Hi Abie - that’s why you need to do it over Yupo paper and you can make more earrings from the beautiful patterns you get in the ink that spills off. Thanks for watching 😘
Thank you and you are welcome. The tool is called a Crop-o-Dile by We Are Memory Keepers. It has two different size hole punches in one tool. If you Google it, you should be able to find where you can buy one near you, or buy online. Hope you find one. Thanks for watching. 🙏❤️
Hi Susan, thanks for your comment. I actually can’t remember - I am so sorry, that’s terrible! I was lucky with mine because they were pretty stable after they dried but a few people contacted me to say the alcohol ink would need to be sealed to stop it rubbing off. All I can say is, experiment with some small pieces of glue first and see how long it takes. I’m pretty sure that different colours took longer to dry than others. I’m really sorry I’m not much help with this. My memory is terrible! 🥴Thanks so much for watching and reaching out. 🙏💕
What a great idea , thank you Gilly for sharing your idea. Please can I ask what that punch tool is you used for the holes. 😮that I never knew that I needed is ? Can you unjust the sizes of the holes you punch with it please ?
Hi Lou, thank you for letting me know. If you want to watch it again, you can turn on the captions or read the transcript to clarify what I’m saying. I have no idea why some people can hear it and some can’t. It’s fine on all my devices but I know the sound is for some people on their devices. I do record at a higher volume now to try and make it audible on all devices but unfortunately, I can’t do anything about this one. Thanks for watching and reaching out💕🙏
These are gorgeous ❤ I've never seen hot glue used to make earrings and I love them. Great idea with the yubo paper too. Thank you so much for sharing x ❤
Hi Cynthia, you could try that and see what happens. You’d get a different effect I’m sure. Maybe make your own gel pad with glycerin and gelatin powder rather than experiment on an expensive brand name one. There are plenty of people using alcohol inks on gelli plates on TH-cam so I’m guessing it’s fine. I have played with alcohol inks on gelli plate before with no issues but I haven’t tried what you suggested. Thanks for watching and sharing your thoughts. 🙏💕
Thank you! No I didn't and I am not sure if you could use resin. I have never worked with resin because of the fumes it gives off. I'm also not sure about glazing them either - maybe I'll try it and see what happens. I just left them as they are but if anyone was making them to sell or give as presents, you probably would need to seal them somehow to stabilise the inks. Hope that helps. Thank you for watching and apologies for taking so long to respond. 🙏
Not dumb at all - a perfectly sensible question if you never heard of Yupo paper before. It’s a synthetic paper. I just got this off the internet because it explains better than I can: ‘Yupo is a synthetic paper made from polypropylene used in art predominantly, alongside alcohol inks but is sometimes touted as a “non-absorbent” watercolour paper, which in and of itself is a strange concept to wrap your head around.’ It’s a lovely ’paper’ to work with. Hope that answers your question. You can buy tiny little sample pads from some art suppliers. There are various thicknesses of Yupo - I think I got a set of three tiny little pads once in the U.K. from Jackson’s Art Supplies online. Worth getting to have a try with it before you buy a big pad - it’s quite expensive. Thanks for watching. 🙏
Hi Melinda, thanks so much for your support - it is truly appreciated. Sending you hugs and kisses too, wherever you are in this worldwide crafting community😘
Wow what a really cool idea! You have sparked my imagination and given us a really super project! The left over ink drops on the Yupo paper are gorgeous and can be used for so many other projects! I love it! Thank’s so much for sharing your talent and technics! I’m going to try this, play and have fun creating. Each design will be unique and one of a kind. Thank you for the free print out. Be well, stay safe.
Hi Debbie, thanks so much for watching and commenting - your time is very much appreciated! I hope you have lots of fun experimenting - the effects you can get with the inks are so cool, it’s gets a bit addictive - I just love playing with them. Don’t do what I did though - after telling everyone to wear gloves, I was playing around with the Mermaid blue ink with NO GLOVES🙄and tipped a whole lot onto my hand by accident. The edges of my nails are still blue and my skin is very dry from where I tried to scrub it off😱Thanks again and enjoy experimenting.😍
Hi thank you for sharing and you’re a doll offering print out. I love the odd shapes so much more interesting. The colors and patterns are absolutely beautiful. Take care. I’m a new sub. Best wishes .
