I’ve been playing with my Gelli Plate, a bunch of Stencil Girl stencils and some Dylusions paint to make painted paper. I like the Dylusions paint for gelli printing – it gives good coverage and doesn’t dry too quickly, even in the hot weather. Oddly enough, it dries fast in my art jounal. These painted papers have at least 2 layers, some have 4 layers, of paint. The prints will be cut up for card making or kept for in my art journal, collage projects, etc.
This afternoon I tried out a technique I’d seen on the Gelli Arts youtube channel. It didn’t go quite go as planned; the weather was too hot and I didn’t have Golden Open (slow drying) paints – but the idea is good and one I’ll come back to. As I worked I cleaned my brush off on a spare piece of cardstock.
The prints weren’t good enough to use on their own, but cut up with a stitched-edge die (thanks for the loan Denise) they made great general use greeting cards. Scanning them made me realise how dirty the scanner glass is, but you get the idea…
Acrylic paint, paper heart, Gelli print scraps, Stencil Girl stencils, calligraphy pen, fine black pen.
Gelli print dictionary page, gelli print sheet music, stencils, acrylic paint, calligraphy pen.
The writing says “love remains” which is my answer to Tony’s health problems – whatever happens, love remains.
Paper scraps, old book page, Gelli printed tissue paper, Golden high flow acrylic, Stencil Girl stencil by Carolyn Dube, acrylic paint, red calligraphy pen, fine black pen.
Cath Sheard Art 