Stacy's Paper Crafts

Hey...

 

 

I had to go and make this card for my son LOL. I found some DYMO tape in my stash that matched my patterned paper perfectly so I ran it through my embossing label maker to create the "Hey..." for the front of the card. My Silhouette software was opened so I used it to create a perfectly centered sentiment for the inside of the card.

 

 

The font I used is called Impact Label Reversed, which can be found at Dafont. If you don't have an embossing label maker you can use a font called Impact Label, also available at Dafont.com The reverse is a nice masculine font, it's kinda clean with a little bit of grunge. I stamped a teeny tiny heart above the sentiment, and signed the card simply "Love, Mom." A perfectly sweet mush-less Valentine's Day card.

 

My son gave me the tiniest smirky/smile so I think he liked it :) LOL

 

Masculine Valentine's Day Inspiration

Valentine's Day is next week and I wanted to share a masculine Valentine's Day project with you all! Several years ago I created some Gelli printed papers using a heart stencil that I LOVED! The blueish teal print was my favorite of the bunch. The thought of cutting it up and actually using it was too much for me! If you're a paper lover you understand the agony of having only one sheet left of your favorite pattered paper. Gelli printed papers make this dilemma especially challenging because each print is unique. I've never been able to recreate a Gelli print with any precision, so I did the next best thing... I scanned the print!

 

I played around with it in Photoshop, (using my preschool level knowledge of PS LOL) altering the color and scale of the print, so fun! I love the original, but this print in green is really nice too!  I kept the scale the same, and printed the pattern in both blue and green, and created pillow boxes filled with candy for my two guys.  I used curling ribbon to wrap the box, and then added little tags, and die cut stars with mini brads.

 

This simple packaging says "Happy Valentine's Day, I got you some chocolate."  That really should be a sentiment for a card LOL, I'm going to have to go whip up a few! I know that It's sometimes challenging to create handmade masculine cards for the guys in our lives, I always try to share ideas to make this task easier. I hope this non-traditional color palette inspires you to create some non-lovey-dovey Valentine's Day cards for someone in your life!

 

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Harvest of Blessings

 

I reluctantly packed away my Fall leaves, but not before creating another card! I used another beautiful Gelli printed paper and a stitched rectangle die to create a mat for my card. I wish my photography skills were better because these photos just do not capture the gorgeousness of the gold shimmer in this print. I used Liqutex Iridescent Bright Gold Heavy Body paint, which is semi-opaque and played very nicely with the shades of brown that I used.

 

I stamped the sentiment on a kraft cardstock die cut, added some foam tape to the center, and adhered it to the card front. I die cut the leaf a few times and adhered them together to give it some dimension, and then adhered it to the card front.

Enjoy your weekend!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

I have a quick card to share with you today! This super duper clean & simple card features another Gelli printed paper, leaf die cut, sentiment sticker, and a tiny staple. I love the blotchy big leaves in the background on this card. I was going to add another layer to this Gelli print, but I decided that I really liked it as is. This blue shade almost has a summer or Spring vibe to it, but paired with the kraft card base and the Gelli printed leaf I think it works for a Fall card.

 

 

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I hope that your day is filled with lot's of love, good food, and restful naps!

Autumn's Splendor

 

 

I can't believe we're in the last days of November, this month just flew right by me! Although I love Christmas and I'm looking forward to creating ornaments and gingerbread related goodies, I need a few more weeks of Fall! I spent the last few days creating some Fall cards using some Gelli printed papers. This is one of my favorites! I used a few shades of blue, teal, brown, and gold acrylic paints. The thing I love about Gelli printing is that each print is kind of a surprise! The thing I hate about Gelli Printing is not being able to duplicate a beloved print! LOL I need to remember to scan them before I cut into them.

 

There are some talented Gelli print artists who can get close! They create some beautiful and what I call "intentional prints," meaning they actually have a method and a plan when they are printing. Most of my prints are random happy surprises.

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An Artist Trading Coin

Hi Everyone! I have a sassy project to share with you today, an Artist Trading Coin also known as an ATC Coin. I believe ATC Coins were created by Joanne AKA CraftyHodges. She created a video outlining the specifics and she also shares some fun samples that you can check out here, ATC Coin Tutorial. After watching her video I knew exactly which stamp set in my stash that would be perfect for this type of project, "Working Women" from Red Rubber Designs. The sassy sentiments crack me up!

To create the base I layered medium weight chipboard circles to make the coin nice and sturdy. The background started off as a Gelli Print that I embellished using the Speckle background stamp and one of the stamps from the Showy Strips stamp set. I added some additional splatters using white acrylic paint. The main image was colored using Copic markers. I fussy cut the image and sentiment pieces, inked the edges, and adhered them to the coin base.

