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Playing with Minx shimmering inks – no 3 !

Hi you, Art Anthology fans… Ellie Knol here today!

It’s good to be back after being to South Africa for a month…it wasn’t a holiday actually, but to bury my dear mom who passed away last month. I had nearly 2 weeks to sit with her and say goodbye. We were actually going to celebrate her 90 th birthday on the 19th, but she passed away 2 weeks before that. She had a fulfilled life… that’s for sure.

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AS PROMISED… I am not finished playing with the MINX inks yet!

Today I chose to play with MINX inks in combination with a custom made ink pad. That’s really so much fun.. you MUST give it a try!

Please have a look at the Snapguide at the end of this post for step-by-steps of the 2 techniques in this post.

Technique ONE is using the inks on the pad for stamping.

Changing the above card with just a touch of 2 stencils.

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Technique TWO is finishing up all that beautiful ink on your pad.

Using these backgrounds for one-of-a-kind cards.

SNAPGUIDE:
Check out How to Create an Inkpad With Minx Inks by Art Anthology on Snapguide.

Thank you so much for stopping by today!

I hope that I have inspired you!

SEE you!

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And don’t forget that you can shop for everything used in this tutorial at
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Art Anthology Products Used:

Playing with Minx shimmering inks – no 2 !

Playing with Minx shimmering inks!

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Hi, Ellie Knol again, and you may have noticed that the Design Team of Art Anthology is featuring the Minx shimmering inks lately.

So, I will be featuring them today as well.
They are great to make backgrounds for cards or maybe for an art journal page (or a canvas, or a watercolor painting etc etc).
For now : 4 different ways to use the inks.
.. .. I hope to do some more in near future!

I’ve used the same colors for all 4 techniques.

For step-by-steps of all 4 techniques,
please see the Snapguide at the end of this post!

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1. Using household wrap to create gorgeous shimmery effects.

2. Making a print with Minx inks on a gelliplate.

3. A brayered background with the leftover inks from technique 2.

4. Making a background with Minx and salt crystals.

Check out How to Use Minx Inks to Create Backgrounds – 4 Techniques by Art Anthology on Snapguide.

That’s it for today, thank you so much for stopping by again!
I hope that I have inspired you to create something pretty !

You can shop for everything used in this tutorial at
Art Anthology’s online store.

Art Anthology Products Used:

Everything But The Kitchen Sink!

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Kathy here today to play! It’s all about techniques this month so I decided to use household products that most everyone has and see how they react to Art Anthology Colorations sprays. Here is what I used in my experimental play: 91% alcohol, sea salt, Citrasolv, baking soda and vinegar, and hydrogen peroxide. Disclaimer: No people or animals were harmed in the creation of this blog post.

I used only the Colorations sprays because they are more fluid than the paints. I also used Yupo, which is a synthetic paper made from plastic. It has a non-porous surface that allows the wet media to stay on the surface as opposed to a more porous surface like watercolor paper. I wanted the elements to react to each other without losing them to the paper.

When I was done playing I cut out rectangles from my experiments and created a collage with them. So let’s get started experimenting!

Check out How to Play With Colorations Spray and Household Items by Art Anthology on Snapguide.

So go make something and play with your art supplies! You never know what you will come up with!

. kathySIG1

Visit Kathy’s blog at: http://kathyadamsmixedupart.blogspot.com/

See Kathy’s artwork on Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/katluvsdogs/my-art/

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AA and Stampendous Follow Your Art

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Hi Veronica today and Welcome to Day 2 of the Art Anthology/Stampendous Blog Hop. This week, we are partnering with each other to offer you tons of inspiration using products from Art Anthology and Stampendous. Make sure you check back through the day as there will be several projects posted each day.

I was so happy to get my Stampendous stamps and chipboard. I used the following:

I wanted to decorate one of my Art Journals, actually its more of a technique journal. This is the journal where I practice and write down ideas.

The following are step-out photos of my process for this project:

Don’t forget to visit us every day for more inspirational projects. There will be Art Anthology prize packs given away to three of our lucky commenters, so make sure you comment each day. Stampendous is also giving away fabulous prizes over on their blog so visit them too! Don’t forget to visit the Stampendous Facebook page and tell them Art Anthology sent you.

Make sure you stop by the Stampendous blog today and see the great projects they are posting: http://wp.me/psmPc-36W

Also, don’t forget to follow both companies on Pinterest for more inspiration.

Art Anthology: http://www.pinterest.com/artanthology/

Stampendous: http://www.pinterest.com/stampendous/

Thank you for stopping by today, and happy scrapping and stamping …

Art Anthology Products Used:

Sorbet: Evergreen, Velvet: Lagoon, Colorations: Gold, Salted Caramel, Dimensional Crystal: Mermaid, Red Corvette, Champagne, Stencils: Stars, AA tools: brush, rubber palette knife, mat

Stargazer Minx	Majestic Minx	Bankroll Minx
Blocked Stencil	Hurricane Stencil