Thank You cards with Gelli Plate and Art Anthology

Hi everyone, Steph Ackerman here with my final post as the guest designed for eP for this month.  Big thanks to Kim and Bonnie for inviting me to participate. 

Today I've got some cards to share.

Have you played with the Gelli Plate yet?  Well, if you haven't, you should. It is so much fun.  I love mix'd media and I know so many people are using the Gelli Plate for mix'd media projects such as canvas and journals, but how about we switch it up a bit and create some mix'd media cards?  Oh so much fun!!!!

I began by placing Art Anthology paints on the Gelli Plate.  I used  Kenyon Copper Sorbet, for the first print, then placed The Crafter's Workshop Gathered Flowers stencil in the paint and placed a sheet of white paper on top.  For the second generation print, I added the Mini Chicken Wire Reverse Stencil.  This is the result.  It may not look like much, but read on.....

 

 
 

 

I cut the print to fit a 5" x 6 1/2" card, then wanted to add some other color.   I realigned the stencil back over the print.  I then inked it with VersaMark watermark ink then moved the stencil to get that missing spot on the left side. 

 

Then I poured Ranger Seafoam White Embossing Powder on top and heat set.  I wasn't sure what the outcome would be, but hey, that's what creating with mix'd media is all about, isn't it? 

 

 



I stamped the sentiment in VersaMark ink and embossed it with Seafoam Embossing Powder.  I also inked and embossed the edges for a little more dramatic effect before matting with black cardstock.  And the final card looks amazing!

 

 

 

 

Since I was having so much fun, I created another Gelli print using Kenyon Copper Sorbet with Velvet Aloha, and Honolulu Blue Sorbet.  I again placed the Garden Flowers stencil on the painted Gelli Plate and placed white cardstock on top.

After removing the white cardstock, I found the result wasn't very pretty at this stage.

 

But tear it up, mat it with some cardstock and a wonderful couple of cards are created.

 

 

Use the Scor-Pal to create the scored lines above and below the Gelli printed paper.

Stamp the sentiment in VersaMark and emboss with Seafoam White Embossing Powder.

Don't they look amazing!  Why not pull out your Gelli Plate and get creating today!

Thanks for stopping by. 

Please visit my blog for more inspiration.

Steph

 

'Life is a Circus'.........Well Some of the Time !

Hi everybody ! Toni here with a with a fun project for anyone that enjoys stamping, colouring and stencilling! I've had great time playing with the new Stampers Anonymous, 'Big Top' stamps I received from Kim. So far I've made a birthday card for my son and this little fold out booklet. Initially, I wasn't sure about the stamps as they are quite a departure from what I usually like but I can tell you I absolutely love them ! the images are so playful and cute. I started  by die cutting four arches in manila card and four in Kraft card. I stenciled  red stripes onto each of the manila arches using a home made stencil and Fired Brick Distress Ink. 

I blended some Gathered Twigs Distress Ink onto the edges and Antique Linen over the surface. I then did a bit of 'spritz and flick' and dried the arches with a heat gun. I stamped out the four circus images onto manila card with black Archival Ink and heat embossed them with clear embossing powder. I then coloured them with Pro Markers. I also stamped the elephant in red Archival Ink and cut out his 'blanket' and headdress and adhered these to the elephant I had coloured in.

I then set to with a pair of sharp, fine blade scissors and cut out each of the circus acts. I added dimensional pads to the backs of each shape. This part was quite fiddlesome but worth it. I then adhered each shape to an arch. To enable the circus scene to stand up, I lined up the Kraft card arches and adhered two lengths of ribbon across the width, leaving a slight gap between each one. I then adhered the two sets of arches together.

Here's the finished result. I added some little flock covered beads for the juggler, as well as a stamped 'admit one' ticket.

I also used a fine black pen to create some faux stitching around each panel.

