'Heart' by Elisa Ablett

'Heart'

Mixed Media Tag by Elisa Ablett

Ink Art Designs

Hi Crafters,

Elisa here from the design team for Ink Art Designs with my latest project, a mixed media tag. 

Lot's happening on this mixed media tag!

It started out as as gel print on a tag, then I added an image transfer which was just perfect. It was of a black and white pattern in an old magazine. Just loving how the image transfers are turning out on my gel prints, a technique I keep going back too.

Add a bit of background stamping and some collage paper from Scrap FX, make sure it is subtle so as to not take away from the main feature, our funky diva doll from Lost Coast Designs Stamp Company!

After I added a bit of colour in the background with my Distress Oxide Ink pads, I felt it was too bright so I added a white crackle paste over the top, it toned down all the colour brilliantly. 

To complete the doll, I actually stamped her a few times on different discarded gel prints I had laying around and pieced her back together with 3D foam squares to give her a bit of life. I added touches of colour pencils on her face to highlight her features. Just love how she turned out, a lovely art doll that you could use over and over again!

Here is a list of the products used from Ink Art Designs:-

Feather Diva Die Cut Lady - Lost Coast Designs

 Rusted rivets Stamp by stampotique/

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

Thanks for stopping by the blog today, make sure you head to the Ink Art Designs Stamping Playground on Facebook to keep up to date with all the new releases in the store plus all the fantastic projects by the DT.

Hugs

Elisa x

'Normal is Boring' by Elisa Ablett

 

Hi Crafters,

Elisa here from Ink Art Designs design team with my latest inspiration for the month of June.

I created a bit of an abstract art journal page using gelli plate prints, image transfers, bright blue and yellow Dina Wakley Acrylic Paints and a quirky stamp set from Dina Wakley called 'Weird is Good'.

I followed along with the talented Birgit Koopsen on Instagram recently in a month long gel printing challenge. I just love her simple yet super effective technique on magazine/laser jet image transfer. I used a magazine transfer of a large fingerprint using the Lapis Acrylic Paint and two other laser-jet images with the Lemon paint. I then combined all the prints plus stamping and black soot Watercolour ink to finish my art journal page. 

I really love how it turned out and will be using this technique over again!

Here is a close up.

Here are some of the products used plus all the links in the Ink Art Designs shop - 

dina-wakley-media/weird is good stamp set

product/dina-wakley-acrylic-paint-lemon/

https://www.inkartdesigns.com/product/versafine-claire-ink-pad-nocturne/

Thanks for stopping by the blog today, make sure you pop on by the Ink Art Designs Stamping Playground group on Facebook to keep up to date with all the new releases.

hugs 

Elisa x

'Take Flight' by Elisa Ablett

 

Hi Everyone,

My turn to share a project for Ink Art Designs today.

I created a funky and bright art journal page using a few gel prints and bright Dina Wakley paints.

I stamped a lovely lady beetle from the Rubber Dance Stamp Set called 'things with wings' and decided to keep it black and white so that it stood out from the busy bright gel printed backgrounds. I added a shadow behind the beetle to make him pop a little more from the page using a Derwent Ink Intense black pencil.

Here are some more of the products used from Ink Art Designs:

https://www.inkartdesigns.com/product-category/stamps/rubber-dance-stamps/

dina-wakley-paint
https://www.inkartdesigns.com/product/white-journal-dina-wakley/

 That's it from me today,

Make sure you head on over to the Ink Art Design Team store to check out all the new products instore!

Hugs

Elisa 

It's okay to make mistakes by Elisa Ablett

Hi everyone, 

Elisa here from the design team for Ink Art Designs with my latest project, a mixed media art journal.

Featuring a back ground made with Distress Oxide Ink Pads - Picked Raspberry, Seedless Preserves, Peacock Feathers, Mermaid Lagoon and Dina Wakley Paints - White, Magenta, Peacock.

To create the face, I stamped Dina Wakley stamp onto deli paper, glued to my art journal page and coloured the image with watercolours.

To finish the page, I stamped using a black versafine ink pad and used a variety of stamps including That's Crafty Boho Vibes and Script words from Dina Wakley Say Yes stamp set and loads of stencilling using a TCW Well Rounded stencil. 

Stenciling around your stamped images can assist with blending the stuck down image with your background. 

 

Products from the Ink Art Designs Store: -

https://www.inkartdesigns.com/product/say-yes-2/

https://www.inkartdesigns.com/product-category/stencils/tcw-stencils/

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

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

stamps/thats-crafty-stamps/bohovibes

That's it from me today, thanks for stopping by the blog.

