Sunday, September 15, 2013

GELLI PLATE AND PACKING TAPE ... WHAT A FUN COMBINATION!

Hello and welcome to my blog on this beautiful Monday morning. 


continues at Simon Says Stamp for all of the month of September as we celebrate stamping with some really fun challenges and some exciting new products. 

This week, at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge, we want you to stretch your imagination just a bit and stamp on something other than plain white cardstock!

I recently saw a very cool video on Julie Fei-Fan Balzer's blog working with a Gelli Plate and packing tape.  It looked like so much fun that I decided to give that technique a try and stamp right onto the Gelli Plate using stamps and other items with shape and texture.


Here is my finished tag, using the backgrounds I made on the Gelli Plate and transferred to the packing tape. If you don't have a Gelli Plate, you seriously need to think about getting one! They are so much fun to play with! Here is the step by step of how I created this fun tag:


1. Begin by placing a few piece of torn paper strips onto your Gelli Plate.  (I was using an 8x10 Gelli Plate but a 6x6 one works great, too.) Choose a couple of contrasting acrylic paint colors and spread the colors over your Gelli Plate, using a soft rubber brayer.  Don't mix the colors too much or they may become muddy.  Just lightly blend them with the brayer and move on to the next step.


2. Remove the paper strips and create some interesting patterns on the paint.  I used a little rake to create wavy lines.


I also used a Q-Tip to create polka dots.  Let the paint dry before going on to the next step.


3. Stamp with paint instead of ink directly onto the Gelli Plate! Spread a little paint out onto a palette pad or a sheet of paper and then run the brayer over a stamp.  Then randomly stamp the pattern onto the Gelli Plate.  This plaid background stamp is from Wendy Vecchi's Sunshine And Art stamp set.


I even used a round plastic canvas piece that I had brayered paint onto.  In the picture above, you can see the wavy lines, the polka dots, the plaid paint, this plastic canvas being stamped and also a honeycomb stamp from Wendy Vecchi's Art For You stamp set that was stamped using a gold paint.


4.  Then go back over the clear polka dots with yet another color of paint and fill in the dots.


5. Finally, I used a jar lid that I had dabbed into black acrylic paint and randomly stamped it onto the Gelli Plate.  The design you see is the design you will get when you add the packing tape and transfer the design!  Let the paint dry completely before adding the packing tape over it!


6.  When the paint is dry, lay strips of packing tape side by side over the entire Gelli Plate surface.  Burnish the packing tape to the Gelli Plate using a bone folder or a used hotel key ... something with a flat edge.  Slowly begin peeling one end of the tape away from the Gelli Plate.  If a little of the paint stays on the Gelli Plate, just lay the tape back down, rub over it and lift it again.  This is a great way to remove the paint from your Gelli Plate, too! Remove all of the strips from the Gelli Plate in the same manner.  The photo above shows the different strips that are transparent; particularly in the areas where the torn strips of paper were originally placed.


7. Use aluminum foil, Perfect Pearls Powders (for these strips, I used Sunflower Sparkle and Blue Raspberry Perfect Pearls Powders) or Gold Leafing on the sticky side of the packing tape to create really unusual areas of metallic and shimmering color to the tape.  (I also added a white paper underneath the strips that I did not back with aluminum foil so that the colors were even more vivid). It's THAT SIMPLE and look at the really cool design strips that you've created and can use on all sorts of things!


 I cut some of my packing tape strips into smaller strips and mounted them onto a #10 Black Tag.


Next, using Specialty Stamping Paper, I stamped this adorable Prima Doll With Ruffle Dress Paper Doll using Jet Black Archival Ink.  I then stamped just the dress and hairband portion of the stamp again onto a piece of scrap cardstock and cut it out.  I colorized my doll using a Detailer Water Brush and Scattered Straw and Tattered Rose Distress Inks for the skin tones.  Her hair was first colored with Scattered Straw and then I added a little Tea Dye Distress Ink to it. Then I hot glued a sweet little cream colored bow and rose to the waist of her dress.