I really enjoyed working on this project and I shall be getting these stamps out again as I have another birthday card to make. I can see they are going to get plenty of use ! x
If you fancy having a go at a project like this, you can pick up many of the supplies I've used from Kim's lovely eclectic Paperie shop. There is even a gorgeous Stripes Stencil by Wendy Vecchi, so you can put that craft knife away! Just click on the thumbnails below and you'll be transported right  to the eclectic Paperie shop.

Tim Holtz (Stampers Anonymous) - Big Top Stamp set	Archival Ink - Jet Black Ink Pad	Ranger Heat It Craft Tool	Ranger - Mini Ink Blending Tool	Wendy Vecchi - Studio 490 - Yikes . . . Stripes Stencil
Distress Ink Pad - Fired Brick	Distress Ink Pad - Antique Linen	Distress Ink Pad - Gathered Twigs	Tim Holtz Alterations - Arch Frame

Birthday Triptych with Stencils and Paints and so much more!

Hi Everyone!  It's Sue L. here today to show you a Birthday Triptych I made with three plain chipboard coasters:

This is the inside with all three coasters open.

This is the triptych all folded up and how I will put it in the envelope.

Left side closed - I made the leaves match the inside third coaster.

Left side open, right side closed - again I made the flower match.

Then I started adding Tim Holtz Remnant Rubs Life Quotes 

I LOVE the music notes - wish, wish make a wish

I used more remnant rubs on the front cover - hello friend, enjoy today, best day ever, and her birthdate.  You can also see the TCW Mini Specimen stencil with Wendy Vecchi's Studio 490 metallic gold embossing paste - LOVE! and the TCW Chevron Tile Stencil I applied WV Studio 490 white embossing paste through and painted with Silks Acryllic Glaze Sky Blue.  I wanted it to look like book binding.  I made holes and tied it all together with seam binding that matched the inside art.

As much as I hated to because I hate my handwriting, I signed it for my friend with a Fude Ball Black pen.

 

Process photos:

I free hand drew a flower and leaves with a pencil.  I am no artist!  But this shows that YOU, too, can do this!  I went back in and erased the lines I didn't want.  NOTE:  These lines are just a guide and don't have to be perfect.

I closed the left coaster so I could match the leaves.

 

I closed the left coaster and matched the flower.

This is what the back looks like.

I painted the left with Tim Holtz Distress Paints, ( I own ALL of the colors!), Silks Acryllic Glazes, and added Inka-Gold for shine.  Everything was outlined with Adirondack Pitch Black paint.  On the right, I played with Gelatos just to see what they looked like on the coaster.

This shows how I scribbled the gelatos on and what happened when I added water with a wet brush.

Here I painted the leaves and BG with Tim Holtz Distress paint and then went over it with Silks Acryllic Glaze for a Beautiful shine!

This shows the TCW Chevron Stencil with WV white embossing paste.  When it dried, I went over it with Sky Blue Silks Acryllic Glaze.

In this last photo, you can see the butterflies and how pretty the specimens look in gold!

 

Well that's it!  I hope you like it!  My friend is going to swoon because she will KNOW how much time and Love I put into this triptych for her!  Sure beats my usual Birthday Card!

 

Also, DON'T FORGET!  There is still time to link YOUR beautiful creation using stencils to our eclectic Paperie ePlay Stencil Challenge!  It ends May 31st and YOU could win a shopping voucher to the eP Shop!  Come Play with us!

Serenity on a canvas !

Hello it's Sue C here and today I'm sharing a canvas that I absolutely adore ! It's not often I'm really happy with a project and can look at it and wish I'd done this or added that, but this time is one of those rare occasions !

I received this gorgeous stamp set by Unity Stamps just before we went away on holiday and I've been itching to have a play ! The stamp is quite large so I thought a canvas would do it justice but I also wanted to make sure the image was really sharp so I decided to stamp on to tissue paper first and then transfer the image to the canvas after it had been painted.

