'Fly Away' by Elisa Ablett for Ink Art Designs

 

Hi everyone, 

Elisa here with my latest inspiration for Ink Art Designs, a simple watercolour art journal page with some featured stamping.

To create this page, I started with a background created using muted colours in blue, raspberry or burgundy and black. You can use either watercolour palette such as the one by Art by Marlene or Distress Oxide inkpads. 

I sprayed my page with water and then using a wet on wet technique, I smooshed my colours onto the page. I usually like to use a craft messy mat to spread the liquid around and tip my page into it.  I added more black around the edges of my page.

Once dry, you add your background scribbles and stamping. I decided to re-create the berries and branches in the top left hand corner by hand drawing them and painting them with watercolour paints. I just love how they have turned out. To create the scribbles I used a very fine waterproof black pen or marker and just put pen to paper in a circular manner.

I also stamped the bird onto mixed media cardstock and hand coloured it with watercolour paints, making sure I blended the lovely blues in the colouring of the bird. I then fussy cut the bird and branches out. Glue your bird to the page and using the marker extend the branch out and lightly colour it to make it look longer and blended with your background.

Add extra stamping for your title over your branches and berries. 

Here is a close up of the bird stamped and coloured. 

Here are the links to the products in the shop: If they are not in stock, Dot, the owner is happy to order the stamps in for you. 

Pages stamp set by Art Journey Stamps

Bluebird with branch and berries by Crafty Individuals

https://www.inkartdesigns.com/product-category/inks-paints-sprays-gesso/distress-oxides/

https://www.inkartdesigns.com/product/aquarelset-watercolour-art-by-marlene-whimsy-bright/

Thanks for stopping by the blog today, make sure you subscribe and follow along to catch my next project.

Elisa x

A little bit broken - Art Journal page by Elisa Ablett

Hi stamp friends, 

My turn up on the Ink Art Designs blog and page today with my latest inspiration for you. 

Today I am sharing with you an art journal page created with the gorgeous Visible Image Stamps and Stencils which are available for purchase from the Ink Art Designs Store. 

I loved the little jigsaw puzzle piece stamp that is in the 'Don't Judge' stamp set. To create a grungy feel to the page I used Distress inkpads on white heavy weight cardstock, then stamped a few of the 'Organics' stamps over the top. I also stamped the jigsaw piece over the top and fussy cut the pieces out. 

I wanted a grungy, dark and blue background to resonant with the sentiment stamps I used. 

Products from the Ink Art Designs Store: -

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

Hugs 

Elisa x

  

Be Creative - Art Journal Page by Elisa Ablett

Paper Rose Studio - Design Team

Hi Crafty Friends,

My turn sharing inspiration as part of the Paper Rose Studio Design Team today. 

I created a colourful, somewhat abstract Art Journal page featuring loads of Paper Rose Studio products including their NEW Inky Antics paper pack.

Paper Rose products used: Mandala Stamp, Arty Love Nats Arty Scribbles, Inky Antics Paper Pack, Morrocan Lattice Stencil

Other Products - Shipping Tag, Baby Wipe, Black Cardstock, Washi Tape Stickers, Distress Oxide Ink Pads, Gold Foil, Black Thread, Butterfly Washi Tape, Black Embossing Powder. Versafine Embossing Ink Pad

To Create the Tag First - Stamp and Emboss in Black the Mandala Stamp, then using Distress Oxide Ink Pads in different colours - Smoosh ink onto your craft mat and dip your embossed image into it then flp over hit with the heat gun while spraying it with water. add gold foil leaf to the bottom using a cheap glue stick then brush excess off using a stiff brush after the glue has dried. Using a sewing machine attach a recycled baby wipe to the back of the tag on the right hand side. Glue to a piece of black cardstock. 

Glue your Inky Antics piece of printed paper to your art journal page, Stamp and ink around the edges. Add washi tape stickers or tape before you add your extra distress Oxide ink . Stamp and Emboss your sentiment using black embossing powder.

That's from me today,

Thanks for stopping by the blog.

Elisa 

xx

We are all out of bubblegum - Art Journal Page by Elisa Ablett

Hi stamp lovers!

Elisa here again with my latest project for Ink Art Designs, a mixed media 'cheeky penguin' art journal page!

My youngest son is in love with penguins, having completed many a school project on them and also seeing them at wildlife parks. We also love the penguins in the movie Madagascar and when I saw this stamp I knew I had to have it in my collection.  So many cheeky quotes and sayings come to mind lol.

When I positioned the penguins on my page, I wanted them to look like they were staring at the reader to sense the 'impending violence' from the penguins after their gum had run out. I think the gel printed circle in the background works well with highlighting them.

Let's take a look at the products used to complete this page.

https://www.inkartdesigns.com/product/grumpy-penguins/

https://www.inkartdesigns.com/product-category/stamps/darkroom-door-stamps/

https://www.inkartdesigns.com/product-category/stencils/page/3/

Other products used:

Paper Artsy Paints

Circle Gel Plate

Black Soot Watercolour Ink - Colour Blast

Versafine Ink - Black

Fine Black Marker

Circle Template

To start my page, I used a 4 inch circle gel plate and Paper Artsy paints to create my sunset.

Smooth a small amount of yellow, orange and deep red over your gel plate with a small brayer until the edges of each colour have blended. Then lay a stencil down over the top and brayer a small amount of white paint through. Then lay your paper down and smooth over the top with your hands to get your print. Once dry fussy cut the circle out and using circle templates and a black marker, make grungy circles over your sunset.

Stamp and colour your penguins, then once dry fussy cut them out and put them aside until you are ready to adhere to the page. 

