Holiday Thinking Inking_Alcohol Ink on WC paper

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Holiday Thinking Inking_Alcohol Ink on WC paper

II'm on time this week! Just when I was ready to beg that the deadline be at 2am so that West Coast Procrastinators could indulge our bad habits just like non-West Coast Procrastinators. It does feel good not to be rushing to make my 10pm deadline!

The background on this was so easy to do, and I like the way it turned out. I've used alcohol inks on regular paper and on Tyvek before and thought that it just used up too much ink, but I like it on the watercolor paper, and watching Jennifer's technique on the video helped a lot.

I wanted to stamp the ornament with Chipped Sapphire Distress Ink. I could not get it to emboss. I even tried inking the stamp with Versamark first and then the Chipped Sapphire. That helped, but it was still not acceptable. I ended up using the Versafine Majestic Blue just because it embossed so well. I wish I'd tried the Versamark with Adirondack Denim; I think that would have worked. (I know that distress inks are embossable; I've done it many times. I don't know why it wouldn't work this time.

I also tried stamping the Chipped Sapphire onto paper that had been sponged with Metallic Silver Dabber Paint and embossed that. You can see the result; I ended up using it as a shadow ornament on this card. The ink practically disappeared, but you can see the embossing.

I had the brilliant idea of cutting the inside of the hook out by using a paper punch. I ended up without the hook, so I made my own out of wire.

DETAILS:
5“ x 6” (How'd that happen? It's never comes out even.)
Bazzil cardstock – Dark Violet

BACKGROUND
140-lb. hot press watercolor paper
Judikins Snowflakes Stamp (copyright by Paula Best)
VersaMark Ink
Ranger's Seafoam White Embossing Powder
Adirondack Alcohol Inks (Stonewashed, Cloudy Blue, Stream, Cool Peri, and Silver Mixative)
Blending Solution (with the colors and Metallic Mixative and alone at the end to disperse the Metallic Fixative)

ORNAMENT
Stampers Anonymous
Versafine Majestic Blue
Ranger's Clear Superfine Embossing Powder
Distress Inks (Milled Lavender and Dusty Concord)

SHADOW ORNAMENT
Stampers Anonymous
Black cardstock sponged with leftover Metallic Silver Paint Dabber
Distress Chipped Sapphire Ink
Ranger's Clear Superfine Embossing Powder

EMBELLISHMENTS
Recollection Pearls
Wild Wire for the hooks on the ornaments

OTHER
Best Creation 3D Foam Tape to attach the top ornament
Perfect Paper Adhesive to attach the wire
ATG gun with Scotch adhesive for everything else

Thank you, Jennifer, for another week of projects. TFL. Daria