tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11945519491957184582024-03-12T19:54:09.728-04:00Printing with Gelli Arts®Printing with Gelli Arts®Joan Besshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07486562094048260767noreply@blogger.comBlogger308125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194551949195718458.post-35201221784328594242021-01-16T12:00:00.003-05:002021-01-16T13:54:36.825-05:00Printing with Boundaries: 3 Simple Layering Techniques by Martice Smith<p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica;">Hi everyone! It’s Martice here today, sharing three simple layering techniques, packed with vibrant colors, textures, and mark-making. If you feel like your prints are too chaotic with no clear focal point, try these techniques!</span></p><div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="section" style="background-color: white;"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">There are many times where I just couldn’t decide which color scheme, stamps, stencils, paper, etc. to play with on my Gelli Arts® Gel Printing Plate.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">One day, while organizing my messy studio desk, I had an idea. What if I changed my approach to monoprinting? Why not set a couple of boundaries for myself?</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">By boundaries, I mean:</span></span></p><ul style="list-style-type: none; text-align: left;"><li><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">● Choosing a handful of paints</span></p></li><li><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">● Find 2-3 mark-making tools</span></p></li><li><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">● Print three layers or less</span></p></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">● Only use what’s within my reach, and just see where it takes me.</span></li></ul><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Setting boundaries help me figure out how to create layered prints. If you ever feel overwhelmed with the wonderful possibilities of monoprinting, give yourself a limited amount of choices.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">For example, instead of using every color from the color wheel, select a pair of complementary colors. Want to experiment with mark-making? Look around your space for tools. Notice what you love, things you “want to use someday”, or tools you haven’t used yet.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-weight: 700;">Here are three methods to get you started</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Be sure to watch the step by step video below!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0sW8HKeXdZM" width="560"></iframe></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-weight: 700;">Method #1: Two of Everything: 2 cool colors, 2 warm colors, and 2 textures</span></p></div></div></div></div><div class="page" title="Page 2"><div class="section" style="background-color: white;"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-u64rTF7pJdE/YAIEjqsU4DI/AAAAAAAAMtc/ZkuLgc_LbMMoSJXrDGGUfbY41s61vxW-QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/Boundaries-pic1-MarticeSmithArt.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="635" data-original-width="1080" height="235" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-u64rTF7pJdE/YAIEjqsU4DI/AAAAAAAAMtc/ZkuLgc_LbMMoSJXrDGGUfbY41s61vxW-QCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h235/Boundaries-pic1-MarticeSmithArt.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-o3-hmV_4tHY/YAIEpueKljI/AAAAAAAAMtg/K8aKlq5GpWIHTRHlwh9MjZZ1tDjT4wm5QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/Boundaries-pic2-MarticeSmithArt.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="635" data-original-width="1080" height="235" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-o3-hmV_4tHY/YAIEpueKljI/AAAAAAAAMtg/K8aKlq5GpWIHTRHlwh9MjZZ1tDjT4wm5QCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h235/Boundaries-pic2-MarticeSmithArt.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kbhiCfT4upY/YAIEwAQeRxI/AAAAAAAAMtk/TlveBPB_kEochlk2u4walKFfdVC50SY0gCLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/Boundaries-pic3-MarticeSmithArt.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="635" data-original-width="1080" height="235" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kbhiCfT4upY/YAIEwAQeRxI/AAAAAAAAMtk/TlveBPB_kEochlk2u4walKFfdVC50SY0gCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h235/Boundaries-pic3-MarticeSmithArt.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I tend to work with analogous and complementary colors. Respectively, these colors create a sense of harmony and contrast.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">My cool colors are blue and green. My warm colors are red and yellow.<br />I chose to work with a foam texture plate and a plastic doily for my textures.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Method #2: Two Colors, Two Textures</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZACnriOnq_s/YAIE3Me1wGI/AAAAAAAAMts/zgCDG62vklQ_TMqF2A3qBGENW7QQYccZQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/Boundaries-pic4-MarticeSmithArt.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="635" data-original-width="1080" height="235" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZACnriOnq_s/YAIE3Me1wGI/AAAAAAAAMts/zgCDG62vklQ_TMqF2A3qBGENW7QQYccZQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h235/Boundaries-pic4-MarticeSmithArt.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eGRVV3fP1JY/YAIE7L0WSBI/AAAAAAAAMt0/vnZ-nG2nASs1gEGB1NcjyS6sZvM1Yp4PACLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/Boundaries-pic5-MarticeSmithArt.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="635" data-original-width="1080" height="235" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eGRVV3fP1JY/YAIE7L0WSBI/AAAAAAAAMt0/vnZ-nG2nASs1gEGB1NcjyS6sZvM1Yp4PACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h235/Boundaries-pic5-MarticeSmithArt.png" width="400" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">My colors are yellow and green.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">To create my texture, I chose my foam texture plate and punchinella.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Method #3: Two-layered Collage</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4MSSvF0stTs/YAIFCJ1GX2I/AAAAAAAAMt8/IWl6ymj_CcYNDSs0MljCvBtm0PrDpDAeACLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/Boundaries-pic6-MarticeSmithArt.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="635" data-original-width="1080" height="235" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4MSSvF0stTs/YAIFCJ1GX2I/AAAAAAAAMt8/IWl6ymj_CcYNDSs0MljCvBtm0PrDpDAeACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h235/Boundaries-pic6-MarticeSmithArt.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LtCPDNVBiR8/YAIFLpX_LKI/AAAAAAAAMuI/bOE3OdOGmAEG56blWYog0MMkY0hmgf87QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/Boundaries-pic7-MarticeSmithArt.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="635" data-original-width="1080" height="235" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LtCPDNVBiR8/YAIFLpX_LKI/AAAAAAAAMuI/bOE3OdOGmAEG56blWYog0MMkY0hmgf87QCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h235/Boundaries-pic7-MarticeSmithArt.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jyXl5BIjuyw/YAIFfc4jWvI/AAAAAAAAMuU/M9LgYdLv3TIBHoTT19pUQiyvFNLLiBhfQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/Boundaries-pic8-MarticeSmithArt.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="635" data-original-width="1080" height="235" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jyXl5BIjuyw/YAIFfc4jWvI/AAAAAAAAMuU/M9LgYdLv3TIBHoTT19pUQiyvFNLLiBhfQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h235/Boundaries-pic8-MarticeSmithArt.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Remember, to keep things simple! In this method, I only used two colors; blue and orange. I incorporated the white of the paper as the third color.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Basic shapes, like this circle, are my favorite because they produce bold, graphic designs in a composition.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Matte medium is used to secure the shape in place.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">After my printing session, I learned that it was actually fun to compose prints with a limited amount of supplies and simple techniques! And the bonus? My prints didn’t look like a colossal failure.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Happy printing! Thanks so much for stopping by today!</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">MATERIALS:</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Gelli Arts® Mini Printing Plates (<a href="https://www.gelliarts.com/collections/gel-printing-plates/products/4-round-gelli-arts-printing-plate">4” Round</a>, <a href="https://www.gelliarts.com/collections/gel-printing-plates/products/5-x-5-gelli-student-plate">5”x5” Square</a>)</span></p></div></div></div></div><div class="page" title="Page 3"><div class="section" style="background-color: white;"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Stamps / Texture Plates (foam cut into shapes and glued to a heavy backing) </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">4” Rubber Brayer</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Punchinella</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Plastic doily</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Color Wheel, optional</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Acrylic Paints</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Paper (cardstock or regular copy paper) Scissors</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Paintbrush</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Matte Medium</span></p><p><span style="color: #333333; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">FIND US:</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #7d181e;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Michael's Stores</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #7d181e;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Blick Art Materials</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">FOLLOW US:</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="color: #1155cc;">Martice's Instagram<br />Martice's Facebook<br /></span><span style="color: #7d181e;"><span style="font-size: small;">Gelli Arts® Instagram</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Gelli Arts® Facebook</span><br />Sign up to receive emails + special offers from Gelli Arts®</span></span></p></div></div></div></div>Joan Besshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07486562094048260767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194551949195718458.post-48292748767735377822021-01-14T12:32:00.003-05:002021-01-14T12:32:35.863-05:00Journal Printing with Hahnemuehle and Gelli Arts® by Sara Ferret<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Hi everyone! Sara Ferret here and I am excited to share some fun Hahnemühle journals using Gelli Arts®! </span></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-t6jUHqQ9L3I/X_P3-bgc4oI/AAAAAAAAMpA/SeNflEZ1h8Ii-obocv9tRkcSFp8BxdsewCLcBGAsYHQ/s1280/Foto%2B19-11-20%2B18%2B10%2B46.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="225" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-t6jUHqQ9L3I/X_P3-bgc4oI/AAAAAAAAMpA/SeNflEZ1h8Ii-obocv9tRkcSFp8BxdsewCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h225/Foto%2B19-11-20%2B18%2B10%2B46.png" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">When printing in a journal, #1 tip is to use an acrylic block! Just stick the Gelli Arts® gel printing plate to the block and then you can use the plate as a stamp. </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: helvetica;">With this option you can see more clearly where you are placing your prints and can avoid having a white stripe in the spine.</span></div><div style="text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I place my journal on my table and then hole the acrylic block in my hand using the Gelli Arts® plate backwards as a stamp.</span></div><div style="text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">For these pages, I used paint and some stencils to create several colorful backgrounds. Having backgrounds ready to go is very useful because colored pages are so much better than fighting with the block of a white page when you want to work with your journal.</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3-vVsKx2v8c/YAB-pHVcuGI/AAAAAAAAMs4/eiuZYitmvmo6XzhiO18kvFYul7FxQf0LgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Foto%2B13-11-20%2B15%2B16%2B45.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3-vVsKx2v8c/YAB-pHVcuGI/AAAAAAAAMs4/eiuZYitmvmo6XzhiO18kvFYul7FxQf0LgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h300/Foto%2B13-11-20%2B15%2B16%2B45.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I used my stencil with the Gelli Arts® printing plate and stamped in several pages. This repetition makes to have something in common in the different pages when you flip through.</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7VYcrjFwDUg/YAB-7e4GsfI/AAAAAAAAMtI/LDMz5Kq-Z5EJanph_fiO7o5Znhk8wkzaQCPcBGAsYHg/s2048/Foto%2B13-11-20%2B15%2B15%2B52.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7VYcrjFwDUg/YAB-7e4GsfI/AAAAAAAAMtI/LDMz5Kq-Z5EJanph_fiO7o5Znhk8wkzaQCPcBGAsYHg/w400-h300/Foto%2B13-11-20%2B15%2B15%2B52.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Another tip that I discovered doing this several times, is that when you use a stencil on the plate, usually there is some left paint in the stencil. You can see in the video that I try to print the paint in the stencil to the journal, and I can print only a little. Instead, try printing the stencil directly to the paper. Place the stencil on the Gelli® printing plate, take it away, and see the paint is directly transferred to the Gelli Arts® printing plate. You can use all this paint.</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BuvpR_4BM7s/YAB-zgvrrfI/AAAAAAAAMs8/Eeg1A2SFhqwPtCirhV7HcAltW3hYgE8uwCPcBGAsYHg/s2048/Foto%2B13-11-20%2B15%2B16%2B37.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BuvpR_4BM7s/YAB-zgvrrfI/AAAAAAAAMs8/Eeg1A2SFhqwPtCirhV7HcAltW3hYgE8uwCPcBGAsYHg/w400-h300/Foto%2B13-11-20%2B15%2B16%2B37.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">How to print with Gelliarts printing plate on a Hahnemühle journal:</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/UVMNsS1PYzg" width="560"></iframe></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">And here is another journal to inspire you!</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfuF-vVoTRU"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/gfuF-vVoTRU" width="560"></iframe></a></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; text-align: left;">I hope you enjoyed how fun and easy these great journals are!!</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div style="color: #454545; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: -webkit-standard; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><i>MATERIALS:</i></b></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><ul style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Hahnemühle journal</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://www.gelliarts.com/collections/products/products/3in-x-5in-gelli-printing-plate">3” x 5” Gelli® Printing Plate</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Dina Wakley acrylic paints</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Brayer</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Acrylic block</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Mima Molina stencils by AbStudio</span></li></ul><div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); 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margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="background-color: white; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Hi there! Happy New Year! It's Marsha here today!</span></span></p><p class="s3" style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></span></p><p class="s3" style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span class="s2" style="background-color: white; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;">One of the questions the Gelli Arts</span><span class="s2" style="background-color: white; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;">® </span><span class="s2" style="background-color: white; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;">artists get asked a lot is:</span></span></p><p class="s3" style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></span></p><p class="s3" style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="background-color: white; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">'What do you do with your gel printed papers?'</span></span></p><p class="s3" style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></span></p><p class="s3" style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="background-color: white; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">My answer is that if I don't have a specific purpose for it in mind, it can go in one of two</span></span></p><p class="s3" style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="background-color: white; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">categories:</span></span></p><p class="s3" style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GdG6OhaYRSc/X_cfR57J64I/AAAAAAAAMqw/yqORt8EoLsMm2vHlMpHwzxK0K06quBJoQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1079/02%2BGA_Collage.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="771" data-original-width="1079" height="286" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GdG6OhaYRSc/X_cfR57J64I/AAAAAAAAMqw/yqORt8EoLsMm2vHlMpHwzxK0K06quBJoQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h286/02%2BGA_Collage.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p class="s3" style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="s3" style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></span></p><p class="s3" style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span class="s2" style="background-color: white; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;">1. </span><span class="s2" style="background-color: white; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;">Prints on medium to thick paper can be turned into journals, cards, ATCs or become a base for mixed media art.</span></span></p><p class="s3" style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SV3Ptf60DmE/X_cfX8Q2hXI/AAAAAAAAMq0/2t09eHR9v28cFCBdNI7jH5JwEBdFOG0PQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1079/03%2BGA_Collage.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="771" data-original-width="1079" height="286" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SV3Ptf60DmE/X_cfX8Q2hXI/AAAAAAAAMq0/2t09eHR9v28cFCBdNI7jH5JwEBdFOG0PQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h286/03%2BGA_Collage.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p class="s3" style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="s3" style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;">2. Prints on thin paper are</span><span class="s2" style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;">… </span><span class="s2" style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;">collage fodder!</span></p><p class="s3" style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></span></p><p class="s3" style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="background-color: white; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Of course, you can collage with all kinds of papers (and even fabric).</span></span></p><p class="s3" style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></span></p><p class="s3" style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="background-color: white; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">However, I tend to work in journals, and with prints on thin papers, I can apply lots of layers without adding a lot of bulk to my pages. </span></span></p><p class="s3" style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aoIfhYqxuJQ/X_cfhB4BzNI/AAAAAAAAMq8/z7kisj5YneI2swccQ85p4V9S-Vfh45uZQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1079/04%2BGA_Collage.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="771" data-original-width="1079" height="286" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aoIfhYqxuJQ/X_cfhB4BzNI/AAAAAAAAMq8/z7kisj5YneI2swccQ85p4V9S-Vfh45uZQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h286/04%2BGA_Collage.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p class="s3" style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></span></p><p class="s3" style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="background-color: white; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">My favourites are tissue paper, copy paper, book paper, recycled envelopes, thin paper bags, rice paper and deli paper.</span></span></p><p class="s3" style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></span></p><p class="s3" style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span class="s2" style="background-color: white; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;">Watch the video to see me use the new Gelli Arts</span><span class="s2" style="background-color: white; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;">® </span><span class="s2" style="background-color: white; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;">Journal kit to print new collage material to add to my stash, plus create a page in the journal included in the kit:</span></span></p><p class="s3" style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="s3" style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/eYO7uSw1nJ8" width="560"></iframe></p><p class="s3" style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;"></p><p class="s3" style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="background-color: white; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"></span></span></p><p class="s3" style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></span></p><p class="s3" style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="background-color: white; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">In the video, you can see me pull a magazine resist transfer print on tissue paper. This is a technique that sometimes takes a lot of trial and error.</span></span></p><p class="s3" style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-i7UZCfm_ykw/X_cfnQJZxHI/AAAAAAAAMrE/Bi_GOQi-8O4FDPMZr89Nf0j6qcLebZ-9QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1079/05%2BGA_Collage.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="771" data-original-width="1079" height="286" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-i7UZCfm_ykw/X_cfnQJZxHI/AAAAAAAAMrE/Bi_GOQi-8O4FDPMZr89Nf0j6qcLebZ-9QCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h286/05%2BGA_Collage.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p class="s3" style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="s3" style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="background-color: white; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Adding a drop of glazing liquid (you can use any extender or retarder for this) to the paint could increase your chances of success. The extender makes sure the paint doesn't dry before you can place the tissue paper on the plate.</span></span></p><p class="s3" style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tCZSNsVRX3E/X_cftHhcqfI/AAAAAAAAMrM/txw9EAovIzMDaElPApN6I6CVxbTeQ5gIQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1079/06%2BGA_Collage.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="771" data-original-width="1079" height="286" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tCZSNsVRX3E/X_cftHhcqfI/AAAAAAAAMrM/txw9EAovIzMDaElPApN6I6CVxbTeQ5gIQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h286/06%2BGA_Collage.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p class="s3" style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="s3" style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></span></p><p class="s3" style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="background-color: white; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I also love using thin gel printed paper for collage because it's easy to cut and tear into shapes.</span></span></p><p class="s3" style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MjE0dNB_rHs/X_cfyLGZmTI/AAAAAAAAMrQ/PCFD2UORVEAtSFSrwZAGP1JqCwoA9n04wCLcBGAsYHQ/s1079/07%2BGA_Collage.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="771" data-original-width="1079" height="286" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MjE0dNB_rHs/X_cfyLGZmTI/AAAAAAAAMrQ/PCFD2UORVEAtSFSrwZAGP1JqCwoA9n04wCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h286/07%2BGA_Collage.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p class="s3" style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="s3" style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="background-color: white; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">If you want to have more control of where your rice or tissue paper tears, you can paint a line with a wet brush, and you'll be able to pull the paper apart along that line.