Alcohol Inks - No 14

Get your sunglasses out...the Pinata alcohol inks are in town!

Pinata inks are insanely bright, outrageously garish, the punk rockers of the crafty world. 

This is a 9 x 11 inch Yupo painting.

Add 91% isopropyl alcohol and you've got a magical mix.

Pinatas provide the razzle-dazzle...give 'em a go.

Follow Your Heart

Spring has officially arrived this week and, as an outdoorsy-kinda-gal, I can't be more thankful.

Flowers are appearing, there's a hint of green in the trees and the sun's got some warmth to it...Yay!

In celebration of all things 'springy', I've made a gift drizzled in sunshine yellows with a message for all of us.

Follow Your Heart.

This applies in so many aspects of our lives.

Just do it.

As always, I prepped my heart base with gesso, added crackle paste and then went to town (and back) with my embellies.

There's ooodles of white microbeads and glitter alongside some tiny, yellow flowers, glass stones and hearts. Drizzles of Lemon Peel impasto paint and Wink of Stella shimmer.

The weekend is here.

I hope the sun shines where you are.

Follow your heart.

XXX

Altenew - Remember This / Bold Alphabet

This is the card that I made for my son's girlfriend a few weeks ago.

The brief was 'something pink n' girlie'.

I used flowers, buds and foliage from Altenew's 'Remember This' stamp set and their Bold Alphabet die to cut out the letters.

Dusting off the ol' Zig Brush markers I used them as watercolours, adding the tiniest amount of colour, where the darker sections would be, and then using a fine brush to drag out the ink with water to give a really delicate look.

I also stamped and embossed in white, some foliage on vellum and fussy cut it.

As always, sequins to finish. 

Spring Mixed Media Tag

Another tag today, this time with fresh, cheery, spring colours.

I started with a leafy piece of 6 x 6 inch paper from an old Basic Grey collection called 'Sultry' and cut it a few millimetres smaller than my chipboard tag, which is a 3.5 x 6 inch tag from Prima.

I roughed up the edges of the tag and the paper (in an non-violent way...lol), adhered the paper to the tag and then started decorating.

A mixture of elements....Wild Orchid Crafts flowers and flat beads, a Prima keyhole mould, wooden foliage and birdcage embellishments that I embossed with a white, glittery powder from Honey Doo Crafts.

There is additional colour in amongst the embellies using this luscious Green Apple Impasto paint from Prima.

More texture with various sized artstones, which I love...

....sisal and and then a couple of metal dragonflies.

I love making these tags, they can either be used on gift packaging or as a hanging ornament. Sometimes I like to add a message or encouraging sentiment.

And then, as if by magic, when I photographed it the sun came out.