Alcohol Ink Tips and Techniques

If you’re interested in learning how to use alcohol ink in order to create fun, creative backgrounds for your art projects such as stamping or card making, it’s well worth continuing reading to discover a few useful alcohol ink tips and techniques, which you may find useful!

7 Alcohol ink tips and techniques:

1. Consider purchasing an alcohol ink kit which features a few complementary colors

If you’re unsure of which colors will complement each other, simply opt to purchase an alcohol ink kit which boasts a few shades which have been found to work well together. If you don’t want to rely on trial and error in order to choose the right shades of ink, you simply can’t go wrong opting to purchase an alcohol ink kit, which boasts several high-quality shades.

2. Invest in a good quality alcohol blending solution

It’s well worth investing in a decent alcohol blending solution as you’ll be able to use it to lighten your colors and to clean any spilt alcohol ink off your clothes and hands.

3. Purchase a felt applicator

The best way to mix your alcohol ink is to use a felt applicator, which will allow you to seamlessly blend multiple colors into a new shade.

4. Test your skills out on non-porous surfaces first

While it’s possible to use alcohol ink on porous surfaces, until you’ll confident using alcohol ink, you’ll be far better off practicing your skills on non-porous surfaces such as glossy paper, glass, metal or ceramics. Once you’ve mastered the art of using alcohol ink to decorate non-porous surfaces, you’ll be able to experiment with using alcohol ink in order to decorate porous surfaces such as wood!

5. Use your felt applicator to create a marble inspired background

You may want to use a felt applicator in order to create a marbled effect, which could be suitable for card making or scrapbooking. To create a marble background simply apply your ink directly to the surface which you’re looking to decorate before dabbing the ink which you’ve squirted out around your surface. Until the entire surface which you’re working with has been dabbed with ink.

6. Use a straw to move the ink on your surface around

Alternatively, you may want to try moving the ink on your surface around by blowing through a straw directly onto the ink which you’re looking to create art with!

7. Consider using a stamp in order to create professional looking results

If you’re looking to achieve professional looking results, it’s well worth purchasing or creating a few stamps, which you can use to decorate a variety of materials. Simply squirt alcohol ink directly onto your chosen stamp, before using a felt applicator to evenly spread your alcohol ink over your desired stamp. Once your stamp is sufficiently coated in ink, quickly apply your stamp to your surface, in order to create a clear stamp.

So if you’re looking forward to testing out the tips and techniques listed above, it’s well worth coming up with a brand new creative project which will allow you to practice your inking skills.