Alcohol Ink - Cheaper Alternatives to Yupo Paper? | Budget Friendly Alcohol Ink Paper
Yupo is great but I need something a little cheaper to play around with! Check out this set of tests I did on 6 different alcohol ink substrates (including Yupo) and see how they stacked up!
Materials Used:
(Affiliate links may be used at no cost to you. Product disclosure below).
Ranger Alcohol Inks - bit.ly/32Tj90W
Yupo Synthetic Paper - amzn.to/3KNOVPQ
Mylar Stencil Material - amzn.to/47FlDwu
Canon Photo Paper - amzn.to/3P3repk
Grafix Craft Plastic -amzn.to/3OMiSAS
Tim Holtz Glossy Cardstock - amzn.to/3Pj7SwO
Synaps Synthetic Paper - bit.ly/3mUqGDu
99% Isopropyl I used - amzn.to/3P5uFvy
(smaller quantity) - amzn.to/45fMFc9
Alcohol Blending Solution - amzn.to/3OMdptS
Ink Blower - amzn.to/45gwPhL
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How does this not have more views? Some of the best information that I've seen, very thorough and complete down to figuring out the true cost of each item. Really surprised at the results too.Thanks!
@CreatedandMadeStudios
2 жыл бұрын
Wow, thank you! Appreciate the kind words :)
@MaestraEva
2 жыл бұрын
I agree.
@mdayal210
10 ай бұрын
I also agree! This channel is full of great ideas!!
@fruitlessbeast
9 ай бұрын
Agreed. Such a great informative post.
I’ve been doing alcohol ink for about 3 years and this is just about the most informative video I’ve come across. Thank you so much!
Thank you for doing this comparison! One of the best that I have come across. Everyone seems to think that only Yupo is suitable for alcohol inks but I can't justify using it exclusively simply because of its cost. I do a ton of alcohol ink backgrounds so I am ordering Grafix & Mylar from now on!
Excellent testing; you even put the same number of ink drops on each sheet. I'm impressed! New subscriber!
You are amazing! Thank you soooo much for putting together such an in depth analysis. I am new to alcohol inks so your knowledge, examples and method of testing along with your detailed discussion is extremely helpful to me and I’m sure many others.
Great demo! Thank you!
Great testing and usable results. Thank you.
Hi Shawna, this was an incredible video for someone who just bought 40+ Adirondack alcohol inks through an online auction & has no idea what to do & why! Thanks so much for the in-depth analysis. I'm now a subscriber. Hazel
Excellent tutorial! Thank you!
Interesting outcome. Thanks for doing this and sharing it!
This is a GREAT test video!! Thank you so much! Very good info!
Loved your comparison experiments. Thanks for sharing and it was fun!
Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us ❤
Very helpful, thanks!! Great job discerning between the brands.
GREAT comparison! Love that. Thanks!
Thanks so much for the time you took in putting this together ...was a huge help
Great info, thanks!
Wow again!! I'm so glad I just found you!! Loved the testing.
Great comparisons, thanks!
Very cool! Great review, thank you!
GREAT video demo!! This is so helpful and informative. Thank you for creating this video!!
Super helpful video! Thank you!!!!! 😊
Thank you soooooo much. I’m a newbie, and needed to know this!
Thank you, I have been wondering about using other papers as well!
Very interesting-thanks for sharing!
Great info. Surprised about the Yupo results... good to know! Appreciate YOU!!
Thank you so much for all the research you’ve put into this ❤️
Wow, this was a great test, Thank you! I never even thought of using mylar!
Wow!! Good job on this experiment!! Thanks for the info
Very helpful! Thanks ❤
Great product review. I liked your system.
Great testing...thanks for sharing !!!
@CreatedandMadeStudios
9 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed, thanks for watching!!
This video is informative, thorough and so easy to listen to! Thank you for sharing your knowledge and doing the comparisons!
Thank you…these are so new to me..your demos are spot on…thanks
Excellent video!
Thank you, I'm gonna buy the mylar now!
Thank you for sharing your experience!! Always good to learn about how to save as well as be creative!!💕
Great video! Thanks!
Fantastic video ..thank you for doing this test ..really helpful..😊
This was such a helpful and great video! thank you for doing this; I'm definitely going to try out the Grafix paper. loved seeing these results!
Thank you, this was really helpful
Thank you for the effort you put into making this very useful video! God bless you!
Impressive job!! Well done!!
@CreatedandMadeStudios
9 ай бұрын
Thank you so much!!
Love that this was a blind test. Excellent video!
Shawna, fantastic video. I purchased a few alcohol inks years ago and looked at the type of paper you can put it on. For the price, no way! Found a video of a woman talking about Yasutomo Mineral Paper pad (11x14), 20 sheets for $14.92 (Amazon). It's crazy paper. Do the math when you think about it, $1.34 per sheet. You get to cut it down! Made out of rocks, smooth as silk, cuts effortlessly in a paper trimmer. If you have a die cutting machine you do need to put shims of paper on top of your machine plate to cut it since it is so thin. I do most of my alcohol inks with dies to cut out words. Easy to put a card together with when you glue it down. I also use the Alcohol solution (not much, the smell is strong) regular rubbing alcohol and drop it through a pipette and alcohol in a spray bottle held up higher over the project to create small bubbles when it gets dryer. Less ink is always they way to go so you can move it. You did an excellent job! I have a small pack of TH yupo that I purchase, used one sheet and was disappointed. This product is super thin but strong. Hard to tear. It will save you ink! You did a wonderful job. Thank-you!
@CreatedandMadeStudios
2 жыл бұрын
I always love trying new papers, thanks for the recommendation!
A thorough, concise, informative and fun video. Thank you for putting it all together.
One of the most helpful videos on alcohol ink I have seen. Thank you!