She is so cute but she really needed to be mounted on black cardstock to give her a nice contrast when I placed her on top of the brightly colored and patterned background of the large tag.


In this photo, you can see more of the closeup details of the background colors, patterns and metallics added to the underside of the packing tape strips. And you can see how much better the girl looks with that small black matting around her.  Instead of just stamping the word "CREATE" onto Specialty Stamping Paper, I decided to emboss the letters.  The shiny finish of the letters goes nicely with the shiny finish of the packing tape.  The letters are from Tim Holtz' Worn Text stamp set and are embossed with Black Embossing Powder.  I cut out the letters and mounted them onto black cardstock. They are popped into place using black pop dots.


In this photograph, you can see the wavy lines made by the little rake and how they are filled in with Perfect Pearls Powders to give a special shimmer effect.  Much more effective than just leaving them transparent.  You can also see the Gold Leafing running across the strip where the torn paper strip once was.


So, there it is ... my stamping on something besides plain white cardstock creation!  Come join us at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge and enter your stamped creation!  You could be the lucky winner of our weekly random drawing of a 

$50.00 credit voucher to Simon Says Stamp.  You could also be selected as one of our featured artists in our ...

a very nice honor indeed! 

Good luck!  I can't wait to see how you get your stamp on!

Here are all of the products available at Simon Says Stamp that were used in creating this Gelli Plate tag:







34 comments:

  1. CAndy your pproject is stunning, technique is fabuolus , I see that you really enjoyed about it! Unfortunately I do not have the "gelli plate", will it take a little longer before trying but sooner or later I will buy it and have fun with the backgrounds!Very beautiful project! Hugs BArbarayaya

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  2. Another totally amazing project Candy, that background is so colourful and fun and makes the perfect back drop to your cute girl. The black backing makes it all pop, you were so right about that! Fabulous tag!

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  3. Hi Candy, I think I have lost the power of speech, I am in total awe. I am so glad you showed the how to because I would never have believed that there was packing tape on this fabulous creation...what an absolutely amazing technique! What you have done with that tape is stunning. Love the addition of the foil and p pearls too - wow. You never, ever fail to impress.... Just got one of those Julie Nutting dolls - all I need now is a Gelli plate! So tempted after seeing this wonderful creation. Hugs, Anne x

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  4. Fabulous Candy, love the packing tape used on the Gelli plate. Great background and I love how you added the swirls and dots and circles with the top of a lid. Such an interesting backdrop. Love the colours and the girl is adorable. Beautiful colouring too. I actually used my Gelli plate for the first time this weekend Candy, it's been in its packaging for over six months oops lol. Tracy x

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  5. This is fabulous! Thanks so much for the step by step. I have to try this. Need to get a gelli plate! Fantastic job, Candy!

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  6. I love love love this Candy the colours are fabulous! gorgeous!

    KAzx

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  7. Wowser Candy - you put so so much into each piece - this is incredible with so so many fantastic steps and details. Your creativity is outstanding! Nicola x

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  8. Wow... Candy, this tag is so beautiful! I love the vibrant colors on the background and the cute image. It is so fun and cool to create these fantastic patterns using Gelli Plate. Thank you for sharing the step by steps. :)

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  9. Thanks for your lkind comment on my flowerladycard! I´m overwelmt by the amount of pagevieuws I recieved! The shawl you made is stunning and this vibrant tag is one that is beautiful! I get inspired every week by the great artwork of you and the rest of the team! Thanks for that aswell. Inky greetings, Gerrina

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  10. I love this. Such a great technique, can't wait to try it out.

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  11. Such a cool technique, and I think this tag is totally different for you! I love the bright colors and patterns!

