Thursday, September 23, 2010

Alcohol Ink on Grunge-- CCC#15


Welcome to week #15 of Lovely Linda's Compendium of Curiosities Challenge! This week, page #53 is our tutorial. Now, I am prefacing this week by admitting I have loved alcohol (oh, err..) ink since my very first bottle of Pinata inks. And this particular technique on glossy has been a fave of mine since, well, that first bottle of Pinata ink! And after our Monoprint challenge a few weeks back..now those inks are never far from my hand! So, to do this on grunge...well, I was quite excited (and very glad my order for the paint dabber came in time!)

So, with best intentions, I stole into my craft loft for a few sacred minutes of playing...unfortunately puppy had to come (or cats would have been eaten..it was one of those nights!) And you guessed it..I was yelling at puppy so much, my mojo ran away...I came up with nothing! So, just to see how it worked, I worked on some flower punches I had (heavens forbid I screw up a nice piece of grunge!) Very cool, but bumpy..having issues with the paint lay-down...tried another...pretty cool..time running out...still no ideas..just small pieces-parts...Dakota has a yarn ball...oye! So...when all else fails...ATC Time! I did get to play with the new Enamel Accents. which I really liked, despite my terrible free-hand stuff. So..here it is...my stamping challenge entry...with absolutely no stamps! But the cats survived, Dakota didn't knock down my grid storage cubes..my yarn wasn't all slobbery..and the photo kinda shows the agate effect. If it wasn't so late, I'd be hitting my other favorite alcohol product!

8 comments:

  1. I so loved your story, just brilliant. I also love your creation; still got to try this one. Its such great fun isn't it. Annette x

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  2. What fun flowers! Love what you did with this technique! BTW, Simon Says Stamp and Show is having a show your grunge challenge and a prize is involved. Just in case you want to link it up!

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  3. lovely colours for the backgrounds

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  4. Wow! I adore your enamel accents AND the bumpy agate finish. You can never have enough texture!

    Also, your flower shapes are wonderful! They add to the unique feel of your piece!

    Oh, and it's NEVER too late to the "other favorite alcohol product." :)

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  5. KIm, I just had to laugh when I read your post, those flowers have turned out really nice. What a happy looking ATC.
    Sue x

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  6. Kim, this is wonderful. I love the bright colours and your flowers are fabulous!

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  7. I had to scroll back up and actually LOOK at your ATC. I was so busy reading your post and imaging what you were describing to notice the artwork, which is loverly btw

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  8. Kim, I don't know which I love more, your lovely ATC or the story of how it came to be! Those flowers are AWESOME!!! The AI Agate effect is great on top of the texture, and the colors are bright and happy and so inviting. The black background really showcases them wonderfully, too. And, your freehand technique with the Enamel Accents is awesome!

    I'm glad the cats, the storage cubes, the yarn, the puppy and you all came through unscathed! ;-)

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