</span></span></p><p class="s3" style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GK9hyq_vBU4/X_cf3mg15II/AAAAAAAAMrY/20rk9_CdiawgG78ADnxf7tHKZnvoPMJZgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1079/08%2BGA_Collage.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="771" data-original-width="1079" height="286" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GK9hyq_vBU4/X_cf3mg15II/AAAAAAAAMrY/20rk9_CdiawgG78ADnxf7tHKZnvoPMJZgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h286/08%2BGA_Collage.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p class="s3" style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="s3" style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></span></p><p class="s3" style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="background-color: white; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">My favourite adhesives for collage are matte medium and glue stick; however, there are many (other) options and brands.</span></span></p><p class="s3" style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></span></p><p class="s3" style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="background-color: white; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Try a couple adhesives to find out what you like best!</span></span></p><p class="s3" style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></span></p><p class="s3" style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="background-color: white; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The rule of thumb is to use thin adhesive for thin paper and thick adhesive for thick paper.</span></span></p><p class="s3" style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ce_QOxza2E8/X_cf9NrftAI/AAAAAAAAMrg/Gqm4R3Nfmc8zgQnn_lJGBHUmIslI2__JwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1079/09%2BGA_Collage.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="771" data-original-width="1079" height="286" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ce_QOxza2E8/X_cf9NrftAI/AAAAAAAAMrg/Gqm4R3Nfmc8zgQnn_lJGBHUmIslI2__JwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h286/09%2BGA_Collage.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p class="s3" style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="s3" style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></span></p><p class="s3" style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="background-color: white; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Make sure your collage is dry before you cut away the excess paper from the edges of your substrate.</span></span></p><p class="s3" style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0kG1kEjjW-M/X_cgChbBUJI/AAAAAAAAMro/-BpGKCLvO788-rBcuS8aYTXopR1E5xX6gCLcBGAsYHQ/s1350/10%2BGA_Collage.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0kG1kEjjW-M/X_cgChbBUJI/AAAAAAAAMro/-BpGKCLvO788-rBcuS8aYTXopR1E5xX6gCLcBGAsYHQ/w320-h400/10%2BGA_Collage.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p class="s3" style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="s3" style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="background-color: white; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Happy collaging! Please share your gel print collages with us on Instagram using the hashtag #gelliartsmade. We would love to see them!</span></span></p><p class="s3" style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="background-color: white; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></span></p><p class="s3" style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span class="s2" style="background-color: white; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;">Marsha.</span><span class="s2" style="background-color: white; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"> </span></span></p><p class="s3" style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JsTC9-4OtC8/X_cgR9N26cI/AAAAAAAAMr0/FdgoXURXzg8v4QC-siz8fJNwPkPUzbqjgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2016/IMG_2004.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JsTC9-4OtC8/X_cgR9N26cI/AAAAAAAAMr0/FdgoXURXzg8v4QC-siz8fJNwPkPUzbqjgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h300/IMG_2004.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p class="s3" style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="s3" style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></span></p><p class="s3" style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><i>MATERIALS:</i></b></span></span></p><p class="s3" style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.gelliarts.com/collections/diy-printing-kits/products/journal-kit"><span class="s2" style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;">Gelli Arts</span><span class="s2" style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;">® </span></a><span class="s2" style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><a href="https://www.gelliarts.com/collections/diy-printing-kits/products/journal-kit">Journal Kit</a>, <i>including:</i></span></li><ul><li><span class="s2" style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;">5x7" Gelli Arts</span><span class="s2" style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;">® </span><span class="s2" style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;">printing plate</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica;">4" Roller</span></li><li><span class="s2" style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;">5x7" Gelli Arts</span><span class="s2" style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;">® </span><span class="s2" style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;">Circle Stencil</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica;">Bubble wrap</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica;">Punchinella</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica;"> </span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica;">Eyelash Yarn</span></li><li><span class="s2" style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;">Hahnem</span><span class="s2" style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;">ü</span><span class="s2" style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;">hle Sketch Booklet 6x8" Journal for printing</span></li></ul><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica;">Acrylic paint</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica;">Thin paper: copy paper, tissue paper, thin paper bags, rice paper</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica;"> </span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica;">Scissors</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica;">Brushes</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica;">Matte medium</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></li></ul><p></p><p class="s3" style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="background-color: white; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Optional:</b> glossy magazine pages, cut-outs</span></span></p><p class="s3" style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="background-color: white; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></p><div style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;"><p class="MsoNormal"><i><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">FIND US:</span></b></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1;"><span style="line-height: 1;"><span style="line-height: 1;"><a href="https://www.michaels.com/" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Michael's Stores</span></a></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1;"><a href="https://www.dickblick.com/" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Blick Art Materials</span></a></p></div><p class="s3" style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span class="s2" style="background-color: white; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"></span></span></p><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;"><p class="Standaard" style="background-color: white; border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face="" style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;"></span></span></p><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><i>FOLLOW US:</i></b><br /><a href="http://www.instagram.com/marshavalk" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Marsha's Instagram</a><br /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/marshavalkpage/" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Marsha's Facebook</a><br /><a href="http://www.instagram.com/gelliarts" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Gelli Arts® Instagram</a><br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/gelliarts" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Gelli Arts® Facebook</a><br /><a href="https://lp.constantcontact.com/su/hHYWD71/signup" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Sign up to receive emails + special offers from Gelli Arts®</a></span></div></div>Joan Besshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07486562094048260767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194551949195718458.post-90938431676832478812020-12-17T10:01:00.004-05:002020-12-17T11:45:16.075-05:00Gel Printing with Silhouettes with Gelli Arts® by Birgit Koopsen <p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Hello and welcome to the Gelli Arts® blog!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">In my last post of the year I’m sharing how I create silhouettes and print with them.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2klDSWmoQrs/X9pR-FyKthI/AAAAAAAAMjE/NbDAJS7-wXwYkPyxCkTCQrpl8xUoacR3gCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/GA%2BDec.%2B2020%2B%2Bsilhouettes%2B-%2BBirgit%2BKoopsen1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2klDSWmoQrs/X9pR-FyKthI/AAAAAAAAMjE/NbDAJS7-wXwYkPyxCkTCQrpl8xUoacR3gCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/GA%2BDec.%2B2020%2B%2Bsilhouettes%2B-%2BBirgit%2BKoopsen1.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Silhouettes are easy to create with magazine images and acetate sheets. Simply trace figures using a permanent marker and cut them out.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hAbVg4WcaMc/X9pSEu6605I/AAAAAAAAMjI/bp-IsPKxp4slAh78fTj8vUJBfPLLmtaIgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/GA%2BDec.%2B2020%2B%2Bsilhouettes%2B-%2BBirgit%2BKoopsen2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hAbVg4WcaMc/X9pSEu6605I/AAAAAAAAMjI/bp-IsPKxp4slAh78fTj8vUJBfPLLmtaIgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/GA%2BDec.%2B2020%2B%2Bsilhouettes%2B-%2BBirgit%2BKoopsen2.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">And of course you don’t have to stick to people. You can also get great effects with animal shapes.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-coOz7AHLUgs/X9pSNYpIaWI/AAAAAAAAMjM/xp8r9AjXkIY2M9e-EXVICSruf8jhfMLoACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/GA%2BDec.%2B2020%2B%2Bsilhouettes%2B-%2BBirgit%2BKoopsen3.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-coOz7AHLUgs/X9pSNYpIaWI/AAAAAAAAMjM/xp8r9AjXkIY2M9e-EXVICSruf8jhfMLoACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/GA%2BDec.%2B2020%2B%2Bsilhouettes%2B-%2BBirgit%2BKoopsen3.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fQgJTNBaCO0/X9pST8_4otI/AAAAAAAAMjU/5Kw0s0ql6vA-sip9dguCan_wHvfKrJutACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/GA%2BDec.%2B2020%2B%2Bsilhouettes%2B-%2BBirgit%2BKoopsen7.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fQgJTNBaCO0/X9pST8_4otI/AAAAAAAAMjU/5Kw0s0ql6vA-sip9dguCan_wHvfKrJutACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/GA%2BDec.%2B2020%2B%2Bsilhouettes%2B-%2BBirgit%2BKoopsen7.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>Tip:</i><b> </b>You get the best silhouettes when you make sure that there is room between arms/legs and the body. Also make sure you can see head and neck. Long hair going over the shoulders does not give a nice silhouette. As you can see in the video it’s quite easy to adjust an image with long hair to short hair.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/dfWLsg8-5uc" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Thank you so much for stopping by!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Happy printing and happy holidays!!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">See you again next year :)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Birgit <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><i>MATERIALS:</i></b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Gelli Arts® gel printing plate 8”x10”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Gelli Arts® brayer<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Acrylic paint: Liquitex, Winsor & Newton and Golden<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Acetate sheets<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Black Sharpie<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Heavy copier paper</span><span style="font-family: AppleSystemUIFont;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; 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font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Birgits-Studio-Mixed-Media-Workshops-and-Product-Design-170483226327605/" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Birgit's Facebook</span></a></div><div style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://www.instagram.com/gelliarts" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Gelli Arts® Instagram</span></a></div><div style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/gelliarts" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Gelli Arts® Facebook</span></a></div><p class="p1" style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://lp.constantcontact.com/su/hHYWD71/signup" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Sign up to receive emails + special offers from Gelli Arts®</a> </span></span></p>Joan Besshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07486562094048260767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194551949195718458.post-8028935146941859282020-12-10T10:20:00.001-05:002020-12-10T10:20:00.140-05:00Monoprinting: Painting with Shop Towels Bob Pennycook<p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Hi there! Bob here. If you’re looking for some soft texture in your monoprint layers, try this technique. Apply the paint to the GelliArts® gel plate then wipe the paint with a shop towel. You’re just trying to spread the paint around the plate. You don’t want to wipe off all the color.</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AJYwF6sopDg/X6uIq-KNDcI/AAAAAAAAMb8/N8eUebqmM14JWzN6yvGNl2ojyK4xqbx5wCLcBGAsYHQ/s874/main%2Bpic.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="860" data-original-width="874" height="394" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AJYwF6sopDg/X6uIq-KNDcI/AAAAAAAAMb8/N8eUebqmM14JWzN6yvGNl2ojyK4xqbx5wCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h394/main%2Bpic.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">On a palette, mix Cobalt Teal Hue and Titan Buff. Apply the color to the gel plate with a palette knife then wipe with a shop towel. Print this layer and you should have something that looks like this.</span><p></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aCv69eYk6OY/X6uIx-ZMaMI/AAAAAAAAMcA/h3_AbgnbBrIdB_FlaArM-oRY-uvIhavygCLcBGAsYHQ/s864/1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="864" height="266" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aCv69eYk6OY/X6uIx-ZMaMI/AAAAAAAAMcA/h3_AbgnbBrIdB_FlaArM-oRY-uvIhavygCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h266/1.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><p></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Mix Teal and Dark Grey Value 3 and apply to the bottom half of the plate. Wipe with shop towel to soften the color then print.</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ApwITmmzWfA/X6uI2zM4BLI/AAAAAAAAMcE/GX2E6vhzYRo8o8iaTyFpWzsz3dpijzihQCLcBGAsYHQ/s864/2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="864" height="266" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ApwITmmzWfA/X6uI2zM4BLI/AAAAAAAAMcE/GX2E6vhzYRo8o8iaTyFpWzsz3dpijzihQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h266/2.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><p></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Mix Primary Yellow and the Grey. Apply a little to the area between the sky and the land and wipe horizontally first then add a few vertical wipes to create the illusion of tree tops. Print.</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9U_x7R54dUk/X6uI8-OwRkI/AAAAAAAAMcI/glTcQTcP4osvW7x1EUjkoMhXbDpP3IVAgCLcBGAsYHQ/s864/3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="864" height="266" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9U_x7R54dUk/X6uI8-OwRkI/AAAAAAAAMcI/glTcQTcP4osvW7x1EUjkoMhXbDpP3IVAgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h266/3.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><p></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Mix a little yellow and Titan Buff and apply to the plate with a palette knife. You won’t be wiping this color so apply the paint where you want it to appear on your print. Apply thinly or the paint might “blob” on the print. Print.</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vskZzPjC0_A/X6uJDgVV4tI/AAAAAAAAMcQ/EhcGbLfvSq01h7A9LulMm65VrAcaioIEwCLcBGAsYHQ/s864/4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="864" height="266" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vskZzPjC0_A/X6uJDgVV4tI/AAAAAAAAMcQ/EhcGbLfvSq01h7A9LulMm65VrAcaioIEwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h266/4.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><p></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Use a small paint brush to apply some of the sky color to the land to create a highlight. Print.</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GDDlSUcC09Q/X6uJKrZLcwI/AAAAAAAAMcY/BwpyOCxCQXUmEDZ7eZHT_YDexvvjBF8XQCLcBGAsYHQ/s864/5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="864" height="266" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GDDlSUcC09Q/X6uJKrZLcwI/AAAAAAAAMcY/BwpyOCxCQXUmEDZ7eZHT_YDexvvjBF8XQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h266/5.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><p></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Use the same brush and thinly apply a mixture of greens that will become the tree foliage. Print.</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-udfKroUBORc/X6uJQtql6vI/AAAAAAAAMcg/nho7OfwnHEUIBZPiNGB_Pzy8FrfvhyfqgCLcBGAsYHQ/s864/6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="864" height="266" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-udfKroUBORc/X6uJQtql6vI/AAAAAAAAMcg/nho7OfwnHEUIBZPiNGB_Pzy8FrfvhyfqgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h266/6.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div>When dry, use the Pitt Pen to create a rough outline of a tree shape.</span><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PRO3Wvb2gro/X6uJXvP4eBI/AAAAAAAAMco/W8Q7_zJb0EgDV3tAp6mDG3EgJlgGj8rrgCLcBGAsYHQ/s864/6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="864" height="266" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PRO3Wvb2gro/X6uJXvP4eBI/AAAAAAAAMco/W8Q7_zJb0EgDV3tAp6mDG3EgJlgGj8rrgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h266/6.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><i>MATERIALS</i></b></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">8” diameter GelliArts® gel plate</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">DecoArt Americana Premium Acrylic paint in Titan Buff, Primary Yellow, Cobalt Teal Hue and Dark Grey Value 3</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Printmaking paper (Stonehenge Polar White used for this project)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Painters’ tape</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Small brush</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Shop towels</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Faber-Castell Pitt Artist Pen Black (0.5mm used for this project)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Registration system</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Palette paper</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Palette knife (painting knife)</span></li></ul><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); 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Over the years, the Gelli Arts® Blog has shared some really fabulous projects that would make great gifts. In this post, we'll link some of our favorite perfect-gift-projects so you can take a look back and get creating!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8Tri5acIP2o/X8_XGxZx_nI/AAAAAAAAMhE/LcTxKjYRff0m7h1r7ZUyCrFGdZKvJHIOACLcBGAsYHQ/s900/gelprinted_christmas_embellishments5%2B%25281%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="900" height="266" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8Tri5acIP2o/X8_XGxZx_nI/AAAAAAAAMhE/LcTxKjYRff0m7h1r7ZUyCrFGdZKvJHIOACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h266/gelprinted_christmas_embellishments5%2B%25281%2529.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Faux Glass Globes by Giovanna Zara</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">These globes can be used for gift tags, holiday cards, ornaments, and more!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="http://gelliarts.blogspot.com/2018/11/create-holiday-cards-with-gelli-arts.html">http://gelliarts.blogspot.com/2018/11/create-holiday-cards-with-gelli-arts.html</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fIr7nPIC_CU/X9EXXquMxXI/AAAAAAAAMh8/9mnpNM3vWOELWA65Iaiclv00o62k5tpCQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Foto%2B24-11-20%2B11%2B39%2B37.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fIr7nPIC_CU/X9EXXquMxXI/AAAAAAAAMh8/9mnpNM3vWOELWA65Iaiclv00o62k5tpCQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/Foto%2B24-11-20%2B11%2B39%2B37.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Make Your Own Holiday Cards by Sara Ferret</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="http://gelliarts.blogspot.com/2020/11/make-your-own-christmas-cards-with-sara.html">http://gelliarts.blogspot.com/2020/11/make-your-own-christmas-cards-with-sara.html</a></span></p></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sk92iqv4AcA/X8_YJA7IK2I/AAAAAAAAMhU/3aTwla87XLAdBBRGOiARbVERfGAR4E8RwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/20200512_201447.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sk92iqv4AcA/X8_YJA7IK2I/AAAAAAAAMhU/3aTwla87XLAdBBRGOiARbVERfGAR4E8RwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/20200512_201447.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Gel Printed Face Masks by Tania Ahmed</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Masks are the perfect stocking stuffer for 2020 - add some personality</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">to the masks you gift this year with gel </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">printing! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="http://gelliarts.blogspot.com/2020/05/gelli-arts-how-to-make-gel-printed.html">http://gelliarts.blogspot.com/2020/05/gelli-arts-how-to-make-gel-printed.html</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_mtdC8xPwIw/X8_XwZQBxGI/AAAAAAAAMhM/HMkNsyBByg8dZNyQRA5W-sKRLs1MRhKnwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1024/17%2BMarshaValk_GelliArts_PrintingOnWood.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_mtdC8xPwIw/X8_XwZQBxGI/AAAAAAAAMhM/HMkNsyBByg8dZNyQRA5W-sKRLs1MRhKnwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h300/17%2BMarshaValk_GelliArts_PrintingOnWood.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Wall Art on Wood Blocks by Marsha Valk</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="http://gelliarts.blogspot.com/2018/11/gelli-arts-collage-on-wood-using.html">http://gelliarts.blogspot.com/2018/11/gelli-arts-collage-on-wood-using.html</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SdLohlIN14Q/X8_ZKwLjJ1I/AAAAAAAAMhc/jN_SDK1Sh0I_CiO5jcTcmvF1OviXxDNCACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/5-PW.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SdLohlIN14Q/X8_ZKwLjJ1I/AAAAAAAAMhc/jN_SDK1Sh0I_CiO5jcTcmvF1OviXxDNCACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h300/5-PW.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Gel Printed DIY Print Glass Paperweight</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><a href="http://gelliarts.blogspot.com/2015/06/diy-gelli-print-glass-paperweights.html">http://gelliarts.blogspot.com/2015/06/diy-gelli-print-glass-paperweights.html</a></span><br /><span><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7R1o6NpZ7wY/X8_Z7NTlPCI/AAAAAAAAMhk/mgj8gR1jwUI6FiM1heBwXLiUbxY8E9OmQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/5-Draped-Silk-Print2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7R1o6NpZ7wY/X8_Z7NTlPCI/AAAAAAAAMhk/mgj8gR1jwUI6FiM1heBwXLiUbxY8E9OmQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/5-Draped-Silk-Print2.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /><span><b>Gel Printed Silk Scarf</b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Use the techniques in this tutorial to customize any piece of silk!