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Alcohol Ink Class project

I struggled with this one because the embossing on the skull is not very deep so I had a hard time getting at least the eyes and teeth to show up. Jan kept daring me to make at least some of the teeth black. Aaargh! A pirate skull? I think I finally rubbed a pearly wax paste over them. There is a partial die cut in the background with gold sparkle webbed ribbon behind it and a piece of copper ribbon tucked under the left side of the skull.

The skulls were die cut and embossed on Kirkland photo paper (Costco). We worked on the back side as the photo/glossy side would have grabbed the ink and not allowed it to flow.

Ranger Alcohol inks
Pinata Gold alcohol ink
pearl wax paste

This card is A6 size.


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stampwilly   [May 04, 2018 at 02:43 PM]
Pretty background. I think you did well with the skull. Not sure I would have known what to do either. Very Happy
Conniecrafter   [May 04, 2018 at 08:43 PM]
it gave a cool effect on the skull, really love the background too
Far North   [May 05, 2018 at 06:41 AM]
Congrats on finishing this card Cindy....mine is still in pieces.
howdyheidi   [May 08, 2018 at 12:16 PM]
Very cool card. I like the subtle gold in the background.
djc   [May 09, 2018 at 08:57 AM]
I think the skull looks wickedly scary. The background is gorgeous. How did you make that? I confess to being confused. The back side of the photo paper is porous, isn't it? The front side is glossy. I would think that the alcohol ink would move better on the glossy side. TFS. Daria
Iring   [May 09, 2018 at 11:28 AM]
The background of the card was cut with a diecut that only cuts a portion of a card layer. I think it is Tim Holtz. It was cut from a dark brown cardstock. There is a layer of metallic gold paper behind that, and sandwiched in between is some sparkly gold mesh ribbon. Photo paper is meant to grab and hold ink. You don't want your photo to look fluid and flowy. For some reason the back of Kirkland photo paper sold at Costco is coated, so it does allow the ink to flow. Not as slick as yupo though.

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