Good morning, Ellie Knol here.. I made 2 cards for you today, showcasing what a difference color makes on a background and focal point. I’ve used some leftover backgrounds from a post back in November 2022. In that post I made ATC’s with an uncolored focal point. It would look like the card below : … Continued
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Hi you all, Ellie here! I had a nice play with alcohol ink onto some heat resistant transparent sheet. I used another piece of plastic to swipe the alcohol inks. If you’d like to learn this technique, go watch Tim Holtz’s latest “Alcohol Ink and surfaces” video! The technique I used is starting at about … Continued
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Hi you all, Ellie here!Creating gelatine prints is one of the most delightful experiences in making art, as far as I am concerned. Using waste materials as styrofoam packaging materials for making marks in the paint, is a bonus. This background was printed onto tissue paper with a 10 centimeters round gelatine plate. It had … Continued
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Hi there, Ellie here. I created a gift tag with one of the Grungy Butterflies and a gelli printed background. It’s quite an easy tag to make. A little Tip! White paint splatters are a nice finishing touch as well as stamping a bit of texture with a light ink. Like I did it here … Continued
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Hi everyone! Ellie here, I’d like to wish you all the best for 2023 ! It’s quite windy here at the moment, and also not that cold.The leaves are everywhere; that’s what inspired this page.. the leaves are swirling down in the wind, with a bird looking at it.
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Hi eveyone, Ellie here. I had a play on an art journal page again today! I worked with the Sketchy Leaves in my handmade gelli paper journal. I chose this foliage stamp to go on this wintery and moody background as it depicts the winter weather we have at the moment, cold and freezy, foggy … Continued
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Hi, Ellie here! An easy collage card from me today.
Background was created by applying textured shiny paste through a stencil.
I think the pictures speak for themselves; if you have any questions please ask!
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Hi there, Ellie here with you today sharing a fun technique for a large background (masterboard) to be cut up to make several cards and ATC’s. I will only share the finished ATC’s today. **** Adhere several smaller torn pieces of colored paper and book paper to a large piece of sturdy … Continued
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Ellie here today! Using pastel colors in my creations is always such a challenge to me. Creating some contrast solved it on these cards and I am aware that we all have our preferences for color and their depth/hue. Enjoy the pictures, and enter our ongoing challenges with your makes! See you … Continued
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