Alcohol Ink Stained Wood Pumpkin
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Earlier this year, I experimented with staining wood with alcohol ink . It was successful and hasn't faded after a couple of months, so when I saw this two-layer pumpkin on a recent trip to Dollar Tree, I knew I needed to try another staining strategy. The wooden pumpkin came with a raffia bow glued to the top, so I pulled it off and scraped the glue off and sanded the area until it was smooth. Then I put some blue painter's tape onto the twine string so that I wouldn't get ink on it. I laid down a silicone craft mat and rounded up all my orange alcohol inks . I started by dripping some of the darker shades of orange into a metal container and thinning it a bit with 91% rubbing alcohol . Then I used a paint brush to paint it on the bottom layer of the pumpkin. I painted about 3 layers of the darker orange on the bottom layer and attempted to mix in some brown to make the stem pop a bit. I let the darker layer of ink dry for about an hour and then I came back and made anoth