This is the reverse of the image after I've done the detail painting. When you paint on tissue you always have to do the colours in reverse, so any shading needs to be done first then the lighter colours second. I then painted over the whole piece with the same colour that I had painted the canvas and lifted the image very carefully into place.

 

As the image is quite large it was a little tricky getting it onto the canvas without ripping it so I was quite pleased with only the few wrinkles I ended up with ! Doesn't she look gorgeous ! Once she was on the canvas I then painted over the edges of the tissue paper to flatten them down and blend them in.

When I first saw this stamp she gave me the feeling that with her eyes shut she was closing out the world around her so I wanted the surrounding canvas to be quite busy. I made a mask by stamping her a second time onto a piece of paper and cutting her out, then I used the TCW Retroburst stencil and Wendy Vecchi's white Embossing Paste. When the paste was dry I then started to paint using a brush and baby wipe.

I built up the colours layer by layer, keeping the darker colours to the edges and corners. I then used the TCW Onion Skin stencil with white acrylic paint in the areas with no embossing paste. The dotted lines are created using a Catalyst Silicone Wedge Tool that's been dipped into white acrylic paint and then dabbed on to the canvas.

I loved all the sentiments in the stamp set too so used most of them ! The gorgeous canvas flower is by Maya Road and I felt it was enough as I didn't want to detract from this gorgeous image.

To finish here's a close up so you can see the texture from the embossing paste.

I hope you've enjoyed today's project as much as I did making it !

Sue
x

Technique Heavy Stenciled Tag!

Good morning!  Sherry here today and I have a tag to share that’s heavy with techniques.  Before I start with the details, I should probably tell you that I felt the need to go back to my roots of stamping and some of my favorite techniques with this project.  I haven’t been spending very much time in the studio these days, and I literally sat around for a couple of days wondering what I was going to make for today’s post.  Sometime yesterday afternoon it hit me . . . gesso resist with stencils . . . and it went from there!  In keeping with this month’s ePlay Challenge - Get Stenciled, I had stencils on my mind and was trying to figure out a way to use what I have on hand.



























I started with the basic Inkssentials Tag and applied gesso using the TCW Mini Well Rounded Stencil randomly on the tag.  My next step was the Wrinkle-Free Distress Technique using Tumbled Glass and Bundled Sage Distress Inks.  Using the same stencil again, but with a different design, Shaded Lilac was stenciled onto various places of the tag.

I even dug out a very old Tim Holtz set of stamps from Stampers Anonymous, Nature’s Discovery, and stamped some borders and butterflies on the tag.  I don’t think this set has seen ink (let alone the light of day) in close to 4 years.




























I knew that I was going to use the sentiment from Nature’s Discovery, and stamped it on another tag.  After die cutting/embossing with a long rectangle, the sentiment was sponged with Tumbled Glass and Bundled Sage.  The edges were then distressed and sponged with Shaded Lilac and touch of Vintage Photo.  To finish off the sentiment, a flower was die cut/embossed from some old Graphic 45 papers and the leaves from watercolor paper.



























Seam binding was dyed with Shaded Lilac and a touch of Tumbled Glass and Bundled Sage.  Really I just kept pouncing the last two colors randomly along the ribbon until I got the desire look I was after.



























That’s it for me today . . . thanks for stopping by and joining me!











Project Supplies:

Inkssentials Surfaces #8 Manila Tags TCW - 6x6 Well Rounded Stencil Liquitex Acrylic Gesso Inkssentials Mister Bottle - 2 oz. Archival Ink - Jet Black Ranger - Wendy Vecchi Archival Ink - Watering Can Ranger - Wendy Vecchi Archival Ink - Fern Green Ranger - Wendy Vecchi Archival Ink - Potting Soil Distress Paint - Bundled Sage Ranger Distress Ink - Shaded Lilac Distress Ink - Vintage Photo Distress Ink - Tumbled Glass Distress Ink - Bundled Sage Ranger Non-Stick Craft Sheet Ranger Cut N Dry Stamp Pad Foam

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