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="http://gelliarts.blogspot.com/2015/04/stamping-with-round-gelli-plates-on.html">http://gelliarts.blogspot.com/2015/04/stamping-with-round-gelli-plates-on.html</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pifkAADvXf8/X8_adZ4wGHI/AAAAAAAAMhs/KO-o1h-xg4Elwrk2ZHr0tlX2Iq7Xvn5vgCLcBGAsYHQ/s855/gelprintFauxCrackleBox1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="570" data-original-width="855" height="266" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pifkAADvXf8/X8_adZ4wGHI/AAAAAAAAMhs/KO-o1h-xg4Elwrk2ZHr0tlX2Iq7Xvn5vgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h266/gelprintFauxCrackleBox1.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Enameled Faux Crackle Boxes by Giovanna Zara</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="http://gelliarts.blogspot.com/2019/08/enameled-faux-crackle-boxes-with.html">http://gelliarts.blogspot.com/2019/08/enameled-faux-crackle-boxes-with.html</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QS_N2MYlqJU/X9EYpcIabrI/AAAAAAAAMiE/rbHtxFZNDrox4wgNWiAT6wWabRZiN7ysACLcBGAsYHQ/s1229/Wreath.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1229" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QS_N2MYlqJU/X9EYpcIabrI/AAAAAAAAMiE/rbHtxFZNDrox4wgNWiAT6wWabRZiN7ysACLcBGAsYHQ/w390-h400/Wreath.jpg" width="390" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Wreath with Gelli Arts® Gel Printed Papers by Kirsten Varga</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="http://gelliarts.blogspot.com/2018/09/fall-inspired-wreath-with-gelli-arts.html">http://gelliarts.blogspot.com/2018/09/fall-inspired-wreath-with-gelli-arts.html</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-77gq3lRLGeI/X9EZZpy0vPI/AAAAAAAAMiM/xbLn63vI_iYOyzhGdeGz-S7YIrcOAsM3wCLcBGAsYHQ/s1536/unspecified-3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-77gq3lRLGeI/X9EZZpy0vPI/AAAAAAAAMiM/xbLn63vI_iYOyzhGdeGz-S7YIrcOAsM3wCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/unspecified-3.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Pencil Holder from Gelli Arts® Gel Printed Baby Wipes by Birgit Koopsen</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Baby wipes are a great way to clean your Gelli® plate. This project is a fabulous way to repurpose them instead of throwing them away! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="http://gelliarts.blogspot.com/2016/08/pencil-holder-from-gelli-printed-baby.html ">http://gelliarts.blogspot.com/2016/08/pencil-holder-from-gelli-printed-baby.html </a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8ffbcFyxrQY/X9Ea0fgYXXI/AAAAAAAAMiU/X1zhPtnJLrMTPSfdBVuZlNjc3bCQRRo1wCLcBGAsYHQ/s1092/unspecified.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="728" data-original-width="1092" height="266" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8ffbcFyxrQY/X9Ea0fgYXXI/AAAAAAAAMiU/X1zhPtnJLrMTPSfdBVuZlNjc3bCQRRo1wCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h266/unspecified.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /><b>Gelli Arts® Gel Printed Sun Catcher by Marsha Valk</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="http://gelliarts.blogspot.com/2016/08/gelli-printed-suncatcher.html">http://gelliarts.blogspot.com/2016/08/gelli-printed-suncatcher.html</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XCv5V14fpq8/X9EcQ4M0HCI/AAAAAAAAMic/F7sWxSCcq0AHZFpf_dejVPwXXLJJdIm0ACLcBGAsYHQ/s1280/unspecified-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XCv5V14fpq8/X9EcQ4M0HCI/AAAAAAAAMic/F7sWxSCcq0AHZFpf_dejVPwXXLJJdIm0ACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h300/unspecified-1.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Gelli Arts® Gel Printed Tealight Bags by Birgit Koopsen</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="http://gelliarts.blogspot.com/2016/12/gelli-printed-tealight-bags.html">http://gelliarts.blogspot.com/2016/12/gelli-printed-tealight-bags.html</a> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aaxKBiVIVt0/X9Ec1obtI1I/AAAAAAAAMik/BcvLQqi0OE0IR6HunOmSYFjZlpVibsL7ACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_20200818_122044.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1934" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aaxKBiVIVt0/X9Ec1obtI1I/AAAAAAAAMik/BcvLQqi0OE0IR6HunOmSYFjZlpVibsL7ACLcBGAsYHQ/w378-h400/IMG_20200818_122044.jpg" width="378" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Faux Metal Earrings by Joanna Grant </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="http://gelliarts.blogspot.com/2020/08/faux-metal-earrings-with-gelli-arts-by.html">http://gelliarts.blogspot.com/2020/08/faux-metal-earrings-with-gelli-arts-by.html</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Edk_F28UtMU/X9EdpQmTI0I/AAAAAAAAMiw/MYNHTsOMRtwi8-oOFwRPGxMWh8nnQMDxgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/P1010023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1066" data-original-width="1600" height="266" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Edk_F28UtMU/X9EdpQmTI0I/AAAAAAAAMiw/MYNHTsOMRtwi8-oOFwRPGxMWh8nnQMDxgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h266/P1010023.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Earrings, Pendants, Tags, and More! Gel Printing using Shrinky Dinks </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>by Lucy Brydon</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="http://gelliarts.blogspot.com/2018/08/printing-with-gelliarts-printing-plates.html">http://gelliarts.blogspot.com/2018/08/printing-with-gelliarts-printing-plates.html</a> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VmTcYDZcqoQ/X9EgPN2WvSI/AAAAAAAAMi4/6lqthqNZPZ0DBulozT114m0HnLLea1VxwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/18-Gifts.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VmTcYDZcqoQ/X9EgPN2WvSI/AAAAAAAAMi4/6lqthqNZPZ0DBulozT114m0HnLLea1VxwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h300/18-Gifts.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>DIY Gel Printed Gift Wrap</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">After all your hard work on your handmade gift, you can take it a step further and wrap it something home made as well! </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">With gel printing, you can make gift wrap </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">however you want it to be!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="http://gelliarts.blogspot.com/2015/12/gelli-printing-diy-gift-wrap-and-more.html">http://gelliarts.blogspot.com/2015/12/gelli-printing-diy-gift-wrap-and-more.html</a></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-57IJKunkZHc/X8fcdW84xjI/AAAAAAAAMfs/tx5fyUTT1lInZvcMkYprXmqXVJ5cG2CsQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1280/01%2BGelli_Arts%25C2%25AE_Paper_Bag_Stars.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-57IJKunkZHc/X8fcdW84xjI/AAAAAAAAMfs/tx5fyUTT1lInZvcMkYprXmqXVJ5cG2CsQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h300/01%2BGelli_Arts%25C2%25AE_Paper_Bag_Stars.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><p><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></p>Hi there! It's Marsha here today!</span></span><span style="font-family: helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><p></p><p class="Body" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">December is here, and I'm in the mood for creating some DIY holiday decorations. </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">Paper bag stars are fun, quick and easy to create, they make a big impact, however, do not break the bank. </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">They can easily be adapted to fit your personal holiday colour scheme and decor with the help of the Gelli Arts® gel printing plate!</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: none; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NtmiPUX9Y6Q" width="560"></iframe></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">You'll need 9 to 12 paper bags per star. </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span lang="DE" style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QzZkqkKRsI8/X8fcueVfAnI/AAAAAAAAMf0/SFQsQknqxLYBI1sWZ0baEdgzsrOM4yj3wCLcBGAsYHQ/s1280/02%2BGelli_Arts%25C2%25AE_Paper_Bag_Stars.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="853" data-original-width="1280" height="266" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QzZkqkKRsI8/X8fcueVfAnI/AAAAAAAAMf0/SFQsQknqxLYBI1sWZ0baEdgzsrOM4yj3wCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h266/02%2BGelli_Arts%25C2%25AE_Paper_Bag_Stars.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="Body" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">Pull prints on one side of each bag and then leave the bags to dry before you start gel printing on the other sides of the bags.</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">You can cover each bag with the same pattern, or you can create a patchwork of prints on each bag. Both will give beautiful results!</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x__KHJRqkEY/X8fc4Bzp-4I/AAAAAAAAMf4/SHWRRgb4CoMGU0I4DoavJ75cE43sz4GKgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1280/03%2BGelli_Arts%25C2%25AE_Paper_Bag_Stars.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="853" data-original-width="1280" height="266" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x__KHJRqkEY/X8fc4Bzp-4I/AAAAAAAAMf4/SHWRRgb4CoMGU0I4DoavJ75cE43sz4GKgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h266/03%2BGelli_Arts%25C2%25AE_Paper_Bag_Stars.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p class="Body" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><br /></p><p class="Body" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">Once you have all the bags printed on both sides, you can glue them together to form the star.</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">Apply the glue in a T-shape: one stroke across the bottom and one down the middle of the bag. Place the next paper bag on top and repeat until all bags are glued together.</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">Cut the top of the bags into a point (where the bags open) and cut more openings in the side edges for decoration.</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lCYei44MBNw/X8fc_KxzTfI/AAAAAAAAMgA/WEIzEoAE6KMLxQTritDUZVm__NfY7f_eQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1280/04%2BGelli_Arts%25C2%25AE_Paper_Bag_Stars.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="853" data-original-width="1280" height="266" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lCYei44MBNw/X8fc_KxzTfI/AAAAAAAAMgA/WEIzEoAE6KMLxQTritDUZVm__NfY7f_eQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h266/04%2BGelli_Arts%25C2%25AE_Paper_Bag_Stars.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p class="Body" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><br /></p><p class="Body" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">Glue the first and last bag together using temporary adhesive if you want to keep the star afterwards. That way, you can refold it and store it away until next year.</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">Punch a hole at the top and pull some nylon thread, string or ribbon through it.</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LoCJ9jT0fo0/X8fdJUAVUkI/AAAAAAAAMgI/XTh9BE1jJo8wnHbMTz999UbV4qY4OF5RACLcBGAsYHQ/s1280/05%2BGelli_Arts%25C2%25AE_Paper_Bag_Stars.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="853" data-original-width="1280" height="266" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LoCJ9jT0fo0/X8fdJUAVUkI/AAAAAAAAMgI/XTh9BE1jJo8wnHbMTz999UbV4qY4OF5RACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h266/05%2BGelli_Arts%25C2%25AE_Paper_Bag_Stars.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p class="Body" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><br /></p><p class="Body" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">Enjoy your Gelli Arts® gel printed holiday decor!</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span lang="NL" style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span lang="NL" style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span lang="NL" style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">Marsha. </span><span lang="NL" style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span lang="NL" style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SMgt5oJeSUo/X8fdSbnoaKI/AAAAAAAAMgQ/7tmU5BQZfkIRUONEPraIzS2z1GAt3e9XgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1280/06%2BGelli_Arts%25C2%25AE_Paper_Bag_Stars.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="853" data-original-width="1280" height="266" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SMgt5oJeSUo/X8fdSbnoaKI/AAAAAAAAMgQ/7tmU5BQZfkIRUONEPraIzS2z1GAt3e9XgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h266/06%2BGelli_Arts%25C2%25AE_Paper_Bag_Stars.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p class="Body" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><br /></p><p class="Body" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span lang="NL" style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><i><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">MATERIALS:</span></i></b></span></p><p class="Body" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.gelliarts.com/collections/gel-printing-plates/products/8-x-10-gel-printing-plate"><span lang="IT" style="font-family: helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">Gelli Arts</span><span lang="NL" style="font-family: helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">® </span></a><span style="font-family: helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"><a href="https://www.gelliarts.com/collections/gel-printing-plates/products/8-x-10-gel-printing-plate">Printing Plate 8"x10"</a> </span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"><a href="https://www.gelliarts.com/collections/aprons-more/products/student-brayer">4” Roller</a></span></li><li><a href="https://www.gelliarts.com/collections/stencils"><span lang="IT" style="font-family: helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">Gelli Arts</span><span lang="NL" style="font-family: helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">® </span><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-family: helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">Stencils</span></a></li><li><a href="https://www.gelliarts.com/collections/printing-tools/products/mini-printing-tools-set-of-3"><span lang="IT" style="font-family: helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">Gelli Arts</span><span lang="NL" style="font-family: helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">® </span><span style="font-family: helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">Mini Printing Tool</span></a></li><li><a href="https://www.gelliarts.com/collections/aprons-more/products/gelli-arts-parchment-paper"><span style="font-family: helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">Gelli Arts® </span><span lang="DE" style="font-family: helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">Parchment </span><span style="font-family: helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">P</span><span lang="IT" style="font-family: helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">aper</span></a></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">Acrylic paint</span></li><li><span lang="DA" style="font-family: helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">Paper bags</span><span style="font-family: helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> (9-12 per star)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">Glue Stick</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">Scissors</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">Hole Punch</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">Temporary adhesive</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">R</span><span lang="IT" style="font-family: helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">ibbon (Saris de Sara by Sara Ferret)</span><span style="font-family: helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">, nylon thread or string</span></li></ul><p></p><div style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;"><p class="MsoNormal"><i><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">FIND US:</span></b></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1;"><span style="line-height: 1;"><span style="line-height: 1;"><a href="https://www.michaels.com/" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Michael's Stores</span></a></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1;"><a href="https://www.dickblick.com/" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Blick Art Materials</span></a></p></div><div><p class="Standaard" style="background-color: white; border: none; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face="" style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;"></span></span></p><div style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><i>FOLLOW US:</i></b><br /><a href="http://www.instagram.com/marshavalk" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Marsha's Instagram</a><br /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/marshavalkpage/" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Marsha's Facebook</a><br /><a href="http://www.instagram.com/gelliarts" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Gelli Arts® Instagram</a><br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/gelliarts" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Gelli Arts® Facebook</a><br /><a href="https://lp.constantcontact.com/su/hHYWD71/signup" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Sign up to receive emails + special offers from Gelli Arts®</a></span></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /></div>Joan Besshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07486562094048260767noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194551949195718458.post-19111400268465742162020-11-25T10:00:00.002-05:002020-11-25T10:00:03.678-05:00Make Your Own Christmas Cards with Sara Ferrett<div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Hi everyone! Sara here, today I will being showing you how to make your own Christmas cards, using blank papers. </span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O52Z_S2guOw/X71SVTX7ryI/AAAAAAAAMeU/IuHx26eup_8o6pIWIsG5QbFLSDcEx7sqgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Foto%2B24-11-20%2B11%2B38%2B21.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O52Z_S2guOw/X71SVTX7ryI/AAAAAAAAMeU/IuHx26eup_8o6pIWIsG5QbFLSDcEx7sqgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h300/Foto%2B24-11-20%2B11%2B38%2B21.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3sjyrrR8Cro/X71S7tQaRAI/AAAAAAAAMe8/d-3RcFRJ304NBdE42B6VKD4naEPJU9ZegCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Foto%2B24-11-20%2B11%2B38%2B17.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3sjyrrR8Cro/X71S7tQaRAI/AAAAAAAAMe8/d-3RcFRJ304NBdE42B6VKD4naEPJU9ZegCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h300/Foto%2B24-11-20%2B11%2B38%2B17.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">To make your Christmas cards you'll need watercolor paper or white card stock, your GelliArts® gel printing plate, some red and green acrylic paints or pigments, and some stencils or art printing plates. In this case the ones I used are the new Birgit Koopsen release from Carabelle Studio.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Wa4ZJJoPDAw/X71TM2Co4nI/AAAAAAAAMfM/f6756tj08i81ZVIFciUJJP2mbUWTtpOKQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Foto%2B24-11-20%2B11%2B38%2B38.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Wa4ZJJoPDAw/X71TM2Co4nI/AAAAAAAAMfM/f6756tj08i81ZVIFciUJJP2mbUWTtpOKQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h300/Foto%2B24-11-20%2B11%2B38%2B38.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Then, you'll need a cutting machine, I have the Jane Davenport from Spellbinders, but any cutting machine is fine! Plus some Christmas dies, to cut them all with different shapes.</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UrWrI8fB0HQ/X71TdURtRdI/AAAAAAAAMfY/U48WZdtfp8k_qS0F-9ZG1jVR-ZECvvcrwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Foto%2B24-11-20%2B11%2B38%2B27.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UrWrI8fB0HQ/X71TdURtRdI/AAAAAAAAMfY/U48WZdtfp8k_qS0F-9ZG1jVR-ZECvvcrwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h300/Foto%2B24-11-20%2B11%2B38%2B27.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I also used glue to stick the die cuts in a blank or red paper, some stamps and my Posca pens to make some splatters, s</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">ome sari ribbons #sarisdesara, to embellish the tree ball, and some others to stick under the sentiment.</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/G6N5GPQtzWI" width="560"></iframe></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Love,</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Sara </span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><i>MATERIALS:</i></b></span></div><div style="text-size-adjust: auto;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://www.gelliarts.com/collections/gel-printing-plates">Gelli Arts® Gel Printing Plate</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Watercolor Paper</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">White Card Stock</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Acrylic Paints or Pigments</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Stencils</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Cutting Machine</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Glue</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Stamps</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Posca Pens</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Sari Ribbons</span></li></ul><div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87)" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #333333; white-space: normal;"><i><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">FIND US:</span></b></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #333333; line-height: 1; white-space: normal;"><span style="line-height: 1;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; line-height: 1;"><a href="https://www.michaels.com/" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Michael's Stores</a></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #333333; line-height: 1; white-space: normal;"><a href="https://www.dickblick.com/" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Blick Art Materials</span></a></p></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87)" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="color: #333333; text-align: justify; white-space: normal;"><b><i>FOLLOW US:</i></b></span><br style="color: #333333; 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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br />Joan Besshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07486562094048260767noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194551949195718458.post-60798372534623505512020-11-20T10:30:00.011-05:002020-11-20T10:30:00.455-05:00GelliArts® and Hahnemühle Week featuring Mansi Bhatia<p> <span style="font-family: helvetica;">Hello everyone,</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">First off, let me thank you for the love you showered on my <a href="http://gelliarts.blogspot.com/2020/10/layered-botanical-prints-with-gelliarts.html" title="GelliArts blog post">previous blog post</a> detailing a complex botanical print technique inside your journals. Since you loved it so much, I thought I’d share another journal-print technique I use often to get more detailed, albeit single-layer, prints. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_8-ymK6chcI/X6t_o9v0VXI/AAAAAAAAMaM/IoCzAIiuVcoSnywaKhbbKPGQycvLbvixACLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/Hahnemuhle.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_8-ymK6chcI/X6t_o9v0VXI/AAAAAAAAMaM/IoCzAIiuVcoSnywaKhbbKPGQycvLbvixACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/Hahnemuhle.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>Gelli Arts® has partnered with Hahnemühle and I think it’s a match made in heaven. </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I used their ZigZag book with 18 pages of the finest watercolour paper folded in accordion style. We are all used to working with acrylics on the gel plate but I am a watercolor artist, so I wanted to make this accordion-fold book really shine as a watercolor journal.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">As you’ll see in the video, I used distress and dye inks (both water-reactive) to get some simple botanical prints. When you use the technique I share, you’ll get some really striking details in your monoprints and you can either leave them as is or you can use them as creative jumpstarts when you’re traveling (like I did).</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CIEorVwWJwI" width="560"></iframe></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span>By using water-reactive inks in my journal, I was able to carry it with me on the road and use a water brush to “paint” them in later. </span><span>You’ll see in the side-by-side comparisons, how I was able to retain a lot of the original print while still giving it a painterly effect. I did forget to photograph the “before” photos for a couple of the journal pages but if you watch the video you’ll see all the “untouched” pages right after I was done with the gel plate printing.