Grumpy Gran Card by Elisa Ablett

 

Hi everyone, 

Elisa here from the design team for Ink Art Designs creating another cheeky/snarky card along with mixed media products.

I love to gel print and sometimes I have a fair few prints left over that just sit there and I found this perfect sized print that had a great print and colour just waiting to use on a card.

So to add to my gel print I added some washi tape and a few resist chipboard stars from my stash along with a hand coloured 'coffee' stamp from Lost Coast Designs. Coffee (aka..Grumpy Gran) was just perfect for the front of a card along with a snarky saying..

I used watercolours and watercolour brush pens to colour my stamped image and once dry I fussy cut my grumpy gran out and added her to my card front. To add a bit of depth to my stamped image, I added a bit of shadowing to her outline using a black watercolour stabilo pencil.

Here are the products and links from the Ink Art Designs Store:-

 

https://www.inkartdesigns.com/product/maskbm01-art-by-marlene/

https://www.inkartdesigns.com/product/coffee/

https://www.inkartdesigns.com/product/archival-ink-jet-black/

Thank you for stopping by the blog today, don't forget to add your projects to the Ink Art Designs facebook creative group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/InkArtDesigns

Hugs 

Elisa xx

'Frida' by Elisa Ablett for Ink Art Designs

Hi Stamp lovers,

My turn to share inspiration for Ink Art Designs today with a rainbow mixed media card or you could turn this into an Art Journal page. 

I just adore the versatility of Art by Marlene Stamp Set 41 with the gorgeous flowers and Frida inspired stamp and I decided to dedicate my last two projects just to this one stamp set....

My last project was a scrapbooking page with a soft romantic flowery design using the same stamp set. It just goes to show that you can get your monies worth with different projects with just the one product!

Let's take a look at the products used from the Ink Art Store:-

 

https://www.inkartdesigns.com/product-category/stamps/art-by-marlene/

dina-wakley-scribble-sticks-set-1/

https://www.inkartdesigns.com/product/archival-ink-jet-black/

Other products:

Vicki Boutin Papers 

Tombow Markers

Dina Wakely Scribble Sticks

Sari Silk

Tissue Paper

Paper Rose Studio Mandala Die

Gold Foil

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

Elisa Ablett x

Holy Cluck by Elisa Ablett - Art Journal Page

Hi Crafters,

We are officially in December and I will admit to some slight panicking about not been ready for Christmas. 

So while I am heavy breathing into a paper bag in the corner, read on to see how this art journal page came together.

Let's take a look at the products used from Ink Art Designs:-

 

https://www.inkartdesigns.com/product/farm-animals/katzelkraft

https://www.inkartdesigns.com/product-category/inks/water-colour-paints/

https://www.inkartdesigns.com/product-category/inks/dina-wakley-paint/

and a closer look at those gorgeous Katzelkraft stamps - I cannot get over the expressions on the faces of the animals, it makes for all sorts of projects if you have the right quote or saying..

I named my duck Gerry, i can see we are going to have some great adventures with him in my art journal pages lol.  To create my stamped images I used an archival ink in black and watercolours with a small round paintbrush. I stamped a few of each image and used different colours to get to the one i loved the most.

and my potty mouthed chickens, yet to be named, but I can see they will feature in future projects as well. 

I used a joggles house stencil in the background to look like a henhouse or a barn and kept to a lighter background with my paints to let the stamped images stand out. I also lightly stencilled over the top of the barn to add a bit of texture and depth. 

I am usually hesitant to make lumpy and bumpy art journal pages but I had the coconut fibre and thought it would be great for the nest under the egg and also chipboard piece which in a grid pattern looks at home in a farmyard setting.

Don't be shy in adding grungy marks like scribbly writing or lines etc, it all adds to the uniqueness of your pages.

Thanks for stopping by the blog today, make sure you leave me some love and don't forget to enter into this month's challenge over on the Ink Art Designs Facebook page. We love seeing all your creations..

Hugs 

Elisa x