Simply Paper Crafts: alcohol

Hello, my talented crafty friends, I hope you all had an awesome weekend. This week at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge, our challenge theme is "Alcohol, Drinks or Inks". We would like you to use something ‘alcohol’ on your creations, this includes alcohol ink markers, or you can choose to use images of alcoholic drinks eg, wine, beer etc.

I was inspired to create a mixed media tag using Tim Holtz Translucent Alcohol Ink Yupo Paper on the background, then colored it with Ranger Alcohol Inks and embellished it using Tim Holtz Rubber Stamp Beer Blue Print.

To start this project, I started with applying different colors of Ranger Alcohol Inks on Tim Holtz Translucent Alcohol Ink Yupo Paper and blended the colors with a pen brush and Blending Solution. I created some Harlequin patterns by layering the Tim Holtz Layering stencil over the colored Yupo paper, and dabbed to lift the colors with Tim Holtz Applicator Tool with Alcohol Lift Ink Reinker on it. I cut and pasted this Yupo Paper on the size 8 tag that was covered with Gesso.

On the White Yupo paper, I also colored with various shades of Alcohol Inks. Then I die cut the gear and heart embellishments. The beer image was stamped and colored with Copic Markers. The celebrate sentiment was cut with the white Yupo paper and Simon Everyday Words die and Big Shot.

All the embellishments were adhered on the tag with Tombow Mono Glue and Foam Tabs. Some more sentiments were added with Tim Holtz Metallic Stickers. I really enjoyed playing with the Alcohol Inks on different medias including the white and translucent Yupo Paper, and the glossy photo paper. The effects created using Alcohol Lift Ink Reinker and Blending Solutions are awesome.

Hope you are inspired with my project and got a chance to play with these fun alcohol inks and products. Looking forward to seeing what you create!

Supply List:

Tim Holtz Etcetera 8Tag	Tim Holtz TRANSLUCENT ALCOHOL INK YUPO PAPER Ranger	Tim Holtz White Yupo	Ranger SET OF 66 ALCOHOL INKS Adirondack	Tim Holtz Flip Top Distress Paint MUSTARD SEED Ranger	Distress Paint CRACKED PISTACHIO
Tim Holtz Layering Stencil HARLEQUIN	Tim Holtz ALCOHOL LIFT-INK REINKER Ranger	/Tim-Holtz-Alcohol-Ink-MINI-APPLICATOR-TOOL-Felt	Tim-Holtz-Alcohol-Ink-MINI-APPLICATOR-TOOL-REPLACEMENT-FELTS	Tim Holtz Sizzix Die HEARTFELT Bigz	Sticky Thumb ADHESIVE FOAM TABS BLACK American Crafts
Tombow Mono AQUA LIQUID GLUE Dual Tip	Tsukineko VersaFine ONYX BLACK Ink Pad	Tim Holtz - Beer Blueprints - CMS334	Simon Says Stamp EVERYDAY WORDS ON A LINE Wafer Die sssd111929 Diecember	Tim Holtz Idea-ology QUOTATIONS Metallic Stickers Paperie	Copic Sketch Marker Y17 GOLDEN YELLOW
Copic Sketch marker YR04 CHROME ORANGE	Tim Holtz Ranger ALCOHOL BLENDING SOLUTION	Tim Holtz Sizzix Die GADGET GEARS Bigz Alterations	Big Shot

Simon Says Stamp is giving away a $50 gift voucher that will go to a random entry chosen by Random Generator. So please join us for this week's challenge at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. You might also be on our Friday Designer Spotlight.

You have until Monday 8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in. Have fun!