LAYERED GEL PLATE BACKGROUNDS

 There are so many ways to use a gel plate; for this class, pigment powders are the base for this layered background technique. Stamping, stencils, acrylic paint, and dies are all used to add further interest to the gorgeous coloured backgrounds. I used Nuvo Shimmer Powders, Lindy's Magical Shakers, Cosmic Shimmer Pixie Powders and even my Ken Oliver Liquid Metals on the gel plate to create my samples. Then it's multiple layers of all the other products that are added to finish them off.


"Live your story"


"I'm so goth"


"Fake"


"Ringtone"


"Go+See+Explore"


"Digging in the ground"

ALCOHOL INK LANDSCAPE SCRAPE

 Alcohol Inks are always good for a book cover class and we are up to Book #28. For this technique we'll be taking advantage of how beautifully alcohol inks react when scraped across the substrate. I'm using the Kirkland Photo Paper for this technique but Yupo or Grafix would work equally well. I do like using my metal angled palette knife rather than something like a credit card as it's much easier to see where the ink is going if it's not covered up by the size of a credit card while doing the scraping. I stumbled across a happy accident too that created the most gorgeous swipes by using gel pens. All stamping was done using Ranger Archival Black Ink and even though it was left to dry for a long time, I still found it would smudge a bit so to save any mishaps, I clear embossed the stamping. For the drawing, I used my .01 Uni Pin Fine Black Pen and clear embossed the drawn images as well. 

I haven't done my cover yet as we've had a new addition to the family, a new granddaughter for hubby and me. We welcome Mila Grey to our family and this brings us to 3 grandchildren. The life of a grandparent is surely a wondrous thing.  I love them all so very much and really look forward to some more years of baby and toddler antics. 

"Strange noise"


"Peace within"


"Distant and dying"


"State of mind"


"Organically grown

"Focus on the good"

Little Mila Grey is 24hrs old in this picture. 💟