Several of you have asked my how to apply the alcohol inks to the metal, so I made a little tutorial to explain. Because it can be difficult to take pictures of the metal I decided to do the tutorial with white glossy paper, so hopefully you'll be able to see it better.
Here are the supplies you'll need.
copper mixative
alcohol inks: (I used ginger and pesto for my sample)
Felt applicator tool: (this tool has velcro on it and you can stick a new little piece of felt to it whenever you want to change colors, etc.)
Alcohol blending solution:
The two dominos in the picture are my little color samples. I made a sample of each color of alcohol ink I have. The mini dominos are perfect for this. Whenever I need to choose which colors I want to use on a project I look through the sample dominos to see what I think looks good together. Thank you to Joy for this cool idea!!! : )
Ok... this is really easy.... here we go...
Sorry this picture isn't the greatest, but hopefully it's good enough for the explanation. Each square in the picture shows the corresponding steps below.
Step 1. I put 2-3 dots each of pesto & ginger alcohol inks on the felt. I then dabbed the felt applicator on the paper several times, leaving some white space.
Step 2. I then put a couple drops of the copper mixative on the applicator and dabbed that on the paper... still leaving a little white space.
Step 3. Last, I put two small drops of the alcohol blending solution on the applicator and dabbed this around on the paper. This causes the copper and inks to blend.
I think this technique actually works better on the metal than on the paper. You can use the alcohol inks on any type of surface and it dries fast. : )
Be sure to check out Joy and Daisy's store for the alcohol inks. And if you'd like to purchase some metal just let me know by emailing me (click on my email... near the top of the right hand column). Click on this for metal prices.