Greetings!

Just been playing with my little 6" Gelli plate and a few blank greetings cards. I also added matching borders to the envelopes. The cards were finished off with a bit of stamping and homemade washi tape. Lots of fun!

Hot Work

It's been incredibly hot here for the last three weeks or so, too hot really for printing before the paint dries on the plate, but I have finally got round to doing a little something. In a previous post I mentioned that I'd won a Gelli Arts giveaway and had some boards to make texture plates with as well as a 6" gelli plate. So here are my first attempts.

The top picture shows a plate made with stencils and modelling paste. The band across the top was done with Golden crackle paste which, as you can see, produces a craquelure finish when it dries. The one in the second picture has stencils and modelling paste again with the addition of glass bead medium across the top.

I have to say I had mixed results with these when I used them on the gelli plate. Joan's post here shows some excellent prints using this idea and I was hoping to have something similar to share. However, for whatever reason, I wasn't totally satisfied with my results. The patterns didn't always show up particularly well on paper and that may be to do with the way I constructed the plates - perhaps the modelling paste isn't even enough, or perhaps it was something to do with the heat or my choice of paper, I don't know. I will try again though and report back, and if you fancy having a go yourself I highly recommend the video I linked to above.

Anyhoo, here's a card I did make successfully with the texture plates - gelli printed and collaged!

Good Luck!

Look what arrived today! This is the prize I won in one of the giveaways over on the Gelli Arts blog. I am really looking forward to having a go at making some texture plates to use in my printing and playing with this cute little 6" gelli plate!

Also, check out the lovely card that Joan sent with my goodies. Yes, it's got metallic gold all over it. Heaven!

The Sea, The Sea

I am having repair work on the house at the moment. The improvements are wonderful but I'm not getting much in the way of arty things done. It advances the Master Plan one step closer though so I'm rolling with it. The MP, in case you haven't guessed, involves me and the sea - but more of that later.

I have a wee Folksy exclusive to show you. These cards are all one of a kind and I don't have them available for sale anywhere else. They're all original collages and make unique note or greetings cards. Or you could pop them in a frame and put them on the wall!

   

Darling Valentine

 

I don't very often design things for particular occasions or holidays but I had this idea for a couple of cute Valentine's cards and just had to draw them. One for her and one for him!

I recently opened a store on Zazzle where my artwork will, eventually, be on lots of different things like T-shirts, mugs and bags but to start with I've designed a few greetings and postcards with some of my favourite paintings and drawings, including these Valentines, on them. These are all exclusive to Zazzle and make really easy, good quality little gifts or collectables - just click the link above to see them.