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  12. loving your fun techniques and your cute image, Annette x

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  13. That is a seriously cool technique... the packing tape looks completely amazing, especially those shimmering metallic areas where the Perfect Pearls take over. Stunning background, and thank you so much for that incredibly detailed step-by-step through the process.
    Alison xx

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  14. Candy, I NEVER would have known that there was packing tape involved the process of creating this beautiful tag. It's so colorful and vivid! I really must get one of those gelli plates so that I can try this. It's amazing! Between this tutorial and the beautiful fabric batik method you shared the other day, I am overwhelmed with the need to play. :) Thanks so much for sharing your techniques.

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  15. OOOOH AHHHH look at that SUPER cool rolled on texture! Thanks for showing the step by step! LOVE the background!

    *mwah*
    Steph
    Simon Says Stamp!

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  16. This is fabulous Candy! I saw that video too and wanted to try it out. Love the result you got, such cool patterns, colours and texture. The doll is fabulous too. Isn't the gelli plate so much fun!

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  17. Wow Candy! What a fantastic tag! I love the pretty background that you created and your girl looks amazing! Thanks for sharing your creative process!

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  18. Hi Candy :-) this is a wonderful background/fabulous make and having just purchased a gelli plate your tutorial was very informative and inspiring.
    TFS and crafty hugs

    Annie x

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  19. Dear Candy,
    what an awesome tutorial, thanks for sharing the lot of photos. Wonderful effects have you made with your gelli plate, love the results and the card is gorgeous.
    Big hugs Anja

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  20. Gorgeous gelli background. LOVE it. The girl image is sweet and can be! Lovely!

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  21. Way Cool!!!!!!!!! Love the tape!! Thanks for the step-by-step!! This is on my want-to-do-soon list!!

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  22. Wow candy! This is amazing! Love your stunning gelli plate techniques! So cool to print it on tape! Hugs, Sandra

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  23. Saw this video and you're right Candy, it is such a great way of creating a background. Your tag is made even more special by the colours you've chosen. Looking forward to seeing much more like this. Hugs, Jenny x

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  24. Candy, your work is so magical...it always fills me with joy to see what you've put your hand to. Each week, it's like opening a wonderful gift. Love this sweet tag...love the background!

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  25. Candy ... as usual ... I am in awe of your art!!! That's all I can say. Ok -- that's not all I can say:) This is so creative and so whimsical and the colors are exactly what your lovely doll needed. The packing tape idea was incredible here, but it's the aluminum foil with perfect pearls that just take this project to a whole new level. Serious fun!!! Such a great inspiration piece for this week's challenge!!! Also, just wanted to say thanks for dropping by my Chiari Canvas blog again. I cannot tell you how much your words and support meant to me. You are a great friend to have! I'm so glad I found this community. I was over the moon with the spotlight at SSS Monday Challenge. You all have been so encouraging to me this year. Thanks again. -- Mary Elizabeth

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  26. You got a gorgeous result with the gelli plate, and the tag is so lovely, Candy.

    I already tried this technique, it's really fun!

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  27. What an interesting process!! TFS! You tag is just lovely!!! :) Evie

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  28. You always have the most interesting techniques! I just shake my head and think, "I would've never come up with that!" So kudos to you for inspiring me yet again with this stunning tag. Really amazing work here!

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  29. This background rocks and rocks some more! Love the way you cut it up too!

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  30. This is one of the best techniques I've seen using the Gelli Plate, and your background is gorgeous! My birthday is coming up in November, so I'm definitely putting the Gelli plate on my wish list. Blessings!

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  31. Whoot whoot, you blow me away, watching that background come together is like seeing MAGIC honestly it's drop dead GORGEOUS and BRILLIANT, it's been a pleasure and a inspiring visit, hope you have a wonderful week, big hugs..

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  32. Seriously cool! I have never tried the gelli plates, and need to!

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  33. Oh, my, this is wonderful, Candy! Such an amazing technique and wonderful card!

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  34. What a gorgeous tag! And - fabulous step-by-step!!! LOVE IT!

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