Creative Chemistry 101 – Day 3 Techniques

Alcohol Inks Agates and Archival Resist Techniques

These are my tags from the Day 3 Techniques. Tag 1 is the Alcohol Ink Agates technique . I love this technique as so many different effects and colour combinations can be achieved. Tags 2 and 3 are the Archival Resist technique. I only had three Archival Ink colours - Plum, Maroon and Cobalt Blue, so I opted for a lighter distress ink over the top. I stamped over the top with StazOn Jet Black ink. This tag is a little "busy" but it is different to anything I have done before:) Stamping on gloss paper is a little tricky. My third tag was the same technique as Tag 2 expect I experimented using VersaMagic Archival Chalk inks for the background images. The colours I used were Tea Leaves, Purple Hydrangea and Jumbo Java. Again I used StazOn Jet Black for the main image. I am pleased with the results, however my stamping techniques can definitely be improved upon. LOL. Unfortunately I couldn't do the third technique (Stamping with Reflections) as I don't have an embossing machine, texture fades folders or reflections stamps :(

Alcohol Ink Agates Technique

Archival Resist Technique using Archival Inks

Archival Resist Technique using Archival Chalk Inks

Creative Chemistry 101 – Day 2 Techniques

Blended Distress Spritz/Flick, Brushless Watercolour & Wrinkle-free Distress Techniques

Well I finally got off the starting blocks! Over the Easter break I found my inks and stamps in the packing boxes and got inky! My favourite for the Day 2 techniques is Tag 2, the Brushless Watercolour Technique. The first and third tags required some practice and repeats. I am quite pleased with the end results, however I’m sure some more practice is required to master these techniques.  What I learnt :- 1.To achieve the best results you need the right products (I don’t have any Manila tags as yet, so I had to make do with cutting up a manila folder. The quality and weight of this paper seems to have an effect on the end result). 2. For the third tag, I didn’t have a mini mister so my first attempt had ugly blobs of  water instead of flicks.  3.  As Tim said, using Mustard Seed and Wild Honey Distress Inks to finish, really does give the tags some warmth.

Well here they are:-

Blended Distress/Spritz & Flick

Brushless Watercolour

Wrinkle-free Distress