I'm working on a glass shelf I salvaged from our fridge which died this Christmas. I saved it thinking it might come in handy in my studio and its proving fantastic for this. The colours are so vibrant Having a ball just inking up old photo paper from a long out of date printer. It is turning into a recycling day! As the ink goes so far and the paper was salvaged from the bin I am free to play as much as I like. Once I have made a stack of these I will hopefully have my alcohol lift ink and be able to try it out on all these different colours.
Hope you are all having fun and thank you for all the lovely comments on the blocks last week.
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great recycling!! Helen #1
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to seeing you use the lift off ink. I have some but not got round to playing with it yet. Have a happy woyww, Angela x17x
ReplyDeleteHi Amanda, those papers certainly are vibrant colours. Really looking forward to seeing how this progresses! Thanks for visiting earlier. I'd rather be out on my bike, but due to a combination of things, exercising at home is best for me at the moment. Hopefully next year I'll be back cycling, Weather permitting! Have a lovely week Heather x #12
ReplyDeleteHi Amanda - you've certainly been having great fun. Lift off ink??? Confess I have never heard of it...??
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Margaret #2
Hi Amanda, You didn't leave your number, but it's 35.
ReplyDeleteI love the papers.
Thanks for stopping by my blog.
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Sue #16
That sounds like great playing! I love your results, you've created some fabulous colour combos there and I bet you'll have loads of fun with the Lift Ink. Just a warning though, I discovered it didn't work well on normal glossy paper as it's porous so I had to get the special Yupo non-porous stuff - it also didn't work well on the old Yupo cardstock that I discovered in my stash as apparently that's porous as well! Have fun experimenting, I find with alcohol inks the results are always amazing if not what expected!!
ReplyDeleteDiana x #18
What a great idea for recycling Amanda. It's making me want to get the microscope slides that I found in the garage out to play with. Thanks for visiting. Sarah #4
ReplyDeleteIt is amazing what we bury away in sheds and garages. I bet you could make really interesting things with those. x Amanda
DeleteOooh those are just gorgeous... I adore the vibrant colours. I had a major alcohol inking session once and ended up feeling quite drunk, having breathed in so much alcohol lol lol!! I use the backs of junk mail and leaflets etc. made of shiny paper. They make brilliant backgrounds. Thank you for your lovely comment, and I'm glad you enjoyed seeing my cooking and the kitties - we think they are the prettiest kitties in the world, but then we are probably biased! My leg feels a bit better this morning - I've now had 3 doses of anticoagulant so it's probably well and truly in my system now, and I've also put on one of those hospital stockings this morning and this seems to be making it less uncomfortable. I'm sure I'll be fine in a day or so.
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Shoshi #24
You are a girl after my own heart! I have been looking for one of those glass shelves, having sold mine at a yard sale years ago. Good for you to recognize it's usefulness. And bravo on the inky recycled paper! You will be ready for blast off; I mean Lift Off! Tee Hee! Hugs!
ReplyDeleteI love to recycle, so this post had me excited from the beginning. I have found when I use the AIs, I end up using a LOT on my felt dabbing doohickey. Technical term for the pouncer I use to to distribute mine. I've been told I only need abut three drops of each color, but those drops only last about four pounces. I've found them very expensive. I DO like what you have made, though. Those pages are absolutely incredible. I've never heard of lift off ink. I look forward to seeing what it is and what it does. Happy belated WOYWW from # 5.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fabulous idea, to save that glass plate to use for crafting. I love all the alcohol inks.. I only own three colors that I bought ages ago and don't use it much but I remember using it on photo paper and that looked amazing! Big hug from Holland, Marit #25
ReplyDeleteWhat fun!! I love the range you can get with AIs Chrisx 22
ReplyDeleteIt's clear you've been having lots of fun - and what a good way to use up the old photo paper.
ReplyDeleteAlison x
I'm loving those backgrounds, i'm itching to get my alcohol inks out again.. just need the space and work space to play, oh and find them hee hee!!
ReplyDeleteGreat way to use that fridge shelf.
Thanks for sharing WOYWW, have a smashing weekend. Tracey #6 xx
That looks like so much fun! Something I will have to try! Thanks for your visit, sorry it has taken so long to get back to you, I've been working so much lately! Have a great week, Lindart #23
ReplyDeleteBeautiful backgrounds! I haven't used my alcohol inks for ages - photo paper sounds like a good idea and I think I might have some at hand! Must give it a try. Thanks for visiting earlier - it only took me two weeks to get back to you LOL zsuzsa #21 from WOYWW#483
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