Soft Aqua Wash Alcohol Ink Candle Plate


I've decorated a few of these mirrored candle plates from Dollar Tree in the past. I made one with flamed alcohol ink. I tried out stamping ink on the mirror, too. And I even tried out a regular drip and canned air blown ink method on my first mirrored plate. So I decided to try out a loose color wash method on the candle plate.


I got out my craft mat, a can of air, some alcohol inks, and a small container (finally found a use for the Oui yogurt container I had lying around) with 90% rubbing alcohol and a glass eye dropper.


I started out with a generous squeeze of some Clover ink on my mirror.


Then I put 3 or 4 big drops of rubbing alcohol on the plate to thin everything down and move the ink around.


I added some Turquoise and Stonewashed ink and moved it around with my can of air.


I kept adding ink and rubbing alcohol and moving the ink, around until I had the plate nearly covered. Then I added some Gold ink/mixative and mixed that around with the ink.


Then I added some drops and drips of Stonewashed to break up the very liquid washed out look of the rest of the pattern to finish the plate off.


The plate was very wet when I was finally satisfied with the look of things. I figured the ink would separate a bit while it was drying. I was surprised that it really didn't. It remained smooth and watery as it dried and I was left with this really beach-y ocean-y look that appears even more blurry in person because of the reflection from the mirror. It's a soothing and pretty look.


I was impressed and a little surprised by how this one turned out. I look forward to experimenting more with this very loose thinned down method of applying alcohol inks.

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