Hi Lumie, welcome to my channel, lovely to have you here. There is usually a free print out with most of my videos - it’s a thank you to the people who come to my channel and blog because I appreciate every single one of you🙏. Yes, the odd shapes are fun and different aren’t they. Have fun making lots jewelry and thank you for taking the time to watch and comment. 💕
Hi Jusfe, thanks so much for watching and I’m glad to hear you are going to give it a go - I’m sure you’ll make some gorgeous pieces. It’s good fun and so quick as the glue dries very fast so you can get to the ink dripping part quickly. Lovely to hear from you and thanks again for being a part of my channel🙏💕
Thank you Jacquie - I am sorry about the sound - my videos are all recorded at the same level but once uploaded here, sound varies. No idea why🤔Thanks for watching and letting me know.🙏💕
Hi Britt, thanks for watching - no I hardly ever use anything like that because I have a thing about using aerosols as they upset my chest really fast - I used to have a spray booth with an extractor fan but I don’t have that any more, so I don’t use aerosols inside the house. The only aerosol I ever use is spray glue and I have to wait for a calm day with no wind so I can do it outside😂 The inks are really stable on all the earrings I have made, nothing is rubbing off at all. I’ve been wearing them a lot and nothing has come off at all. Thanks again for watching and taking time to comment.🙏💕
@@RainbowLane Thanks for your response. I was just curious because with AI paintings, I have always sealed them. I am anxious to try your methods and see how it works! Thanks for the videos!
Hi Britt, if you can cope with using the spray on sealer, it’s probably a good idea, especially for paintings that will be displayed or sold on. I’ve never produced any alcohol ink work that is worthy of being put on the wall🥴. I’ve seen some amazing stuff that alcohol ink artists have done though. My explorations over the last few years have never progressed beyond working on small substrates to use in crafts. Even when I paint using acrylics, I work small, usually A4 and then do a really good scan which I have printed much larger onto a box canvas. I did try sealing my glue creations with Dimensional Magic but I found putting glue on glue doesn’t work! But it does work on other surfaces. Lovely talking to you Britt - have you got your paintings online? Would love to see what you do. 💕
Hi Heather, I have but not in a video as far as I can recall. I probably didn’t like the results or something. Have you tried it? Thanks for watching.🙏💕
Hi Melba, I don’t sell any of the things I make. I don’t have the time to make enough stock to sell any Jewelry. I am full time carer for my mum who lives with us so I just teach workshops when I can. If you wanted to try selling these I would suggest you experiment with sealing them. I just wore mine myself so didn’t bother sealing them. Thanks for watching🙏💕
Hi Gilly. Another beautiful idea. I don't know how you keep coming up with them. The volume was good on this one, and as per usual Yummy enjoyed listening to you very much, so now I have to clean the fur off the computer !!
Hi Ally, oh good, I’m glad Yummy is happy again! 🐈 And thanks for giving me the heads up last time about the volume - that was a great help. As for my ideas, they come to me when I’m not thinking about them. Usually when I’m out walking. I call them my celestial emails because they come from above and just drop into my head🤗. Take care and give Yummy a hug for me. And as always, thank you for watching.💐💕
Yes you can definitely do that. The reason I prefer the puffer is because when I used to use a straw, I found I was taking a breath in right over the area where the alcohol ink is (instead of turning completely away first) and that is really not good for health reasons. If you make sure you NEVER take in a big lung full of alcohol ink fumes then you could use a straw but I wouldn’t advise it. When I was blowing through a straw, I tended to take in really deep breaths each time my puff ran out. And I would be so completely engrossed in blowing the ink around that I would hardly move my mouth away from the straw to take my next deep breath - that’s very bad. So if you do use a straw, stay mindful of the need to turn towards an open window each time you you take a breath in. I’m very sensitive to any kind of fumes in art and craft supplies and I have to have windows wide open.
Thank you Woko - I have to catch up with your videos - it’s been a very busy family time here but I will catch up with your lovey creations during next week.🥰
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Love it, ty, can't waite to try!
Hi Jill, many thanks for watching and commenting - hope you managed to try it out. Thank you🙏💕
Thank you for sharing this beautiful pattern gonna try 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
You are very welcome Patricia - thanks for watching and taking time to comment. 🙏❤️
I never thought to use hot glue this way! Love it thank you so much for this idea !