I'm glad I stumbled upon your channel. Please continue to do budget friendly videos. This is great!
This is one of the best teaching videos I’ve ever seen. Thank you so much!
Very informative! Thank you
Really great test! Glad I found your channel.
@CreatedandMadeStudios
9 ай бұрын
So glad it was helpful, thank you so much!!
This test was so helpful!!!! So happy I found your channel!!!
@CreatedandMadeStudios
2 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!! Thank you
Science in art! I love your research approach. 😊THANK YOU SO MUCH!
Thanks for the info. It is very very helpful, and I appreciate what you have done, and the time it has taken. God bless you.
Very well done!
This was very interesting, thank you.
This was great thank you!
Thank you, you've helped me a lot! Very good idea to show us all these options!
@CreatedandMadeStudios
10 ай бұрын
Great to hear! Thank you so much
Thank you. Excellent video.
Very informative. Thank you for sharing
This is an awesome comparison and just what I was looking for! Than you so much!
@CreatedandMadeStudios
10 ай бұрын
You're very welcome. Thank you!
Thank you for using the scientific method to compare these substrates! Very helpful.
Hi. I just wanted to tell you that I am very lucky to have discovered your channel today. I’ve learned so much from you. Thank you so much.
Loved your scientific approach to evaluate and compare all of these substrates. Excellent video prompting me to be a new subscriber! Thank you!
Fantastic video….such great comparisons and a surprise ending !!!
@CreatedandMadeStudios
Жыл бұрын
Thank you very much!
I love the way your mind works.
@CreatedandMadeStudios
9 ай бұрын
Wow, thank you!!
I loved this! TFS!
such an excellent scientific approach which demonstrated clearly which factors affect the substrate as well and which to use for a particular project and i love this thanks
This is a fabulous overview. You just saved me a ton of money, time and effort. Thank you so much!
Very helpful! Thank you
Thanks for a serious comprehensive comparison of substrates. Well done!
@CreatedandMadeStudios
10 ай бұрын
Thanks so much! 😁
Fabulous! You have taken the time and guesswork out of identifying different aspects of substrates for alcohol ink! You are the best! New sub here! 💗 🎨✨🎉
Wow, thank you for doing this comparison. It was timely fir me to view it, as I was looking for a translucent yupo alternative!
Great information!!! I really appreciate the comparisons you have done. I found some shiny poster board at the dollar store just to play around with my alcohol inks. It’s an inexpensive choice especially when just playing. I was so surprised how well the inks moved and the end result. So happy to have found your channel!!!
Incredibly helpful information for someone who, like me, loves to try lots of different creative crafty things! Many, many thanks!
Excellent review. I was using Yupo and am waiting for the Grafix craft paper supposed to be here today. Will try the no name one. thank you
Thank you for this video!! I just happened on it and subscribed!! I have never heard of some of these things as I have been crafting quite some time!! This was fantastic!! Thank you!! Look forward to seeing more!
@CreatedandMadeStudios
2 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful! Thank you!
Thanks so much for this demo. I am just beginning to investigate using alcohol ink and this was incredibly informative and saved me a ton of money, I'm sure! Thanks for all your videos.
This was very informative. I’ve just gotten into alcohol inks and am still learning…I needed this info. Thank you for sharing.
LOVED IT!!! saved me a lot of time and money cause i was not going to use upo thanks
Very I threshing. I've avoided alcohol inks because of cost to learn. This changes that problem. Thank you for sharing g.
excellent. Very helpful
I’m just getting into alcohol inks. This video is the best information. Thank you so much.
@CreatedandMadeStudios
2 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful, thank you too!
Excellent, Thank you so much
Wow. What a great presentation. Thanks for such in-depth comparisons.surprised by the results of what did poorly. I have used Grafix but will try the Mylar.
I am just starting with alcohol inks and am so happy I found your video! Thank you so much for creating this informative video!
That was awesome! You rock. Great job. New sub.
This is an excellent comparison video. It is the best alcohol ink substrate video I've seen on KZread, though I do admit I've only viewed a few. I have, however, seen a lot of videos comparing other art supplies, watercolors, watercolor papers, acrylics, artists pens, pencils, you get the idea, and I would say this still ranks very high, like second or third place overall. She demonstrated the performance of each choice very well and covered all the important variables. The one consideration left unknown is how well each will hold up over time, but that's not within the scope of this video. So, thanks to this video I'm off to buy some alcohol ink paper, confident that if it turns out to be a waste of money it will be due to my lack of talent and nothing else!
Great explanation and way to decide on which paper to choose. I am a newbie and I was getting overwhelmed on which to decide on. Thank you 🙂
This is by far the best review of alcohol ink substrates I have seen. Absolutely awesome. Thank you so very much!!!!
@CreatedandMadeStudios
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much!
Excellent! Thank you❣️
Excellent video. Thank you❤
@CreatedandMadeStudios
9 ай бұрын
You are so welcome! Thank you :)
This will be a good reference video for when I'm working with alcohol inks. For now, I need to get Grafix papers!!!!!
This was awesome! I have a ton of no brand stencil plastic sheeting that I had no use what to use for, I picked it up for cheap at a liquidation place, something like 100sheetz for $1! I never really thought about even doing alcohol art and was actually looking for something else when I stumbled on your video. I know what my next project is now!
I just came across this and I am very impressed. You gave a through informative comparison on the various substrates to use with alcohol ink. Thank you for putting this together.
@CreatedandMadeStudios
8 ай бұрын
Thank you so much, glad you enjoyed!
really good info
Very interesting ❤😊. Ty so much
That was great. Thank you.
Wow! Thank you so much! 🌷
@CreatedandMadeStudios
8 ай бұрын
You are so welcome, glad you enjoyed! :)
Interesting. Nice presentation.