Hi all. I needed a birthday card for a family member and I thought I would use this pretty silhouette flower stamp from Crafty Individuals which came free with another stamp I got, and there were also some lovely papers too, being given away as an extra over the Coronation weekend. I wasn't sure whether I would get the extra things as it was an 'only whilst stocks last' offer, but I was lucky and there were a few offcut stamps too which I will definitely use and which I was not expecting to receive at all, and very generous of them.
I started by doing a background on my gelli plate using three alcohol inks, and adding blending solution and using a puffer I moved them around to make a circular shape and then using a normal piece of white card, not yupo this time, I laid it down and rubbed over it to transfer the inks which they did very well. I have not tried using my gelli plate with alcohol inks before but it was a technique being used over at the Group of Seven Cardmaker's Blog this month and so I thought I would try it. I then added the silhouette flowers and a sentiment using Versafine Olympia Green ink and heat embossed it with WOW Clear Gloss Embossing Powder, and added it to a 6" square card. As an afterthought I decided to added three little birds in the sky which I did using a Black Micron Pen.
There is one thing to bear in mind when using alcohol inks on a gelli plate and that is there can be some staining and it seemed to be the yellow I used which only lifted slightly when rubbed with some more of the blending solution. It doesn't greatly matter except that the colours added to the plate in future will look a little different because of this staining. Thank you for visiting my blog today and I'll see you again soon.
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Less is More Challenge - No. 483 Spring.
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Beautiful…love it!
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Beautifully done, many thanks for sharing at Stamping Sensations and We Love Stamping.
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Beautiful AI background using your gelli plate, Pat! Love the colours. Sorry, I should have mentioned in my post and my gelli plates turned yellow. I love your silhouette image, it fits perfectly with your circle background. Thanks for sharing your card with us at Group of Seven! xx
ReplyDeleteThis is gorgeous - so clean and fresh-looking. I've so far been very wary of using alcohol inks with my gelli plate and haven't dared to risk it getting stained.
ReplyDeleteWow, this is gorgeous. Love it. Have a nice day, Ankie
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card Pat and such a useful image…not yet tried this technique but I definitely will
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Anne
So pretty! The alcohol ink background is amazing.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful card Pat, I love the design and the pretty colours in the background which really throws out the meadow flowers silhouettes, I'm sure the recipient will love it, Kate x
ReplyDeleteOH! Pat, this is gorgeous, I love the gelli background and the gorgeous stamps.
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love the splatter background that you've created for this wonderful card with the black stamp image. Thank you for playing with us at Less is More
ReplyDeleteI'm back again with my DT hat on and delighted to repeat, this is a gorgeous card Pat. Thank you so much for joining us in our challenge at We Love Stamping. Good Luck and looking forward to seeing you again in our next challenge.
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Beautiful card, Pat. I love the background made with your Gelli plate, I must use mine more often. xx
ReplyDeleteThis is simply lovely Pat. I am struggling with my gelli plate and appreciate the tip re alco inks colour! x
ReplyDeleteThis is wonderful, I love it and so lovely to see it in the we love stamping gallery too. Thanks for sharing it with us and for the tip about alcohol inks staining your gelli plate xx
ReplyDeleteReally pretty. Love the geli plate background you have created. This is a technique I have yet to try. I do like Crafty Individual stamps and each time I buyt I get sent xtra's which is always a nice bonus to receive nowdays. Hugs Mrs A.
ReplyDeletePat, I'm so glad you tried AI technique on a gell plate. Your colours are beautiful and perfect for your flower silhouette stamp ♥
ReplyDeleteYou can remove the alcohol staining by rubbing the gell plate with hand sanitizer.
Love your alcohol ink on your gelli plate background, Pat. I sat down to make one background and ended up with 14..LOL..very fun and addicting. I did finish 7 into cards, but still have not had a chance to take photos and post...very busy gardening season for Denny and I this time of year:-) I used a 4" circle gelli plate for my cards.
ReplyDeleteI LOVED your choice of silhouette stamped botanical images and sentiment. TFS your beauty. I do plan to post at least some of my cards in the near future..hopefully:-) You have me inspired, my friend. Love and Hugs, Nancy
The first thing that struck me when I saw your card was the beautiful background I've never used my geli plate with alcohol inks before and you have inspired me to give it a go. Thank you for sharing your beautiful card with us at Less is More.
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That's awesome Pat! I love it
ReplyDeleteFab CAS card Pat ! Loving the muted colours you achieved with your alcohol inks .... thanks for playing along with us at 'Less Is More' ..... Sid xx
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful background and stamped image, Pat! Love the colors and all the different foliage in that meadow stamp! My gel plate has turned yellow but it doesn't seem to effect the colors of the ink. It's a good thing that I like yellow!
ReplyDeleteI just love how your gell print came out using the AI's Pat - what a beautiful background and lovely silhouette stamps used - so glad you tried this out and shared with us at Group of 7! One of the videos suggested to use the gel hand sanitizer (that we ALL have from the Covid days!) to clean off your gell plate. I used it and it seem to clean off all the colors although some staining of the gel does happen.....
ReplyDeleteHi Pat, thanks for your comment, very kind of you. I haven't been able to respond to you for a long time, but I do see your beautiful cards. With all blogs where you have to log in with google, that doesn't work for me and I can't solve it, sorry about that. Now I see that I can respond to you and I'm happy about it, but tomorrow it could be different again. My blog address is Ellensgreetingcards.blogspot. com. Klick on Home on my blog!
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A lovely card Pat, the silhouette images works so well on your background.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing with us at Stamping Sensations. Avril x
Super background and lovely silhouette stamping.
ReplyDeleteLucky girl getting the freebies. xxx
Beautiful - love your gelli plate background.
ReplyDeleteThanks for joining us at the Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge.
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I just saw that your card was a top 4 at Stamping Sensations - congratulations! So well deserved as it is really lovely. So glad you tried the technique we did with alcohol inks on gelli plates at Group of Seven Cardmakers!
ReplyDeleteDelightful make with such a lovely delicate background - cracking job
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