'Drinking wine just feels so much better' by Elisa Ablett

Hi Inky people!

Elisa here from the design team for Ink Art Designs with my latest project, another cheeky art journal page with a few eye catching techniques.

I loved the look of this 50's Girl stamp and thought of all the projects I could create with her and not just vintage creations lol.

Products used to complete this Art Journal Page - 

Ink Art Designs - lost coast designs - 50s-girl

Other products - 

Prima Odyssey - Water colour paints

Hand air pump

Flutterby Designs - Polaroid frame - cut apart

Scrap FX Australia - Wine Glass

Sigma Pen

Let's take a closer look at the art journal page....

I stamped and fussy cut my image out and used 3d foam mounting tape to make her the same height as the chipboard wineglass and lift her off the page a bit. I wanted to make it look like she is balanced on the glass. 

The background is a favourite technique of mine, using watercolour paints and an air pump (from Colour Blast Australia), add your liquid to the page and blow the air through the liquid to create the tendrils. I used the circle mask in the middle to keep the illusion of space behind her. Making the tendrils look like fireworks almost. 

If you haven't visited the online Ink Art Designs Shop as yet, here is the link to have a squiz!

https://www.inkartdesigns.com/

Thanks for stopping by the blog today,

Hugs 

Elisa

Oooops! Go Me || Elisa Ablett

Hi everyone,

Elisa here from the design team for Ink Art Designs with my first post!

I fell in love with this stamp of the three wise monkeys from Lost Coast Stamps and I wanted to create a bright and funky (with a touch of humour) art journal page. 

 I love working with Distress Oxide Inks as well, so colourful and easy to create great backgrounds.

I stamped my image onto smooth cardstock using Versamark Black ink and then used a palette of watercolours and a small round paintbrush to colour the Monkeys.

Here are the links to the Ink Art Designs Shop - 

Lost-coast-designs - Ink Art Designs Shop

Miniature-stars - Lavinia Stamps - Ink Art Designs

Here are some close ups of the finer details -

Here is the new design team for Ink Art Designs, make sure you follow along with our monthly challenges in the https://www.facebook.com/groups/InkArtDesigns/ (Ink Art Designs Facebook Group) 

Hugs x

Elisa

One of a Kind by Elisa Ablett || Flutterby Designs

Hi everyone,

Elisa here from the design team for Flutterby Designs with my latest creation for you along with a step by step on how I created my background and tips on using the Art Foamies stamps.

Before we start the tutorial, lets take a quick look at some of the products I used to create with from the Flutterby Shop, a few bits and pieces from past kits as well.

/flutterby-designs-fill-it-in-artfoamies

flutter-colour-paint

Magical AF Filler Cards and everyday-etc-cards

large-magical-af-alpha-sticky-quotes

https://www.flutterbydesigns.com.au/kits

Little Big Love stencils

So lets take a look at how I created the background - 

Using a palette knife, spread black gesso or thick black paint over the left and right hand sides of your background paper. Let it dry or heat dry.

Use a brayer and a craft mat to 'load' up your art foamies stamp, i find the paint goes on smoother and you get a better print. This is also a great way to add more than one colour at once!

Dry each layer and each colour before you add your next lot of stamping. Add a lighter contrasting colour over the top and then bring that out onto your background paper as well. 

I only wanted to add a small amount of yellow to the page so I only added colour to a small portion of the stamp and also used my 'clean' palette knife to spread it along the edges of my paper a bit as well.

Add some cool white stripes to your page using the edge of your ruler. Add white paint to your craft messy mat, spread it out using a palette knife and then dip your ruler into the white and 'stamp' onto your page, keep stamping until you have the lines and effect you want.

Add smears or splatters of white paint to your page using your finger, and splatters with a fan brush.

Using the palette knife again, spread pink paint through the Little Big Love Flutterby Stencil as shown in the photo above. The let dry before you add anything else. Once dry, tear strips of gold washi tape from a past kit and add to your background then stick your desired strips and stickers over the top.

Layer Filler Cards under your chosen photo, I chose bright and funky filler cards to match my background.

Stick down your photo cluster and then add your title ! I outlined my photo in black pen to make it stand out a bit more. 

Here are some close ups :-) 

I hope to see your creations using my background technique.

Thanks for stopping by the blog today, make sure you leave me some love!

Hugs

Elisa x