Dancing Cockatoos Visit my Art Studio!

 This extremely rare footage shows cockatoos dancing in a mating ritual. I was able to capture this footage right outside my art studio! 

How To Make the Kraft Note Card and Envelopes Box from Stampin Up!

 

Watch the YouTube tutorial on How To Make the KRAFT NOTE CARD BOX from Stampin Up. 

This box pairs perfectly with the Foil Frenzy Designer Paper. I had some left in my stash and realised the Kraft paper is a perfect match! Enjoy the video. Vicki x

Dendritic Printing: from Cards To Art!

 Make cool prints using low tech supplies. I absolutely love this technique. It is so easy your kids could do it too. 

Any smooth service would work for this. Some people use glass from old photo frames, but I don’t like the possibility of the glass breaking as you do need to apply pressure. Tiles worked really well for me, but tempered glass, like chopping boards, or Perspex sheets work really well too. 

Using Metallic Embossed Greetings over Gel Prints.

 

Watch the YouTube short showing all 28 cards. 

After studying printmaking in the Regional Gallery, and learning how to successfully print monotypes, Linocuts, lithographs and Collagraphs, I was excited to see what new techniques I could experiment with using my gel press. 

I discovered I LOVE printing, having been a stamper for so long.

Smooth  white cardstock from Stampin Up and distress oxide inks from Ranger made the perfect marriage of creamy sharp edged prints using just 2 colours  and several stencils per A4 sheet.

It is possible to produce beautiful prints every time using this method. Each A4 sheet I printed yielded 4 card fronts, which I then adhered to card bases and now have cards for days! 

Faux Cyanotype Prints

 Create prints using stamps and ink that look like Cyanotype! Cyanotype prints are named after the colour Cyan, which is a standard printers ink , and photosensitive paper. You can achieve a very similar effect using low tech materials. Watch the video to find out how it’s done. 

Easy Art Journaling

 Ever wanted to finish an art journal page in less than 5 minutes? This tutorial will give you some easy tips to do just that!

We’re All Connected!

 Here is a walkthrough of how to create a Neurographic Painting using watercolours .

I used Arches 100% cotton paper and my Windsor and Newton field box of paints and spent a lovely meditative afternoon making art. 

Have a marvellously creative day,

Vicki x 🎨🌿

Gel Printing

 Have you ever tried gel printing? Here is one of my latest prints. I used a stencil and some punchilena (the wastage left over from sequins ) bubble wrap, tape and acrylic paint to create this layered collaged print.

It took lots of time under the gel press to get to this stage of work,

 but you can start with a simple stencil and one layer print and get some very cool results.

Here’s a tip: 

don’t throw out those background papers, you can always come back and layer more on top.

 It’s trial and error to see what works, 

but you might surprise yourself and pull a print or two you really love.

Have a marvellously creative day,

Vicki x 🎨🖌🌿