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-I5EnYclv4Ms/X6uCE_O1ImI/AAAAAAAAMaU/8H35EoJycYEPY1_AjF4gklgPhgraGVMiwCLcBGAsYHQ/s480/19036AB3-F79A-4374-B037-59A746EC9F99_480x480.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="480" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-I5EnYclv4Ms/X6uCE_O1ImI/AAAAAAAAMaU/8H35EoJycYEPY1_AjF4gklgPhgraGVMiwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h300/19036AB3-F79A-4374-B037-59A746EC9F99_480x480.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hKaKftLqklo/X6uCKpkRilI/AAAAAAAAMaY/N_O6Fp2UCGQaZ78nk_iuT2ynODUoZ63dQCLcBGAsYHQ/s480/B11C3FE5-3314-43C5-888E-5F8BBB1EE130_480x480.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="480" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hKaKftLqklo/X6uCKpkRilI/AAAAAAAAMaY/N_O6Fp2UCGQaZ78nk_iuT2ynODUoZ63dQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h300/B11C3FE5-3314-43C5-888E-5F8BBB1EE130_480x480.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p></p><table><tbody><tr><td><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">It was a blessing to have this journal with me while traveling...it gave me the opportunity to slow down and just enjoy the process.</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-i47udOzK6uk/X6uCUG93SrI/AAAAAAAAMag/1UNFfQYNYGwMz9GWlwGxN-0kkkxk-TYzQCLcBGAsYHQ/s480/4F8A8EB9-3F98-4413-B4CA-998291DA4EF9_480x480.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-a8NyXIlF8ko/X6uCUOvUgjI/AAAAAAAAMao/kaSdS4NQMO4StnSeGgNGEp_RssaH4wpJACLcBGAsYHQ/s480/28FEC4F0-4435-448C-BCB2-5821E9A9894D_480x480.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-a8NyXIlF8ko/X6uCUOvUgjI/AAAAAAAAMao/kaSdS4NQMO4StnSeGgNGEp_RssaH4wpJACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/28FEC4F0-4435-448C-BCB2-5821E9A9894D_480x480.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">This was a multi-week project and one that I really, truly enjoyed. Journaling is such a therapeutic creative outlet and as I enter a change of seasons, both metaphorically and figuratively, this journal with its Nature images led me down a path of grateful murmurings.</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="480" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CIJ_FCWVs84/X6uCkq2Gc0I/AAAAAAAAMbI/B4dTzbCdyXoC-h7CiH8bb2eqZXuKO6EhwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h300/47EB6890-33C7-4CCF-9B00-BA3681FD0EED_480x480.jpg" width="400" /></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-p_p2sORODbs/X6uClnMc4DI/AAAAAAAAMbQ/hwzqNNoEbZ4RH0jT3jqdfb7xUknNBStJgCLcBGAsYHQ/s480/62BB371B-C865-4A40-94DD-97AA97474334_480x480.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="480" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-p_p2sORODbs/X6uClnMc4DI/AAAAAAAAMbQ/hwzqNNoEbZ4RH0jT3jqdfb7xUknNBStJgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h300/62BB371B-C865-4A40-94DD-97AA97474334_480x480.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7xuGBzOCZrE/X6uCmfHwT7I/AAAAAAAAMbg/LHnrqE9vO_c2nq8dxLXWAbLssBql65CNQCLcBGAsYHQ/s480/FFD88DAF-3B71-46E5-A3D7-F412C249F166_480x480.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="480" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7xuGBzOCZrE/X6uCmfHwT7I/AAAAAAAAMbg/LHnrqE9vO_c2nq8dxLXWAbLssBql65CNQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h300/FFD88DAF-3B71-46E5-A3D7-F412C249F166_480x480.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /><span>I used some color pencils and a travel watercolor paint set to turn this into a gratitude journal, with positive affirmations and quotes from some of my favorite poets, authors and philosophers. There’s an entire spread dedicated to Rumi, a Persian poet whose words are inspirational and so very meaningful to me. </span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I also cut three circles from the copy paper I had used to wipe off the excess inks and used two of those to adorn my journal cover and one inside where I accidentally messed up the painting. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">This accordion journal will always be special to me as it holds memories from the backyard of our rental house, the place we’ve called home most of this Covid-19 year. It’s such a simple way of preserving memories, be it from a trip or a special time in your life. 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class="_3ziulaHePS" data-test="textbox" direction="ltr" height="15" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" style="font-family: helvetica;" textlength="159.504020690918" x="70.9079971313477" y="-478.389984130859">Thank you for stopping by today. </text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" data-test="textbox" direction="ltr" height="15" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" style="font-family: helvetica;" textlength="74.0759887695312" x="71.8320007324219" y="-463.75">Happy printing!</text></p><p><text class="_3ziulaHePS" data-test="textbox" direction="ltr" height="15" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" style="font-family: helvetica;" textlength="175.632011413574" x="71.3519973754883" y="-405.170013427734"><b><i><br /></i></b></text></p><p><text class="_3ziulaHePS" data-test="textbox" direction="ltr" height="15" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" style="font-family: helvetica;" textlength="175.632011413574" x="71.3519973754883" y="-405.170013427734"><b><i>MATERIALS:</i></b></text></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://www.gelliarts.com/collections/products/products/3in-x-5in-gelli-printing-plate">Gelli Arts® 3”x5”Gelli® Printing Plate</a></span></li><li><a href="https://www.gelliarts.com/products/gelli-arts-minis-oval-rectangle-and-hexagon?_pos=13&_sid=5811206c5&_ss=r"><text class="_3ziulaHePS" data-test="textbox" direction="ltr" height="15" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" style="font-family: helvetica;" textlength="74.0040054321289" x="71.3519973754883" y="-390.529998779297">Gelli Arts® Mini</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" data-test="textbox" direction="ltr" height="15" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" style="font-family: helvetica;" textlength="6.91200256347656" x="146.660003662109" y="-390.529998779297">s </text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" data-test="textbox" direction="ltr" height="6.7919921875" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" style="font-family: helvetica;" textlength="6.05999755859375" x="153.451995849609" y="-390.529998779297">–</text></a><text class="_3ziulaHePS" data-test="textbox" direction="ltr" height="15" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" style="font-family: helvetica;" textlength="252.300018310547" x="162.835998535156" y="-390.529998779297"><a href="https://www.gelliarts.com/products/gelli-arts-minis-oval-rectangle-and-hexagon?_pos=13&_sid=5811206c5&_ss=r">Oval, Rectangle, Hexagon</a> (I only used the rectangle)</text></li><li><a href="https://www.gelliarts.com/collections/products/products/5in-x-7in-gelli-printing-plate"><text class="_3ziulaHePS" data-test="textbox" direction="ltr" height="11.1600036621094" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" style="font-family: helvetica;" textlength="20.5199966430664" x="71.3519973754883" y="-375.889984130859">Gelli</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" data-test="textbox" direction="ltr" height="15" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" style="font-family: helvetica;" textlength="151.367988586426" x="95.6279983520508" y="-375.889984130859">Arts® 5”x7”Gelli® Printing Plate</text></a></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="www.hahnemuehle.com">Hahnemühle A6 ZigZag book </a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Acrylic stamping blocks</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Brayer</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Acrylic paint (Liquitex, Winsor & Newton, Golden)</span></li><li><text class="_3ziulaHePS" data-test="textbox" direction="ltr" height="15" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" style="font-family: helvetica;" textlength="45.6599960327148" x="71.0279998779297" y="-302.570007324219">All stencil</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" data-test="textbox" direction="ltr" height="8.68798828125" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" style="font-family: helvetica;" textlength="3.73199462890625" x="118.099998474121" y="-302.570007324219">s </text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" data-test="textbox" direction="ltr" height="15" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" style="font-family: helvetica;" textlength="183.084007263184" x="125.959999084473" y="-302.570007324219">by Birgit Koopsen for Carabelle Studio</text></li><li><text class="_3ziulaHePS" data-test="textbox" direction="ltr" height="15" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" style="font-family: helvetica;" textlength="53.411994934082" x="71.1839981079102" y="-287.929992675781">White pen </text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" data-test="textbox" direction="ltr" height="6.7919921875" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" style="font-family: helvetica;" textlength="6.05998992919922" x="124.652000427246" y="-287.929992675781">–</text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" data-test="textbox" direction="ltr" height="15" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" style="font-family: helvetica;" textlength="82.6680145263672" x="133.86799621582" y="-287.929992675781">Gelly Roll, Sakura</text></li><li><text class="_3ziulaHePS" data-test="textbox" direction="ltr" height="15" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" style="font-family: helvetica;" textlength="69.036003112793" 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Besshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07486562094048260767noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194551949195718458.post-91639090318584031722020-11-18T10:00:00.007-05:002020-11-19T11:13:10.988-05:00GelliArts® and Hahnemühle Week featuring Giovanna<p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Hello Giovanna here! For this week's collaboration with Hahnemühle Fine Art I had some fun with gel printing madness, straight on a small zig zag journal.</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VeRL9NwgXgE/X6t9GyOb4oI/AAAAAAAAMZY/kR8WEbG5J2ACqyjCUyurBwGgA8JfKHwtQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/Hahnemuhle.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VeRL9NwgXgE/X6t9GyOb4oI/AAAAAAAAMZY/kR8WEbG5J2ACqyjCUyurBwGgA8JfKHwtQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/Hahnemuhle.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div>As soon as I opened the parcel I loved this concertina album. It was the first time for me to gel print on watercolour texturized paper and I really liked the result I got.</span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I used fabric acrylic paint for the velvety look you can get on paper, you can experiment with regular paint or even ink pad as well.</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Enjoy the video process:</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #b2b2b2;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/jrgmwjNG_9E" width="560"></iframe></span></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-J_B-Q25FhrE/X6t-RyDt16I/AAAAAAAAMZs/NVLJE6N8ruomXoYpbY3DUu7QMZrQmBcjQCLcBGAsYHQ/s855/gelliZZJournal1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="557" data-original-width="855" height="260" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-J_B-Q25FhrE/X6t-RyDt16I/AAAAAAAAMZs/NVLJE6N8ruomXoYpbY3DUu7QMZrQmBcjQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h260/gelliZZJournal1.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Zz9n6q0xHZ4/X6t-R8PmAAI/AAAAAAAAMZk/vrLvQt74T5gWGoXVjqmLbuMOZhghDfOEwCLcBGAsYHQ/s855/gelliZZJournal2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="570" data-original-width="855" height="264" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Zz9n6q0xHZ4/X6t-R8PmAAI/AAAAAAAAMZk/vrLvQt74T5gWGoXVjqmLbuMOZhghDfOEwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h264/gelliZZJournal2.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CL08xusFg1A/X6t-R92Ev4I/AAAAAAAAMZo/BdfGSxTBOXcgyt0uP1mDlue5xy2fhi_1QCLcBGAsYHQ/s855/gelliZZJournal3.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="568" data-original-width="855" height="266" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CL08xusFg1A/X6t-R92Ev4I/AAAAAAAAMZo/BdfGSxTBOXcgyt0uP1mDlue5xy2fhi_1QCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h266/gelliZZJournal3.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dg6EBplKb8Q/X6t-SrscSMI/AAAAAAAAMZw/4cXpGl7sungvw0zMgCPcWzZ77iFjdfZKgCLcBGAsYHQ/s855/gelliZZJournal6.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="570" data-original-width="855" height="266" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dg6EBplKb8Q/X6t-SrscSMI/AAAAAAAAMZw/4cXpGl7sungvw0zMgCPcWzZ77iFjdfZKgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h266/gelliZZJournal6.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">During the gel printing session I cleaned the brayer and the small Gelli® plates on a A6 Hahnemühle journal, so I quickly created another spread</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8cZOxASskqg/X7QGJ-Sv26I/AAAAAAAAMdY/L1Vp_DMWtOsJW-Q_Z9gxpB5aCiCHNAtnwCLcBGAsYHQ/s855/gelliJournal1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="575" data-original-width="855" height="269" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8cZOxASskqg/X7QGJ-Sv26I/AAAAAAAAMdY/L1Vp_DMWtOsJW-Q_Z9gxpB5aCiCHNAtnwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h269/gelliJournal1.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><i>MATERIALS:</i></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qy-yixhU-8k/X6t-GrHbg1I/AAAAAAAAMZg/59mBjzwAPs46vcRklkyIMoDScnwt0kR-QCLcBGAsYHQ/s855/gelliJournalMaterials.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="608" data-original-width="855" height="285" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qy-yixhU-8k/X6t-GrHbg1I/AAAAAAAAMZg/59mBjzwAPs46vcRklkyIMoDScnwt0kR-QCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h285/gelliJournalMaterials.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">GelliArts® 4'' Round plate</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">GelliArts® Minis - Oval, Rectangle, Hexagon plates</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Hahnemühle The ZigZag book</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Hahnemühle A5 Sketch Booklet Black</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">DecoArt SoSoft acrylic paint</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">GelliArts® stencils</span></li></ul><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); 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font-family: helvetica; line-height: 1.5;">Gelli Arts® Facebook</span></a></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><a href="https://lp.constantcontact.com/su/hHYWD71/signup" style="color: #1e7d18; line-height: 1.5; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-family: helvetica; line-height: 1.5;">Sign up to receive emails + special offers from Gelli Arts®</span></a></div></div></div><p></p></div>Joan Besshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07486562094048260767noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194551949195718458.post-50926079499478478402020-11-17T10:25:00.000-05:002020-11-17T10:25:04.702-05:00Gelli Arts® and Hahnemühle Week featuring Alexa Doebler<p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Hey artsy friends! Alexa of Blue Woods Design here and today I'm sharing my collaboration project with GelliArts® and Hahnemuehle. </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dbO0fSZtBgE/X6t6iE1R0_I/AAAAAAAAMYc/JOYj7d2e7l4jIfw-Hwj2v1PPLlAHbt1VQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/Hahnemuhle.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dbO0fSZtBgE/X6t6iE1R0_I/AAAAAAAAMYc/JOYj7d2e7l4jIfw-Hwj2v1PPLlAHbt1VQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/Hahnemuhle.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GbCQWCchz6c/X6t7jLqE5zI/AAAAAAAAMZE/rSPlkSNidM0bfW6UgBRE4JsBskfbAFS_QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1078/collabcover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="608" data-original-width="1078" height="224" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GbCQWCchz6c/X6t7jLqE5zI/AAAAAAAAMZE/rSPlkSNidM0bfW6UgBRE4JsBskfbAFS_QCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h224/collabcover.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I used Hahnemuehle's amazing Zig Zag Journal and my 8x10 GelliArts®</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> Printing Plate to create this fun Rainbow Journal filled with borders & backgrounds all ready to create on!</span><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Na_hR6FCkDc/X6t6xp9Yd0I/AAAAAAAAMYg/W9f03auKCC4C-T-MCMYibDSap2PtJE9qgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/flip1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="2048" height="250" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Na_hR6FCkDc/X6t6xp9Yd0I/AAAAAAAAMYg/W9f03auKCC4C-T-MCMYibDSap2PtJE9qgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h250/flip1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-78y8MTI4iDs/X6t6xrqXk-I/AAAAAAAAMYo/1EhaG8lK0rQCjX6GVSAg01_dfRukHI6hACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/flip2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1229" data-original-width="2048" height="239" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-78y8MTI4iDs/X6t6xrqXk-I/AAAAAAAAMYo/1EhaG8lK0rQCjX6GVSAg01_dfRukHI6hACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h239/flip2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p class="p3" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">To create these, I cut some card stock to about 5x7, then taped a piece of it on my journal page. I then rolled out my black paint, laid down my stencil & wiped away the excess through the stencil. (You could also pull the excess paint away with paper & create some amazing collage papers for future projects.)</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">When I took the card stock off, I was left with a gorgeous border. One side I did all black borders & the other side I created an ombre rainbow of borders.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">These could also be left open in the middle for writing, journaling, creating art, whatever! I love this idea for planners; adding a colorful interesting border around your calendar/to-do lists/etc.</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I took it a step further and glued down the card stock on the flipsides.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Check out the whole process here:</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p class="p4" style="color: #103cc0; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s2" style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"> <a href="https://youtu.be/MYyAH3vQvc0"><span class="s3" style="color: #103cc0;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/MYyAH3vQvc0" width="560"></iframe></span></a></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">It's totally beautiful as is, but I'm sure I'll fill it with some of my girls and quotes. I'll be sure to share when I fill it!</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Thanks! Hope you're inspired to create a flip book & borders with your printing plate!</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-quF6e6KdFMw/X6t7S2P5esI/AAAAAAAAMY4/pwhkretWbEgBmJAbtkS_YKfcuZVRkBW0QCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/flip3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-quF6e6KdFMw/X6t7S2P5esI/AAAAAAAAMY4/pwhkretWbEgBmJAbtkS_YKfcuZVRkBW0QCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h300/flip3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-keF2uNG8KRQ/X6t7St7vmGI/AAAAAAAAMY0/DzJH23YsKyQ0aGoNEg7cp7g4cTdszqN5gCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/flip4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1070" data-original-width="2048" height="209" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-keF2uNG8KRQ/X6t7St7vmGI/AAAAAAAAMY0/DzJH23YsKyQ0aGoNEg7cp7g4cTdszqN5gCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h209/flip4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-n1TxszXeU7Y/X6t735SvcrI/AAAAAAAAMZM/wdIQxZXUSFke1IsScuBbc1C0OQt60tSCwCLcBGAsYHQ/s4032/flip5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-n1TxszXeU7Y/X6t735SvcrI/AAAAAAAAMZM/wdIQxZXUSFke1IsScuBbc1C0OQt60tSCwCLcBGAsYHQ/w300-h400/flip5.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Thank you Hahnemühle!</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><i>MATERIALS:</i></b></span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://www.gelliarts.com/collections/gel-printing-plates/products/8-x-10-gel-printing-plate">Gelli Arts® 8x10" Gel Printing Plate</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://www.hahnemuehle.com/en/artist-papers/watercolour/watercolour/p/Product/show/17/1001.html">Hahnemuehle Zig Zag Sketchbook</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Card Stock</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Acrylic Paints</span></li></ul></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-1200467553037420109" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 585.6617431640625px;"><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; text-align: justify;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; text-align: start;"><i><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">FIND US:</span></b></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; line-height: 1; text-align: start;"><span style="line-height: 1;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; line-height: 1;"><a href="https://www.michaels.com/" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Michael's Stores</a></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; line-height: 1; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://www.dickblick.com/" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Blick Art Materials</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; line-height: 1; text-align: start;"><br /></p></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; text-align: justify;"><span face=""helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b><i>FOLLOW US:</i></b></span></div><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/bluewoodsdesign/" style="background-color: white; color: #7d181e; font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">Alexa's Instagram</a><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;" /></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; text-align: justify;"><span face=""helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span lang="EN"><span style="color: #38761d; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/bluewoodsdesign/" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Alexa's Facebook</a></span></span></span><br /><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/gelliarts/" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Gelli Arts® Instagram</a></span></span><br /><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/GelliArts/" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Gelli Arts® Facebook</a></span></span><br /><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><a href="https://lp.constantcontact.com/su/hHYWD71/signup" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Sign up to receive email updates + special offers from Gelli Arts®</a></span></span></span></div></div><div style="clear: both;"></div></div><div class="post-footer" style="line-height: 1.6; margin: 1.5em 0px 0px;"></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div>Joan Besshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07486562094048260767noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194551949195718458.post-2119825877856423482020-11-16T12:02:00.003-05:002020-11-16T21:29:40.367-05:00Gelli Arts® and Hahnemühle Week featuring Kirsten Varga<p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Welcome to Hahnemühle and Gelli Arts Week!</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tkaBJt1NU7s/X6t3a1F7CFI/AAAAAAAAMXU/Ykd07hMlwOkxGl64TDuzC25j0OUVAO4mgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/Hahnemuhle.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tkaBJt1NU7s/X6t3a1F7CFI/AAAAAAAAMXU/Ykd07hMlwOkxGl64TDuzC25j0OUVAO4mgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Hahnemuhle.jpg" /></a></span></div><span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">A blank page can be intimidating…especially when you have a new sketchbook and the possibilities are endless! When I was brainstorming how to approach the beautiful Hahnemühle Sketchbook I was given I decided I would take it apart to monoprint the pages because it was bound with a couple staples and that’s easy to remove. </span></span><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oHr-bcLUtgI/X6t4482nccI/AAAAAAAAMXo/IiEA2IxJCY0KdDN1G-1jcnAyGELX-WgfQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/covers2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1540" data-original-width="2048" height="301" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oHr-bcLUtgI/X6t4482nccI/AAAAAAAAMXo/IiEA2IxJCY0KdDN1G-1jcnAyGELX-WgfQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h301/covers2.