Category: Gelli Plate

Altenew, Embossing Folders, Gelli Plate, Masks/Stencils

Quick card – Eclectic Bouquet

Catherine

I bought another of the craft your life kits from Altenew with another fabulous floral image. I decided to just play with it and created this blue themed floral image – used the dies, the stencils and the embossing folder.

Once the embossing had been done I also used a light hand to add white to the raised areas with pigment ink – this is subtle but enhances the texture I think.

I then grabbed a gelli print background I had made in the massive session of making backgrounds! This was perfectly toned to work with the image. Iā€™d used the torn paper technique to only add the painty layers in the middle section of the cardstock.

I mat and layered it onto Lost Lagoon cardstock and then some more white.

Before adding the floral image I created a puddle of green thread and sandwiched it behind the floral image which softened the edges.

Next I chose a grey die cut word Smile which I found when I was tidying up (I found a whole box full of die cut bits and pieces) and then added the stamped, die cut and stacked sentiment that I had ready to go.

Finishing touch was to add those lovely teal enamel dots.

I added a layer of foam behind the white background to raise up the card topper. I think this helps make it special too.

Another Altenew floral stamp design I am in love with!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Altenew, Designer Series Paper, Distress oxide ink, Gelli Plate, Masks/Stencils, Ribbons

Gelli plate background

Catherine

On Tuesday I discovered some paints had dried up so in a bid to make sure my paints were ok and get rid of those that werenā€™t I had some fun gelli printing! After all part of the fun of decluttering and tidying is playing with what you find along the way!

Well I may have got rather distracted with the playingā€¦

Well once I had cleared away the paints and trimmed the papers I had made I grabbed the top one ā€¦ the one with the leaves at the sides and decided to get something made with it!

I first added some more green to the edge using Mowed lawn distress oxide and then splattered with the same.

Then I grabbed old dsp that that I had cut up and layered all the flowers around the panel and adhered them down.

This totally changed up the panel and made it more vintage rather than grungy I think.

I wrapped some green ribbon round the panel with a little bow to one side and then picked out some scraps of text paper and a little bit of leftover dsp (this is reverse of the floral side) and inked up the edge and layered them up over the ribbon.

Then I added the sentiment that was embossed and die cut.

I mounted the panel on cream and then Merry Merlot. I also added some gems that coordinated.

Love how this came together and really pleased with all the gelli prints Iā€™ve got to play with! Plus one whole box cleared out with paints that had gone off which is frustrating and satisfying in equal measure!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Artistic, Beautiful Brocade, Distress oxide ink, Dylusions paints, Emma Godfrey, Gelli Plate, piercing templates, Playful Alphabet, Ribbons

Bright and cheery anniversary card

Catherine

Hello all! Thanks for popping by my blog. I have a large card I made which has lots of bright cheeriness along with the beautiful Artistic floral cluster die.

Now there is quite a lot going on with this card. Firstly a pre-made gelli plate background for the patterned paper on the left and then a sprayed piece of cardstock I embossed in the debossing on the right.

There is a lot of Kraft cardstock layers and then the lovely Artistic die cut flower section that I stacked up a couple of times to give strength and then cut round to give it a white frame (this is my main grumble for this diecut – it didnā€™t come with a frame die cut!)

I added some pierced holes as a border on the Kraft middle panel and then that gorgeous yellow ribbon and the sequins to add more texture.

The sentiment is a mix of die cut letters (again stacked for dimension) and the Paperartsy sentiment which I embossed to pick up the gold from the embossed debossing panel.

All in all, lots going on and I really like the final card.

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Avery Elle, Distress oxide ink, Gelli Plate, Sizzix

More using up scraps

Catherine

Iā€™ve been in a bid to tidy and clean up the desk and also made another few simple scraps cards.

This tiny card was made using scraps of die cutting that were leftover from a design team project that I made a week or so ago.

Just die cuts, a stamped sentiment and some sequins on a tiny notecard.

Simple and sweet ā€¦ the different colour variations from the original gelli plate play make them special! Note to self ā€¦ Projects do not always need to be complicated!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Design Team, Emma Godfrey, Gelli Plate, Ribbons, Sizzix

DT: Happy Little Stampers anything goes with dies

Catherine

Hello!

Here is todays Happy Little Stampers design team contribution for the anything goes with dies challenge.

I made this cute card a few weeks ago using some sizzix dies and a couple of pieces of paper I had previously had fun gelli printing on.

I created lots of little flowers and leaves to create a cluster with.

Then I took some white cardstock and added ink through a stencil to provide the base for the flowers and then also splattered some ink too.

Then I had fun adding the flowers and leaves making sure to raise some with pinflair glue gel to give dimension.

Next I die cut the banner from the same sizzix die set three times and stacked them up. I added the sentiment using a Paperartsy stamp but kept it simple using the same ink as the stencilling in the background. I also took some paper twine from the stash and added a box which I placed the banner over using some foam tabs to again give it some dimension.

