Alcohol Inks - No 8

An uber quick post today. 

Why?

Coz I've stoooopidly lost all my 'how I did this' photos...Doh!

What I can tell you is I've named it 'No 8', I've used blue and green alcohol inks (sorry I can't remember the colour names) and I love this one. 

Reminds me of my happy place...the great outdoors.

Thanks for stopping by and enduring my obsession with these inks.

Alcohol Inks - No 7

Ahoy!

 Allow me to introduce 'No 7', my latest alcohol ink creation and a colour I definitely need to use more often...blue.

Adirondack's 'Stonewashed' is a beautiful blue with hints of pink which ooze out as you work with it.

This is a 9" × 12" piece of heavyweight Yupo.

Up close you can see the depths of colour and the pink hues.

The final painting, as always, is treated with a clear varnish & protective UV coating and here's what it looks like when framed.

Thanks for stopping by and have a fab week.

MFT Bold Blooms (Foliage)

Do you ever make a card that you love so much that you almost can't bear to send?

This was one of them and yet it took just a few minutes to make.

Sometimes I can sit for hours and can't make a card for love or money. The ol' mojo does a runner or what I make just doesn't feel right. Those that I pontificate over or stress about for days are the ones that either end up in the bin or push me to the point of selling EVERYTHING (again!)...lol.

I love the simplicity of this card. 'Foliagey' cards just make me happy.

I'm weird...I know.

I used one of the leafy stamps from MFT's 'Bold Blooms' and loosely stamped the coloured section. I wasn't worried about stamping it perfectly...I wanted the colour to go over the outlines in a relaxed style.

I personalised it using Memory Box's Classic alphabet die set and added a heap of sequins from Neat & Tangled (Ocean Waves).

I love these leaves..., they'd be great in autumnal colours. Hmmmmm....might try them on Christmas cards, coloured with glitter. 

Have a groovy weekend X

VIDEO - Alcohol Inks - No 6

Coooooeeeey!

Me again...with ANOTHER alcohol inked piece....forgive me (lol).

I've made a video on this one to show you some of the process. I've had to speed it up a bit so as not to bore you to tears and to edit out my procrastinating, ummming n' arrring, spilling ink, dropping bits, etc.... 

This time I used some really zingy, 'sherbety' colours.... Adirondack Lemonade, Limeade and Flamingo.

This is a 9" × 12" piece of Yupo. As usual, I use 91% Isopropyl Rubbing Alcohol, flicking, blowing and a using a paintbrush to move the inks about.

After the video ended, I added more dots of coloured ink for some depth in the centre. As always, the finished piece is varnished and treated with UV protective coating.

Here's how I made this painting... which alongside all my other pieces, will be available for sale soon.

You can see my other videos on Youtube here (Jane Clempson).

Have a great week and thanks for stopping by.