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ibW0FPNAZP8/X6t44xurP9I/AAAAAAAAMXk/RW7gjJamYk0gBQSLXBuKUqc5aifPF58_QCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/covers.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1363" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ibW0FPNAZP8/X6t44xurP9I/AAAAAAAAMXk/RW7gjJamYk0gBQSLXBuKUqc5aifPF58_QCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h266/covers.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qLVj70SlFjs/X6t45JDNQ5I/AAAAAAAAMXs/DZ11hXbrf1MlVwGFW8Vp7Nl57f5onJXLQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/theopenbooks.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1665" data-original-width="2048" height="325" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qLVj70SlFjs/X6t45JDNQ5I/AAAAAAAAMXs/DZ11hXbrf1MlVwGFW8Vp7Nl57f5onJXLQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h325/theopenbooks.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-d8ZzjegkY8U/X6t45nh_w6I/AAAAAAAAMXw/92y6yPNYhHMJTkirdcUAJK4FmvxK15FWQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/viewfromtop.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-d8ZzjegkY8U/X6t45nh_w6I/AAAAAAAAMXw/92y6yPNYhHMJTkirdcUAJK4FmvxK15FWQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h300/viewfromtop.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div></span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div>Using my Gelli Arts® printing plates to create backgrounds is one of my favorite things to do. Keep it simple or add layer after layer! You never know what imagery will appear to inspire your art! To put the book back together I chose a 7-hole pamphlet stitch. I ended up creating two books from the pages of the single sketchbook!</span></div><div><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YA3ueedk-zg/X6t5JEBffjI/AAAAAAAAMYA/FpDvcG574Cg-VYHQEwesAxbUtw770iECACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/spinestitches.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1703" data-original-width="2048" height="333" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YA3ueedk-zg/X6t5JEBffjI/AAAAAAAAMYA/FpDvcG574Cg-VYHQEwesAxbUtw770iECACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h333/spinestitches.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HJKEnrJ3nYE/X6t5JNkap3I/AAAAAAAAMYM/7Wvzzo6P4psIhNAcDNqVMbRJCKBW81VfQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/crafttapepages.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HJKEnrJ3nYE/X6t5JNkap3I/AAAAAAAAMYM/7Wvzzo6P4psIhNAcDNqVMbRJCKBW81VfQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h300/crafttapepages.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Check out the video below for a peek into my process</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #b2b2b2;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/iyADq8yUVeU" width="560"></iframe></span></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I am once again sharing a bookbinding technique and I do hope my instructions are clear. If you left feeling confused please research 7-hole pamphlet stitch for amazing tutorials by creators who are more adept at showcasing the steps. I am getting better but I have more to learn and I didn’t want my inexperience in creating bookbinding tutorials deter me from sharing this project.</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Happy Creating!!</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><i>MATERIALS:</i></b></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mRiUYkixTNo/X6t4igUlI2I/AAAAAAAAMXc/1wzwfJPhybcxURbgvg6pAoF1g6_Ox3_3gCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/supplies.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="224" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mRiUYkixTNo/X6t4igUlI2I/AAAAAAAAMXc/1wzwfJPhybcxURbgvg6pAoF1g6_Ox3_3gCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h224/supplies.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://www.hahnemuehle.com/en/index.html">Hahnemühle Sketch book</a></span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://www.gelliarts.com/collections/gel-printing-plates/products/9-x-12-gelli-printing-plate">Gelli Arts® 9x12 Gel Printing Plate</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://www.gelliarts.com/collections/printing-tools/products/mini-printing-tools-set-of-3">Gelli Arts® Mini Printing Tools</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://www.gelliarts.com/collections/aprons-more/products/student-brayer">Brayer</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Golden® Fluid Acrylic</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Various found objects for making texture: bubble wrap, mark-making tools, string</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Matte Medium</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Monoprinted Deli Paper from my stash</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Duck® brand Craft Tape (red and gold)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Bookbinding tools: awl, needle, bone folder, scissors, craft knife and cutting mat</span></li></ul><div><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><i><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">FIND US:</span></b></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1;"><span style="line-height: 1;"><span style="line-height: 1;"><a href="https://www.michaels.com/" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Michael's Stores</span></a></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1;"><a href="https://www.dickblick.com/" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Blick Art Materials</span></a></p><div style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4107444885353858518" itemprop="description articleBody" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 586px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; line-height: 1;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b><i>FOLLOW US:</i></b></span><br style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" /><span face=""helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/kirstenvarga/" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Kirsten's Instagram</a></span><br style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" /><span face=""helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/smilingeyestudio" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Kirsten's Facebook</a></span><br style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" /><span face=""helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="https://smilingeyestudio.blogspot.com/" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;">https://smilingeyestudio.blogspot.com/</a></span><br style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" /><span face=""helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://www.instagram.com/gelliarts" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Gelli Arts® Instagram</a></span><br style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" /><span face=""helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/gelliarts" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Gelli Arts® Facebook</a></span><br style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" /><span face=""helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="https://lp.constantcontact.com/su/hHYWD71/signup" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Sign up to receive email updates + special offers from Gelli Arts®</a></span></span></p></div></div></div></div></div>Joan Besshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07486562094048260767noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194551949195718458.post-67678567292949609712020-11-12T09:40:00.000-05:002020-11-12T09:40:59.659-05:00Alice in Wonderland Mini Album in Embroidery Hoop with GelliArts® by Giovanna<p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Hello everyone, Giovanna here! Today I'll be showing you how to build </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">a cute mini album inside an embroidery hoop </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">from scratch, Alice in Wonderland theme. </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--5JmkhbwxPI/X6tzXL27GXI/AAAAAAAAMWI/8wwe0ROHu-wOpoGWg5dCqADv2wi2PwzVACLcBGAsYHQ/s855/aliceGelliMIni1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="570" data-original-width="855" height="266" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--5JmkhbwxPI/X6tzXL27GXI/AAAAAAAAMWI/8wwe0ROHu-wOpoGWg5dCqADv2wi2PwzVACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h266/aliceGelliMIni1.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I love that you can get a one of kind gel print in no time; rolling some paint and pulling a print, but lately I discovered the joy to let paint dry and take your time to pull a print with gorgeous details. </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I hope you enjoy the video </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">☺</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: #b2b2b2;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/VpBJ5DuETGk" width="560"></iframe></span></span> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pCzRW0fYG1c/X6t0O67eX5I/AAAAAAAAMWo/_e6FP4ASswMMMN1HfsxU8esnV82V6gVpACLcBGAsYHQ/s855/aliceGelliMIni2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="570" data-original-width="855" height="266" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pCzRW0fYG1c/X6t0O67eX5I/AAAAAAAAMWo/_e6FP4ASswMMMN1HfsxU8esnV82V6gVpACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h266/aliceGelliMIni2.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xrs6ya4bb8w/X6t0O3a-klI/AAAAAAAAMWw/pI23R-5n_xARHYG8rtJjfS2p9_3WnfhqgCLcBGAsYHQ/s855/aliceGelliMIni4.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="570" data-original-width="855" height="266" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xrs6ya4bb8w/X6t0O3a-klI/AAAAAAAAMWw/pI23R-5n_xARHYG8rtJjfS2p9_3WnfhqgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h266/aliceGelliMIni4.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-T0svLZ8pyRY/X6t0PZDygRI/AAAAAAAAMW0/eG2yaP_Xde0OyX9PjpiBVfVV60z14bgBACLcBGAsYHQ/s855/aliceGelliMIni6.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="570" data-original-width="855" height="266" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-T0svLZ8pyRY/X6t0PZDygRI/AAAAAAAAMW0/eG2yaP_Xde0OyX9PjpiBVfVV60z14bgBACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h266/aliceGelliMIni6.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UyVWzH4M5I8/X6t0QESmehI/AAAAAAAAMW4/Zcm8Z_6WFwQ_U1Sz5tOq2nEyzuY1MUaoQCLcBGAsYHQ/s855/aliceGelliMIni8.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="570" data-original-width="855" height="266" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UyVWzH4M5I8/X6t0QESmehI/AAAAAAAAMW4/Zcm8Z_6WFwQ_U1Sz5tOq2nEyzuY1MUaoQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h266/aliceGelliMIni8.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YRZ4eKeOB8k/X6t0QqxjppI/AAAAAAAAMW8/q82hAOsi2fAjlopWFr5nAEsRgGxnuOIVwCLcBGAsYHQ/s855/aliceGelliMIni9.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="570" data-original-width="855" height="265" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YRZ4eKeOB8k/X6t0QqxjppI/AAAAAAAAMW8/q82hAOsi2fAjlopWFr5nAEsRgGxnuOIVwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h265/aliceGelliMIni9.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><i>TUTORIAL:</i></b></span><p></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Roll out a small blobs of acrylic paint on the plate<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Lay your favourite stencils on the plate</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">'Clean' the plate by pulling a print on copy paper</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Laying the stencils in place sponge acrylic paint through the gaps</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Lift the stencils and let it dry</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Pull a print on good cardstock</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Trace and cut out some circles out of the print using the embroidery hoop as template</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Adhere some magazine snippets or scrapbook images to the pages</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Bind the pages together with bits of washi tape or a ring</span></li></ul><p></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wHe6nVuigBU/X6tz8JnRf1I/AAAAAAAAMWc/5LmGf_zXMnYID-ScTfiffcxhuJW-Y4x2ACLcBGAsYHQ/s855/aliceGelliMIni91.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="570" data-original-width="855" height="265" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wHe6nVuigBU/X6tz8JnRf1I/AAAAAAAAMWc/5LmGf_zXMnYID-ScTfiffcxhuJW-Y4x2ACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h265/aliceGelliMIni91.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7DFi0sf38AY/X6tz8LhtNDI/AAAAAAAAMWY/HLz1GC6dH6cMUXybemlvG6rriFPotn1YgCLcBGAsYHQ/s855/aliceGelliMIni92.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="570" data-original-width="855" height="266" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7DFi0sf38AY/X6tz8LhtNDI/AAAAAAAAMWY/HLz1GC6dH6cMUXybemlvG6rriFPotn1YgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h266/aliceGelliMIni92.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XhwPLqqq-LE/X6tzm7rAUPI/AAAAAAAAMWQ/B0o7NzcFXdoYuPxFiaoYgCKjtn2jamK6gCLcBGAsYHQ/s855/aliceGelliMaterials.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="645" data-original-width="855" height="301" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XhwPLqqq-LE/X6tzm7rAUPI/AAAAAAAAMWQ/B0o7NzcFXdoYuPxFiaoYgCKjtn2jamK6gCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h301/aliceGelliMaterials.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>MATERIALS:</i></b></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.gelliarts.com/collections/gel-printing-plates/products/9-x-12-gelli-printing-plate" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">GelliArts® 9x12" Gel Printing Plate</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></a></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://www.gelliarts.com/collections/gel-printing-plates/products/4-round-gelli-arts-printing-plate">GelliArts® 4'' Round Plate</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">DecoArt Americana Premium Acrylic Paint</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Sponges</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Embroidery Hoop</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">GiogioCraft Stencils<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Alice Scrapbook Paperpad by Stamperia </span></li></ul><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;"><i><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">FIND US:</span></b></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; line-height: 1;"><span style="line-height: 1;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; line-height: 1;"><a href="https://www.michaels.com/" style="color: #1e7d18; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Michael's Stores</a></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; line-height: 1;"><a href="https://www.dickblick.com/" style="color: #1e7d18; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Blick Art Materials</span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; line-height: 1;"><i><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">FOLLOW US:</span></b></i></p><div style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; line-height: 1.5;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/giogiocraft/" style="color: #1e7d18; line-height: 1.5; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-family: helvetica; line-height: 1.5;">Giovanna's Instagram</span></a></div><div style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; line-height: 1.5;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/giogiocraft/" style="color: #1e7d18; line-height: 1.5; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-family: helvetica; line-height: 1.5;">Giovanna's Facebook</span></a></div><div style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; line-height: 1.5;"><a href="https://giogioscrap.blogspot.com/" style="color: #1e7d18; line-height: 1.5; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: helvetica; line-height: 1.5;">https://giogioscrap.blogspot.com/</span></a></div><div style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; line-height: 1.5;"><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/gelliarts/" style="color: #1e7d18; line-height: 1.5; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-family: helvetica; line-height: 1.5;">Gelli Arts® Instagram</span></a></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/GelliArts/" style="color: #1e7d18; line-height: 1.5; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-family: helvetica; line-height: 1.5;">Gelli Arts® Facebook</span></a></div><div style="line-height: 1.5;"><a href="https://lp.constantcontact.com/su/hHYWD71/signup" style="color: #1e7d18; line-height: 1.5; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-family: helvetica; line-height: 1.5;">Sign up to receive emails + special offers from Gelli Arts®</span></a></div></div></div><p></p>Joan Besshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07486562094048260767noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194551949195718458.post-28906368977642180702020-11-05T09:57:00.000-05:002020-11-05T09:57:14.723-05:00Gelli Arts® Gel Printing with Metallic and Glitter Acrylics by Marsha Valk<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yvHVCP4QuIY/X6Lh7MUBgvI/AAAAAAAAMVE/2fBT6Tw8ZaUI4ObosIOMVe2SFqq9n08HQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/01%2BGA_MetallicGlitterAcrylics.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Gelli Arts Print with Metallic and Glitter Acrylics" border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1080" height="264" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yvHVCP4QuIY/X6Lh7MUBgvI/AAAAAAAAMVE/2fBT6Tw8ZaUI4ObosIOMVe2SFqq9n08HQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h264/01%2BGA_MetallicGlitterAcrylics.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Hi there! It's Marsha here today!<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Ever wondered if you can use glitter acrylics on your Gelli Arts® gel printing plate?<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Are you looking for tips and ideas on how to gel print successfully with metallic or pearlescent paints?<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">This video is for you!<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vCtzVqDSq5c" width="560"></iframe></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">There are many different types of glimmering and shimmering paint on the market. Which one is best depends on your personal preference and the effects you want to achieve.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">You'll need to try a couple to find out what you like!<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Almost all metallic paints are transparent or translucent. This means that anything underneath the print layer is going to shine through.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xzs-YBrMxfA/X6LiDtQ9aUI/AAAAAAAAMVI/DYZLAUPuBKU9FIdUOWOz3WqDdWZuj62ZQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/02%2BGA_MetallicGlitterAcrylics.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Gelli Arts Print with Metallic and Glitter Acrylics" border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1080" height="264" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xzs-YBrMxfA/X6LiDtQ9aUI/AAAAAAAAMVI/DYZLAUPuBKU9FIdUOWOz3WqDdWZuj62ZQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h264/02%2BGA_MetallicGlitterAcrylics.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Shimmery paints tend to look better on top of coloured or darker backgrounds.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">You can improve the look of metallic paint on white paper by printing a base coat first and then printing a layer of metallic or pearlescent paint on top.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IjzqaK4J6jw/X6LiJlksQgI/AAAAAAAAMVM/J7F0tegQQEsU7YXFVVgcfqCytncPcQo1wCLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/03%2BGA_MetallicGlitterAcrylics.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Gelli Arts Print with Metallic and Glitter Acrylics" border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1080" height="264" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IjzqaK4J6jw/X6LiJlksQgI/AAAAAAAAMVM/J7F0tegQQEsU7YXFVVgcfqCytncPcQo1wCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h264/03%2BGA_MetallicGlitterAcrylics.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">You can mix metallic paint with solid colours on the plate; however, they're best paired with colours that have very little or no white pigments in them.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">White pigment (PW6) tones down the shimmer (although it's a bit hard to catch on camera)<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KYirG41BHco/X6LiPGCjkrI/AAAAAAAAMVQ/38-7G5SGC-svBKBqXzTcNrGsBgYTMSkzgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/04%2BGA_MetallicGlitterAcrylics.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Gelli Arts Print with Metallic and Glitter Acrylics" border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1080" height="264" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KYirG41BHco/X6LiPGCjkrI/AAAAAAAAMVQ/38-7G5SGC-svBKBqXzTcNrGsBgYTMSkzgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h264/04%2BGA_MetallicGlitterAcrylics.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Left: with PW6<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Right: without PW6<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span lang="DE"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-05VbYUUSnM0/X6Lib-qKdzI/AAAAAAAAMVY/-K1Xdf2FDA09ZsbswgayYm7FnqzSEcCPQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/05%2BGA_MetallicGlitterAcrylics.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Gelli Arts Print with Metallic and Glitter Acrylics" border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1080" height="264" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-05VbYUUSnM0/X6Lib-qKdzI/AAAAAAAAMVY/-K1Xdf2FDA09ZsbswgayYm7FnqzSEcCPQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h264/05%2BGA_MetallicGlitterAcrylics.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /><o:p></o:p></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Glitter acrylics tend to have a clear or very transparent base.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Just like with metallic paints, the results are usually a lot better if you start with printing a base coat and then printing a layer of glitter paint on top.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span lang="DE"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R9PRc69pMpc/X6LivflrwpI/AAAAAAAAMVg/CNAyzdLzY9IEmqwhxduq2smZmmAe0pxxgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/06%2BGA_MetallicGlitterAcrylics.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Gelli Arts Print with Metallic and Glitter Acrylics" border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1080" height="264" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R9PRc69pMpc/X6LivflrwpI/AAAAAAAAMVg/CNAyzdLzY9IEmqwhxduq2smZmmAe0pxxgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h264/06%2BGA_MetallicGlitterAcrylics.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><o:p></o:p></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">It's easy to remove stray glitter from your gel printing plate. However, it's tough to clean off your tools. So before you start printing with glitter acrylics consider how you will be able to clean any glitter-covered tools responsibly afterwards.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">If you aren't sure, choose to work with disposable items like paper stencils and try applying the glitter paint to the gel printing plate with sponges, foam brushes and even pieces of card. <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">A brayer isn't the most efficient nor effective tool for applying glitter paints anyway. More glitter ends up on the roller than on the plate.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span lang="DE"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SydpweiJDQo/X6LjWCYf4CI/AAAAAAAAMVo/HKBEWmeWDzIOmF-4CLdIFkeloJ8AcaAEACLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/07%2BGA_MetallicGlitterAcrylics.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Packing tape is used to clean excess glitter" border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1080" height="264" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SydpweiJDQo/X6LjWCYf4CI/AAAAAAAAMVo/HKBEWmeWDzIOmF-4CLdIFkeloJ8AcaAEACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h264/07%2BGA_MetallicGlitterAcrylics.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><o:p></o:p></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Remove any leftover glitter from the surface of the gel printing plate before you store it away.