Make sure you head on over to the Ink Art Designs Stamping Playground on Facebook to stay up to date with all the new release goodies on the website. 

Hugs

Elisa xx

Art Journal page by Elisa Ablett for Ink Art Designs

Hi everyone, 

Elisa here from the design team for Ink Art Designs with my latest project, a gel printed art journal page!

So while on a crafting retreat/camp in the mountains with a few friends I pulled out the old A4 gel plate with the intention of creating some unique collage paper and ended up using old music paper and book paper as well. I just loved this colourful print and thought it would be a great background for an art journal page. 

I have been meaning to use Katzelkraft - Lamas stamps for a while now and loved this little one prancing, perfect pairing with a snarky sentiment from the Tim Holtz Snarky Small Talk Sticker book.

I find when you have a bright and multilayered background, try to keep the rest really simple, make the main stamped image your focal point and try to draw the eye to it. I hand coloured my prancing lama with watercolours and colour pencils, keeping him fairly clean and simple. I added a large white circle along with a lightly stamped mandala to act as my focal point.

Here is a close up :-) 

A list with links to the Ink Art Design Shop:

Katzelkraft - Llamas stamp set

art-by-marlene/stamps and stencils

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

https://www.inkartdesigns.com/product/tim-holtz-snarky-small-talk-stickers/

Thanks for stopping by the blog today, make sure you leave some love and don't forget to head over to the Ink Art Designs Stamping Playground on Facebook.

Hugs

Elisa xx

 

Embrace Change - Art Journal page - Ink Art Designs

 

Hi everyone,

My turn today to share another project for Ink Art Designs.

I went straight to my Dina Wakley White Art Journal and Colour Artist Inks from Bee Arty and gathered my Art by Marlene stash!

I wanted to create a multi-colour background in a different way, masking off long rectangles and painting them with different coloured inks. Add some collage paper, stamping and the gorgeous Black Diamond Glimmer Paste from Nuovo.

I love to add gold foil flakes to a lot of my projects, adding a bit of bling and more texture. I also love sewing on my projects and it doesn't have to be neat!! 

I love the end result, a unique and quirky art journal page with loads of colour!

Here are all the awesome Ink Art Design goodies that I used to create the art journal page:

https://www.inkartdesigns.com/product/white-journal-dina-wakley/

https://www.inkartdesigns.com/product-category/stamps/art-by-marlene/no.57 Artsy Arabia

https://www.inkartdesigns.com/product-category/mixed-media-cardstock/art-by-marlene-collage-paper/

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

https://www.inkartdesigns.com/product-category/artbymarlenestickerbook

Other products:

Colour Artists Ink - Bee Arty (Colour Blast)

Gold Flakes

White Gesso

Black Diamond Glitter Paste

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Hugs 

Elisa xx

Art Journal Page by Elisa Ablett

 

Hi everyone, 

My turn to share inspiration for Ink Art Designs today with a very blingy art journal page!

I love working with shapes in my art journal and my favourite of all shapes is the circle. 

For this page I cut a circle from a piece of Art by Marlene Collage paper and stuck it to my page. I then stenciled in black ink around the edges and painted the rest of the page with black gesso. 

I love using Staz on Ink when stamping on Acetate, be gentle and don't stamp with too much force as this smudges your image. Let the image dry before moving it, sticking it or using it lol

Add some yellow ink and pink paint pen around the circle and once dry, scribble around in wild circles with a black fine tip marker. 

Now my trick to easy foiling without a fancy expensive machine, use a simple glue stick - go around and around the circle with the glue stick, a line layer of glue will do. Then using tweezers lay your foil sheet or foil flakes over the glued area, wait til dry then use a stiff hog bristle brush and dab vigorously with the brush over the foil area distressing the foil giving a patchy affect. ( I like to call this Elisa's distressed foiling on the cheap) works a treat and looks great.

Here is a close up of my project.

 

Products used to create this page: - 

Ink Art Designs Website

 

white-journal-dina-wakley

Rubber Dance Stamps - grungy-butterflies/

art-by-marlene-collage-paper/

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

dina-wakley-media-black-gesso-118-ml/

Acetate Sheet A4

Art by Marlene Sticker Book

Life of Colour Paint Pens

Lemon Artist Ink

Fine Black Pen

Gold Foil Sheets

Staz-on Black Ink Pad

Thanks for stopping by the blog today, make sure you head over to the Ink Art Designs Stamping Playground on Facebook to keep up to date with all things Ink Art Designs.

Hugs

Elisa Ablett