Would the 6″ round Gelli Plate be much different than the big one? I wondered…I wasn’t sure until I played with it.  It is different! The size feels so different than the 8″ plate.  And thanks to the size, what I could do with it in my art journal blew my mind.  Take a peek at the video for all it can do from masking, to letting me change my mind, to getting different looks from stencils….words don’t do it justice.  It was magic!

Watch A Round Gelli Plate Can Do What?! on YouTube.

I removed some of the paint with deli paper and have fallen in love with the round Gelli Plate because of how it works with a stencil too.  Round totally changes the look of my Verbage stencil and it is so quick to stencil with it.

In my head, I thought I’d be happy with just the black and yellow….what was I thinking?  I needed more color!  But it was so easy to add another color without getting it on the yellow and still have a great circle shape.  How- the Gelli Plate!  I put it right back on top of the yellow and painted around it!

The plan was to make the Colorful Gelli Print Party video that comes out on the first of the month, but I had so much fun I just had to share or I was going to burst.  I couldn’t wait so I had to make a 2nd video for April’s Party! And I fell in love with a little guy that showed up.

In fact, it is torture for me to wait until the first to share that video with you!  You don’t want to miss that one.  To all my newsletter friends, you don’t have to worry about remembering. I’ll have it in a newsletter for you.  Not one of my newsletter friends yet? No problem -everyone is welcome –just click here to sign up.

Supplies Used

• Verbage stencil
• 5 x 8 journal (which is actually free with a 9×12 journal – bonus!)
• black paint
• Deco Art fluid acrylics
• 6″ round Gelli Plate
• brayer
• Deli paper
• Packing tape

Have you seen Ken Oliver’s Color Bursts before? These bottles are loaded with a mighty powder that explodes with color when it gets wet.  A full rainbow of fun!  Check out the video where I share how they worked as a spray ink and as watercolors too!

I’m not the only one playing with these – it’s a StencilGirl and Ken Oliver blog hop!  Be sure to check out all the inspiration (and giveaways)!

Watch Make Your Own Spray Inks with Color Burst on YouTube.

Want to know more about Color Bursts?  I have a quick introduction to Color Bursts here.

I’m not the only one playing with these!  It’s a week long blog hop of Color Bursts!  Prizes and inspiration await! Each team has fantastic giveaways.  Leave a comment to be entered to win a $50 gift certificate from StencilGirl!  Head over to Ken’s blog to find out about team’s prizes!  The giveaway is now closed – you can find the StencilGirl winner over at StencilGirl Talk.

• StencilGirl Talk
• Ken Oliver
• Heidi Blankenship
• Mary C. Nasser
• Carolyn Dube (you’re here)

Supplies Used

• Color Burst
• Stitch a Greek Medallion stencil
• Spray ink bottles (I recycled empty ones but you can buy some here)
• Watercolor paper