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Alcohol Inked Butterfly Cards

Do you have lots of alcohol markers that you rarely use?  I have spent a lot of money on alcohol markers only to find that I really don't enjoy coloring stamped images.  Today's beautiful cards were created while experimenting with alternate ways I can use my alcohol markers.


To create the alcohol inked background shapes, I took a piece of Yupo white translucent paper that I purchased at Hobby Lobby and scribbled various shades of pink alcohol markers across the Yupo Paper.  Then, I dropped alcohol ink blending solution in various places on the paper.  I tipped the paper back and forth to allow the pink shades to mix and fill up most of the white space of the paper.  I repeated this process on another piece of Yupo paper using shades of blue alcohol markers.


I allowed the paper to dry until parts of the paper felt a little tacky.  Then, I took some of my foil scraps (left over from when I use my Spellbinders Glimmer machine), and placed the scraps on top of the inked surfaces.  I rubbed the foil onto the ink surfaces and slowly pealed it up to reveal small amounts of foil stuck to the tacky parts of the inked surfaces.  I repeated this several times until the surfaces were dry.  The small amount of foil resembles a stunning marbling effect.


I cut the Yupo paper using the largest die of the Spellbinders Essential Classic Label cutting dies.  I centered and adhered this shape on a white card base.  I die cut the "Happy Birthday" sentiment using the Spellbinders Our Favorite Font Sentiment Set and the sentiment "Hello" from the Spellbinders Simply Perfect Mix & Match Sentiment Set.  The white sentiments were adhered to the center of the inked shapes.  


I die cut the medium and small butterflies from holographic and gold foil cardstock using the Spellbinders Delicate Butterflies die set.  I adhered the butterflies to the top and bottom of the alcohol inked shapes.  On the pink card, I also die cut from gold cardstock a Tim Holtz wildflower and adhered it to the right of the sentiment.


To add a small frame around the card, I used a foam blending tool to add an inked border of Salvaged Patina Distress Oxide Ink around the blue card and Seedless Preserves Distress Oxide Ink around the pink card.



I am so excited to find a new use for all those alcohol markers that are gathering dust in my craft room.  I encourage you to give this technique a try.  Happy Crafting!

Alcohol Inked Butterfly Cards
Supplies:
  • Yupo White Translucent Paper
  • Accent Opaque White Cardstock 100lb
  • Alcohol Markers - various shades within the same color family
  • Alcohol Ink Blending Solution
  • Foil Scraps
  • Spellbinders Essential Classic Label Cutting Dies
  • Spellbinders Our Favorite Font Sentiment Set December 2019 Small Die of the Month
  • Spellbinders Simply Perfect Mix & Match Sentiments Cutting Dies
  • Spellbinders Delicate Butterflies
  • Tim Holtz Sizzix Thinlits Wildflower Stems #3
  • Recollections Cardstock - Gold Foil
  • Park Lane Holographic Cardstock

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