I love the look of Alcohol Inks. To be honest…I own some, and a little bit of the paper, but I have actually never tried it. Why…because I think it’s intimidating and messy.
Allow me to help you push the alcohol ink technique easy button: Ink drops paper. All the same beautiful results– none of the work. Check out these fast and easy cards where the paper does all the work.

Ink Drops Ocean with Tim Holtz Wildflower Stems, and Just Because word mix 2.

Ink Drops Candy, Spellbinders Scallop Slimline Die and Hello die is from Make a Scene Bold Greetings.

Ink drops Vivid , Splatter Sentiments Glimmer Hot Foil Plate and Yana’s Layered Script Sentiments Etched Dies

Ink Drops Candy, llbinders Scallop Slimline Die, Reverse Confetti Party Pals (for the balloons). Here’s my Instagram reel for this card:

Here is a shot of the pads I used for the cards:

You can purchase the Ink Drops paper at various stamping retailers:
Simon Says stamp has them in 12×12 and 6×6 HERE
Stamp Simply has 6×6 with coordinating ribbons HERE