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Maria McGuire is a doodler. She can make magic with a pen and she loves to create stencils that have spaces made for doodling. I am not a doodler by nature but I have found doodling to be a bit infectious, in a good way!
I am easily distracted, especially when I turn off my thinking mind…and you’ll see how it shows up in the video while I am adding paint to the pattern.
Maria doodles with patterns but I am more of a word doodler, so I filled in some shapes with words. I think that stems just a bit from the fact that I don’t have her pen work patience.
I have a sneaky suspicion that I will be adding more more doodling to this in the future. That’s one of the many reasons why I love art journaling – a page never has to be finished in one sitting!
Craft Attitude solved a big problem for me. My problem of getting rich color on metal that won’t smear. I don’t have a lot of metal paints and that doesn’t matter any more!
Keep reading because this is a blog hop so there’s lots of inspiration and a giveaway too!
I printed out one of my free downloadable Sparks of Art-spiration on an inkjet printer onto the Craft Attitude. Then ran the metal through a Xyron to apply some adhesive and it stuck perfectly to the sheet of metal.
The Craft Attitude went perfectly. The directions in the package were clear and easy to follow. And yes, I did read them. Well…most of them.
Not everything else went perfectly. In fact there was a giant Oops. About half way through the video you’ll see what happened and how I fixed it. Enjoy the laugh…I know I did when I realized what was wrong.
Want to win a package of Craft Attitude and a $25 StencilGirl gift certificate? All you need to do is leave a comment to be entered. Want more chances? Stop by the other fun blogs in this hop for inspiration and leave a comment there too! But just one comment per blog please. Giveaway closes Monday, January 26th, 2015 at 11:59 pm CST.
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There is one important thing to remember when Gelli printing with words. It’s a biggie. And I forget it all the time. How could I forget something so important? I get into a Gelli printing zone and my brain turns off and lets me create from the heart.
What’s the important thing I forget? When using words on the Gelli Plate, they need to look backwards or the wrong way when I put them on the plate so that when I pull the print they are legible.
Happily, on this print, I remembered. That means when the stencil was put on the Gelli Plate, it looked backwards to me.
OOPS! This print is backwards because the stencil was readable when I put it on the Gelli Plate which meant the print was going to be backwards. A horrible thing? No. It’s still a great print that has a pattern now more than words to be read.
If you are like me, and forget the wrong-way-is-the-right-way-to-stencil-words at times there is a way to “protect” yourself. Use deli paper. It’s fairly translucent so you can just flip the finished deli paper over and magically the wrong way just became the right way. My this is getting confusing!
Next time you are Gelli printing with words, just remember the wrong way is the right way!
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