VIDEO: Opacity / Luminosity Effect With Alcohol Ink and Embossing

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It has felt like Friday all day today! I wonder if we are time traveling when that happens. 

Speaking of time traveling - we have started rewatching X-Files. It's SO good - right from the beginning. I had forgotten how much affection I have for those characters. And I was SO excited to get an email telling me that Killing Eve is coming back! Loved that show. 

Other shows we've been watching are:

• A Murder at the End of the World
• 24 Hours in Police Custody (British crime docuseries)
• Wild Crime: Blood Mountain (A friend of mine was almost a victim of this man)
• Rewatching The Middle - honestly one of the best sitcoms ever - underrated.
• An Unknown Compelling Force (about Dyatlov Pass)
• Lost In The Wild: Hike Into Hell

We watch a bunch of food shows too and last night Chef John (Food Wishes) made these amazing coffee-flavored cinnamon rolls. Here's his video. Watch that and tell me that does not look incredible!

So I have a video for you today, and then, I did a BEAUTIFUL riff on this technique on my live today. If you are on Patreon - you can see the replay of it here. It has a different twist at the end that is so pretty. I'm not sure I'll post between now and New Year's but I will make the results into a card around then. 

Anyway, I LOVE this technique today - it's a technique I did many years ago with a few tweaks. It's absolutely stellar with this leaf embossing folder. Other things you will need are gesso, alcohol ink, double sided adhesive sheets, a super lightweight foil, a burnishing tool, a brayer, gold paint and I used this word die and blue glitter paper.

If you watch the video, you can come back and look closely at the background for the details I talk about.

Here are the supplies. 

3D Embossing Folder [ SPL ] Hello die [ HNB ] Ranger Ink - Tim Holtz - Adirondack... [ SBC ] Liquid Gesso [ BLIC ] Deep gold paint [ BLIC ] Precut foil [ AMZUS ] Speedball Soft Rubber Brayer - 6' [ BLIC ] Double sided adhesive sheets [ BLIC ] Scraper/Burnisher [ AMZUS ] Glitter Paper rainbow pack [ SBC ]

Here's the video! Have a very merry Christmas! 

Loveyameanitbye

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