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">You can do that by pulling prints until all of the glitters are gone or by picking any leftover specks up with a strip of packing tape.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Have lots of fun adding shimmer and sparkle to your Gelli Arts® <span lang="IT">gel prints!</span><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Marsha</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-V0Yj6f66F0I/X6LjpK4craI/AAAAAAAAMVw/27l5Jtiq-Z8M5qdq-XgPB8LbSD-Hu3lGACLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/08%2BGA_MetallicGlitterAcrylics.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1080" height="265" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-V0Yj6f66F0I/X6LjpK4craI/AAAAAAAAMVw/27l5Jtiq-Z8M5qdq-XgPB8LbSD-Hu3lGACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h265/08%2BGA_MetallicGlitterAcrylics.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><i>MATERIALS:</i></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.gelliarts.com/collections/gel-printing-plates/products/5in-x-7in-gelli-printing-plate" style="font-family: helvetica;"><span lang="IT">5" x 7" Gelli Arts</span>® Printing Plate</a></li><li><a href="https://www.gelliarts.com/products/student-brayer?_pos=1&_sid=0fe460575&_ss=r" style="font-family: helvetica;">4” brayer</a></li><li><a href="https://www.gelliarts.com/collections/printing-tools/products/mini-printing-tools-set-of-3" style="font-family: helvetica;">Mini printing tool</a></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Metallic, pearlescent and glitter acrylics </span><i style="font-family: helvetica;">(Jane Davenport, FolkArt, DecoArt, Cadence, Liquitex Basics)</i></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Regular acrylic paints</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">2” brayer</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Paper</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Stencils by StencilGirl® Products</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Black tissue paper</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Art printing plates by Birgit Koopsen for Carabelle Studio</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Sponge</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Bristle brush</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Glossy fashion magazine</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Handcut stencils</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Clear packing tape</span></li></ul><p></p><div style="background-color: white; 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color: white; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 1.4pt; margin: 0in;"><span lang="NL" style="color: black; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></span></p><p class="Default" style="border: none; color: white; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 50pt; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 1.4pt; margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="NL" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;"> </span></p><p class="Body" style="border: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p>Joan Besshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07486562094048260767noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194551949195718458.post-76512774826145475752020-10-29T10:00:00.001-04:002020-11-04T12:12:36.791-05:00 Layered Botanical Prints with GelliArts® Artist Mansi Bhatia<p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Hello everyone! It’s Mansi again on the blog today and I’m excited to share with you techniques of creating layered botanical prints in your journals using a variety of different inks and gesso.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">As you watch the detailed instructions in the video, please note that you can create different kinds of layers depending on whether you use darker colors before lighter ones and vice versa. If your prints feel like they’re not very high-contrast, you can always apply a coat of gesso or white acrylic paint on the gel plate, place a leaf on and pull a print — this will tone down or “mute” everything in the backdrop except for the part you masked off with the leaf.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">It’s a great trick to have a very complex image as the central focal point of your journal page without any “busy-ness” surround it.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/4XJAEamenlQ" width="560"></iframe></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">While the original prints were nice enough, because I printed them in my journal, I wanted to do something more with them. I’m sharing some before and after photos here so you can see the original layered print and the final images after I had worked on them with my colored pencils and markers. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I hope you enjoy this video and the photos showcasing the complex layers one can achieve with inks and leaves from one’s backyard. Please let me know if you have any questions in the comments!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Mansi.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><i>MATERIALS:</i></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://ldli.co/e/xk5gld">Complete list of supplies used can be found here</a>.</span></p><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white;"><i><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">FIND US:</span></b></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1;"><span style="line-height: 1;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; line-height: 1;"><a href="https://www.michaels.com/" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Michael's Stores</a></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://www.dickblick.com/" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Blick Art Materials</a></span></p></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;"><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><b><i>FOLLOW US:</i></b></span><br /><span style="color: black; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><a href="http://www.instagram.com/mansimakes" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Mansi's Instagram</a></span><br /><span style="color: black; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/mansimakes" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Mansi's Facebook</a></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre;"></span></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/MansiMakes"><span style="color: #7d181e;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre;">Mansi'</span></span>s Youtube</a></span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif;" /><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.instagram.com/gelliarts" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Gelli Arts® Instagram</a><br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/gelliarts" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Gelli Arts® Facebook</a><br /><a href="https://lp.constantcontact.com/su/hHYWD71/signup" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Sign up to receive emails + special offers from Gelli Arts®</a></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://courses.mansimakes.com">Take self-paced mono printing classes with Mansi!</a></span></div></div>
Joan Besshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07486562094048260767noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194551949195718458.post-74897025071146879542020-10-22T12:13:00.000-04:002020-10-22T12:13:00.232-04:00Spooky Books with GelliArts® Artist Kirsten Varga<h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Welcome to The Gelli Arts® blog!</span></span></h2><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The spooky season is here and I wanted to make a little something to celebrate that </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">spooky vibe. You know I love making books (and if you’re new here, well, I love </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">making books!) and this was a perfect time to make some mini books that could be </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">both decorative and useful. </span></span></h2><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IofvIzS7Au4/X5BOopQ4JpI/AAAAAAAAMRY/qzrYDdJTtSsGwjjaswqcKqUWAtRfv-P2QCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Final2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IofvIzS7Au4/X5BOopQ4JpI/AAAAAAAAMRY/qzrYDdJTtSsGwjjaswqcKqUWAtRfv-P2QCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h300/Final2.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kIr4VbOG8zI/X5BOoXKlbvI/AAAAAAAAMRU/CEF9a8cqh4sfDtVf90Ti-jdxNeXJ-5CnACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Final3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="Journals printed with Halloween art" border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kIr4VbOG8zI/X5BOoXKlbvI/AAAAAAAAMRU/CEF9a8cqh4sfDtVf90Ti-jdxNeXJ-5CnACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h300/Final3.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-c5gcOO_dkF4/X5BOoT6Z8wI/AAAAAAAAMRQ/52rTyA7xSHkZJbSEm7W08ndhal9KJyhJACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Final1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="Journals printed with Halloween art" border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-c5gcOO_dkF4/X5BOoT6Z8wI/AAAAAAAAMRQ/52rTyA7xSHkZJbSEm7W08ndhal9KJyhJACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h225/Final1.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></div>It’s been awhile since I broke out the bookboard to make </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">a hard cover book so this was a fun project for me. When it’s a mini it makes things a bit easier (for me anyways). I ended up making SEVEN books!</span></span><p></p><p><span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Check out the video below for a peek into my process. Please note that this is not a </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">comprehensive tutorial. I am still a beginner when it comes to making video </span></span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: medium;">tutorials so I have some links to fabulous video tutorials in the video description. </span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #b2b2b2;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IoFGOL9Ir5g" width="560"></iframe></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">If </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">you want the nitty gritty details be sure to check them out!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Materials:</b></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eEUmRkVMKqc/X5BPRt6IIOI/AAAAAAAAMRw/shMzeXffotc3LNu-ZEXY9SOvJeFQJgBqACLcBGAsYHQ/s1450/supplies1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Gelli Arts® Gel Printing Plate" border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1450" height="229" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eEUmRkVMKqc/X5BPRt6IIOI/AAAAAAAAMRw/shMzeXffotc3LNu-ZEXY9SOvJeFQJgBqACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h229/supplies1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tSxYfuokyzM/X5BPRRriwTI/AAAAAAAAMRs/s36J5ZP8GdoVg8OydGlXpb9vH_jN2ekAwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1470/supplies2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Art Supplies" border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1470" height="225" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tSxYfuokyzM/X5BPRRriwTI/AAAAAAAAMRs/s36J5ZP8GdoVg8OydGlXpb9vH_jN2ekAwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h225/supplies2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5c7d64a8NJA/X5BPRehXKGI/AAAAAAAAMRo/3Fb0yJa-Cg4HWWjm5P5o-CKYHw3wqu_iQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1377/supplies3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Liquitex Acrylic Paint" border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1377" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5c7d64a8NJA/X5BPRehXKGI/AAAAAAAAMRo/3Fb0yJa-Cg4HWWjm5P5o-CKYHw3wqu_iQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h240/supplies3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.gelliarts.com/collections/gel-printing-plates/products/8-x-10-gel-printing-plate">Gelli Arts® 8x10 Gel Printing Plate</a></span></li><li><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.gelliarts.com/collections/printing-tools/products/mini-printing-tools-set-of-3">Gelli Arts® Mini Texture Tools</a> </span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Brayer</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Various found objects for making texture: cardboard tube, bubble wrap, sequin</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Waste, cheesecloth-type fabric</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Paper: paper bags, Japanese calligraphy paper, watercolor paper, kraft cardstock</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Liquitex® Basics Acrylic Paint</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Bookbinding Supplies: Bookboard</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Rice Paper</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Scissors</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Craft Knife/Cutting Mat</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Binder Clip</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Strong thread</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Beeswax</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Curved needle</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; 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font-size: 13px; line-height: 1;"><span style="line-height: 1;"><span style="line-height: 1;"><a href="https://www.michaels.com/" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Michael's Stores</span></a></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1;"><a href="https://www.dickblick.com/" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Blick Art Materials</span></a></p><div style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;"><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4107444885353858518" itemprop="description articleBody" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 586px;"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; line-height: 1;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b><i>FOLLOW US:</i></b></span><br style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" /><span face=""helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/kirstenvarga/" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Kirsten's Instagram</a></span><br style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" /><span face=""helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/smilingeyestudio" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Kirsten's Facebook</a></span><br style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" /><span face=""helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="https://smilingeyestudio.blogspot.com/" style="color: #7d181e; 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font-size: 13px;"></div></div><div class="post-footer" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 1.5em 0px 0px;"></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;" /></div></div><p></p>Joan Besshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07486562094048260767noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194551949195718458.post-13054767602355775342020-10-16T15:09:00.002-04:002020-10-16T15:09:44.848-04:00Help Our New Gelli Arts® Artist Robyn McClendon Reach 10K YouTube Followers!<p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">We are super excited to welcome Robyn McClendon to our Gelli Arts® Artist Team!</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-z59itR9x8tw/X4hbGJ-mkcI/AAAAAAAAMQs/I0m0VJmimJktTDPsYoR5MkFyMKu9Ew8zACLcBGAsYHQ/s1125/_7icOCOQLK4MPlP6as5Z9csluHaH9I9Bxbrj5YjvKs0%252CBwrWSnJMR8huLvYm53mDARlfA9dy5o0I9C9XGdY4auk.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="750" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-z59itR9x8tw/X4hbGJ-mkcI/AAAAAAAAMQs/I0m0VJmimJktTDPsYoR5MkFyMKu9Ew8zACLcBGAsYHQ/w266-h400/_7icOCOQLK4MPlP6as5Z9csluHaH9I9Bxbrj5YjvKs0%252CBwrWSnJMR8huLvYm53mDARlfA9dy5o0I9C9XGdY4auk.jpg" width="266" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p style="background-color: white; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: transparent; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Here is a little about Robyn:</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: transparent; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Robyn McClendon is a mixed media artist and a Gypsetter, “I love to travel as it provides me with an incredible amount of inspiration for my work!”. </span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="background-color: transparent; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></span></p><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">She specifically studied paper making, printmaking and bookbinding in the tradition of apprenticing, as these disciplines were dying art forms in the 80s and only being revived by artists. She subsequently taught in universities and museum systems as an adjunct professor, often times setting up the programs in the art departments of these schools nationally, as the discipline of "Book as Art" was becoming recognized as a significant art form. She also developed and taught in the Book Binding department at the Smithsonian Institution. She has exhibited widely nationally and internationally.</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">“I discovered the Gelli® plate 9 years ago, and found it to be the perfect studio tool to bring my passions together without the expensive set up of a traditional printmaking studio. Plus it travels easy! My goal was to develop high quality techniques to encourage it's use by artists of all disciplines”. </span></span></div><p style="background-color: white; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Here is the exciting thing about Robyn...she is about to reach 10K followers on YouTube! What an accomplishment and we are going to support her all the way!</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UoIHq2-NHFM/X3-oxJOQrhI/AAAAAAAAMQA/CNvpJzdbdU8yb6akDP5KQu20-Wb9wee6wCLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/Help%2BMe%2BReach%2B10k%2Bon%2BYouTube%2BGiveaway%2B1.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UoIHq2-NHFM/X3-oxJOQrhI/AAAAAAAAMQA/CNvpJzdbdU8yb6akDP5KQu20-Wb9wee6wCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Help%2BMe%2BReach%2B10k%2Bon%2BYouTube%2BGiveaway%2B1.png" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Check her out her blog post <a href="https://yourcreativitycoachbyrobynmcclendon.wordpress.com/2020/09/25/robyns-10k-giveaway-gelli-arts-arteza-more/">HERE</a> along with her awesome GIVEAWAY! Click Subscribe so you can be part of her 10k peeps and see her amazing talent!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/SEvTBQU2b08" width="560"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">We are so excited to have on our team!! More to come!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;">Website: </span><a href="http://robynmcclendon.com/" style="text-size-adjust: auto;">robynmcclendon.com</a><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;"></span><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;">Instagram: @rarebirds<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/rarebirds/">https://www.instagram.com/rarebirds/</a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;">Youtube: Robyn McClendon <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/RobynMcClendon">https://www.youtube.com/user/RobynMcClendon</a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="text-size-adjust: auto;">Facebook:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/robynmcclendon" style="text-size-adjust: auto;">https://www.facebook.com/robynmcclendon</a></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;"></span><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="text-size-adjust: auto;">Facebook Group: "Clarity Thru Color"<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/1817308201844186" style="text-size-adjust: auto;">https://www.facebook.com/groups/1817308201844186</a><span style="text-size-adjust: auto;"> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div></span></div>Joan Besshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07486562094048260767noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194551949195718458.post-4002145105205249752020-10-15T11:28:00.002-04:002020-10-15T20:53:45.146-04:00Alcohol Inks with Gelli Arts® by Birgit Koopsen<p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Hi there and welcome to the Gelli Arts® blog today!</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">I hope you are all safe and healthy!</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Today I have a fun video in which I am using alcohol inks.</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FD3igSjj0do/X4hleYwFq3I/AAAAAAAAMQ0/0OEifx8gtcYoCPyDATnRWxEDZlgbJaEggCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IG%2BOctober%2B2020%2BBirgit%2BKoopsen.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FD3igSjj0do/X4hleYwFq3I/AAAAAAAAMQ0/0OEifx8gtcYoCPyDATnRWxEDZlgbJaEggCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/IG%2BOctober%2B2020%2BBirgit%2BKoopsen.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I’m doing #inktober on IG this month. Check it out! </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I have decided to use some kind of ink on my Gelli Arts® gel printing plate each day this month.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">So far -- I've had the most fun with alcohol inks. I have used them before -- but now I am totally in love with them! </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">And you know what the best part is of using your gel plate with alcohol inks? You don’t need Yupo paper! Any paper will work. You can even print straight into your art journal if you want.</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">In this video, I’m showing you 4 ways of using alcohol inks on the gel plate. Have fun!</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5dS_1_DIjmk" width="560"></iframe></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Note: You’ll see me add the acrylic paint (used to pull the prints) straight to the plate. A dry brayer though, might roll off the alcohol ink so you need to be very careful. It’s actually easier if you roll out the paint next to the gel plate and add it to the plate once your brayer is covered with paint.</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Thank you so much for watching.</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Happy printing and stay safe!</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Birgit</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>Materials:</b></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Gelli Arts® gel printing plate 5”x7”</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Speedball - soft rubber brayer</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">White tags</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Tim Holtz/Ranger Ink -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Alcohol inks</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Tim Holtz/Ranger Ink -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Alcohol Lift-Ink</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">White acrylic paint</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Winsor & Newton Galeria – White acrylic paint</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">All stamps, stencils and art printing plates by Birgit Koopsen for Carabelle Studio</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; 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color: #333333;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/birgit_koopsen/" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Birgit's Instagram</span></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Birgits-Studio-Mixed-Media-Workshops-and-Product-Design-170483226327605/" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Birgit's Facebook</span></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><a href="http://www.instagram.com/gelliarts" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Gelli Arts® Instagram</span></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/gelliarts" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Gelli Arts® Facebook</span></a></div><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://lp.constantcontact.com/su/hHYWD71/signup" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Sign up to receive emails + special offers from Gelli Arts®</a> </span></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p>Joan Besshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07486562094048260767noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194551949195718458.post-12004675530374201092020-10-08T15:57:00.005-04:002020-10-08T15:58:00.356-04:00Leaf Printing Table Decor with Gelli Arts® by Alexa Doebler<p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Happy Fall Ya'll! