Creative Heart Monday - Strong Women

Happy Creative Heart Monday......on Wednesday!

First, I'd like to apologize for missing two Mondays.  I've had a crazy couple of weeks.  My parents have been in and out of doctor's appointments and the hospital.  Even though they are only in their 70's (so not super old yet LOL), I still feel it necessary to accompany them to their important appointments and, of course, when they're in the hospital.

On top of that, I have another art festival this weekend and have been trying to make some new art, get organized, packed, etc.

So today's video is actually a project that I did for Gel Press a couple month's ago for their blog.  The video was never "public", so you might not have seen it.  If you did already see it, I've also put another (very small) project video up on YouTube.

So here we go with the first one...........................

................and here's the second one................

I hope to get back on track next week.  Thank you for your patience.

Have a great week!
PEACE!

Cyndi

Gel Printing How-To....Finally

I, finally, decided to do a video showing how I make my prints on the gel plate.  There are a lot of them online. That's how I learned to do it.  I decided, since I use them in so many of my projects, that I should demonstrate how I do it.

Printing on a gel plate is lots of fun (it can be, rather addictive).  Having a good stock of printed papers around makes life easy when you are hit with a spark of creative passion.

Here's my little gel printing, how-to, video.




I used a 6 inch Gel Press plate in the video.  I hope that you enjoyed it.  Here are some other videos and posts showing how I use my prints.  I've also used them to make jewelry.....maybe I will do a video on that someday.

Circles
Gelli Print Boxes
Pair of Houses
DecoArt Winter Challenge
Wooden House
Little Wooden Houses
Line of Houses
Collage Boxes


PEACE!

Cyndi

Creative Heart Monday - Gelli Print Box

Happy Monday to all of you Creative Hearts!

Today, I'm creating a little box, using prints that I, previously, made on my gelli plate.

List of Supplies

Box or whatever you would like to cover.  Something with smooth sides works best
Paper - I made my own prints on the gelli plate, but  you could use scrapbook paper, book pages, sheet music, wrapping paper, etc.
Decou-Page by Americana
Black Pigma Micon Pen
Black Faber-Castell Big Brush Pen
Marvy Calligraphy Pen
Black Sharpie Pen
Minwax Water-Based Polycrylic - Clear Gloss

This is an easy project with endless possibilities.  Here are a few other pieces that I've made.

Have a wonderful week!

Peace!

Cyndi

Face Over Accidental Background

We can make BIG messes and waste LOTS of paint!  Have no fear......save all of those messes.  Last night, I painted this face over a scrap piece of paper that I used to clean off my roller during a gelli printing session.  It just goes to show that you never know what you are going to get.

I used a Stabilo pencil, watercolor crayons, gesso, and a couple paint pens.  That's it.

Have a wonderful Monday!

Peace.

Cyndi

Gelli Print Birds

Those of us who enjoy using our Gelli Plates know that it's very easy to accumulate an enormous pile of them very quickly.  So, what to do....what to do.....make some birds, of course.

(Excuse the photos.  They are actually much more colorful.)

I started out by attaching the, cut up, gelli prints to a 10" X 10" canvas with Liquitex Matte Medium.

I used the Donna Downey Mini Numbers Repeat stencil and latch hook rug mesh with black paint, randomly, around the canvas.

Then, using a white charcoal pencil, I sketched my birds.

I painted around the birds with Pool Blue craft paint.

More stencilling with Donna Downey Scribble Script, a chickenwire type stencil, bubble wrap and a rubber stamp to create more background texture.

I outlined the birds with a Stabilo All pencil, then went over it with a water brush.  Painted the eyes with gesso and pool blue.  Shaded with a charcoal pencil. Then painted the edges of the canvas with black paint and ran a line of black charcoal to define the edges.

This is a quick and easy project.  I'd like to try some different animals.

Peace,

Cyndi

Playing with the Gelli Again.

The best thing about gelli printing is that there is, virtually, no cleanup.  When I want to do something....yet....not get too involved...I slap some paint on the Gelli Plate.  Here are some papers that I made to use in collages....and a pic of my table, as proof that I was, actually, working.

Here are some of the, handmade, stamps and masks that I use for texture.

That's it.

Peace!

 cyndi

Gelli Printing Tape

I watched this video about making tape with your Gelli Printing Plate and figured that I would give it a try.

Gelli Transfer Tape

It was easy and I plan to make more.

I used regular clear packing tape, acrylic paint, and rubber stamps.  When I pulled the print from the plate, I put it on a book page.  I could have used the Perfect Pearl powders for a shimmery addition or just left the empty areas clear.

There are lots of  uses for the tapes, ie:  collage pieces, decorate a gift or mailer.  You could use it on art journal pages.

People are so CREATIVE!!

While I was in the mood, I also made a tag/bookmark with Dylusions alcohol ink, Golden acrylic paint, rubber stamps, book pages from a "shorthand" book.  I liked the colors so I did the same thing on a cut up cereal box (thank you mother, for saving all of your cereal boxes for me).  I will probably make a few copies on regular copy paper and use them as backgrounds or collage papers.
 

That's it!

Peace!

Cyndi