My next step is to glue my sunset down onto my page, then go around the circle with black ink and spritz with water. Dry the black ink and now you can add your grungy stamping and stencilling. 

I added some black grungy lines to make a 'horizon' and drew a cityscape free hand in the back ground to make it look like they are standing in front of a city.

Add some scribbly writing, more grungy stamping and your title and lastly your penguins!

Your art journal page is complete.

Don't forget to stop by the Ink Art Designs Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/groups/InkArtDesigns/ to join in the monthly 'pretty much anything goes' challenge. 

Thanks for stopping by my blog today x

Hugs 

Elisa 

"Life is Beautiful" by Elisa Ablett

Hi Crafters,

Elisa here from the design team for Visible Image with my latest project, a mixed media art journal page featuring the NEW Life is Beautiful Stamp Set.

This gorgeous stamp set jumped out at me from the very start.

 A beautiful hummingbird, sentiment and geo circle design to create backgrounds with.

To create my art journal page I painted the background with Dina Wakely paints, I also used my small mini circle gel plate to create a focal point. I used my Visible Image Strobe Stencil on the gel plate to add further texture and patterns on my focal point.

Here are some close ups - 

Products used from Visible Image -

https://visibleimage.co.uk/product/life-is-beautiful/

https://visibleimage.co.uk/product/de-stressed/

https://visibleimage.co.uk/product/strobes/

Thanks for stopping by the blog today 

Elisa xx

'No beauty shines brighter than that of a good heart' by Elisa Ablett

Hi everyone,

Elisa here from the design team for Visible Image with my latest mixed media projects featuring one of the NEW and exciting Written in the Stars - Zodiac stamp sets that have just been released by this AWESOME UK Company. These stamps are so versatile so far the team have made cards, tags, mixed media projects, a wall hanging, journal pages - so you can see they are well worth it!

I am featuring the Capricorn Stamp Set on a galaxy art journal page along with the Believe in Unicorn stamp set and a texture background featuring water colour crush powders plus wax kitchen paper.

I also have a second project on offer featuring the same stamp set! a mixed media tag with alcohol inks and acetate and gold foiling.

Here are some close ups of my Art Journal - Capricorn Galaxy page and my Alcohol Ink and Acetate mixed media tag!

Some of the techniques used on this art journal page include - wax kitchen paper collage, embossing, watercolour wet on wet and gold foiling using a glue stick!

Water colour powders called Colour Crush by Tinby Designs in Australia were used to create the colours in the background.

Some of the techniques used on my tag - a monoprinted background with a gel plate, alcohol ink on acetate and gold foiling on acetate.

Here are the awesome versatile stamp set - Zodiac Capricorn, the link is below underneath the stamp set. 

https://visibleimage.co.uk/product/zodiac-capricorn/

That's it from me today! 

Check out my social media links - follow along to see all my new projects!

http://2crazycrafters.blogspot.com.au/

instagram.com/elisa_ablett/

Thank you for stopping by the blog, make sure you hop over to the shop and have a look at the new releases for 2018 including the Zodiac Stamps.

Art Journal Page by Elisa Ablett for Artified

Hi everyone, 

Elisa here from the design team for Artified with my latest creation for the Artified blog- A mixed media Art Journal Page using the awesome products from the  NEW and exciting Mixed Media Kit - August Edition.

The kit is perfect for those wanting to try out new products and also to add to your mixed media stash!

The link to the Shop for the kit - Head on over to check it out!

Artified - August Watercolour Mixed Media Kit

Here is my project - The Art of Living.

Tutorial time 😀

Step 1 - Using the dictionary paper provided cut two feathers either by hand or using a template and also cut a few rectangles (about 5 or 6 ) depending on the size.

Step 2 - Using gesso from your stash, give your feathers and rectangles a coat and let dry

Step 3 - While your feathers are drying, lets start the background! Coat your page with gesso and let dry, then spray your page with the Gold Acrylic Marabu Spray and while wet add drips of colour onto your page from your watercolour palette (the greens, browns, oranges and yellows). With a very wet paintbrush grab your colour and add to the wet areas on the page. Using a heatgun dry and then keep applying colour til you are happy with the page.

Step 4 - Add colour to your feathers and rectangles by spraying each with water. Spray water onto a craft mat and add some of your colour to the water. Then using a paintbrush add colour to the wet area of your feathers and dry using heatgun.

Step 5 - Some paper weaving! cut thin strips about 10cm long and lay the first few on top of each other and then start weaving over and under, doesn't have to be neat. Then spray over the top with the gold Marabu Art Spray and let dry.

Step 6 - Add some stamping to your rectangles and background page using the stamp and an archival black inkpad and an acrylic block. 

Extra steps - Using the stencil and white modelling paste add texture to your background page

Cut a piece of white cardstock to stick your elements to the background page

Wrap some extra strips of the dictionary paper around a stick and add some ivory coloured cotton

Highlight some words from your dictionary or book paper - i was lucky enough to find the words - The Art of Living!

Stick down your rectangles, paper weaving, stick and feathers as shown in the main photo, overlapping each layer

Grab the thin paintbrush or water brush that comes with your kit and fill it with water, using the black colour add hand painted elements to your page, I added dandelions and grass.

I also used a dauber and a black inkpad through the stencil to add a butterfly to my page.

My theme was to tie in the words The Art of living with natural earth tones and flora and fauna.

Here are some close ups!

That's it from me today! I hope you have enjoyed my Art Journal page tutorial and also looking through the NEW Mixed Media Kit from Artified - Artified August Mixed Media Kit. Make sure you leave me some love!

Also make sure you join the new Artified facebook group to share your creations and keep up to date with all things Artified - https://www.facebook.com/groups/246759415835526/?ref=br_rs