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Alcohol Ink Craft Collection

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Check out the collection of alcohol ink projects here: Sarah Jane's Craft Blog Alcohol Ink Craft Collection .

Snowflake Suncatchers from Alcohol Ink on Laminating Pouches

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Earlier this year, I tried inking laminating pouches and running them through the laminator. It worked pretty well, so I cut some stars out of the inked plastic and made some sun catchers . Next I made some shamrocks out of some green inked laminating film . This fall, I made some pumpkins , but decided it would be fun to see if I could cut the film out with my Silhouette . It worked! So, now that Christmas is just around the corner, I knew I needed to try it again. I turned on my laminator and laid out a laminating pouch onto a craft mat . I also grabbed a can of air and a bulb blower and my stash of alcohol inks . I grabbed all of my blues, especially the lighter ones, and some white and silver. I even tried to use some pearl, but the white and pearl inks got a bit gloopy. I had to smear them around to thin them out. I used my finger and a foam brush. Needless to say, it took a lot of drips of ink and a little bit of rubbing alcohol and canned air blowing it around and smearing

Jewel Toned Alcohol Ink Ornaments

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After last week's ornament project , I found myself in the Christmas spirit. That, and I found these awesome faceted ornaments in my container of plastic ornament blanks. I bought a big tub of these clear plastic ornaments from a craft store after Christmas a couple of years ago. I didn't really notice these until I had pulled the flat ones out for last week's project. These were just begging to be inked. I knew I wanted to go with jewel tones since the ornaments kind of look like gem stones. So I pulled out my can of air , a craft mat , and a bunch of purple, teal, magenta, etc... inks. I decided to add a little glitz and glam to the ornaments by starting out with some metallic inks. I used Ranger's silver for a couple and Pinata's gold for the other two. I dripped a couple of lines of ink into the ornament, and then I used the canned air to blow it around as best as I could. I let the metallic ink dry for a little while before starting the other inks so they wou

2020 Grinch Ornaments made with Alcohol Ink and Vinyl Decals

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A couple years ago, I made an ornament using my Silhouette cutting machine and an alcohol inked plastic ornament. Over the years, I've made many versions of inked globe ornaments, so I wanted to try something a little different this year. It's been a memorable year, so I thought I'd make a commemorative ornament. I had some plastic globe ornaments in my craft stash. I figured these flatter ornaments would be easier to apply decals to, so I got out some green alcohol ink and a can of air and got to work. I took off the metal hangers on the top of the ornaments and started squirting ink into the interiors of the ornaments. I started out by coating the ornaments with a lighter shade of green as a base. I used 4-5 drops of Limeade ink and some swirling around with the air can to coat the insides of the ornaments. Next I dripped a couple drops of Botanical ink into each ornament and blew it around with the canned air until it was dry. Lastly, I used a few drops of Bottl

Christmas Ornament Collection

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Well, it's official, the holiday season has begun. Start it out right by checking out my collection of DIY Christmas ornaments .  

Plastic Wrap Alcohol Ink on Dominoes

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After last week's domino project , I had an urge to work with dominoes again. I decided to try out the plastic wrap application method to see if it would work on dominoes. So I set out a craft mat and a sheet of plastic wrap and got out my inks . I selected a veritable rainbow of alcohol inks and dripped them all over my sheet of plastic wrap. When the plastic wrap was filled with ink, I dropped my dominoes onto the ink and wrapped the edges of the plastic around the dominoes. When I do this again, I'll try to make sure to have enough inked plastic to wrap around all of the dominoes. Some of my dominoes were inked on the backsides and some weren't. I let them dry for several days before unwrapping them, but they're usually dry after being left for 12-24 hours (depending on humidity levels and how much ink was used and how porous the surface is, etc...).  Between the rainbow of colors and the ink getting a bit smooshed when I moved my pack of dominoes off to the side o

Sunset Stripes Alcohol Ink on Dominoes

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I've had an application technique for alcohol ink floating around in my head for awhile. I've seen ink applicated in rainbows with foam brushes and makeup sponges, but I always thought it wouldn't look as pretty when I tried it myself. I've used foam brushes to apply ink to the edges of tiles and in other areas where I want a solid color, but I hadn't tried striping the ink. So I got out some dominoes and a foam brush so I could test this striped application method. I chose some colors that I thought would look nice next to each other. I added an orange when I had space for more ink on my foam brush. I used the tip of the inks to draw a line of ink on the foam brush and just stacked the lines of ink on top of each other. I couldn't really see the ink (except that hot pink raspberry color) on the foam brush, but I could tell where it was wet. I took a picture of the inks before I painted them on the dominoes so I could remember what colors I used: Sunset Orange ,