A few months ago, I ordered my Gelli from AlteredPages.com and found that I was not quite sure what I would do on my maiden voyage into the world of Gelli. I watched my friends create beautiful pieces of mixed media artwork and I watched videos of instructors touting all the cool things you could do with the Gelli Plate. But finally it was
this technique that I discovered on the Gelli Pinterest Page that caught my eye.
My biggest fear of the plate has always been this : I would work TOO SLOW and it would all dry and there I'd be...stuck with a painted Gelli. Imagine my relief that TAPE would take the paint OFF and not ruin my plate!
*insert you Snoopy Happy Dance here* SO...packing tape in hand I gathered my supplies and VOILA!
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| gather supplies: Gelli Plate, Acrylic Paint, Packing Tape |
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| Gather toys to stamp into the paint |
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| Paint, stamp, play. Leave open spaces with NO PAINT. |
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| Be patient and let it dry. Smooth on packing tape and then LIFT. |
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| These are just a few of the tape strips from my 1 application of paint. |
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| To the sticky side add leafing, or glitter, or Mica powders. |
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| Pounce it on, smooth it, pour it. |
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Once the excess is removed you have this wonderful piece just
waiting for some arty love. |
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I love how the gilded pieces look but I also love the transparency
of the glittered one. |
After making the tag, my son had the idea of making bookmarks by attaching a backing -- "laminating" the whole thing closed...more packing tape works beautifully! I hope you enjoyed my projects!
Now you can play to your hearts content and know that IF your paint should happen to dry...you can make Packing Tape art!
A few months ago, I ordered my Gelli from AlteredPages.com and found that I was not quite sure what I would do on my maiden voyage into the world of Gelli. I watched my friends create beautiful pieces of mixed media artwork and I watched videos of instructors touting all the cool things you could do with the Gelli Plate. But finally it was this technique that I discovered on the Gelli Pinterest Page that caught my eye.
TOTALLY AWESOME, great technique. The plates also wash off with a damp paper towel or wipes. Have I said....I LOVE my Gelli plate?
ReplyDeleteFantastic project technique, Leslie Rahye. TFS and letting us know how to clean the Gelli.
ReplyDeleteVery pretty!
ReplyDeletehttp://gelliarts.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/plan-b.html Have you tried this technique? It works well if you have dried paint on your plate. This is my favourite technique.
ReplyDeleteI am a gelli plate newbie with a brand new plate begging to be painted! Fabulous technique! So many uses for such gorgeous strips of tape! Thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteLove this -- came to your blog via the Gelli Arts page on FB, and am so glad I did!
ReplyDeleteAwesome!!! This is soooooooo cool!!!!!
ReplyDeleteMy heart be still.. just gorgeous!
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