Looking back on the art I’ve been making for the past few months I’ve done quite a bit of digital work. I started really delving into Procreate when we went on Vacation earlier this year, and I haven’t stopped exploring the possibilities since. While planning for our vacation in late February and early March of his year I opted to take only my camera and iPad. No knitting, no sketch book, no art supplies. This was the first time I’d ever taken only my iPad, with the intent of creating art while on a vacation. I had a plan to limit my supplies and challenge myself to only using procreate. My plan worked, I learned a lot about procreate and I enjoyed to process. The biggest thing I learned was how very freeing being able to sit on the couch or the porch at night with just an iPad and a pencil was. There was no figuring out where to put supplies, or how to juggle a sketchbook on my lap, or being confined to the table. The other bonus ...
Hello Lovely. Are you ready for the weekend? I sure am. I have plans for a little supply shopping and lots of creating. Bring on the downtime! Anywho, today's cards are created with my first love - ink blending. Plus there's a bonus card.
I'll be frank with you. Ink blending is what gets my creative juices flowing and out of any kind of creative rut. I've been in a bit of a funk and I'm trying to blend and stitch my way out of it. Ok, onto the cards.
I did some of my favorite stencil masking and created two cards. I used Inkadinkado Masking paper, Kaisercraft Nesting Hearts dies to cut my mask. I added my mask to a white cardstock panel and topped it with my favorite retired Micro Dots stencil from Echo Park. My ink blend was done with Distress Oxide Inks in Cracked Pistachio, Tumbled Glass, and Salty Ocean. After my blend was complete I removed my heart and stamped the sentiment using the retired Kindness Matters stamp set from Neat and Tangled. I repeated this process for the second white cardstock panel. To complete the cards I cut one panel with the Wonky Rectangles and the other with Stitched Rectangles, both from Simon Says Stamp, then the panels were mounted on to blue card bases.
For the bonus card, I sprayed clean water onto the ink that remained on the stencil and smooshed it onto a third white cardstock panel. I added extra ink to the stencil to add a few pops of brighter color to the panel. I stamped the sentiment using the same Neat and Tangled stamp set, cut the panel with the Wonky Rectangles and add the panel to a mint green card base.
Thanks for swing by today. What's your go-to creative technique to get you out of a funk?
I'll be frank with you. Ink blending is what gets my creative juices flowing and out of any kind of creative rut. I've been in a bit of a funk and I'm trying to blend and stitch my way out of it. Ok, onto the cards.
I did some of my favorite stencil masking and created two cards. I used Inkadinkado Masking paper, Kaisercraft Nesting Hearts dies to cut my mask. I added my mask to a white cardstock panel and topped it with my favorite retired Micro Dots stencil from Echo Park. My ink blend was done with Distress Oxide Inks in Cracked Pistachio, Tumbled Glass, and Salty Ocean. After my blend was complete I removed my heart and stamped the sentiment using the retired Kindness Matters stamp set from Neat and Tangled. I repeated this process for the second white cardstock panel. To complete the cards I cut one panel with the Wonky Rectangles and the other with Stitched Rectangles, both from Simon Says Stamp, then the panels were mounted on to blue card bases.
For the bonus card, I sprayed clean water onto the ink that remained on the stencil and smooshed it onto a third white cardstock panel. I added extra ink to the stencil to add a few pops of brighter color to the panel. I stamped the sentiment using the same Neat and Tangled stamp set, cut the panel with the Wonky Rectangles and add the panel to a mint green card base.
Thanks for swing by today. What's your go-to creative technique to get you out of a funk?
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