Life Lessons

 Hello and Welcome

I'm grateful to have a long weekend with time to play.

I have been taking a Gel Plate Printing class from Vicki Boutin. 

Although I have used the Gel Plate for many years now, it's good to refresh my memory and better yet, learn some new tricks and ideas for using it.  It's been a great class so far, 8 lessons in all and great time spent with her wonderful community.  

BTW, all her lessons are recorded so you can sign up for the classes at anytime.  She is doing them live on Monday and Thursday nights for a few more weeks.

No, I am not affiliated with saying this...just thought you may want to try them out.

This was one of the prints I did last week when we were experimenting with our Gel Plate, water and a stencil.  I love this fun stencil called Round Fragments from A Colorful Life Designs.

So here's what I did to create my card.

• I cut a white piece of cardstock to use as my front panel.  I got out my Gel Plate and brayer and some Basics Acrylic paint.  
• I squeezed a small amount of paint onto the plate, then brayered it all over, covering the whole surface of the plate.
• Next, to add some texture and interest, I added some water to help break up the paint.  It gives such a fun and interesting texture to the background.
• I placed the Round Fragments stencil over the plate and pressed it down carefully, trying not to get my finger marks onto the plate.  (At this point, I rubbed a piece of cardstock over the plate to lift off the paint....this is not the print I used for this card but will be kept for future use.) 
• I removed the stencil, then rubbed a piece of cardstock over the plate to create this pattern.

These are just some of the positive and negative prints I pulled in the class.

You can see the one I'm using in the top left hand corner.

• Next, I got out some scraps of white cardstock to cut the sentiment from Frantic Stampers.  I cut it out 3 times and glued them together.  The sentiment really looked flat against the stenciled print, so I decided to jazz it up a bit.  
• TIP: <<< I covered another scrap piece of white cardstock with some clear packing tape.  I die cut the sentiment again from that.....it gave a nice shine and added stability to the die cut sentiment.  I glued that onto the stack of 3 I had done before >>>
• I glued the stenciled panel onto another piece of white cardstock, then pop it up onto a heavy white card base with some foam tape.
• I glued the sentiment and the hearts over the painted panel.

Here is the stencil I used for my card:

Round Fragments

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Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Challenge Up Your Life- CIRCLES

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- none

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.)

Accessories and Tools- Geli Arts Plate; Speedball brayer; Basics Acrylic Paint; stencil- ACLD;

die- Frantic Stampers; clear packing tape; Spellbinder Platinum die cutting machine

Patchwork Quilt

 

Hello and Welcome.

I picked up a few new stamps and a die a couple weeks ago and wanted to have a chance to use them so this is the card I came up with.

I hope you can see the embedded sentiment....it looks so amazing IRL...pretty simple to do too.

So here's what I did to create my card.

• I began by looking through my stash of inked papers.  I try to soak up leftover inks when I'm finished working on a background as not to waste any.  This one had soaked up lots of blue Distress Oxide inks.  I'm guessing but I think the colours were Peacock Feathers, Faded Jeans and some Blueprint Sketch.  
• I placed the inked piece into my Misti and stamped this new to me stamp called Grungetangled (fun name isn't it!) with some Faded Jeans Archival ink.  It really made for a fun look.
• I die-cut the sentiment Live, Love, Laugh from the panel and set aside being sure to keep all the piece together. 
• I die-cut the sentiment 4 more times then glued them all together.
• I glued the stamped panel onto a piece of white cardstock, then fitted the die-cut back into place and glued in all the little extra pieces that made up the pattern.
• I added some matching blue gems for interest, then glued it onto a heavy white card base.

Thanks so very much for all your kind comments and for coming by and taking a look.

Hope you have a great week.

Supplies

Stamp- Grungetangled (Sentimentally Yours) 

Inks- Archival, Distress Oxides

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- Live, Love, Laugh die (Frantic Stamper); Cuttlebug; blue gems;

Misti (My Sweet Petunia)

Be Joyful

Welcome and Happy Friday.

I've been playing with some new stamps and this is what I came up with.

A simple, CAS card using Distress Oxide inks and a fun sentiment.

I began by inking up a piece of acetate and pressing it onto my white cardstock, keeping it in one corner of my card sort of creating a rainbow effect.

  When that was dry, I stamped the alphabet over the inked area to add interest.

Next, I placed the piece inside my Misti, stamped the sentiment and clear heat embossed it to help make it pop.  

Lastly, I stamped this wonderful 'Laugh' stamp from Impression Obsession by my friend Dina Kowal. Love the joyful feeling it portrays.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Have a great wknd.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Little Red Wagon- BACK TO BASICS

Craft Stamper Magazine- ANYTHING STAMPED GOES

Use Your Stuff- SCHOOL IS IN

Simon Says Wed.- STAMP ON IT

Supplies

Stamps- Laugh (IO)= You Make Me Smile (Daisy Bucket- out of business)= 

Alphabet (Kaisercraft)

Inks- Tuxedo Black Memento= Distress Oxides- Peacock Feathers, Candied Apple, Salty Ocean,

Fossilized Amber, Spiced Marmalade

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia)= clear eb powder= heat tool= acetate sheet