You are very welcome, glad you like it and hope you make some lovely things. Thanks for watching and leaving a commnent.🙏💕
Love the idea but for me i feel like i wasted so many inks. Haha! Miss your videos! 😍
Hi Abie - that’s why you need to do it over Yupo paper and you can make more earrings from the beautiful patterns you get in the ink that spills off. Thanks for watching 😘
Lovely tutorial, thank you. Can you please tell me what the “crocodile” hole punch is?
Thank you and you are welcome. The tool is called a Crop-o-Dile by We Are Memory Keepers. It has two different size hole punches in one tool. If you Google it, you should be able to find where you can buy one near you, or buy online. Hope you find one. Thanks for watching. 🙏❤️
Doesn't they loose color in time ? I know that alcohol inks fade in resin especially when it's exposed to light .. thank you
It’s been quite awhile since I made these and yes, they have faded a bit. Thanks for watching and reaching out.🙏💕
This is a great idea. I’ve got to try it! How long do you let the alcohol ink dry? It’s looks so shiny! Thanks!
Hi Susan, thanks for your comment. I actually can’t remember - I am so sorry, that’s terrible! I was lucky with mine because they were pretty stable after they dried but a few people contacted me to say the alcohol ink would need to be sealed to stop it rubbing off. All I can say is, experiment with some small pieces of glue first and see how long it takes. I’m pretty sure that different colours took longer to dry than others. I’m really sorry I’m not much help with this. My memory is terrible! 🥴Thanks so much for watching and reaching out. 🙏💕
What a great idea , thank you Gilly for sharing your idea. Please can I ask what that punch tool is you used for the holes. 😮that I never knew that I needed is ? Can you unjust the sizes of the holes you punch with it please ?
Very pretty !! What a wonderful idea !! Your volume is quite low hard to hear you !!
Hi Lou, thank you for letting me know. If you want to watch it again, you can turn on the captions or read the transcript to clarify what I’m saying. I have no idea why some people can hear it and some can’t. It’s fine on all my devices but I know the sound is for some people on their devices. I do record at a higher volume now to try and make it audible on all devices but unfortunately, I can’t do anything about this one. Thanks for watching and reaching out💕🙏
These are gorgeous ❤ I've never seen hot glue used to make earrings and I love them. Great idea with the yubo paper too. Thank you so much for sharing x ❤
Hi there, you are most welcome. Hoope you are enjoying trying out the techniques. Thanks so much for watching and reaching out.🙏❤️
You could do this on a Gelli plate and print the inks, right? What would be the downside of that?
Hi Cynthia, you could try that and see what happens. You’d get a different effect I’m sure. Maybe make your own gel pad with glycerin and gelatin powder rather than experiment on an expensive brand name one. There are plenty of people using alcohol inks on gelli plates on TH-cam so I’m guessing it’s fine. I have played with alcohol inks on gelli plate before with no issues but I haven’t tried what you suggested. Thanks for watching and sharing your thoughts. 🙏💕
VERY beautiful!!! The colors are amazingly bright and so versatile! Thankx for showing us your secret! I ca nt wait to try to make these!❤️🧡💛💚💙🩵💜
have you ever used alcohol markers on your earrings. Your earrings are beautiful
Hello and thank you. Yes I have but I prefer the inks. Thanks so much for watching and reaching out.🙏
These are awesome! Do you glaze or resin them?
Thank you! No I didn't and I am not sure if you could use resin. I have never worked with resin because of the fumes it gives off. I'm also not sure about glazing them either - maybe I'll try it and see what happens. I just left them as they are but if anyone was making them to sell or give as presents, you probably would need to seal them somehow to stabilise the inks. Hope that helps. Thank you for watching and apologies for taking so long to respond. 🙏
Did you put resin on these beautiful pieces?
No I didn’t - I just used the hot glue. Thank you for watching and commenting. 🙏💕
Thanks ! And you’re welcome ☺️
Hello, beautiful work😍 How do you price them?
Hi Jazzie, I don’t sell my stuff so I don’t have to worry about pricing. I usually give my pieces away. Thanks for watching. 🙏💕
A really dumb question…what is upo paper? Is that like a butcher paper?
