Skiing The Slopes With Bears by Rosali

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It is an extra special treat to have Rosali of @ilovestamping Instagram fame with us today!! She ALWAYS has great projects for us to enjoy!

Take a look at this adorable bear flying through the air. She has created such marvelous colors and fun. Then, be sure to check out how to enter our $25 shopping spree contest below!

Hey everyone, it’s Rosali from @ilovestamping again!

Today I have another card project for you featuring an adorable bear from “Ski-sons Greetings” by MFT Stamps! As soon as I saw this stamp set I was smitten! I just can’t help myself when it comes to bear images …♥

For the background, I chose to use Ranger’s alcohol inks. I started experimenting with these inks earlier this year and while they are not a new product they have become very popular amongst cardmakers right now! I love the unique looks you can get with these inks on Yupo paper and I think a lot of you like them, too! So my tutorial for today is gonna focus on how I created my background with the alcohol inks:

1. Pick a synthetic paper such as “do it on Yupo” or Tim Holtz’ “Alcohol Ink Yupo”. Unlike traditional cardstock, these have a slick surface and allow alcohol inks to move and mix on top of them!
2. I chose to use two ink colors, pink and purple. I applied a line of purple somewhere across the middle of my Yupo panel and a line of pink across the top.
3. Right after that (you want to act rather quickly with alcohol inks) I put a good amount of Various Ink Colorless Blender on top. So much that the whole upper part of the paper was wet and the inks started to really flow. I did not put blender at the very bottom because I wanted to keep that part mainly white to indicate “snow” on my card design.
4. After that, I carefully tilted the panel to different sides for the inks to mix a little bit and move across the paper.
5. I then took a heat tool and carefully blew dry the alcohol ink panel working from different sides. That’s how I got the layered and wavy look!

Tip: Stop as soon as the panel is dry to prevent the paper from curling up. The drying won’t take long at all, I was actually amazed how fast you get a pretty background with this technique!

To finish my panel off I used Copic Opaque White and a small paint brush to splatter “snow” over it. I didn’t use additional embellishments this time except some Black Ebony Nuvo Drops on the bear’s eyes and nose to make them really black and shiny.

I hope I have given you some inspiration to create a card background with alcohol inks! Have an amazing day and happy holidays!! ♥

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