The current TGIF Challenge is Alcohol Blending, so I thought getting inky was the perfect way to end the weekend. Alcohol Ink blending was one of the first techniques I learned using refills for alcohol ink markers. I've always enjoyed the magic of it. I decided to use the Ranger Silver Ink Blending Cardstock … Read more
One of the items on my Grand Forks travel agenda was to give the Damsel of Distressed (go give Becca a Like) her first Gel Printing experience. We had so much fun creating, we never wanted to stop … and needless to say, she was a super-quick learner (and bought us matching shirts from Unglued … Read more
I decided it was time to use some of those beautiful background papers I've been making for some masculine birthday cards. I started with this week's Sketch Saturday and a piece of Alcohol Ink paper for my background. I combined a journaling card, an SRM Happy Birthday Sticker and a Love from Lizi … Read more
Since my Sarcasti-chick card won me the Queen of Snark, I have the honor of guest designing with the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers this week. The theme is C is for Colourful (or Colorful). I decided to make a card featuring one of my favorite colorful mediums, alcohol ink, this time turned into … Read more
When I join the Retro Rubber Challenge, I usually reach into my drawers of neglected wood mounted stamp. For today's card, I chose Bloop, a Robot from Starving Artistamps Urban Collection that I used on this card back in 2009. The Retro Rubber Challenge is this great Sketch. I used the hues … Read more
When I saw this stained glass window while we were at a church for a funeral, it reminded me of the Essentials by Ellen Abstract Sunset Die. I used it as inspiration piecing the die together using Alcohol Ink Roll-Off pages & prints from my recent gel press printing and a shaving cream … Read more
I had so much fun using Alcohol Inks on my Gel Press a few weeks ago. Here was the first print I pulled, together with the roll-offs from cleaning my brayer. I was going to use that print for the Color Throwdown, but I went with my second one since I thought the … Read more
Somehow I managed to lose my entire container of Brayers somewhere in my studio. I packed them up a week before vacation, so I would have them to take along, and then subsequently lost them. This loss has led to a massive scavenger hunt through my studio, which has led to the discovery my many … Read more
I spent my weekend enjoying a virtual Gel Press Retreat. I used my 5" x 7" press and learned lots of new techniques, including a good way to store it without getting bubbles (an ongoing problem I've had). One of my favorite techniques using bleach resulted in this wonderful card. The flower is from … Read more
This week's Wanderlust Art Journaling exercise was to use all sorts of materials to create a Garden of Wishes for 2021. I started with text pages, sheet music, and flower photos. This week I decided to move to a larger watercolor paper journal to be more balanced with the images I wanted to use. … Read more