I am using my gelli plate for the first time and it is SO fun! There are lots of tutorials out there but I found Shery Russ's tutorial a great place to start. You can find it here. Thanks for your inspiration, Shery!
I brayered a couple of blues and a green for my acrylic paint on the gelli plate, laid the stencil on top, and this was one of my first couple of prints. After this dries you have the lovely flower with this great texture from the paint. Then I did lots of sponging (distress inks) and stamping with my Mixed Media Grunge stamps to get the bold color saturated look. The final touch was splattering with more slightly diluted paint (including white) with a paintbrush and adding a sentiment - so fun!
Registered: August 15, 2007 Location: Twin Cities MN Posts: 50413
Sat, Jan 28, 2017 @ 2:16 PM
WOW this is your first use of your gelli plate...holy cow! You are a natural at this. Love how it turned out..thanks for the link..I'll check it out..haven't used my gelli in several months.
Registered: December 4, 2010 Location: Minnesota Posts: 16610
Sat, Jan 28, 2017 @ 4:25 PM
This is just gorgeous! I am truly impressed this is your fist time using a gelli plate. You have really taken your inspiration piece and created a masterpiece! Hugs! ~Karen.
Registered: January 8, 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 40251
Sat, Jan 28, 2017 @ 6:43 PM
OMG, Maura, this is STUNNING!!! Any card that has green, blue and yellow on it grabs my attention and oh how well you have used these colours to create this absolutely beautiful card!! I like this far better than the inspiration artwork you selected!!!
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Registered: July 9, 2008 Location: Stars Fell on Alabama Posts: 74605
Sat, Jan 28, 2017 @ 7:46 PM
Beautiful!!! I need to get out my Gelli plate.
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