Alcohol inks journal - "Just dance like no one's watching"

Hi and welcome :0). Today I would like to share my new DIY disc bound alcohol inks 8"x 8" (ca. 20x20 cm) journal. 

These DIY journals are highly popular these days and I saw some awesome ones on Youtube. It is a perfect option for my alcohol inks background on Yupo paper. I wanted to try the alcohol inks on this surface for such a long time and I finally found enough courage to do it and I'm very happy I did it :0)

I splashed an Alcohol inks blending solution from Ranger on the clean Yupo, than dropped in some colours of alcohol inks (blending solution makes them movable easily and longer), blow them around with a straw and let them dry after I was satisfied with the mix they've created. Because alcohol inks can be a bit sticky on the places with higher concentration of colours, I used this feature and rubbed metallic foil over these spots, so the foil become a part of the background. The dryer the inks are, the less of the foil will stick on the page.

I was so thrilled, that I've created 7 backgrounds at once, with different colours and foils :D I hope I will use them all for my new art journal.

First page is full of ballerinas from Hunkydory and Visible image dancing in the moonlight and I only regret that it is almost impossible to show, the silver foil on the page, it is really wonderful effect :0)

So that's it for today, thank you a lot for your visit and see you next time :0)

20.11.2018 Just dance like no one's watching

Creative week 17 - "It doesn't have to be Halloween"

Hi and thank you for your visit again :0). As I promised last time, here is a new art journal page from my Seawhite hardbound 7.5"x7.5" (ca. 20x20 cm) journal. 

I think that Halloween is not the only day or night when witches make their magic. I had this idea in my head for some time , so I'm very happy with the final page :0). Especially because of the alcohol markers colouring I did this time - it is really not my cup of tea .0). I used ShinHan Touch Twin alcohol markers and Spectrum Noir alcohol markers together with white and black gel pens. 

I stamped all my images from an awesome "Witch way is the candy" stamp set from My Favorite Things (just the nice broom is from Chocolate baroque) with Memento Tuxedo black ink pad and enhanced the black lines after colouring with Memento Tuxedo black marker. 

Background is a combination of Distress sprays - Seedless preserves, Faded jeans and Chipped sapphire - and water. For white droplets I used white gesso mixed with water. The more is the gesso diluted, the more the droplets obtain the colour of the background from Distress sprays before they dry, so the white of the gesso is not so shiny at the end. It is also possible to use the same colours of Distress inks over the dried page and muted the white dots with them as I did. 

This page is also my entry to the Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge.

Thank you for your visit and see you next time :0)

10.11.2018 It doesn't have to be Halloween

Creative week 16 - "Awesome AUTUMN beauty"

Hi and thank you for your visit :0). I'm back again with an art journal page from my Seawhite hardbound 7.5"x7.5" (ca. 20x20 cm) journal. 

This time I was strongly inspired by the last beautiful. sunny, warm and colourful autumn days we had here in a past few weeks. It was just awesome go out, watch the leaves in their transformation and be surprised by the nature life everywhere around - birds, fish, insects (e.g. ladybug flying around me which found its place on the page) - although we could say that winter is almost here, just around the corner :0)

Background was created with a combination of blue Distress inks and Distress oxides which I like a lot  (Distress wet on dry layers basic background technique). In reality are the colours much darker, and deeper, with an awesome contrast and final effect. Die-cuted leaves, ladybug and pumpkin were also coloured with Distress inks. For a pumpkin which I drew myself I used also Distress markers to achieve darker shading. At the end I used Nuvo Crystal glaze on the ladybug and a peace of natural corrugated paper - stained with Distress inks and sprayed with water - as my ground (it is not much visible, but it really fits there) :0)

This page is also my entry to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge. 

And it is for today. I hope I will be back soon with another page. Thank you for your visit and if you would like to come again, see you next time :0)

04.11.2018 Awesome AUTUMN beauty