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Alexa of Blue Woods Design here with a fun fall table decor project to bring your Gelli Arts </span><span class="s1" style="font-family: helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">®️</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> gel printing into some new spaces! Gel printing isn't just for art journals & card making...you just gotta get creative!</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Today I'll show you how I used my gel plates to create this:</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-z3Cp-MNSlQQ/X39tdyL0ixI/AAAAAAAAMPc/xnBjLBJS3Hkeith_LZKwpz7cKXDtVT0FwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/table1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-z3Cp-MNSlQQ/X39tdyL0ixI/AAAAAAAAMPc/xnBjLBJS3Hkeith_LZKwpz7cKXDtVT0FwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h300/table1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Watch the process here:</span></p><p class="p3" style="color: #1155cc; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span class="s2" style="color: black;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p3" style="color: #1155cc; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span class="s2" style="color: black;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DMaXcsIQeiY" width="560"></iframe></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BFFDBNYgq08/X39toSfJfiI/AAAAAAAAMPo/JZSCr0pDgqMQzCCCwChw9RfzAwkRc77zQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/table2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BFFDBNYgq08/X39toSfJfiI/AAAAAAAAMPo/JZSCr0pDgqMQzCCCwChw9RfzAwkRc77zQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h300/table2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ajCHaBUol3k/X39toZ2GCZI/AAAAAAAAMPk/kBOcVehutrwu4Jd6DfdvxVYTlXh6me9RgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/table3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ajCHaBUol3k/X39toZ2GCZI/AAAAAAAAMPk/kBOcVehutrwu4Jd6DfdvxVYTlXh6me9RgCLcBGAsYHQ/w300-h400/table3.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-v5OubeWV1ms/X39toBL9pNI/AAAAAAAAMPg/Da4mrUW6WY4Q2mOFssshJYKh6R5RkST8ACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/table4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-v5OubeWV1ms/X39toBL9pNI/AAAAAAAAMPg/Da4mrUW6WY4Q2mOFssshJYKh6R5RkST8ACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h300/table4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Materials:</b></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">-Gelli Arts<span class="s1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">®️</span> Printing Plate (sizes 5x7, 8x10, 4x4)</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">-brayer</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">-Liquitex Basics in Cadmium Yellow Deep Hue & Quinacridone Magenta</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">-DecoArt Premium in Paynes Grey</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">-postal paper roll</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">-paper placemats<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">-tape</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">-paint pen or marker<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">-leaves</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">-paper</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Hope you get some inspiration for utilizing your Gelli Arts® plate & leaves for creating some fun decor for the season!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><br /></span></span></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; text-align: justify;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; text-align: start;"><i><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">FIND US:</span></b></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; line-height: 1; text-align: start;"><span style="line-height: 1;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; 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font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/gelliarts/" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Gelli Arts® Instagram</a></span></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/GelliArts/" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Gelli Arts® Facebook</a></span></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><a href="https://lp.constantcontact.com/su/hHYWD71/signup" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Sign up to receive email updates + special offers from Gelli Arts®</a></span></span></span></div></div>Joan Besshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07486562094048260767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194551949195718458.post-23249089110418564662020-10-01T09:57:00.000-04:002020-10-01T09:57:36.427-04:00Monotyping With The Gelli Arts® Printing Plate by Marsha Valk<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-65qFapRrrjQ/X3XdKulDicI/AAAAAAAAMOQ/BnEGI9CZjmYK-9pA7hC3Hm2dcPDJftr5QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/01%2BMarshaValk_GA_Monotyping.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-65qFapRrrjQ/X3XdKulDicI/AAAAAAAAMOQ/BnEGI9CZjmYK-9pA7hC3Hm2dcPDJftr5QCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/01%2BMarshaValk_GA_Monotyping.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Hi there! It's Marsha here today!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The terms monotype and monoprint are often used interchangeably. However, there is a difference between the two.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4S8ASwkChrg/X3Xdv4dB8pI/AAAAAAAAMOY/IdDPuDuf6lgscRs_M7tBOE04MVzJhUkzQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/02%2BMarshaValk_GA_Monotyping.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4S8ASwkChrg/X3Xdv4dB8pI/AAAAAAAAMOY/IdDPuDuf6lgscRs_M7tBOE04MVzJhUkzQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h320/02%2BMarshaValk_GA_Monotyping.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">When it comes to gel printing, I always like to think of it like this: </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Monotypes are a type of monoprints made by painting or drawing directly onto the printing plate in an additive manner with for instance brushes or shapers. Or by inking the entire surface of the printing plate and then, using brushes or rags, removing paint to create a subtractive image. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">It's hard to repeat the same strokes or gestures, so each monotype is unique.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BBbxXcf4uNs/X3XeA3aKdzI/AAAAAAAAMOg/gT6jIIx_wJ045BiNTHsbvPjdZuS0PbdUQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/03%2BMarshaValk_GA_Monotyping.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BBbxXcf4uNs/X3XeA3aKdzI/AAAAAAAAMOg/gT6jIIx_wJ045BiNTHsbvPjdZuS0PbdUQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h320/03%2BMarshaValk_GA_Monotyping.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><p>Monoprinting, on the other hand, is the kind of printing that uses permanent features that you can repeat over and over again on additional prints. </p></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Think about it; if you use the same stencil, mask or stamp over and over again, you could print a whole series of similar-looking gel prints with slight variations. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-M6fpppH0HIY/X3XeK77Jp2I/AAAAAAAAMOo/AnaH-sIu7CExSxUv1FEMxh2ybQS_BmQKACLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/05%2BMarshaValk_GA_Monotyping.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-M6fpppH0HIY/X3XeK77Jp2I/AAAAAAAAMOo/AnaH-sIu7CExSxUv1FEMxh2ybQS_BmQKACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h320/05%2BMarshaValk_GA_Monotyping.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><p>Today I'm going to share how you can create painterly monotypes with the gel printing plate. </p></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">There's one caveat though. I am going to use a permanent feature: a reference image of a 16th-century painting, just to show you how easy and fun it can be to use one of your favourite images, drawings or photos as a guide.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KIQ4t6nnQaA" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Remember that whatever you paint on the gel printing plate will be printed in reverse, so make sure you paint the mirrored image onto your gel printing plate.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Slow-drying paint is key for creating painterly monotypes. I like using Golden OPEN Acrylics, however you can also use slow-drying printmaking inks or you can increase the open time of your regular paints by adding Golden Open Medium, Open Gel, or Glazing Medium to them.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-boSEQd034o0/X3XeWfAJv4I/AAAAAAAAMOw/R9fKNqwwyLAUUr4O9zgX8CLxKHYWnQCkgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/06%2BMarshaValk_GA_Monotyping.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-boSEQd034o0/X3XeWfAJv4I/AAAAAAAAMOw/R9fKNqwwyLAUUr4O9zgX8CLxKHYWnQCkgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h300/06%2BMarshaValk_GA_Monotyping.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><p>Make sure the paint on your print is completely dry before you start enhancing it with pencils or markers.</p></span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LxQ1Q_SPoh0/X3XenXTyc-I/AAAAAAAAMPA/hE3hCVqQEAs6YvTBCpgimBqjvC3jhIUrACLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/MarshaValk_GA_Monotyping.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LxQ1Q_SPoh0/X3XenXTyc-I/AAAAAAAAMPA/hE3hCVqQEAs6YvTBCpgimBqjvC3jhIUrACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h320/MarshaValk_GA_Monotyping.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p>Don't forget to share your gel printed monotypes with us on Instagram using #gelliarts and #gelliartsmade. We love to see your work!</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Have lots of fun Gelli Arts® gel printing!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Marsha. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5WELvltcJXQ/X3Xef6iEYyI/AAAAAAAAMO4/M8N2tVBQhdAgYionnbRTj8QBUhUOnmxrACLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/07%2BMarshaValk_GA_Monotyping.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="608" data-original-width="1080" height="225" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5WELvltcJXQ/X3Xef6iEYyI/AAAAAAAAMO4/M8N2tVBQhdAgYionnbRTj8QBUhUOnmxrACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h225/07%2BMarshaValk_GA_Monotyping.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><b style="font-family: helvetica;">Materials: </b></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">5" x 7" Gelli Arts® Printing Plate</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Other: </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Transparency</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Paintbrush</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Slow-drying acrylic paint (Golden OPEN Acrylics Carbon Black, Cobalt Blue, C.P. Cadmium Red Medium, Hansa Yellow Opaque, Titanium White)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Paper</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Pencil</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Black pen</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Coloured pencil</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Paint marker</span></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;"><p class="MsoNormal"><i><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></b></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">FIND US:</span></b></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1;"><span style="line-height: 1;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; line-height: 1;"><a href="https://www.michaels.com/" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Michael's Stores</a></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1;"><a href="https://www.dickblick.com/" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Blick Art Materials</span></a></p></div><p class="Standaard" style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; margin: 0in;"><span face="" style="font-family: helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;"></span></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><i>FOLLOW US:</i></b><br /><a href="http://www.instagram.com/marshavalk" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Marsha's Instagram</a><br /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/marshavalkpage/" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Marsha's Facebook</a><br /><a href="http://www.instagram.com/gelliarts" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Gelli Arts® Instagram</a><br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/gelliarts" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Gelli Arts® Facebook</a><br /><a href="https://lp.constantcontact.com/su/hHYWD71/signup" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Sign up to receive emails + special offers from Gelli Arts®</a></span></div>Joan Besshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07486562094048260767noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194551949195718458.post-56945095729011511112020-09-24T15:47:00.003-04:002020-09-24T15:47:59.709-04:00Gel Printed Bottle and Jar by Tania Ahmed<p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Hi Friends!</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Tania here to share a fun little project showing how I did some gel printing on recycled glass jars and bottles.</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O9yknFlrDKA/X2y-XmOthHI/AAAAAAAAMNY/8_if6UIO0hM4aMKE_U0wln1x5eLJMF5pwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20200921_223908.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O9yknFlrDKA/X2y-XmOthHI/AAAAAAAAMNY/8_if6UIO0hM4aMKE_U0wln1x5eLJMF5pwCLcBGAsYHQ/w300-h400/20200921_223908.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><p></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-t0PDfPUiOZE/X2y-CaQRwCI/AAAAAAAAMNQ/NxAoxUQtnLMjRvogHXM2iPecntlxMOQTgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20200921_223727.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-t0PDfPUiOZE/X2y-CaQRwCI/AAAAAAAAMNQ/NxAoxUQtnLMjRvogHXM2iPecntlxMOQTgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h225/20200921_223727.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><p></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><a href="https://youtu.be/11OnHJBoRtY"><span class="s2" style="color: #0b4cb4; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/11OnHJBoRtY" width="560"></iframe></span></a></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">To start off, I painted an old jar and bottle that I had been saving for craft projects. I used gesso, but I would suggest using a glass friendly primer paint instead as it would stick to the glass better.</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">After letting the paint dry, I began gel printing on to the bottle and jar using a variety of tools, stencils and found objects!</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">You can lift up the gel plate to press it into any nooks and crannies of the glass jar and bottle.</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-b9wsmayk0P4/X2z3wMocAmI/AAAAAAAAMN8/MNC4I8ccfDY3eobFKjeuUkW7hKI3nkqKwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20200921_223939.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-b9wsmayk0P4/X2z3wMocAmI/AAAAAAAAMN8/MNC4I8ccfDY3eobFKjeuUkW7hKI3nkqKwCLcBGAsYHQ/w300-h400/20200921_223939.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>I was lifting some of the excess paint off my brayer and gel plate on to my art journal, so I had some pages ready to work on when I feel like it.</span><p></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br />After I was done, I sealed the jar and bottle with gloss acrylic spray sealer suitable to use on glass.</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; 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color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">This one is all about wet products that you can use on the gel plate.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xqaNPO-incA/X2J7dtMlxII/AAAAAAAAMMY/yefahUlFMNgyvuon6f0Ev3oKjxnrdus3QCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/ACS_2589.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2043" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xqaNPO-incA/X2J7dtMlxII/AAAAAAAAMMY/yefahUlFMNgyvuon6f0Ev3oKjxnrdus3QCLcBGAsYHQ/w399-h400/ACS_2589.JPG" width="399" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qss6Ut12l6E/X2J7djPcr0I/AAAAAAAAMMc/cO_v-GuQlBohZGW6a72QpGCqI0erzINsgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/ACS_2590.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qss6Ut12l6E/X2J7djPcr0I/AAAAAAAAMMc/cO_v-GuQlBohZGW6a72QpGCqI0erzINsgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/ACS_2590.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p>With wet products I mean products that don’t dry on the gel plate. Most of the time they will be water-reactive but there are stamping inks that don’t dry on the plate (or it takes a very long time) yet, once they dried on the paper they are permanent.</span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Tc3Blg-EjRw/X2J7jv4qMWI/AAAAAAAAMMg/W23i0u89lJIeHKcTSSSIEBeUizBVrAPmwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/ACS_2591.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Tc3Blg-EjRw/X2J7jv4qMWI/AAAAAAAAMMg/W23i0u89lJIeHKcTSSSIEBeUizBVrAPmwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/ACS_2591.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9_mRObmSd8A/X2J7jkGejUI/AAAAAAAAMMk/M6FuzhRc8OwUpvx5X8nmpUBq_ox3dJnHwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/ACS_2592.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9_mRObmSd8A/X2J7jkGejUI/AAAAAAAAMMk/M6FuzhRc8OwUpvx5X8nmpUBq_ox3dJnHwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/ACS_2592.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><br /></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></p><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">The difference with dry products is that you don’t need a second layer to pull the print, </span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">the print will be pulled straight from the plate.<br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> <br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">In this episode I’m focusing on (water-reactive) stamping inks, watercolours and combinations </span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">of these two.</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">I’m using 200gr/90lbs copier paper for my prints but it will be fun to experiment with </span><span style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre;">different</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">t</span><span style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre;">ypes of paper. The wet products will soak in differently in other types of </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">paper </span><span style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre;">and give </span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre;">a different look.</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> <br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">This video is only covering a part of the wet products you can use. </span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Next month I will show more wet possibilities on the gel plate.</span></div><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; 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white-space: pre;">Check out the Gelli Arts® YouTube channel for more “Basics” videos.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Thank you for stopping by and happy printing!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Birgit</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; 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vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Products used in this video:</b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Gelli Arts® 3x5”Gelli® Printing Plate</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Brayer</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Stencils, stamp and art printing plate by Birgit Koopsen for Carabelle Studio</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Paper: 200gr/90lbs copier paper</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Stamping inks:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">- Ranger Distress Oxides</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">- Memento Luxe</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">- Spectrum Noir water-reactive dye</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Watercolours:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; 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text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Gelli Arts® Instagram</span></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/gelliarts" style="color: #7d181e; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Gelli Arts® Facebook</span></a></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><a href="https://lp.constantcontact.com/su/hHYWD71/signup" style="color: #7d181e; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Sign up to receive emails + special offers from Gelli Arts®</span></a> </span></p><p></p>Joan Besshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07486562094048260767noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194551949195718458.post-15878737694119768562020-09-10T12:49:00.001-04:002020-09-10T14:44:10.173-04:006 Cards in 30 Minutes with Gelli Arts® by Mansi Bhatia<p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Hi everyone!</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">It’s Mansi with another process video on how to use your Gelli Arts® plate to create some amazing cards. To be precise: 6 cards in under 30 minutes!</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-u1CY9Fc__44/X027QaDX68I/AAAAAAAAMG4/W7UZeCt_CcgDAr78bf84tEbgqB9BGbHMgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Photo%2B7.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-u1CY9Fc__44/X027QaDX68I/AAAAAAAAMG4/W7UZeCt_CcgDAr78bf84tEbgqB9BGbHMgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/Photo%2B7.png" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div>I used rainbow colors, a 5x7" gel plate, a stencil and pre-cut, pre-scored top-folding cardstock for this project. I’ll take you through the steps in the video but also scroll down to see still images of the cards and a recap of the technique I used.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></span><p></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XoBcaVzlTR0" width="560"></iframe><span> </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><i>Card 1</i></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gMEWVDZoIV8/X027gQcavhI/AAAAAAAAMHA/2aRkGHE1Mv8ToRdV2_nI0_eUq7FzfMrfQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Photo%2B1A.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gMEWVDZoIV8/X027gQcavhI/AAAAAAAAMHA/2aRkGHE1Mv8ToRdV2_nI0_eUq7FzfMrfQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/Photo%2B1A.png" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>Background created by using seven colors of distress inks. You can use any ink pads you have. I like that the distress ink<span> </span><span>pads also let me achieve a watercolor look, so I reached for those. For this simple yet very vibrant background, I dabbed the ink pads directly on the gel plate in rainbow order, placed my pre-cut, pre-scored top-folding A2 cardstock, massaged it gently and pulled a print.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><p></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ghPOpr87bgU/X028Z9lIukI/AAAAAAAAMHU/fM9m_BtVd2ohUQ4-HwgpQcZ696YBuCcDACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Photo%2B1B.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ghPOpr87bgU/X028Z9lIukI/AAAAAAAAMHU/fM9m_BtVd2ohUQ4-HwgpQcZ696YBuCcDACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/Photo%2B1B.png" width="400" /></span></a></div><p></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">All in all it took a minute to make this unique background print. Next, I took a flower stencil and placed it on top of this background. I used a sponge to dab on some ColorShift acrylic paint (the color changes from violet to blue), added outlines with Sakura glaze and glitter pens, and stuck a sentiment “Overthinking of You” on the top.</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><i>Card 2</i></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nAESRGstaCs/X02_SLZhEFI/AAAAAAAAMIs/WycZDJt1JAQtusEvIXYg5ZIT7Yp19KoNACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Photo%2B2A.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nAESRGstaCs/X02_SLZhEFI/AAAAAAAAMIs/WycZDJt1JAQtusEvIXYg5ZIT7Yp19KoNACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/Photo%2B2A.png" width="400" /></span></a></div><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">I used the same dabbing technique as for card 1, but after dabbing on the inks, I used my brayer to blend the colors. Don’t overdo it, though, else the whole print will be nothing but a dull shade of brown. Rolling the brayer over the colors mixes the inks together and gives a more muted print.