I pulled out a book for my kids that we got a long time ago but hadn’t looked at much. The books is The Usborne Book of Famous Artists. I thought we could read about an artist then do some … Continue reading →
I like to experiment with my creativity tools to find new ways of using what I already have. Sometimes it leads to a mess, and sometimes it leads to a new discovery. I wanted to make a gelli print with … Continue reading →
Week 39’s challenge in the Documented Life Project was to:”Add splatters and drips.” Jan: For my drips and splatters I decided to do a fall watercolor. The tree trunks were created by dropping brown paint at the edge of the … Continue reading →
Have you tried gelli plate printing yet? If not, you are missing out on hours of creative fun. Several weeks passed since I played with my homemade gelli plate and I got inspired. I picked several different types of leaves … Continue reading →
A few posts ago, I shared about some stitched designs on card stock that I painted with gelatos for a Documented Life Project challenge. Here is one of the designs.I later needed to make a card and decided to coat the … Continue reading →
Yesterday was Father’s Day. So while Pa was away at work, the girls made a gift for their dad with their kids. The six grandkids gave them a hand (pun intended) with this piece of art for their Pa. Whenever … Continue reading →
The Documented Life Project challenge for Week 21 was: “Add embroidery or embroidery floss to your page – no floss? use thread.” This challenge reminded me of the last Great Big Stitched Postcard Swap I did using embroidery floss on my … Continue reading →
I knew the first day I tried gelli printing that I was hooked. In that first day of experimenting I cut out paper circles to use for a stencil mask. It worked great but I wanted to figure out something … Continue reading →
I mentioned in {Part 1} about not rolling the paint too thick on your gelli plate but I did not show you why. Today you will see. I put some large blobs of purple and green paint onto the gelli … Continue reading →
Have you made a gelli plate yet? I am hoping by the time I finish showing some of what I made the first day I tried gelli printing, you will want to do it too. In case you missed it, … Continue reading →