 

I love how it turned out, I think it would be perfect as a magnet!

Thanks for looking, a supply list is listed below.

 

Supplies:

Stamps: Red Rubber Designs: Working Women, Speckle Background, & Showy Strips

Paper: Gelli Printed paper, white cardstock, & medium weight chipboard

Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Ranger Archival Shadow Grey, & white pigment ink

Other: Copic Markers & White Acrylic Paint

 

 

Gelli Print Cards

If you've been following me on social media you probably know I'm a huge fan of Gelli Printing. I have a huge stash of gelli prints that I've been slowly working my way through creating mostly cards with. Gelli printing is so addicting! Since discovering this medium I have purchased very little patterned paper. If you have a stash of paper, paint or ink you never run out patterned papers!

 

One of the things I like about patterned papers, whether commercially produced, gelli printed, or hand painted, is that you can use them to quickly whip up easy projects without needing a hoard of embellishments. I created these two cards using a couple of prints & sentiment stamps.

 

The nice thing about Gelli prints or hand painted papers is that they can be a great "beginning or starting" point in the creative process. I should have taken a picture of this print before cutting it down, but after doing so I felt like it needed some extra texture. I used some white pigment ink & the solid polka dot stamp from Red Rubber Designs' Background Dots stamp set to give the print some more interest.

A partial supply list is listed below. Unfortunately when I'm Gelli printing I find it difficult to keep track of the specific paints, stencils, & masks that I use especially when I don't use the print right away.

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Supplies:

Paper: White & Dark Teal cardstock, parchment diecut, & Gelli printed papers

Stamps: Red Rubber Designs Background Dots, Dotty Flowers, A Blessing To Me, Happy Birthday GWP stamp

Embellishments: Mini Staples. Enamel dot

Inks & Paints: Momento Tuxedo Black, Lady Bug & Sweet Plum, & Avery Elle White pigment ink, White Gesso, Dylusions Paint: Crushed Grape, Jacquard Neopaque paint: Violet & Turquoise, & Red Acrylic paint

Other: Stitched Oval Die, Foam tape, & stencils

 

 

 

#100daysofgelliprintcreations 6/100

 

This little 4x4 collage was so fun to create! I heat embossed the background using clear embossing powder and Red Rubber Designs' Background Stripes stamp. I love the subtle texture this creates! 

 

 

I layered and adhered some torn gelli printed deli papers, masked & stamped "Blessed" from a sentiment in the Here I am Stamp set also from Red Rubber Designs.

 

 

I stapled that to the kraft label die cut and layered it on a piece of that yellow gelli printed paper I still had out on my desk from yesterday's card. I like the the extra pop of color it adds.

 

Supplies:

8x10 Gelli Plate

Background Stripes Stamp

Here I Am Stamp Set

Dylusions London Blue Paint

Liquitex Basics Cadmium Yellow Deep Hue

Liquitex Basic Prism Violet

Liquitex Basic Light Blue Permanent

Heavy Weight white cardstock

Kraft Cardstock 

 

#100daysofgelliprintcreations 5/100

 

I think today's card is my favorite so far, Liquitex Cadmium Yellow Deep Hue is such a cheery happy color! 

 

 

*Supplies:

8x10 Gelli Plate

Flower Overlay Mask Silhouette Cut File

Thank You Mothers Silhouette Cut File

So Splattered Stamp Set

Text Background Stamp

Liquitex Basics Cadmium Yellow Deep Hue

Liquitex Basics Titanium White 

Versafine Onyx Black Ink Pad

Heavy Weight White Cardstock

Kraft Cardstock

Black Cardstock 

Vellum 

 

* Some affiliate links used.

#100daysofgelliprintcreations 4/100

 

I love Dylusions' Fresh Lime paint, this bright green screams Spring doesn't it? One of the things I love most about the Gelli Plate is that it allows you to create one of a kind mono prints and also create custom patterned papers that you can easily recreate again and again like this butterfly design. I used the Butterfly Overlay cut file from the Silhouette Design Store to create a stencil for this design. 

 

 

I applied the Lime green paint to my gelli plate first to create the background base color for my patterned paper. I laid the butterfly stencil on the Gelli Plate and brayered white paint over the stencil. I then removed the stencil and used the Lime Green print to pull the butterfly design. 

 

 

When I buy patterned paper I tend to purchase multiple sheets of each pattern, I hate the idea of running out of a design that I love. The use of stencils, a few paint colors, and my Gelli Plate makes creating custom patterned paper designs that I can create over and over again so easy! I never have to worry about not being able to find "one more sheet" for a project that I'm working on. 

