Well, things seem to be back to normal now with the blog. I wasnt’ able to get all my old posts imported, but I do have more security in place, and the blog database is automatically being backed up daily. So if I start fresh now, hopefully this wont’ happen again.

So, let’s get back to Jazzy’s cool tips!

Make Your Own Alcohol Inks

Once again you find yourself standing there with your limited budget in hand, looking at those marvelous alcohol inks that stick to anything and cleanout your wallet at the same time. Can’t or don’t want to spend the cha-ching on them?

Make your own, sweetums! Here’s how You are going to kick yourself this is so easy!

Supplies:
Squirty bottles from the dollar store…like the kind they sell for ketchup and mustard at a picnic. Or whatever squirty bottles you already have (admit it, you have some under the sink) Dishsoap bottles are good for this.

RIT dyes in whatever colors you want, or get your three primaries and then yer kinda set to make any colors
Isopropyl alcohol from the drugstore. talk about cheap, you can get a LOT for 2 bux
Try to get the 90% kind, 70% will work and all but 90% is best.

Now, empty some of the RIT dye powder into the squirty bottle. Guess what ya do next? Gosh yer smart! Add enough alcohol to dissolve the powder. Shake that puppy vigorously until well mixed. Guess what. You just put Tim Holtz out of business. You now have Alcohol inks to play with to yer heart’s content. Make them thicker, thinner, however you like by controlling the amount of alcohol you put in. Use your inks on plain new stamp pads, or go cheapo and get those sponges at the scraft store that expand when they get wet, and use that as a stamp pad. or, put in small cups or tin cans and paint away.

Isn’t that just too much fun? Run to the store now and get the stuff while yer thinking about it! For about the cost of one little tiny set of inks from the crapft store you can make quarts of the stuff!

Then you make me a pecan pie

~O8:>