I is for INK

Well it's been 2 weeks since my last post and of course it's that time again for The Craft Barn's Alpha/Dictionary Challenge. This time the letter is I.
After much thought I came up with INK.  I used Distress Inks as the background and used different inks throughout my journal page.

I used Dylusion inks in a water brush to color the flower. I put Alcohol inks on my mat and soaked them up with photo paper and then used a Tim Holtz Butterfly die and stamp on them. I also stamped with pigment, dye and solvent inks. I used gel pens, and art pens.

I had fun with this page and learned a lot about ink.

Can't  wait until the next letter to start this all over again.

Thanks for looking and for all the comments. They really helped me through out the past few months.

Whew! What a 2 weeks this has been! It took us over a week to move out of our old place. We had people who we thought were going to help, but most were no shows,  some had a very limited amount of time or attention spans. Did get help from unexpected sources and have to thank those who lent a hand. I never want to move again! The apartment has nice storage and decent size rooms. The kitchen is very old and some features are not too workable and some are just odd. I'm working on making this more manageable as I love to cook and I'm finding it hard.

Amongst all this The Craft Barn Alpha/Dictionary Challenge came up. This time the letter is U. My first thought was uterus and just couldn't get past that for a while. Keep in mind I was very stressed out with the move and the events taking place in the country. This actually led me to come up with UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!!!!!!!! 

Now I had my pages half way done and than the election  results came in while standing in a misty rain, packing up our truck at 3:30 in the morning. The next few days I was extremely tired, sick, depressed and secretly trying to figure out which country to move to. Took a while to finish.

While working on this I was still moving and most of my supplies were packed somewhere and hard to find. I did make sure I had my book that I've been using and some distress inks handy. Luckly I am a manager at a Craft Store and was able to find a map of the US and some stickers to depict the meaning of this country. A real quick collage.

Looking forward to a calm 2 weeks and more time and resources to make up the next letter challenge. Until then...