Work in the hay fields has come to a screeching halt... It has been raining for two days! With extra time on my hands, I pulled out the Gelli Arts plate: Today I am using the Jacquard Lumiere Textile Paints... I made a few hand made stamps from objects I find: I found a bag full of rubber rings at the thrift store. I glued the rings to a piece of plastic. Made a great stamp! The thrift store also had a pkg of chipboard letters that I glued to a piece of plastic. The hardware store had a huge pkg of felt circles. I glued them to a piece of plastic I cut from the bottom of a disposable food container. It didn't take long to make a dozen prints on fabric: The Gelli Arts plate is 8 x 10 inches. If you create your own gelatin plate, you can make it any size you want. I also came across this plastic garden screen. Makes negative grid lines across the printed fabric. This fabric was printed with the red rubber mat and the black plastic garden screen. These prints were created with a wire BBQ screen and circles cut from freezer paper. This print was made with a plastic screen from a food smoker and the chipboard letter stamp. These prints were made with freezer paper circles and the rubber ring stamp. Detail Images of a few of the prints on fabric: FUN printing with FOUND OBJECTS! CLICK HERE: to see My Quilts CLICK HERE: How to make Gelatin Printing Plate CLICK HERE: Gelli Arts Printing Tutorial CLICK HERE: Gelatin Printing Tutorial CLICK HERE: My review of the Gelli Arts Plate CLICK HERE: My Gelatin/Jello Printing Class Slide Show May Your Bobbin Always Be Full, LuAnn

Tutorial: using matte medium on a gel plate.

This will change your way of working with the gelli plate using your stencils! All you need is a die-cutting machine! Instead of using your stencil directly on your gel plate you create an embossed…

Have you ever wished that the image on one of your rubber stamps faced the "other" direction?? Or...maybe you wanted the images to face each other!! Yeah...we all have from time to time. Well....I've got another little "Gelli Plate" trick to do just that....reverse stamping.  roll paint then stamp I do it using acrylic paint because that's what I like....and when I want the images to be used in my Torn Paper Paintings....acrylic works best with the gel medium. First...if you're using the image in it's "intended" position....using a brayer, roll on a layer of paint and stamp the image normally. Here, I'm stamping on one of my Gelli printed envelopes. Click for larger pic Then...for reversing the image....roll the acrylic paint on again...only this time, carefully stamp the image onto the Gelli Plate. I love using my 3"x5" for this. You see the image on the gelli as you would if you'd stamped it on paper....but, once you "flip" the Gelli to use as a stamp....the image is automatically reversed! Voila......one stamp....two images!!!

Hi there, Susanne here with an abstract mixed media art piece using some of my handmade collage papers combined with a flower stamp from Pencil Marks 6. I started this spread by adhering some of my…

Have you ever tried gelli printing on surfaces other than paper? This summer I’ve been playing around with different surfaces with my gel plate to see what interesting results I’ll get. My newest experiment was how to Gelli print on canvas and I’ve been surprised by the results. Hop-A-Long Studio is reader-supported. When you buy

Add scales and spots to your polymer clay creations with this fun  Crocodile texture sheet. Use to make jewelry, home decor and more! Beautiful highly textured imprints and stampings can be achieved with this design. This fun overall pattern has so many possibilities for you to create with! This texture sheet is made of silicone. You can use as is but these texture sheets work best when used with an acrylic block for stamping an impression. The block helps stabilize them. These are NOT rubber stamps, they are texture sheets. They are able to go into your oven up to 400 degrees Fahrenheit so you can use them with liquid clay too! This  approx. 3 x 5" stamp is perfect for shrines, jewelry, and mixed media projects. Please- do NOT use a blade with this texture mat. It is not meant for blade techniques such as the "Sutton Slice," as your blade can cut or mar the surface. *Please Note color of texture sheet may vary **These texture sheets work best when used with an acrylic block. Find a set of these HERE

Hi Friends, Today I am sharing one of my favourite ways to use up gel prints: making a very easy mini art journal! The binding on this journal is a pamphlet stitch which is an easy one to learn. Just note that the knot will sit on the side where you begin you first stitch.

Add scales and spots to your polymer clay creations with this fun  Crocodile texture sheet. Use to make jewelry, home decor and more! Beautiful highly textured imprints and stampings can be achieved with this design. This fun overall pattern has so many possibilities for you to create with! This texture sheet is made of silicone. You can use as is but these texture sheets work best when used with an acrylic block for stamping an impression. The block helps stabilize them. These are NOT rubber stamps, they are texture sheets. They are able to go into your oven up to 400 degrees Fahrenheit so you can use them with liquid clay too! This  approx. 3 x 5" stamp is perfect for shrines, jewelry, and mixed media projects. Please- do NOT use a blade with this texture mat. It is not meant for blade techniques such as the "Sutton Slice," as your blade can cut or mar the surface. *Please Note color of texture sheet may vary **These texture sheets work best when used with an acrylic block. Find a set of these HERE