A question I am frequently asked is, “What can you do with all the Gelli print papers you make?” My answer is what can’t you do with a Gelli Print? Any way you use paper you can use a Gelli print. Here are just some of the great Gelli creations that have been linked up [...]
Mixed Media
I was not in my right mind. Really. I was in my left brain, the logical and analytical brain. I wanted to be in my right brain, the creative and intuitive brain. How was I going to make that big leap into my right brain? Gelli Plate to the rescue! Squirting paint on the Gelli [...]
There are lots of great articles in GreenCraft, but I am partial to the one on page 8. See the painted leaves? I love it when I can mix writing with painting play! What play are you making time for today?
“No one thinks like you, talks like you, or makes art like you, and that is an extraordinary thing.” Alena Hennessy just stopped me in my tracks with this sentence from her book, Cultivating Your Creative Life. Every time any of us creates anything it is an extraordinary thing! Yes, every time and every one- [...]
It has been tough keeping this secret until now…big bite marks on my tongue as I held it when I wanted to share…but now it is ready for the full reveal! My free workshop, Use Your Words, was sparked by the endless creativity I found when creating with an alphabet stencil. Once I had that [...]
Who knew when I started playing I would end up in Outer Mongolia! I’ve been secretly working on a new free workshop, A Colorful Workshop: Use Your Words and the “stuff” from that is all over my counters. So are Gelli Plate papers from the February Gelli party. Okay, confession time, there is stuff all [...]
I missed the Gelli print party so much I decided to do it each month in 2013! On the 1st of each month I’ll have a new Gelli something and the link party will let us all share our prints. The next Gelli party is coming up on this Friday, February 1st! I am so [...]
Two artists may look at the same Spark of Art-spiration, but how it speaks to each individual is unique- and that is the magic of the sparks. What is a Spark of Art-spiration? It is a snippet of a larger work. Something about the snippet sparks my creativity so I go with it. I print [...]
Welcome to the latest Stencil Test Drive! I’m working with Jessica Sporn’s Random Squares stencil. The first time I saw this stencil, I knew I had to have it! So many possibilities! Be sure to stop by and check out what everyone did with this stencil! Diana Trout Seth Apter Corrine Gillman Kristin [...]
A Gelli Plate is just like having your own private paper store. Using old scrapbook papers and dictionary pages with the Gelli Plate I unintentionally created a coordinating set of papers! These papers sparked my art journal page for Artsy Fartsy. Why did I have my Gelli Plate out? Because it is time for another [...]
