Inside front cover:
Hello there! I've been crafting for as long as I can remember, good old Blue Peter got me started and then I branched out into cross stitching. For the last four years my passion has been cardmaking, something I'm actively trying to improve all the time. Happy crafting all!
Friday 25 January 2013
Smash book from gelli prints
As promised from the last post, here are the photos of the finished smash book - just asking to be filled. The front cover on once stamping and embellishments were added. The bottom layer is a yellow and green acrylic with gold 'Golden' paint to give a sheen:
Inside front cover:
Inside front cover:
Gelli printing experiments!
This Wednesday I had the pleasure of attending a workshop at Art From the Heart on gelli printing, run by the very talented Kate Crane.
It's a while since I've been on any kind of workshop and although I haven't got a gelli plate I wanted to do something that would fit with my current favourite branch of crafting....art journalling. And what can I say - it was ace!
Working in a pair with craft pal Catherine, we got to grips with how things worked and got a bunch of good (and not so good) prints.... but what a great learning experience. After lunch we turned our faves into an item of our choice. I created a smash book.
So, now for the onslaught of photos. You have been warned!
Ready to go:
First prints - using sail boat blue toned down with another colour I can't quite recall.
Adding a second layer to two of those first prints.
Going for a striking one layer look on textured card:
This one I love!
And then I cut down and mounted one as a cover.... added stamping and embellishments. Really trasnforms it.... oh dear....can't insert the image. Well, more on this later folks!
It's a while since I've been on any kind of workshop and although I haven't got a gelli plate I wanted to do something that would fit with my current favourite branch of crafting....art journalling. And what can I say - it was ace!
Working in a pair with craft pal Catherine, we got to grips with how things worked and got a bunch of good (and not so good) prints.... but what a great learning experience. After lunch we turned our faves into an item of our choice. I created a smash book.
So, now for the onslaught of photos. You have been warned!
Ready to go:
First prints - using sail boat blue toned down with another colour I can't quite recall.
Adding a second layer to two of those first prints.
Going for a striking one layer look on textured card:
This one I love!
Cogs on top of trees - honest!
And then I cut down and mounted one as a cover.... added stamping and embellishments. Really trasnforms it.... oh dear....can't insert the image. Well, more on this later folks!
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