Saturday, June 30, 2012

Using Alcohol Inks with Dreamweaver Stencil Designs

This card above was dry embossed on a sheet of green foil using Dreamweaver's LX7009 Paisley on the LG683 Teacup.  The edge was trimmed, leaving approx. 1/16 to 1/8" of the edge of the teacup.  Use a piece of sandpaper to lightly sand the raised areas of the foil to remove the color of the foil.  Then, using alcohol inks and a Q-tip, apply the alcohol ink to the raised parts of the design.  Continue adding color as desired.

The above card was colored with a similar technique, except in this card, both the heart and the background were colored with alcohol inks.  The background was dry embossed using Dreamweaver's LX7002 Stripes stencil and the heart was dry embossed using LJ911 Gears and then colored with alcohol inks. This was a fun card to make.  We punched a hole and added a brad through the arrow and added a gear with a brad to accent the card.  The cardstock pieces with the words Timeless and Love were edged with the same alcohol ink colors to keep the same color scheme throughout the card.