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March’s Gelli Print Party

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A Colorful Gelli Print Party with Carolyn Dube

Welcome to the March Colorful Gelli Print Party!  A Gelli Plate , Crafter’s Workshop Stencils, and Amsterdam paint – what else could make me this happy?  Wearing these at Art is You in Nashville!

A Colorful Gelli Print Party with Carolyn Dube

There’s a giveaway this month – a spot in A Colorful Workshop: Gelli Printing, my newest workshop.

ACWgelli150I’m demystifying the Gelli Plate in this 5 week workshop.  My layers are not random but purposeful and playful.  I have my reasons for why I print what I print.  Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday I will bring  you techniques you can use.  You will  be looking over my shoulder and you will know the reasons why I make the choices I make so you can  print and play with confidence.

 

A Colorful Workshop: Gelli Printing with Carolyn Dube

A sampling of what you will learn in this workshop:

  • how color theory applies to the Gelli printing
  • how to get subtle or bold effects when you want where you want
  • how to use more than just paint on the Gelli Plate
  • building a composition right on the Gelli Plate
  • how to use the prints in a variety of mixed media projects
  • how to be free and experience all the joy in playing with the Gelli Plate!
  • and so much more!

 

What’s it like to take a workshop with me? Here’ what people are saying from Use Your Words:

A Colorful Workshop: Gelli Printing with Carolyn DubeThanx CAROLYN, This was a lot of fun. I enjoyed your thoughtful and careful instruction. I look forward to the next opportunity.-Linda

I have enjoyed this workshop and your carefree manner in presenting it. You shared ideas, tricks, and techniques that I will use often.- Sherry

 

Thank you so much for these videos. I can feel my mind relaxing and wanting to’ go with it’ rather than being so straight laced! Inspirational and very uplifting.- Janet

 A Colorful Workshop: Gelli Printing with Carolyn DubeGet all the details and sign up here.

How can you  win?  Leave a comment, get a chance to win.  Each time you link up a Gelli something to the party, get a chance to win.  Put the Gelli Printing badge on your blog, get another chance to win (just tell me in the comments). Share about A Colorful Workshop: Gelli Printing on Facebook or Twitter, get another chance to win (just tell me in the comments).

I’ll be drawing the name of the winner first thing on March 15th!  But what about all the people who have already signed up?  If your name is selected by random.org I will refund you the cost of the workshop!

The Party – open all month!

Link up your Gelli Plate blog posts, flickr photos, YouTube videos – it is all welcome!  New posts or recent posts are welcome!

  • Link to a specific blog post or flickr page or YouTube video that way people can easily find your Gelli goodness.
  • Add a link back to the party so others can join us too!
  • Leave a comment on at least 2 other links from the party.  You know how wonderful kind comments encourage us creative types!
  • Participate as many times as you want- just be sure it relates to the Gelli Plate.  If you notice your link deleted it is because it didn’t have a thing to do with the Gelli plate and that is what we’re celebrating here!
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What Can You Do With A Gelli Print?

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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 to A Colorful Gelli Print Party.  You can check out all of February’s printy fun here.  The next party starts on Friday!  And there’s a giveaway for March’s party!

Nicole used her Gelli prints to make tags.

Nicole Maki's Gelli Art

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maria used her Gelli prints to build a paper quilt background.

Maria McGuire's Gelli Print Art

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jessica used her Gelli prints to build a mixed media party girl.

Jessica Sporn's Gelli Art

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Marjie used her Gelli print to make an art journal page.

Marjie Kemper's Gelli Art

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rhonda used her Geilli prints to build a collage.

Rhonda's Gelli Art

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wanda used rubber stamps on hers and created cards.

Wanda's Gelli Art

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mary Anne turned her Gelli prints into a book.

Mary Anne's Gelli Art

 

 

 

 

 

 

Clare used her Gelli prints to make a triptych.

Clare's Gelli Art

 

 

 

 

Want more ideas of what to make with a Gelli Print?  A Colorful Workshop: Gelli Printing will be full of printing techniques but it will also include ideas for how to use those fabulous prints in projects!  You can get all the details here.

To the 750+  in A Colorful Workshop: Use Your Words the letter stencil is back in stock here! Not sure how many Scott has or how long they will last.

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Not In My Right Mind

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A Gelli print tag by Carolyn Dube

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 Plate and tossing on stencils, ripped paper and anything else within reach takes me to a happy place, my right brain.  When I lifted this tag up I just stared at it.  It begged to be made into something.  Yes, the tag talked to me and I answered with this!

A Gelli print tag by Carolyn Dube

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I was loosening up and my playful side showed up! I grabbed a little bingo card, some foam letters and polymer clay faces for some fun.  The faces we made while taking Judy Shea’s workshop, Buttons n’Bellisments.  I haven’t messed with my clay in so very long – thank you Judy for teaching & motivating me!

A Gelli print tag by Carolyn Dube

 

Thank you to all the people who have signed up to join me in my right brain in my newest Colorful Workshop: Gelli Printing.  Join us!   You can find all the details here.

 

A Gelli print tag by Carolyn Dube

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Want to see more creativity?  Check out Creative Every Day, Inspire Me Monday, Mandarin Orange Monday , Anything But a Card and Make It Monday.

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