GELLI PLATE & BOTANICALS

We'll be revisiting the Gelli plate again this fortnight and using acrylic paints on them as well as some leaves and fronds from the garden.  This is another simple way to add interest to a Gelli plate background with only a few colours.  I only used 3 different types of leaves for these samples but created about a dozen different backgrounds.  My Gelli plate that I used is 5" x 7" as I usually do ATC's which are only small, so I can get 2 good prints out of each print from the Gelli plate.  I used a combination of plain white paper, black card and deli paper.

"Embalm and Carrion"

"I Just Cawed"

(the bird is cut from silver mirror card, very shiny!)

"Be quite"

"No Desire"

(This background is a little hard to see but

it has a copper edge around the leaves that

the computer doesn't show)

"Unfollow People"

"What I want"

 

Below are some of the samples from the various pulls from the Gelli plate.

All of these are 5" x 7" in size.

METALLIC CONTACT & ALCOHOL INKS

Alcohol Inks work beautifully on non-porous surfaces so when I came across some metallic, stainless-steel looking contact, I wondered how it would go with alcohol inks.  Well, in a word, fantastic!  I attached the contact first to some cardstock for stability, then simply added alcohol inks and some 91% alcohol to get it to spread around, blew it around with my rubber puffer and it created these gorgeous backgrounds that have extra shimmer and a great metallic look when you tilt them to the light.  Once again, the pictures on the screen don't do these atc's justice as you just can't see the extra sheen that comes from the contact without seeing it in the flesh.  If you can get hold of some metallic finish contact, give it a try.  Promise you won't be disappointed!

"Some birds"

"Same mistake"

"Planet B"

"Wednesday Adams"

"I am ok"

 "Antiques"