Art Journal: Alcohol Inks with Shari Carroll
Put on your sunglasses friends because I have a bright one for you today!!
I had some playtime with Tim Holtz Alcohol inks on Yupo for my art journal page. A quick explanation of Yupo is that it’s a plastic paper. It can be used with watercolors, inks, paints and more. It’s simply amazing! I’m not going to lie, you’re going to love it. The more you experiment; the more backgrounds you’ll want to make.
One of my favorite things is that the Yupo remains smooth and flat so doodling is possible!
I started with Two 5″x7″ sheets of white Yupo and used my Alcohol inks to create the background (see the video below). Once I had the background ink and the two pieces looking similar, I stamped the Circle Doodle image on both using Black Archival ink. This stamp is a fine line images that will leave plenty of color showing through and lines to write on for journaling. I trimmed one of the backgrounds down to 2″x7″ to add together for the square format of my journal.
I added some Tim Holtz Quote Chips for my title and a strip of Tim Holtz Tissue tape to hide the seam between the Yupo pieces. I absolutely love how the alcohol inks marble and mix to create a beautiful background. I’m not quite done with my doodling, this will be a work in progress, sit and relax page.
I have filmed a process video that you can watch below or on our YouTube channel HERE.
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Wow that’s cool! Need to give Yupo a try!
It is so, so cool what alcohol inks do on Yupo! The colors are so vibrant and beautiful. The designs the droplets make are amazing!
This is just STUNNING. The colors just leap off the page:)
Wow, these colours, stunning!
Love the gorgeous colors & fun doodling too!! Stunning!
Sun and bright colors!
Fun and bright colors.
Oooh so pretty! Looks like stained glass. Gorgeous
This background is psychodelic :-) Great card!
Looks like stained glass.
Beautiful.
thanks for sharing.
Very, very pretty!! That Yupo paper sounds interesting!
This is gorgeous!
Awesome and love
all that color!
Carla from Utah
Wow! What a great page. That you for the great video.
Love the gorgeous color the alcohol inks gave! Beautiful card, looks like stained glass!
Love this cool and colorful background!
Absolutely gorgeous, love the detail pictures!
Amazing! Loving all the vibrant color! Thanks so much for the inspiration!
Wow! What a great journal page. Thanks for sharing…
Cool project. Love the bright vibrant colours of alcohol inks. Worked with yupo one other time nd it’s an interesting product.
Gorgeous Shari…stunning color!
Have not tried Yupo before. This turned out really beautiful. I love how the circle stamp left you places to write and doodle. Nicely done.
This is absolutely gorgeous! Love your doodling and the uplifting messages.
This is beautiful! What a fun technique!
So very pretty, love the affects you get with yupo! Gotta use mine more :)
Very informative video. I have some Yupo, but I’m unsure about how to use it. This video is inspiring me on one way to use it. Thanks so much.
Just love your art! How I wish I could spend a day with your guidance! Do you ever give workshops? My inner artist is yearning to express herself.?
Very colorful and pretty. Thanks for sharing.
Linda D.
Wowee, that looks absolutely amazing!
WOW!! This has got to be one of my fave stamps of all time ? thank you, your art is wonderful ???
Wow, love the colors. Thanks for including the video.
So loving this.
How fabulous is that colour!! I’ve never tried Yupo paper but it really looks interesting!
Wow! This is amazing!
I am in love with this process! And can’t wait to try it! Beautiful end result!
I hadn’t even heard of YUPO paper prior to your post/video. The inks look amazing! Love your bold colour choices too!
I bought some Yupo paper and haven’t even tried it yet… you have inspired me!
Wow! Yupo paper and alcohol inks….amazing results. I like that you can keep playing with it until you get the results you want. I have some alcohol inks, but will need to get some Yupo paper. I had always thought it was only used for watercolor! :)
Very cool! I need to get some Yupo!
Really cool project! It was skk fun watching the alcohol inks on the Yupo paper!
Very pretty! I bought some Yupo paper a while ago but haven’t actually used it yet. I need to get it out and give it a try.
Absolutely beautiful! I’ve never tried this but now I want to – the colours are so vibrant! I really enjoyed all of your experimentation! Thank you for the video!
I always enjoy Yupo videos, they are fascinating to watch. Your journal page is beautiful.
Those colors are amazing. I’ve never tried Yupo but I’m going to now. The best part though are the words of artistic encouragement.
This reminds me of stained glass. The colors are dreamy!
What an awesome project.
Thanks for sharing!
Great page! :)
This is gorgeous Shari! That background…wow!
This is beautiful and I have forgotten about this method. Thanks for the inspiration as usual you are awesome in that area!!!
Beautiful colors & project–love it! Thanks for the video! I really need to use my alcohol inks & even have a piece of Yupo a friend sent to me!
WOW these are AMAZING!!!!!!