SSS	Scor-tape 2 1/2 Inch Crafting Tape Shop at: SSS

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