Not dumb at all - a perfectly sensible question if you never heard of Yupo paper before. It’s a synthetic paper. I just got this off the internet because it explains better than I can: ‘Yupo is a synthetic paper made from polypropylene used in art predominantly, alongside alcohol inks but is sometimes touted as a “non-absorbent” watercolour paper, which in and of itself is a strange concept to wrap your head around.’ It’s a lovely ’paper’ to work with. Hope that answers your question. You can buy tiny little sample pads from some art suppliers. There are various thicknesses of Yupo - I think I got a set of three tiny little pads once in the U.K. from Jackson’s Art Supplies online. Worth getting to have a try with it before you buy a big pad - it’s quite expensive. Thanks for watching. 🙏
This is genius talent and so duplicatable. I justvstumbled across your channel recently and Im addicted. Your a fantastic teacher.
Thanks so much 😊
What a great idea, going to give this a try. Thanks for great tutorial.
You are welcome, glad you like it. Have fun with your crafting and thanks for watching. 🙏❤️
Hi! I love all your tutorials. Thanks for another great idea, you are so generos! Huggs and kisses!👏🏻👏🏻💕💕
Hi Melinda, thanks so much for your support - it is truly appreciated. Sending you hugs and kisses too, wherever you are in this worldwide crafting community😘
Wow what a really cool idea! You have sparked my imagination and given us a really super project! The left over ink drops on the Yupo paper are gorgeous and can be used for so many other projects! I love it! Thank’s so much for sharing your talent and technics! I’m going to try this, play and have fun creating. Each design will be unique and one of a kind. Thank you for the free print out. Be well, stay safe.
Hi Debbie, thanks so much for watching and commenting - your time is very much appreciated! I hope you have lots of fun experimenting - the effects you can get with the inks are so cool, it’s gets a bit addictive - I just love playing with them. Don’t do what I did though - after telling everyone to wear gloves, I was playing around with the Mermaid blue ink with NO GLOVES🙄and tipped a whole lot onto my hand by accident. The edges of my nails are still blue and my skin is very dry from where I tried to scrub it off😱Thanks again and enjoy experimenting.😍
Hi thank you for sharing and you’re a doll offering print out. I love the odd shapes so much more interesting. The colors and patterns are absolutely beautiful. Take care. I’m a new sub. Best wishes .
Hi Lumie, welcome to my channel, lovely to have you here. There is usually a free print out with most of my videos - it’s a thank you to the people who come to my channel and blog because I appreciate every single one of you🙏. Yes, the odd shapes are fun and different aren’t they. Have fun making lots jewelry and thank you for taking the time to watch and comment. 💕
What an awesome idea!! Great video. Im a subscriber now..
Thank you - glad you like it. Many thanks too for watching and subscribing - welcome to my channel🙏💕
Beautiful
Thanks for such a fun, unique idea. This is a very thorough tutorial but not too lengthy. I hope to try this soon. Such beautiful work.
Thank you Mimilynn, much appreciated. And that’s for watching 🙏🤔
Hey Gilly, this is a magnificent project. I have to make some of these this weekend. Thanks for sharing this video and inspiring me.
Hi Jusfe, thanks so much for watching and I’m glad to hear you are going to give it a go - I’m sure you’ll make some gorgeous pieces. It’s good fun and so quick as the glue dries very fast so you can get to the ink dripping part quickly. Lovely to hear from you and thanks again for being a part of my channel🙏💕
Please turn your recording volume higher.
Thank you Jacquie - I am sorry about the sound - my videos are all recorded at the same level but once uploaded here, sound varies. No idea why🤔Thanks for watching and letting me know.🙏💕
They are beautiful,didn’t know that could be done
It’s good fun and not expensive either. Thanks for watching.🙏💕
Es fantástico, estás creando varias cosas a la vez y todas preciosas! Gracias por el vídeo.
Muchas gracias por mirar y tu lindo comentario! Me gusta hacer varias cosas a la vez, si puedo. Gracias por estar aquí es muy apreciado.🙏💕
Do you seal the earrings with Kamar and a spray gloss to keep the alcohol ink from rubbing off?
Hi Britt, thanks for watching - no I hardly ever use anything like that because I have a thing about using aerosols as they upset my chest really fast - I used to have a spray booth with an extractor fan but I don’t have that any more, so I don’t use aerosols inside the house. The only aerosol I ever use is spray glue and I have to wait for a calm day with no wind so I can do it outside😂 The inks are really stable on all the earrings I have made, nothing is rubbing off at all. I’ve been wearing them a lot and nothing has come off at all. Thanks again for watching and taking time to comment.🙏💕
@@RainbowLane Thanks for your response. I was just curious because with AI paintings, I have always sealed them. I am anxious to try your methods and see how it works! Thanks for the videos!