Then I added in sequins to add some sparkle.

I mounted the panel onto some grey cardstock I had used for the card blank and called it finished!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Alphabet, Art by Marlene, Concord & 9th, Gelli Plate, Stampin Blends alcohol pens

Gelli printing session

Catherine

I havenā€™t been feeling very well recently and focusing on things isnā€™t always easy so decided to just sit and play with ink and my gelli plate.

I made these three backgrounds and one where I was wiping off the brayer.

By the time I had made these I decided to make something with half of the yellow one.

I decided to emboss the background with some extra yellow ink. Then added some scraps of cardstock and then chose to stamp and colour the Art by Marlene beach house as the focal feature.

I also stamped the Corcord and 9th sentiment and cut that out.

Added the sequins as a finishing touch!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Artistically Inked, Distress oxide ink, Gelli Plate, Ribbons, Splendid Stems, True Love, YouTube video

True Love DSP playing

Catherine

Today blog is a card I made using some of the leftover pieces of the fabulous True Love dsp which I love.

I also used a background I made for another project and never got round to using. I love how this came out but I must admit that I got a little lost in the middle of making this. If you fancy watching me fumble around making this card, check it out on YouTube as once again I videoed making this card.

I love how the ribbon provides a nice border element in the background and the bold sentiment panel.

Really going to miss this paper when I’ve finished off the last bits as it’s been fabulous to play with.

Finished off the card with white Splendid Stems die cuts and the black matt gems.

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Christmas 2022 challenge, Colorado Craft Company, Distress oxide ink, Emma Godfrey, Gelli Plate, JOFY, Spellbinders

Christmas cardmaking 2022 challenge… #3

Catherine

Hello

Todays Christmas cardmaking challenge theme is star. Now I remember using the Tidings and Trimmings stars last year but as I used that set last week I wanted something different. So I scoured the stash and found these fab Jofy star stamps and decided to go a bit mixed media.

I stamped the stars onto basic white and then ink blended over them to add colour using my distress oxides. Then I grabbed some mixed media cardstock, distress oxides and my Gelli plate to create some fun backgrounds… I love the randomness of this and the different patterns it can create. Onto one of them I decided to stamp more of the stars and snowflakes from the same stamp set and then cut down the background to fit a 5×5 card. Then I added a black die cut branch and some black star and the fabulous Joy die cut from Colorado Craft Company.

This was my simple card … I did pop the star up on foam tabs but kept the whole thing simple.

The other one I grabbed a different Paperartsy stamp set that has lots of sentiments and made them into a square shape on the stamp platform so that I could stamp in one go and make a background.

Whilst it is still subtle I love how it looked (in fact I made two more backgrounds similar but not done anything with them yet so they are in the “still to play with pile” for now.

I decided to make another layer and make this into a bigger card so blended the bottom panel with the same colour of inks but kept it random, like I had on the star.

I added the fab glimmer paper onto this too… with the stars, the little strip that went top and bottom and the word die. I also stacked the word die so it was nice and chunky!

This time I did some grey leaves but top and bottom and also added white paint pen to the design on the star.

So these are my star themed cards for this week. Are you joining in with my challenge? If so I would love to see what you are making so please let me know here or over on Instagram.

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Artistically Inked, Cottage Rose, Gelli Plate, Memories and More, Splendid Stems

Desk clearing distraction

Catherine

Is it just me? Whenever I set myself a task of clearing the desk and the piles of “stuff” that have accumulated I end up finding a “treasure” and making something! And the tidying up concept disappears! šŸ˜†

So this card is one of those creations!

I found another gelliprint ATCs that I had started and not finished and decided it worked perfectly with those Memories and More cards that I have been whittling my way through!

A scrap of the Pretty Peacock cardstock, a die cut and Forever gold laser cut and a few Artistically Inked flowers to embellish… with a cute little sentiment … and jobs a good’un … on the cardmaking front that is… the desk tidying… not so much!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Christmas to remember, Distress oxide ink, Dylusions spray inks, Gelli Plate, Gemini, Masks/Stencils

Dylusion background Christmas cards

Catherine

Another of my ‘found treasures’ posts… this time two more of the Dylusions backgrounds made many years ago on a class with Dyan at Art from the Heart. I teamed this with some gelliprint watercolour ink background ATCs I then made, again several years ago, but never finished. I decided these two would work OK as Christmas cards and added a new to me die cut of a deer onto them along with a sentiment.

It took very little work at this point but because the background is so rich and then the gelliprint also has plenty of interest and then the die cut has texture and intricacy it all works well together.

I must admit the Dylusions backgrounds were so lovely to make but I have no time to do anything so messy these days. But it is tempting me to have a play again sometime soon.

Entering these into the Anything Christmas challenge at The Holly and the Ivy

Happy crafting!

Catherine