Creative Time

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I've had some extra time.  Time I usually am working, time to try things that I usually don't have time for.

 So to get my creative juices flowing, I got out my Gelli Plates and have been playing with it using different mediums.  It has been so fun and I feel a bit addicted to be honest.

So here's I created my card.

I began by using my Speedball brayer to roll some acrylic paint onto my Gelli Plate.  When I was happy with the coverage, I laid on the Round Fragment stencil from A Colorful Life Designs to lift some of the colour.  I let that dry, then brayered over the top with some white.  When I pulled the print, this is what I got.  

* I am still somewhat new to using the plate, but I found my best prints were thinner layers of paint applications.  It is really a fine line when applying the paint and different paints react and lift better then others.*

When it was nice and dry, I placed the panel into my Misti and stamped the thistles and leaves along one side and then the sentiment to the right.  I splattered with some black acrylic paint to add some interest to the area where I stamped the flowers.

I simply mounted the piece onto some heavy white cardstock.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Here is the stencil I used for the bkg.

Round Fragment Discount Code

Adding my card to these challenges:

Little Red Wagon- MIX EM UP

Simon Says Wed.- MOOD BOARD

Allsorts- SOMETHING OLD (my brayer), SOMETHING NEW (Basics paint), SOMETHING BORROWED (Gelli Plate technique), SOMETHING BLUE (my card)

A Vintage Journey- GELLI TIME

Supplies

Stamps- Nature Flowers (Art Journey); Silhouette 4 (IO); Creative Chaos (Visible Image)

Inks- Versafine Clair; Basics Acrylic Paint

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- Speedball Brayer; stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); 

Misti (My Sweet Petunia); paintbrush; Gelli Plate