Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Birds and Birdcages

Hi, Anneke here with another guest designer post.
 I was totally surprised when I discovered a gel printing plate in the package Kim sent me. Such a plate was on my wish list, lucky me :) 
So last week I started monoprinting for the first time. So much fun to do! In no time I had a bunch of backgrounds ready. Such a great technique and super easy to do! 
I used the 6x6" plate, it's available in the eP shop.
There is a step by step video tutorial over there as well.

Today I show you the cards I made with the prints.

Used a masking technique for the birds.
Bird Stamp: Donna Downey by Prima

 'Mini Circle Grid' & 'Mini Art Is'

Here I put some circles in the paint before printing.

Stamped the birds on the back of a gelli print and cut them out.

Here I used the same masking technique as for the first card.

For the following cards I used the Claudine Hellmuth Studio Stencil 

Made 'happy birthday' with a label maker. Used a transparent strip.
The tiny birds were made with the 'Resting Birds' die by Memory Box.

Printing layer over layer adds interest to the backgrounds

For this background I put a stamp in the paint before printing.
'Starburst Lace' by Hero Arts

Here I did some stamping on a gelli print. The stamp at the bottom is from the 'bordering on the edge' set by Dylusions
'Happy' is a Darkroom Door Stamp out of the 'Whimsical Words' set.

Hope you enjoyed it. 
See you next week for my final post!

7 comments:

  1. Wow, Anneke! These are amazing! So much crafty goodness!! Glad you're enjoying the Gelli Plate...they are so much fun!

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  2. Gelli plate printing!! I LOVE IT!!
    Great cards Anneke

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  3. Wow Anneke..how great your backgrounds are...beautiful cards!
    Hugs
    Tracy
    Xxx

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  4. An absolute feast for these tired old eyes! Gorgeous work.

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  5. Fabulous work Anneke. Those geli plates are such good fun x

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  6. Fantastic results with the gelli plate Anneke!! Love them all!!

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  7. These are great. Every single one. You're making mr really want to get a gelli plate!

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