I have a whole box of the world’s ugliest gelli prints. I spent one afternoon bringing out the gelli plate again and decided to fix them. When doing gelli’s I always just use white paint and reinker for color to make clean up much easier. Well some are hopeless, horrendous color and useless patterns. My next fix is spread paint on the gelli, usually a neutral like ivory and dip the whole thing on the paint. That’s what I did with this background. Since it was void of any interest, I pulled out the stencils and randomly stenciled all over using various inks. The only downside is you may have a 1\8” thick coating of paint on it but it’s usable.
I inlaid my favorite tree die with Shimmer Sheetz. Stamped the flourish in Versamark and embossed in silver. I have an old template of a star so pierced and stitched it. The flourish was embellished with nail heads and a few more stitches added to the bottom. Thanks for stopping by.
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Registered: December 15, 2011 Location: Abilene TX Posts: 11290
Fri, Nov 11, 2016 @ 10:39 AM
That once-ugly background is now glorious! The silver tree is perfectly gorgeous (I'm still waiting to receive my dies) and looks perfect on your tag. LOVE this!
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Registered: June 13, 2008 Location: Vancouver, Canada Posts: 20771
Fri, Nov 11, 2016 @ 11:41 AM
Great recovery on what you said was an ugly background! Love the subtle stenciling and the beautiful flourish. And the tree die done with the shimmer sheetz is fabulous!
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Registered: January 20, 2011 Location: Beautiful British Columbia Posts: 7614
Fri, Nov 11, 2016 @ 12:38 PM
It's hard to believe that this started out as something you didn't like Nancy. Great save as it is now a GORGEOUS background. Love the mix of colours and the stenciling. The nail heads add so much to the silver embossed flourish, and your inlaid tree is beautiful. Love the hand stitching ... so perfect! Thanks for sharing at my tag event! xx
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Registered: October 26, 2009 Location: Oakhurst, near Yosemite Nat'l Park. Posts: 45872
Fri, Nov 11, 2016 @ 12:53 PM
I think I have that tree (comes in a set of two?, T.H.?) anyway, I love what you do to fix your Gelli prints...I hadn't even had mine out in a couple years but used it today...I was happy until I started stamping on it!! LOL!
I have to go get my trees out and try something cause this is really gorgeous!
When you say Shimmer Sheetz do you mean by Elizabeth Craft Designs? You silver looks like molten EP...so beautiful!
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Registered: April 14, 2009 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 2723
Fri, Nov 11, 2016 @ 2:30 PM
Gorgeous tag!!
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Registered: December 4, 2010 Location: Minnesota Posts: 16610
Fri, Nov 11, 2016 @ 7:25 PM
Holy Smokes Nancy- that's a tag! Wow! You turned your "ugly-duckling" tag into a "swan" tag! How fantastic is that! The color you achieved here is just fantastic! The silver shimmer sheetz you used for this tree is so perfect with the blue and for the season. I am impressed how you used these nail heads and with your subtle, yet wonderful use of stitching. This is a "Nancy Masterpiece" of a tag! I am putting this right into my favs! ~Karen.