Hi Britt, if you can cope with using the spray on sealer, it’s probably a good idea, especially for paintings that will be displayed or sold on. I’ve never produced any alcohol ink work that is worthy of being put on the wall🥴. I’ve seen some amazing stuff that alcohol ink artists have done though. My explorations over the last few years have never progressed beyond working on small substrates to use in crafts. Even when I paint using acrylics, I work small, usually A4 and then do a really good scan which I have printed much larger onto a box canvas. I did try sealing my glue creations with Dimensional Magic but I found putting glue on glue doesn’t work! But it does work on other surfaces. Lovely talking to you Britt - have you got your paintings online? Would love to see what you do. 💕
Have you done the glue in a metal bezel at all?
Hi Heather, I have but not in a video as far as I can recall. I probably didn’t like the results or something. Have you tried it? Thanks for watching.🙏💕
These are gorgeous!! What a cool idea 😊
Thank you! 😊
Do you sell this type of earring, snd do they sell well?
Hi Melba, I don’t sell any of the things I make. I don’t have the time to make enough stock to sell any Jewelry. I am full time carer for my mum who lives with us so I just teach workshops when I can. If you wanted to try selling these I would suggest you experiment with sealing them. I just wore mine myself so didn’t bother sealing them. Thanks for watching🙏💕
@@RainbowLane thank you. I certainly will!
Lovelt! Congratulations
Thank you - I appreciate that and thanks for watching. 🙏💕
Hi Gilly. Another beautiful idea. I don't know how you keep coming up with them. The volume was good on this one, and as per usual Yummy enjoyed listening to you very much, so now I have to clean the fur off the computer !!
Hi Ally, oh good, I’m glad Yummy is happy again! 🐈 And thanks for giving me the heads up last time about the volume - that was a great help. As for my ideas, they come to me when I’m not thinking about them. Usually when I’m out walking. I call them my celestial emails because they come from above and just drop into my head🤗. Take care and give Yummy a hug for me. And as always, thank you for watching.💐💕
@@RainbowLane Hi again Gilly. If you don't have an air puffer like the one that you use, could you blow through a drinking straw instead ?
Yes you can definitely do that. The reason I prefer the puffer is because when I used to use a straw, I found I was taking a breath in right over the area where the alcohol ink is (instead of turning completely away first) and that is really not good for health reasons. If you make sure you NEVER take in a big lung full of alcohol ink fumes then you could use a straw but I wouldn’t advise it. When I was blowing through a straw, I tended to take in really deep breaths each time my puff ran out. And I would be so completely engrossed in blowing the ink around that I would hardly move my mouth away from the straw to take my next deep breath - that’s very bad. So if you do use a straw, stay mindful of the need to turn towards an open window each time you you take a breath in. I’m very sensitive to any kind of fumes in art and craft supplies and I have to have windows wide open.
@@RainbowLane That definitely makes sense. Thanks for your Words of Wisdom !!
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Very beautiful ❤️
Thank you Woko - I have to catch up with your videos - it’s been a very busy family time here but I will catch up with your lovey creations during next week.🥰
Hi they are so very pretty, TFS 😊
Thank you for watching and commenting Denise - it’s much appreciated. 🙏💕
Do you need to seal them?
You can seal them if you want to. I didn’t, but it’s probably a good idea to seal them for longevity.
Beautiful beads.
Thank you Lilly - I am pleased you like them. Thank you for watching. 🙏❤️
Wow something else new I learned! Thanks!
Thank you! Glad it was useful. Thank you for watching.🙏
De superbes idées. Merci
vous êtes les bienvenus. Merci d'avoir regardé.🙏💕
Thank you.
You are very welcome. Thank you so much for watching. 🙏💕
Beyond gorgeous!!!
Thank you Oonagh, I’m glad you like them, they are great fun to make. Thanks so much for watching.🙏💕
Beautiful!
Thank you Lisa - and thanks for watching!🙏💕
Awesome
Thank you Julia, glad you like them - thanks for watching!🙏❤️
So gorgeous!
Thank you Kari, I appreciate that and thank you for supporting me by watching.🙏💕
Nice work
Thank you Jan - much appreciated. Thanks for watching.🙏💕