Background week - Izzy

Hi 
My turn today to share another idea for the Gelli Arts plate: use it on wood. 
I did try previously on a wooden frame (sorry I don't have pictures and I gave it away) and I thought that it would be fab on those candle holders I have had for a while. 
As long as it's flat, it will work.
You will be surprised how quickly you can paint/alter those (or a frame or box) and how pretty it looks. 

 Start by applying a layer of gesso on the candle holders. 

I also applied some at the top, but after I took the picture

 Add paint onto your Gelli Arts plate.. little blobs here and there

I wanted a pastel tone, so I added more white

Use your brayer to blend the colours and press the mask of your choice onto the paint

Lift the mask and press your gessoed wooden candle holders on the paint

 Change stencil to get different pattern on your candle holders

et voilà... three "gellified" candle holders

Add your daisies and butterflies using Dreamweaver paste with a palette knife through the Imagination Craft stencil 

Colour the daisies and add a touch of glitter glue

I also added a very subtle touch of stamping (text and crackle) with Versafine Smokey Gray.

I used Copic markers to colour the daisies, but you could use watercolours too

A few details

A couple of tips... 

When you do the little candle holder, there is a lot of paint left over. 

Just press a white card onto the plate for a second print. 

As it's got the little square, it would be ideal for a scrapbook page.

You could fit 4 pictures in there

 When I use stencils, I always keep a box with warm soapy water when I put my stencils as soon as I lift them from the plate. Much easier to clean afterwards, the paints comes right off

Material I used

Wooden candle holders

Gelli Arts plate

PaperArtsy Fresco Finish paints: Guacamole, Snowflake, Rusty Rose

Tando Creative masks: Harlequin, Sequin Waste

Gesso

Imagination Craft stencil: Butterfly & Daisy

Crafty Individuals stamps: CI-214 and CI-116

Versafine ink: Smokey Gray

Copic markers: V01 - RV34 - YG11 - B000 - C2 - C5 - 0

Dreamweaver paste

Palette knife

See you tomorrow

Background week - Chris Dark

Hi, 
Chris Dark is with us today and she made this beautiful card using the GelliArts plate and Distress Paints.
Have you tried the Gelli Arts plate, yet? What do you think? 
I would love to hear from you in a comment below... 

Onto my GelliArts plate,  I added successive layers of Distress paints through both of the stencils using a brayer and I then pressed a white paper down to take a print. 

I cut a piece from the print, edged it with Distress ink and added to my card for the backGround. 

I die cut another part of the print with the harlequin die, edged it with Distress ink and added it over the background. 

Surplus paint on the brayer was rolled off onto another sheet of paper and i used this piece to die cut the flowers. 

Using the Black Relief paste I added the dots and flower centres.

Chris used

Tim holtz strip die harlequin

Distress paints 

Distress ink black soot

Prima stencil - Chevron

Tando Creative mask - sequin waste

Memory box die - fancy blossom 

Brayer 

Relief Paste: Penelope

See you tomorrow

Background week - Karen

Hi, 
Here's another background technique, which I'm sure most of you know as there has been gazillions of tutorials and videos, but it never fail to impress: Karen used a craft mat and Distress inks and here's how she achieved such a beautiful card background.

For my background piece I used my trusty craft mat and Distress inks! 

Working with one colour at a time, I dabbed the inks across the mat and spray with water. 

I swiped the paper/thin card across and dried. 

I used Pumice Stone, Brushed Corduroy & Spiced Marmalade. 

Using Brilliance inks (Chocolate & White), I stamped over the top. 

When this was all dry, I inked up some bubble wrap and randomly stamped again.

I cut and mounted on black a small section and placed on a card with the PaperArtsy Mini 80, a Tando Mini Bird and a stamped greeting from a PaperArtsy Hotpicks. 

Karen used

Distress Inks

Brilliance Inks

White Acrylic Paint

Katzelkraft - Vinci Vitruve (for background)

PaperArtsy MN80

PaperArtsy Hotpick Sentiments

Tando Creative Mini Birds

See you tomorrow