Segmented Gelli printing

After watching the talented Roben-Marie Smith use her Gelli plate to print segmented tags and papers, I was inspired to give it a try. I am very new to using the Gelli plate for printing so having a tutorial was really helpful. I tried not to create any muddy colors and am happy with my first results.

The stencils I used are from Tim Holtz, the larger ones seemed to give clearer images. I used book pages and envelopes to print on; I like the extra depth that text backgrounds add. I will probably use these in my junk journals.

Playing with stencils, paste, and ink

 

I mixed pink pearls mist with the texture paste and applied through the mini ringlets stencil using the palette knife. I spread it around and tried to get it even throughout the stencil, but there are some spots that are uneven. With a technique like this it’s good to be okay with imperfection.

 

This time I put Dragonfly Glimmer Mist with a different embossing paste and used the mini solace stencil. I really like the blue color on the black paper background. I’m curious to see if the glimmer and pearl show up when the pastes dry.

These experiments are the start of my next technique class at Scrapmania – stencils with different mediums. It will be in August, date TBA.