How do you get all this ink into this portable palette???
I had so much fun making and working with my Perfect Palette that it has inspired me to create one out of Alcohol Inks. I absolutely love, Love, LOVE my alcohol inks and the more ways that I can use them the better! I have a lot of pictures posted but also created a video so you can easily follow along as I create my palette. At the end of the tutorial I have some pictures and links of projects I have made with Alcohol Inks along with a new one that you may like to follow along and make for yourself. ENJOY!
Project Featured in the video above :)
The Ranger Palette is great by providing 36 nice deep wells for your inks. I started off by picking out the colors that I wanted for my palette and how I wanted them arranged.
My Dymo label maker came in handy...again for labeling the lid of my palette. I use the extra small size so that I can make sure that the lettering can all fit in the space and not be cramped.
Once I had everything layed out and labeled I was ready to ROCK!
I began filling each of the palette wells with enough alcohol ink to fill the bottom (about 10-12 drops).
After everything was filled I set aside to let it dry. It should be ready to use in a half hour to an hour but it you are impatient you can always use a heat gut to speed things along. Now you are ready to make magic. Use your Alcohol Ink Fillable Pen to do some creating.
I have posted some projects below that I have created plus a step by step is included in the video above.
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Thanks for the step by step photos. Love the projects.
ReplyDeleteFollowing your tutorial on making a palette for perfect pearls, I have 2 of these palettes on order - one for PPs and one for alcohol inks! I haven't got the pen for the latter, but intend moistening a normal brush with blending solution, or using a craft nib. Thanks for sharing - great ideas!
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Thanks for your demo. I was using the palette for watercolors. Palette is great for detail work. You had me stumped on what to do with the ink when it was dry. Well I will need to go out and get another one. Love the pallet because it is so mobile. Thanks again for another great demo. :)
ReplyDeleteChristie - I've just uploaded a blog post with links to your blog, and your two tutorials on the ink palettes - they are so good that they need to be shared! I haven't got time to get started yet, but I've now got all the stuff and really looking forward to trying it out!
ReplyDeleteI think on balance, my idea of using an ordinary brush for the alcohol inks isn't such a good one - there would be more evaporation, and it wouldn't be as convenient as the fillable brush. Seeing how easy that is in your tutorial, I think it would be worth the investment.
Shoshi
OMG, That is sooo cool. Thank you so much for taking time to do this video. I purchased plenty of alcohol inks after watching the video on TH blog, but I never really used them. I kept thinking that I wasted money because I thought the only way to use them was with watercolor paper. Boy was I wrong after watching this video. All be going to M's on the weekend to get the missing supplies. I also love the shrinkable paper that would be perferct to make little trinkets for cards and lo. Thanks again for the video and detailed instructions. Cheers Julie :)
ReplyDeleteThanks so much. Going on a trip. Have inks will travel!
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