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Thursday 4 March 2021

Playing with Gelli

Good Morning everyone

For Christmas i was given a Gelli plate which hadn't really been on my to try list but ive been having a little play with it and acrylic paints - still alot of practising to do but ive made a few prints that ive used on these cards, after making the cards i thought i should have taken a photo of the prints first so ive taken photos of the rest of them - see end of post.


5x7" card.  I made this one for my sis in law who's had to have an operation.  This print was neon acrylics in pink and orange, a die cut leaf, punchinella and a stamp. I stamped over the top with this lovely woodware stamp in black, die cut to size with a stitched rectangle die & then die cut a stitched rectangle from the middle at an angle, mounted onto black card, adding the middle panel with foam tape - just to add more interest to the design.
For the background i used a swirl embossing folder, the little coloured strips were off cuts and not wanting to waste them i added them behind my topper panel.  Stamped sentiment to finish.. 

Version 2 - this print was green pearl paint with a touch of yellow paint and a clarity stamp stencil for just a basic print.  The flower heads i stamped onto a scrap of orange paper and paper pieced. 

Version 3 i used one stencil and turned it 3 times with a different colour - pink, orange, yellow neon and green pearl acrylic paints

Version 4 another woodware stamp, print used neon orange, yellow and pink paint. 5x7 white card, i stamped the greeting direct onto the base, matted the topper onto black card and then the base card. 

Items Used:
Woodware stamps  wild meadow, lino cut teasels
Sentiment stamps
Double stitched rectangle dies
A4 Swirl embossing folder

Id love to enter the first card into the following:


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and onto some of my other prints - some im happy with, others will be a base to work on or cut into, im beginning to get a feel for it and not to add too much paint and Ive found the quality of paint makes a big difference.  Lots more practice to be had......  

Using feather & circle rubber stamps, punchinella. Neon pink, orange & pearl purple acrylic paints

clarity leaf & leafy swirl stencils, die cut pointsettias(bottom left), diamond stencil, tim holtz media stamps.  Daler rowney Neon pink, orange, yellow & green paint, deco-art copper metallic paint

lattice and leafy stencils, red, yellow & neon orange paint

This photo shows 3 prints from one, so the first one is the one i was working on, the 2nd one clearing the plate and the 3rd one was the piece i cleaned the brayer & stencils onto. Circle stencil & red & yellow paints

Pebeo yellow and green with a hint of daler rowney orange neon paint. Triangle & lavinia pebble stencils. 

 

18 comments:

gwen70 said...

Wow Emma you have been busy with your backgrounds. such beautiful cards, love the pastel colours xx

meg said...

Love the way you used the prints as a background for the stamps to create these beautiful cards. A great selection of prints for future projects

Kate Jeffery said...

beautiful cards Emma
Kate x

Alison59 said...

Wow Emma what fab creations :-)

ALI said...

Beautiful Emma, I only have a media plate and haven't really got round to play properly, always something to do...lol

As.I.Do.Rodos. said...

Beautiful cards and backgrounds
Ginny
My Blog As I do Rodos

crafty-stamper said...

Fabulous backgrounds and love all the stamps
Carol x

Witchcrafted Life said...

Marvellous job! Version #2 is my personal favourite, but I really dig each of these eye-catchingly lovely Gelli print designs.

Autumn Zenith 🧡 Witchcrafted Life

StephW said...

Wow you are brave using neon paint but love the vibrancy! Love your finished cards all for different reasons & now you have a unique stash of gel prints to craft with, fabulous play session! Steph x

pinkclover.cards said...

Beautiful cards Emma and plenty of lovely backgrounds for your stash. Fatima x

Denise Fletcher said...

Brilliant first attempts Emma, theres always a lot of "oohs!" And "aahs" when you pull the paper away to reveal the pattern !

Jenny D said...

Fabulous cards, love the backgrounds and stamped images. Also love all the background and colours you have created. Looks great fun! Jenny x

Darlene said...

WOW these are all just FABULOUS! Gorgeous backgrounds & designs! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Sisterhood of Crafters challenge! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often.

Darlene
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Diane said...

Wow, gorgeous selection of colors and designs Emma.

Hugs diane

Jean S said...

Beautiful cards and colours fab work Emma, xx

Hazel (Didos) said...

Oh your cards are stunning. I love all the wee prints too, they are all so pretty and the colours make a huge difference to them all, Hope alls well, Hazel xx

pearshapedcrafting said...

I love all of your cards! Thank you for joining us at Try It On Tuesday. I feel a gelli plate play coming on - love your prints - you clearly had fun! Chrisxx

Kirsty said...

What a gorgeous selection of cards Emma, you look like you have been having fun with your gelli plate making backgrounds. Glad your enjoying it. Big hugs Kirsty. x