What's Moo with you?

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Hi everyone! I have a simple and easy way to use alcohol inks on your handmade paper to create a one of a kind background!

My paper that I started with was pretty cool with lots of lovely little specks of color in it by creating my paper with the Arnold Grummer Papermill kit. Then ( as accidents do happen ) I spilled some spray ink on my desk and I used my handmade paper to blot it up as I knew it would absorb it quickly. I liked how it looked and as soon as it dried out I went about adding some more fun to it.

I had a stencil that had some leftover alcohol ink on it so I spritzed it with 70% acholol, laid it over my handmade paper and used a brayer to make sure I had a nice even contact.

You can see how the alcohol inks really gave me a nice effect and totally lets the texture of the handmade paper shine through.

To finish up: all I did was stamp and die cut the cow from another scrap of handmade paper, color him in and embellish a little by drawing a flower with my marker ( which really was created to hide a glue spot...shhh...no one will ever know! ) And lastly I added the stamped sentiment onto a hand cut comic bubble.


So what mixed media techniques have your tried with handmade paper?

Comments

  1. JeanSeptember 21, 2016 at 10:51 AM

    How cool is this!!

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  2. mikosspot.blogspot.comSeptember 21, 2016 at 1:47 PM

    I love everything about this paper.. and those images and sayings just make me giggle.. I think i need to buy it now.. LOLOL

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  3. Byrd Street StudioSeptember 22, 2016 at 11:15 AM

    I LOVE the paper you started with and how even after you added inks, the speckles were stil evident. Cute, cute card!

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  4. UnknownSeptember 25, 2016 at 10:15 AM

    LOL I love it!!!!! that cow is adorable and your card is just yummy looking.

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  5. UnknownSeptember 25, 2016 at 10:15 AM

    LOL I love it!!!!! that cow is adorable and your card is just yummy looking.

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  6. MicheleSeptember 30, 2016 at 12:48 PM

    What a fun technique!
    Love and light,
    Michele

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