Welcome to the Little Rainbow Moon Creative kit - INKED ALCHEMY

I found this definition of ALCHEMY - ‘a seemingly magical process of transformation, creation, or combination.’ I wanted this kit to be all about that. I love how fluid and unpredictable ink is, and when combined with other mediums, it can create some really magical results; so it seemed fitting to bring ink into the theme. So this kit is all about becoming a ‘creative alchemist’. ALCHEMIST - ‘a person who transforms or creates something through a seemingly magical process..’ 

Isn’t that what art journalling is all about?! So go get exploring and make some magic! Be a ‘creative alchemist!’

For the colour scheme I opted for a black and grey tones, inspired by Indian ink and added touches of oranges and browns. 

So what’s in the kit? 

PAINT

ROAR - A beautiful shimming orange

SPICED PUMPKIN - A rich matt orange

BLACK PEARL - A black shimmer with golden flecks on top

CHESTNUT - A deep warm reddish brown

I've loved experimenting with mixing different combinations of these colours. SPICED PUMPKIN & CHESTNUT look stunning, with small touches of ROAR & BLACK PEARL added when wet. Creates a lovely affect once dry.

STICKERS

You have three sheets of handmade stickers. Firstly you have a decorative sheet with alchemy and magical inspired images in black, grey and brown tones. You also have a set of letter stickers; perfect for adding dramatic words/titles and a set of date stickers. 

You also have a set of black and grey toned moon phase stickers.

NAPKIN

I love using matt medium to paste pieces of tissue napkins into my journal. You have one included in keeping with the black and white colour scheme.

JOURNAL CARDS

You have 8 inky journal cards 

COLLAGE PAPERS

You have a piece of folded collage paper with two black, grey, orange and brown painted images. I would add torn pieces of these to build up a collage layers in my journal.

You have a piece of thin papery gauze, hand painted with black acrylic and Indian ink. I loved the translucent and unusual texture of this, I think it will make a really interesting collage layer.

You have a piece tissue paper, part hand stencilled used black acrylic. (I included a little extra unstenciled piece, in case you wanted to experiment with any of your own stencils.) Stenciled images on tissue paper make great addition to journal spreads. I like to use water down matt medium to paste them over a painted or inked background. The thinness of the tissue paper means they blend almost seamlessly with the page.

You have a strip of card with a black/grey alcohol ink design. 

INDIAN INK

We couldn’t have an ink inspired kit without some actual ink included! So you have bottle of black Indian ink.

PIGMENT POWDER COLOUR BURST (sample size)

I love this product! Just simply sprinkle the smaller amount and spritz with water and watch the magic happen.

I highly recommend experimenting with combining the watercolours, ink and pigment powder in your creative alchemy quest! It will be fun to explore how they react with each other - create some beautiful unpredictability - and remember WATER is the magic ingredient - use lots of it to help the materials flow and interact with each other.

I really hope you love it all and have fun getting creative!