 

 

I hope this inspires you to create your own custom patterned paper designs using a Gelli Plate. The Gelli Plate comes in a variety of sizes including 12x14 for your 12x12 scrapbook layouts!

 

*Supplies:

8x10 Gelli Plate

12x14 Gelli Plate

Butterfly Overlay Silhouette Cut File

Birthday Classics April Mini Stamp Set

Butterfly Die

Text Background Stamp

Dylusion's Fresh Lime Paint

Liquitex Basics Titanium White Paint

Archival Ink Pad Vivid Chartreuse

Distress Ink Peacock Feathers

Versafine Onyx Black Ink Pad

Clear Mini Rhinestones

White Cardstock

Blue Cardstock

Green Cardstock

White Doily 

*Some affiliate links used

#100daysofgelliprintcreations 3/100

Day 3/100 project features a birthday card!

One of things that I learned while participating in the March Gelli Print Challenge is that I love the look of multi-colored gelli prints, but I REALLY LOVE monochromatic color schemes too. I think the prints with a single color scheme will be easier for me to incorporate in my art. I haven't yet mastered the technique of getting beautiful multi-colored prints where each color stands out but I'm going to keep trying! 

 

 

#100daysofgelliprintcreations 2/100

Day 2/100 features another 6x6 collage.

Gelli printed phone book pages is my JAM! I usually recycle my phone books but I think I'm going to keep one or two on hand just for gelli printing. The pages are thin, but they can handle the weight of the paint and are perfect for using in collage pieces.  I'll try to list the products I've used going forward, but you'll have to forgive me for not sharing the paint colors that I used. It's all a blur, but for the most part I mostly used Liquitex Basics, Liquitex Heavy Body, Golden Heavy Body, Dylusions, and Folk Art acrylic paints for all of my prints. 

I used my new favorite stencil to gelli print the background layer on the phone book page for this piece and then adhered a piece of deli paper that I stamped using one of my favorite script stamps from Red Rubber Designs. I adhered the gelli printed hearts on top and layered the piece with a white mat for framing. 

Supplies:

Scribble Lines Stencil

Script Background Stamp

 

#100daysofgelliprintcreations 1/100

Last month's Gelli Printing challenge really stirred up my mojo! I decided to take part in another challenge

The 100 Day Project

I decided to spend 100 days creating art using my stack of gelli prints. If I'm completely honest, this challenge will probably take me more than 100 days, but I'm committed to creating 100 pieces of art. The most important thing for me is to enjoy the process of creating without the stress.

Most of my creations will be cards, collage pieces, and art journal layouts, but I may try a few other project ideas as well. 

Here's what I created for day 1/100.

I wanted to try my hand at creating some collage pieces in a variety of sizes. This one measures 6x6 inches. I adhered gelli printed text & deli papers to a white cardstock base. I Added a few flicks of black acrylic paint, adhered a butterfly die cut, some Tim Holtz stickers, and stamped a few stitched lines. 

You can use the hashtag #100daysofgelliprintcreations to see my latest update on Instagram. 

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It's been too long...

I'm not sure even where to begin, except to say I'm still here. These last few years have been challenging with my health so I haven't created much. 

This past month I participated in a Gelli Printing challenge hosted by Birgit Koopsen over on Instagram. I'm finding that I like the quick & easy format of Instagram an awful lot, so you can always check to see what I'm up to over on My Instagram page. 

 

Birgit's month long challenge had some fun and creative daily prompts. I didn't get to participate each day but here are a few photos of some of the prints I created. 

Circles

 Threads:

 

Hearts

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Gelli Plate ♥

A couple of months ago I went to a crop hosted by my friend Valerie. She shared with us her DIY Gelli Plate and I fell in love! That little jello sheet was so much fun to play with!

Last week I made my own using unflavored gelatin and had fun playing with it. After that, I was convinced that I needed a real one. The DIY works just a well as the "real" Gelli Plate in my opinion, but the draw back is that it needs to be refrigerated. I just don't have room in my fridge to store it so I decided to get a "real" Gelli Plate.

What I love most about the Gelli plate & creating monoprints is that each time you apply your paint, you'll achieve a different result. I experimented with acrylic paint and dye ink pads and loved both equally. Here are a few of the prints I created using acrylic paint and stencils.

I chose colors that I would use on a layout, and I knew that I wanted to use some of the prints for some masculine Valentine's Day cards, but I didn't have a plan otherwise. I love how CAS these turned out compared to some of the monoprints that inspired me to create my own. I'll be sure to share with you how I used them. Have you tried using the Gelli Plate or creating monoprints? What are your favorite color combinations?

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