I loved seeing what everyone created on their Gelli Plate and missed it once the party was over.  So I decided that the party should go on!  On the 1st of each month I will have a post dedicated to the Gelli Plate and a link party that will be open all month.  The next party is on Feb. 1st.  Get ready to share a great print, an unexpected print, an experimental print, a project you made using a Gelli print, or anything else Gelli related!

The need for a bigger piece of paper led me to my stash of old scrapbook paper from long ago.  Why not just Gelli print over them?  I went to town adding layers of paint with my Gelli Plate.  This video shows you how I quickly used those prints to make a stash of cards and envelopes.

I can’t wait to mail these!

This is what the USPS has for the size requirements for envelopes in first class mail.  If you keep the size within their “normal” range they can be mailed with a regular stamp!

Letters

• Must be rectangular.
• Minimum size is 5″ long x 3 1/2″ high x 0.007” thick.
• Maximum size of 11 1/2″ long x 6 1/8″ high x 1/4” thick.
• Maximum weight is 3.5 oz.
• A letter will be charged a nonmachinable surcharge if it’s a square letter 5″ x 5″ or larger, it doesn’t bend easily, has clasps or similar closure devices, has an address parallel to the shorter dimension of the letter, is lumpy, or the length divided by height is less than 1.3 or more than 2.5.

Linking up with Paint Party Friday and Creative Every Day.

Nathalie Kalbach is the guest artist for the last Fall Fearless and Fly!   Her work is inspiring!  I have had an absolute blast co-hosting this with Jessica Sporn!  Thank you to every person who has participated from guest artists to artists who linked up to the people who stopped by to taken in all the creativity! (Shhh…The Fall Fearless link will work on Monday- I’m just getting this up a bit early.)

Headline prompt:  Radical to Mundane and to Radical Again:  What once seemed new that now feels old and boring?  How can you see it as new again?  How do you “jump charge” creativity when you’re feeling stuck?

How perfect that I was stuck trying to figure out what to create for a post about getting unstuck!  So  I did what I do when I am stuck, called AAA.  Not the auto club that tows cars but my artistic AAA…Anything Anywhere is Acceptable.  That means I just need to grab something and whatever I do is acceptable and free of judgement to get myself unstuck.

I have had Pan Pastels on my mind since the giveaway at Fall Fearless and Fly this week is $50 from Pan Pastel.  But then what?  My big ledger journal.  What else?  An egg stencil by Tracie Lyn Huskamp.  Now I had enough to get me started.

AAA to the rescue!  I had begun to hatch an idea with Pan Pastels and Tracie’s stencil!

One idea leads me to another and before I know it I am out of the muck and rolling right along!  I love love love to use my Versamark watermark stamp pad with Pan Pastels.

As I made decisions while creating this art journal page I made choices that could either allow my muse to inspire me or I could become anxious.  Not a lot of inspiration in anxiety for me.

Whenever I feel that anxiety, I have to consciously decide to trust my muse for better or worse…Here I trusted in my handwriting (with the help of a Stabilo pencil) even thought I don’t like my handwriting…

The many Gelli Plate prints I have from A Colorful Gelli Print Party are all over my studio so it is not surprising that some ended up in my journal.

Thanks to AAA (Anything Anywhere is Acceptable) I was able to hatch some of my ideas because they were protected from criticism and nurtured as I experimented.

Link up to Fall Fearless and Fly, Mandarin Orange Monday, Creative Every Day, Inspire Me Monday and Make It Monday.