More fun with Alcohol inks!

Here are two more ATC's I made using alcohol inks and rubber stamps. I love the colors you can get from even a limited palette of inks.

Well, I'm off now to start work on some creepy themed art for Halloween, my favorite holiday!

Happy crafting,
Amy

Finally, some new ATC's!

So, last week I went to The Artist's Oasis where I attend ATC club meetings and get cool supplies. I picked up some alcohol inks and blending solution (both Adirondack brand) and started experimenting. I didn't have any glossy cardstock so I used some 4x6 glossy photo paper. I used the Pesto and the Espresso that came in the kit to get the backgrounds for these. After that it was just a matter of printing the images on the photo paper, cutting them to size and distressing the edges (Ranger Distress Ink). I plan to do a bunch more of these because I love they way they came out. There's also a Raisin color that came in the kit. I'll let you know how it goes.

Photo Fun

This is a photo of my children, Maddy (nearly 5) and Vincent (newly 1) at the shore in Ocean City, Maryland two weeks ago. They had a great time, despite the sometimes-overcast weather.



This is a photo of my husband Brian as a kid at the Jersey shore. This picture was pretty damaged, so I had to do some altering to get it to look okay. I used the free Gimp program.



This is a postcard that my Mother-in-Law and I discovered while searching through boxes of pictures. This is my husband's Great-Grandfather, Peter.



These are two unknown relatives.

Both of these images can be found in the Flikr Collage Images Group, a great resource for vintage images to use in artwork.