A ping pong ball, a ruler, a bottle of bug spray, a wine glass, packaging from a set of oil pastels?  Yes.  Really.  The ping pong ball was a bit messy but I did like the result.  That is what I used with the Gelli Plate today (and a few other items).  I decided to [...]

It’s day 4 of the party!  So glad you are here!  I’ve been asked what kind of paper I use and it is whatever I have.  In these videos it has been cheap cards stock from the office supply store.  I will use old book pages,scrapbook paper, deli paper, really anything!  The paints I use [...]

  Romance was in the air as I made this journal page! You weren’t expecting romance at A Colorful Gelli Print Party were you…well neither was I!  I just kept staring and staring at these blues – I do love blues.   This is just experimenting around with lines of colors in misc. ribbons and [...]

Welcome to day 2 of A Colorful Gelli Print Party!  My family has come to accept the fact that I have abandoned them for the Gelli Plate this week.  Truthfully, the teenagers are not too upset to be left alone and I wasn’t really going to do much housework this week anyway…   When you [...]

I pulled out my paints for some Paint Party Friday fun and the Gelli Plate was in my hands before I knew what I was doing.  If felt so good to let go of control and just play with no pressure.  Trying this paint & that stencil and seeing what was revealed washed away all [...]

Triumph and defeat seem to be best friends in my studio.   Every time one showed up,  the other was just around the corner.  Perhaps what I thought of as defeat is simply being way outside of my comfort zone. The plan was to do the color prompt for Fall Fearless and Fly.  I had [...]

I am happy- there is paint on my fingers! Every so often my muse takes long vacations away from me so I work on the mundane parts of art then.  Here is a piece of rosin paper (big cheap roll from the hardware store!) with tags gesso’d on.  I have sheets of these I made [...]

“Too many word stamps.  You never use them all,” said my irritable inner critic.  Lately my inner critic has been full of constructive advice said in a gentle tone.  Not tonight.  She was in foul mood.  But I can be a real pain the rear too- just ask my kids!  So I decided to show [...]

Just a quick post today- lots to be done and not enough time…The sunshine lately has just brought on a sense of  joy that led  me to start playing around again with my hardware store punchinella. It is such an inexpensive supply – especially since it is self adhesive! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nV2vbP41YWw I made a huge sheet [...]