Hi everyone. Today I'm sharing several cards I made while filming my latest video tutorial. The tutorial is how I work with Alcohol Inks and Yupo Paper. The card above is a small snippet of one of the pieces I made in the video, and below is a card made with the rest of that piece, along with other cards made from samples from the video. I show two different techniques (smooshing and dropping inks), and then show another way to add interest and visual texture. Please check out the video below (on YouTube). If you like what you see, please give me a thumbs up!! Thank you! (Click HERE to watch on YouTube) More cards from the video ... Notice the texture on the sides of the AI smooshed panel ... made by spraying blending solution once my AI piece was completely dry. Blending solution pushes alcohol inks out of the way to create lighter spots. If the alcohol ink is still wet when you add blending solution, they will flow together and eventually blur. But if the AI piece is completely dry before spraying with blending solution, then the droplets will only push out a little bit until there is too much resistance from the dry inks to go any further. It creates a very unique and artsy design. You can see lots of this visual texture on the cards above and below. * * * * * Just a quick reminder that my "Twelve Tags of Christmas" event starts on Monday, Nov. 7th. I hope you'll come back to check out my tags for the twelve days, along with the beautiful tags created by my wonderfully talented Guest Designers. And join the fun by adding one of your mixed media Christmas tags! See you on Monday! Autumn Leaf: Stamps: Gorgeous Grunge (Stampin' Up!); Be Happy Sentiments (Amy R) Paper: Yupo Ink: Alcohol Inks: Honeycomb, Teakwood (Ranger); Gold (Pinata); Delicata Gold; Versamark Accessories & Tools: Blending Solution (Tim Holtz), mister, Maple Leaf die (Poppy Stamps), gold embossing powder, heat tool Golden Fern: Stamps: Hello sentiment - Where the heart is (Simon Says) Paper: Yupo Ink: Alcohol Inks: Honeycomb, Teadwood (Ranger); Gold (Pinata), Versamark Accessories & Tools: Blending Solution (Tim Holtz), mister; Delicate Fern (Memory Box) --- borrowed from my friend Christine Fabulous Birthday Leaf: Stamps: Heartfelt Thanks (Penny Black) Paper: Yupo Ink: Alcohol Inks: Botanical, Mermaid (Ranger); Blue Sapphire, Silver (Pinata); Smoky Slate (Stampin' Up!) Accessories & Tools: Blending Solution (Tim Holtz), mister; Rectangle Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Lively die (Penny Black) Happy Birthday: Stamps: Fun Birthday Sentiments (Happy Little Stampers) Paper: Yupo; Vellum Ink: Alcohol Inks: Botanical, Mermaid (Ranger); Blue Sapphire, Silver (Pinata); Versamark Accessories & Tools: Blending Solution (Tim Holtz), mister, silver embossing powder, heat tool