Seth Apter over at The Altered Page is hosting his annual hunt for buried treasure – in your old posts.  I looked back and found this!  Check out his site- so many great places to unearth creative treasure!

Excavating Paint

Alcohol dissolves paint.  When I heard that I realized it could so work to my advantage.  I used old photos that were less than desirable shots – you know the blurry, off center, etc. photos.  I have a huge stack of them.  Now some are great starting points for an art something or other.Supplies you need: rubbing alcohol, cheap paint -any colors, old hairbrush (it will not work on hair again), and an old credit card

First, prep the photos.  I did a whole bunch at one time so I’d have lots to play with later.   My first layer was purple.  Let it dry.

Add a layer of orange.  Let it dry.

Add a layer of pink.  Let it dry.

Add a layer of green.  Let it dry.

Add a layer of blue.  Let it dry.

Get the idea?  Well, I found out that 5 layers was a bit much.  I really only saw the top three colors.  Next time I’ll only do 3…

Second, spray alcohol on the painted photos.  I am working on a gesso’d journal page because this gets messy and I love the look of the smeared paint.  Let the alcohol sit for 15-30 seconds.  Add more at any time if needed.

Third, scrap the paint with the hairbrush bristles.  This gets it moving nicely.  It will start to get sloppy and runny!  Yeah!

Fourth, add more alcohol if it starts to dry up or the paint is not sloppy.  Then, scrape it with the credit card.  The paint comes right off.

I clean off the credit card by wiping that wonderful paint goo on the journal page (see below).  That way not a drop of paint is wasted!

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A Colorful Gelli Print Party June is in full swing.  Here are just SOME of the great prints that have been shared, and it is still early in the month!  The link party is open all month long so you still have time to join in with your prints!  You can see all of June’s Gelli goodness here.  Click on the artist’s names to see their full posts!

Are you traveling with your art supplies? See how Rhonda put together her moleskin art journal kit including Gelli prints!

Are you doing the index card a day challenge over at Daisy Yellow?   Here’s how Robin is making lots of index card!

Ayala is making her index cards with lots of rich layers of color on the Gelli Plate!

Julie has been playing around with packing tape on the Gelli- there is so much you can do with a Gelli Plate!

Clare made a home for all her wonderful Moo cards with Gelli prints.

Have you thought about framing your Gelli prints? Check out what Anne-Mette did with her prints!

Maria is making faces with her Gelli Plate and then cutting them up and combining them to make more faces!

Julie is stamping with her Gelli prints as she makes fabulous cards!

Boo is using a Gelli print for a background on a card- love that the print was made with a place mat!

Vicki is using stencils to create a print worthy of framing!

Jessica is using Gelli prints as the beginning of her buildings.

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