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bP3PM6ian7U/X02_uq8h9sI/AAAAAAAAMI0/PXhulrrymTkFMJCmkaWz7OKFpNOPu5M2ACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Photo%2B2B.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bP3PM6ian7U/X02_uq8h9sI/AAAAAAAAMI0/PXhulrrymTkFMJCmkaWz7OKFpNOPu5M2ACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/Photo%2B2B.png" width="400" /></span></a></div><p></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I then used the same flower stencil and applied white gesso with a sponge in the openings. I then used my navy blue Derwent Inktense pencil to create a “shadow” near the flowers, added some gold to the centers and stamped a “Thinking of You” sentiment. I think this would make for a great sympathy card because of its muted tones.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><i>Card 3</i></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7r2pfbakZLo/X03AQAlc8II/AAAAAAAAMI8/p1NV5MX_0NoxcJ4nns4wz3s5L42ijSddwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Photo%2B3A.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7r2pfbakZLo/X03AQAlc8II/AAAAAAAAMI8/p1NV5MX_0NoxcJ4nns4wz3s5L42ijSddwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/Photo%2B3A.png" width="400" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">I used the same dabbing technique, using the same seven colors and in the same rainbow order. This time I placed the flower stencil the gel plate and then placed the cardstock on top to pull a print. I left the stencil on the plate. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Yhw4Xvv3jyQ/X03ARqrKAdI/AAAAAAAAMJA/kRpGyeD0h8QMcUoRV_R-6LiUDvPvK5ZswCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Photo%2B3B.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Yhw4Xvv3jyQ/X03ARqrKAdI/AAAAAAAAMJA/kRpGyeD0h8QMcUoRV_R-6LiUDvPvK5ZswCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/Photo%2B3B.png" width="400" /></span></a></div><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">I then just added two sentiments and some sparkle embellishments to finish off this card.</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><i>Card 4</i></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x-VI3XTNObk/X03A_yAQpRI/AAAAAAAAMJI/TvxHpsMCXd4GYcUdo3IQQ1ivboS9-111ACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Photo%2B4A.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x-VI3XTNObk/X03A_yAQpRI/AAAAAAAAMJI/TvxHpsMCXd4GYcUdo3IQQ1ivboS9-111ACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/Photo%2B4A.png" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">All I did to create this card was lift the stencil off from the plate (remember the one we left on the gel plate when we made card 3?), place the cardstock on and pull a print.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m7Q2W8Hyse0/X03BB9wVO5I/AAAAAAAAMJM/RA2k2Gy7sTEll-_bsWaipOqtBr5R_jH4ACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Photo%2B4B.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m7Q2W8Hyse0/X03BB9wVO5I/AAAAAAAAMJM/RA2k2Gy7sTEll-_bsWaipOqtBr5R_jH4ACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/Photo%2B4B.png" width="400" /></span></a></div><p></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">It resulted in a beautiful soft print and all I had to do was put a sentiment strip, some glitter Nuvo drops and this card was done.</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><i>Card 5</i></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-o3iKq6npsC8/X03BxhrEWtI/AAAAAAAAMJY/yealnjaWUjUm1HSIGBfUDmR9UgnG4-lNwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Photo%2B5A.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-o3iKq6npsC8/X03BxhrEWtI/AAAAAAAAMJY/yealnjaWUjUm1HSIGBfUDmR9UgnG4-lNwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/Photo%2B5A.png" width="400" /></span></a></div><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I dabbed the ink on just like for the other four cards and used the same technique for placing the stencil on the gel plate BUT before I put the stencil on, I sprayed the inks with water. I wanted a smudgy watercolor look for these two cards and I succeeded with this card, I think.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3i9_f8NOhMI/X03B0k4pjtI/AAAAAAAAMJc/DIBKsnlRkIgY3nETH2loxEknL3aJT0McQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Photo%2B5B.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3i9_f8NOhMI/X03B0k4pjtI/AAAAAAAAMJc/DIBKsnlRkIgY3nETH2loxEknL3aJT0McQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/Photo%2B5B.png" width="400" /></span></a></div><p></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">So, to recap, dab the inks, spray some water, place the stencil, put the cardstock on top and pull a print. I then sketched the outlines of the stencil with a black pen, stamped a “Happy Birthday” sentiment, added a sentiment strip and stuck some sparkle embellishments.</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><i>Card 6</i></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OLsz85xCAG4/X03CgCosiAI/AAAAAAAAMJs/jJQQIiFKeZoCvQgYO5uBHxz6DjxLGYYawCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Photo%2B6A.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OLsz85xCAG4/X03CgCosiAI/AAAAAAAAMJs/jJQQIiFKeZoCvQgYO5uBHxz6DjxLGYYawCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/Photo%2B6A.png" width="400" /></span></a></div><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">For this card, I used the same technique as in Card 4 by lifting the stencil up and then taking a print. Because of the water the stencil print was extremely smudgy so I had to use white gesso like I did in Card 2…but that made the card look really dull. So, as a last ditch effort, I used a red glaze pen to outline the flower petals freehand and a black glaze pen for the stems.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8tmeWXiIl58/X03CfCFU4PI/AAAAAAAAMJo/kxFQmKR3BfYB3vxl-59KwUYJoD8E6YqzQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Photo%2B6B.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8tmeWXiIl58/X03CfCFU4PI/AAAAAAAAMJo/kxFQmKR3BfYB3vxl-59KwUYJoD8E6YqzQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/Photo%2B6B.png" width="400" /></span></a></div><p></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">I then added a bold sentiment and some big pearls for the flower centers. I had thought this card would be a disaster but between this and Card 2, I don’t know which one is my favorite.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">So that’s it. These cards came together ever so quickly and easily. And I absolutely love that each one is completely different from the others. Do you have a favorite card?</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5LhtuVwyw60/X03C-fT4E7I/AAAAAAAAMJ4/wB_BKYq5q-kfC_E1MO1NDprKSXZbZcuKwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Photo%2B7.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5LhtuVwyw60/X03C-fT4E7I/AAAAAAAAMJ4/wB_BKYq5q-kfC_E1MO1NDprKSXZbZcuKwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/Photo%2B7.png" width="400" /></span></a></div><p></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">I’d love for you to try this technique with your favorite stamp pads and stencils on whichever size gel plate you choose. I just find the 5x7" gel plate to be the perfect size for A2 cards (4.25x5.5).</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">List of specific supplies used and where to buy: <a href="https://ldli.co/e/exzz4l">https://ldli.co/e/exzz4l</a></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; 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margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face="" style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;">Hi there! It's Marsha here today!</span><span face="" lang="NL" style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="Standaard" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span face="" lang="NL" style="font-family: helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;"> </span></p><p class="Standaard" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face="" style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;">Faux Leather (also known as Leather Paper or Kraft-Tex) is a kraft paper that looks and feels like leather and is washable like fabric.</span><span face="" lang="NL" style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="Standaard" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span face="" lang="NL" style="font-family: helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;"> </span></p><p class="Standaard" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face="" style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;">You can handle it just like fabric or paper, and you can use it for sewing projects, paper projects and all kinds of mixed media ideas.</span><span face="" lang="NL" style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="Standaard" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span face="" lang="NL" style="font-family: helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;"> </span></p><p class="Standaard" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face="" style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;">It also means that you can Gelli Arts</span><span face="" lang="NL" style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;">® </span><span face="" style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;">gel print on it!</span><span face="" lang="NL" style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="Standaard" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span face="" lang="NL" style="font-family: helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;"> </span></p><p class="Standaard" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><span face="" lang="NL" style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;"><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZUC_KEvIwwg" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe></span></b><b><span face="" lang="NL" style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="Standaard" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span face="" lang="NL" style="font-family: helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;"> </span></p><p class="Standaard" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face="" style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;">I bought one roll of unbranded kraft coloured washable paper at a local scrapbook store. The store called it 'Faux Leather' and it did not come with any further instructions.</span><span face="" lang="NL" style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="Standaard" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span face="" lang="NL" style="font-family: helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;"> </span></p><p class="Standaard" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4epOgsvJYIQ/X1DzvqneAoI/AAAAAAAAMKI/JenqZbaykJwi_Qa6Q4hoRCprMvNKPWuFgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/02%2BGA_Faux_Leather.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4epOgsvJYIQ/X1DzvqneAoI/AAAAAAAAMKI/JenqZbaykJwi_Qa6Q4hoRCprMvNKPWuFgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h320/02%2BGA_Faux_Leather.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></b></div><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><p class="Standaard" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;"><br /></span></p>An internet search told me that you could use it unwashed. However, as it can shrink a little, it's probably best to machine-wash it before you use it for sewing projects. Washing it will also make the material softer. And, as I planned to sew it, I decided to machine-wash my Faux Leather before proceeding.</span></span><p></p><p class="Standaard" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span face="" lang="NL" style="font-family: helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;"> </span></p><p class="Standaard" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face="" style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;">The machine-washing caused the paper to crease and buckle a bit, but it wasn't as bad as I expected, and I do not think it had a considerable effect on my prints.</span><span face="" lang="NL" style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="Standaard" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span face="" lang="NL" style="font-family: helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;"> </span></p><p class="Standaard" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2gtz-pOYiSQ/X1Dz8R3I6UI/AAAAAAAAMKQ/t9pTsHpJ78wyJpel1uK1V31LDEPxDJOhQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/03%2BGA_Faux_Leather.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2gtz-pOYiSQ/X1Dz8R3I6UI/AAAAAAAAMKQ/t9pTsHpJ78wyJpel1uK1V31LDEPxDJOhQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h320/03%2BGA_Faux_Leather.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></b></div><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><p class="Standaard" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;"><br /></span></p>As the paint absorbs into the Faux Leather, it creates a matte looking finish. The kraft colour of the substrate also dulls down the vibrancy of the paint colours. Which I feel adds to the leather look; however, white Faux Leather may give much brighter results.</span></span><p></p><p class="Standaard" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span face="" lang="NL" style="font-family: helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;"> </span></p><p class="Standaard" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JQfdM6P03u0/X1D1uEvOgOI/AAAAAAAAMKw/IZLU143k6ss1Cuu2cRMppieXdoS3ZFk-gCLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/GA_Faux_Leather-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JQfdM6P03u0/X1D1uEvOgOI/AAAAAAAAMKw/IZLU143k6ss1Cuu2cRMppieXdoS3ZFk-gCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h320/GA_Faux_Leather-1.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-N4VTB-UpGY4/X1D1uN3Vx3I/AAAAAAAAMK0/6rfbZuxvZ20cwiyjwHrLhB9n3jOf_k4aACLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/GA_Faux_Leather-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-N4VTB-UpGY4/X1D1uN3Vx3I/AAAAAAAAMK0/6rfbZuxvZ20cwiyjwHrLhB9n3jOf_k4aACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h320/GA_Faux_Leather-2.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span face="" lang="NL" style="font-family: helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="Standaard" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><b><span face="" lang="DE" style="font-family: helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="Standaard" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gVHnJFW77E0/X1D0Cx5d_qI/AAAAAAAAMKU/XTPEwMXFxhwIMasoaf42NKJwc-SjLmw1ACLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/04%2BGA_Faux_Leather.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gVHnJFW77E0/X1D0Cx5d_qI/AAAAAAAAMKU/XTPEwMXFxhwIMasoaf42NKJwc-SjLmw1ACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h320/04%2BGA_Faux_Leather.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></b></div><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><p class="Standaard" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;"><br /></span></p>Sewing Faux Leather is much like sewing leather, paper or vinyl. It's less pliable than fabric, and you need to use clips instead of pins because every single poked hole will stay visible forever.</span></span><p></p><p class="Standaard" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span face="" lang="NL" style="font-family: helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;">Because of its stiffness, a Faux Leather sewing project is also harder to turn right side out. In my case, it wasn't bad. However, I've read that lightly spraying it with water can make turning easier.</span></p><p class="Standaard" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span face="" lang="NL" style="font-family: helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;"> </span></p><p class="Standaard" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face="" style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;">Turning my pouches did cause the Faux Leather to crease more.</span><span face="" lang="NL" style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="Standaard" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span face="" lang="NL" style="font-family: helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;"> </span></p><p class="Standaard" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KdGr_vSWfBg/X1D0J6oMraI/AAAAAAAAMKY/-JI_uZ8StgMwbgYqGRhW-c3NctrtQ2cRACLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/05%2BGA_Faux_Leather.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KdGr_vSWfBg/X1D0J6oMraI/AAAAAAAAMKY/-JI_uZ8StgMwbgYqGRhW-c3NctrtQ2cRACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h320/05%2BGA_Faux_Leather.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ow00ct1IkU4/X1D19DRZhPI/AAAAAAAAMK8/h7JbhrR5JJkUIG9Z5ohmymuPu5eGQXI-gCLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/GA_Faux_Leather-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ow00ct1IkU4/X1D19DRZhPI/AAAAAAAAMK8/h7JbhrR5JJkUIG9Z5ohmymuPu5eGQXI-gCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h300/GA_Faux_Leather-3.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Pb44fdufTVs/X1D19D-QvCI/AAAAAAAAMLA/sbe--OXo45YgReHDj_feEmTw1NUm-9yvwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/GA_Faux_Leather-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Pb44fdufTVs/X1D19D-QvCI/AAAAAAAAMLA/sbe--OXo45YgReHDj_feEmTw1NUm-9yvwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h320/GA_Faux_Leather-4.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TgPnC1kxcHs/X1D1839A1iI/AAAAAAAAMK4/L37zBgjRAy0M72r12NjQxB3WgKYZIzNgwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1079/GA_Faux_Leather-7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="771" data-original-width="1079" height="286" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TgPnC1kxcHs/X1D1839A1iI/AAAAAAAAMK4/L37zBgjRAy0M72r12NjQxB3WgKYZIzNgwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h286/GA_Faux_Leather-7.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span face="" style="font-family: helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.1pt; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face="" style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt; text-align: left;">All in all, I think washable paper is a fun material to Gelli Arts</span><span face="" lang="NL" style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt; text-align: left;">® </span><span face="" style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt; text-align: left;">gel print on. It could be the answer for all those gel printing ideas that seem impossible because paper or fabric just isn't durable or sturdy enough.</span></span></div><p></p><p class="Standaard" style="border: none; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span face="" lang="NL" style="font-family: helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;"> </span></p><p class="Standaard" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face="" style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;">Don't forget to share your gel prints with us on Instagram using #gelliarts and #gelliartsmade. We love to see your work!</span><span face="" lang="NL" style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="Standaard" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span face="" lang="NL" style="font-family: helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;"> </span></p><p class="Standaard" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face="" style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;">Have lots of fun Gelli Arts</span><span face="" lang="NL" style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;">® </span><span face="" style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;">gel printing on washable paper!</span><span face="" lang="NL" style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="Standaard" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face="" lang="NL" style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;"> </span><span face="" lang="NL" style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="Standaard" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face="" lang="NL" style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;">Marsha. </span><span face="" lang="NL" style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="Standaard" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span face="" lang="NL" style="font-family: helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;"> </span></p><p class="Standaard" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lALesuE18dw/X1D0POTBOJI/AAAAAAAAMKg/U4fRwYgVbOsRoW0bbNmVyTgBixnL_DWogCLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/06%2BGA_Faux_Leather_Materials.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="608" data-original-width="1080" height="225" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lALesuE18dw/X1D0POTBOJI/AAAAAAAAMKg/U4fRwYgVbOsRoW0bbNmVyTgBixnL_DWogCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h225/06%2BGA_Faux_Leather_Materials.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></b></div><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /><span face="" style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;"><br /></span></span></b><p></p><p class="Standaard" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span face="" lang="NL" style="font-family: helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;"> </span></p><p class="Standaard" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><span face="" style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;">Materials:</span></b><b><span face="" lang="NL" style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;"> </span></b><b><span face="" lang="NL" style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="Standaard" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face="" lang="IT">5" x 5" Gelli Arts</span><span face="" lang="NL">® Kit</span><span face="" lang="NL"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="Standaard" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face="">Mini Plate Back To School Kit</span><span face="" lang="NL"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="Standaard" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span face="" lang="NL" style="font-family: helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;"> </span></p><p class="Standaard" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face="" style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;">Other:</span><span face="" lang="NL" style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;"> </span><span face="" lang="NL" style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="Standaard" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face="" style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;">Washable paper (Faux Leather, Kraft-Tex, Leather Paper)</span><span face="" lang="NL" style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="Standaard" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face="" style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;">Acrylic paint</span><span face="" lang="NL" style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="Standaard" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face="" style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;">Found objects (honeycomb cardboard, egg carton, vegetable net, blister strip)</span><span face="" lang="NL" style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="Standaard" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face="" style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;">Paint marker</span><span face="" lang="NL" style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="Standaard" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face="" style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;">Zipper</span><span face="" lang="NL" style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="Standaard" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face="" style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;">Sewing equipment</span><span face="" lang="NL" style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="Standaard" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face="" style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;">Scissors</span><span lang="NL"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="Standaard" style="border: none; margin: 0in;"><span face="" style="font-family: helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;"><br /></span></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><p class="MsoNormal"><i><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">FIND US:</span></b></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1;"><span style="line-height: 1;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; 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