Glass Baubles

 

I discovered some glass baubles in my stash that I bought last year or maybe the year before, but of course Christmas was "cancelled! last year, so I never got to do anything with them.  To be truthful I can't remember what the demonstrator did with them that encouraged me to have a go!

I decided to play with alcohol inks inside the small ones.  Not a complete success, but a reasonable result.

The larger ones I used relief paint to create various effects - it was very difficult to take a photo of them, so I put them back in their box.    Some have flowers drawn on them, some are just dots - either in a pattern or more random.   I may put some colour in them, or maybe spray the inside with a mirror effect.   Decisions to be made!   I had them drying on the line, and I must admit the really twinkled in the sun, so maybe I will leave them clear and let the fairy lights do shine through them.

Sunshine and my Crafting Mojo has returned

I have taken advantage of the beautiful weather this week and been up in the Den or sitting on the patio crafting.   However I have been lax in not keeping up to date with the blog as a result.

Firstly I managed to have a play with some inks, acrylic paints and resin, on some wooden flowers.  The big ones were done with alcohol inks and the small ones with acrylics, as I wasn't quite sure how the inks would turn out.   Thy were then all had resin applied to them.   I must admit I was pleased with the results.

(Excuse the messy mat but this was the best way to coat them without them sticking to everything.)

Having done the first bartch I decided to do the other design.   This time I used all alcohol inks.   The picture above is the before and the picture below is with the resin on them.   I also added little gemstones and gold leaf in places.   I had a little leftover resin and put that in a mould along with some dried flowers, but confess I wasn't too happy with the result.

Kaleidoscope Part 1

 I have been working on a Bizarre-ology Kaleidoscope over a few days, and am splitting this blog into to parts.

This was the start of the project which was painted in black gesso and then over-painted with my favourite Pebeo Blue/Black iridescent paint.

I also made up the kaleidoscope and added the faux leather and some gilding wax.

Inside the "doors" is the  "slides"  holder

The images were created using alcohol ink, and and some small beads

and here is a glimpse of one of the images through the kaleidoscope:












Part 2 tomorrow - the finished item.

Alcohol Inks

I watched show yesterday on the Kielty Inks, which are less "smelly" than normal alcohol inks.   As I had some, I thought I would try some of the techniques shown.   Erm .... yes ..... well a bit more practise is needed, but am happy to share my disasters!

I was trying to paint a flower - methinks it looks more like a distorted puffer fish!

I also did a random drop of all the colours of inks, which I have tried before, and it will make a good background behind one of the Clarity dies.   The demo showed adding bit of gold leaf to parts of the inks that were still tacky - I couldn't find my gold leaf - so dropped a few random bits of gilding flakes on.

This was my second attempt at a flower - a tad better (albeit I mucked up the leaves)   I found the ink was drying to quickly on my first attempt, so I added some extender, which helped a bit.    I think my main problem is that I need a bigger straw to blow the ink around, so the next aim is to find a suitable straw and try again.

Alcohol Ink Birthday Card

I used a section of a little play I had with alcohol inks and acrylic paint for this card.   The background was created on yupo paper, and I had originally wanted to try and take the colour out from it, but it didn't work, so I stamped the bee using white acrylic paint.

The image was mounted on to red mrri card, and a Clarity die used with the same card for the sentiment.

insert

I don't normally show inserts for the cards I create, although I always make one to match the design on the front - so here is the insert for this card (created in Craft Artist).

Allium Birthday Card

 This is the card I made using one of the alcohol ink pieces I shared yesterday.   The image was die-cut and mounted on to blue mirri card.

I used a matching Allium stencil from Clarity on the cardstock and brushed some blue Distress Oxide through it very lightly.

The die-cut was mounted on the card and a sentiment also cut from blue mirri card added.   Finally I added a few blue Nuvo drops.

and another ink card

If you have read the two previous posts - you will know that I have been playing with alcohol inks,   I do love the effects you get, normally completely out of your control .   I shall experiment at some point with some more and die-cutting flowers etc from them.

Another Inks and Christmas Card

This was a little play I had with Indian Inks, Alcohol inks and yupo paper.   The Indian Ink didn't move like the alcohol Ink, so I added a little alcohol inks and then encouraged the inks to move by drawing threw them with the end of a paintbrush.

 and here is a section of it used on a Christmas Card.

Christmas Cards and alcohol ink

My granddaughter and I were playing with my alcohol inks on yupo paper on Sunday.  Today I have made 20 Christmas cards and used part of the above play as a background for one of the cards  It looks fab in real life.  The photo doesn't really do it justice it simply glows in the light.

I'll share another one tomorrow