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Radiant

Posted on December 15, 2023 10:27 PM by Julie Comment

A colorful card made with papers leftover from inking & sponging. The background is acrylic paint smoosh from a gel plate press & the leaves are all die cut from the scrap paper I used underneath my inking & spongings & sprayings.

For the Inspiration Challenge (IC941) we are visiting the Daydreamerie & their Pinterest Board where I found THIS lovely picture.

For my card, I used a background I made w/ acrylic paint & a gel plate. By itself, it wasn’t that impressive but it worked out well for my background. The leaves were die cut out of scrap sheets I place under my work when I’m sponging, inking or spraying. Some of them turn out so pretty that I save them. I glued a couple of these to card stock then die cut them. I like the bright, random colors against the dark background. The greeting was stamped w/ white ink & heat embossed w/ white powder. Then I used a clear, sparkly shine spray over the whole front. It has a very nice shimmer in real life.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Rubbernecker Stamps– You Are An Inspiration set

Paper: Staples 110# white

Ink: Hero Arts Unicorn

Accessories: Rubbernecker Rectangle Stitch, Open Flower #1, Open Greenery #1 dies, Gelli Printing Plate, Ranger Brayer, acrylic paint, white embossing powder

Hero Arts Unicorn Pigment Ink	Gelli Printing Plate	Speedball Pop-In Brayer Kit	Ranger Embossing Powder	Acrylic Paint
Heidi Swapp shine spray

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Flying Monkeys

Posted on August 9, 2019 3:38 PM by Julie Comment

I made this for the final Dare to Get Dirty challenge for 2019 at Splitcoaststampers. Lydia shared a video HERE for an easy technique using a gel plate, acrylic paint & a small object. (You may have to be a Fan Club Member to view the forum. Click the blue link to find out how.) It looked interesting & easy so I gave it a try.

I ended up doing 2 pressings of the gel print. The first time, I put neon yellow & neon orange paint onto my gel plate, pressed & slid the object (it happened to be an empty plastic ring from my ATG gun) then pressed the white card onto to it & rubbed. It didn’t look quite dramatic enough, so I repeated the process using black paint & pressed it to the same piece of card. I like it, but it’s awfully busy. I thought the colors would fit a Halloween card so I die cut all the pieces & arranged them as you see. I used a few fluorescent Copics to add color to the roof & windows & added the die cut ground out of neon orange card.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Rubbernecker Stamps: Flying Monkeys

Paper: Staples 110# white, purple, neon orange

Ink: Memento tuxedo black

Accessories: Rubbernecker Stamps: Rectangle Stitch, Bats & Spiderwebs, Spooky House, Witches, Deckle Hills, Circle Stitch dies, Copic Sketch Markers,Gelli Printing Plate,Acrylic Paint, Speedball Pop-In Brayer Kit

RN Flying Monkeys 475-02	RN Bats & Spiderwebs die 5216-01D	RN Spooky House die 5216-05D	RN Witches die 5216-03D	RN Rectangle Stitch dies 5007D
RN Deckle Hills die 5173-02D	RN Circle Stitch dies 5006D	Copic Sketch Markers	Memento Inks	AC color card stock
Staples 110# White Card Stock	Gelli Printing Plate	Acrylic Paint	Speedball Pop-In Brayer Kit

This entry was posted in Fall/Halloween/Thanksgiving Rubbernecker Stamps Splitcoast Challenges and tagged Dare to Get Dirty gel plate Halloween mixed media Rubbernecker Splitcoast

Simply Fabulous

Posted on August 17, 2018 11:18 PM by Julie 2 Comments

The Splitcoast Inspiration Challenge (IC663) is a fun, colorful site..mostly nail polish, but it’s very colorful nail polish! I was mostly influenced by THIS picture & THIS picture.

After reading about this technique last week in the Dare to Get Dirty challenges, it led me to a video HERE. I’m not sure of the name of this technique, so I’ll go w/ what it’s called on the video..Pop Art Prints or Magazine Resist. The funny thing is, even though I watched the video several times, I still did it wrong. Maybe that’s why I had so many fails. But this is one of the few that actually worked. I had to go out and buy a magazine because all of my magazines were put in the recycle bin when we moved. I found this Harper’s Bazaar & the pages looked really shiny so I bought it. (Yeah, I know a thrift shop would have been great but there isn’t one around here.)

I used a brayer to spread a thin layer of black acrylic paint onto my Gel plate, placed the magazine picture on top, pressed it down all over, then pulled the page off. I pressed a plain white piece of card stock on top of the Gel plate, rubbed it firmly, then lifted it. Then I added some thin layers of paint in different colors. What I should have done, was dry the black print on the gel plate & spread the thin layers of color on top of it before putting the card stock on top & lifting the print. Oh well. I’m just happy it worked! The greeting was heat embossed directly on the print.

Here’s a look at the inside.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Rubbernecker Stamps – Simply Fabulous (inside: Poppies, Beautiful Wishes)

Paper: Staples 110# white, hot pink

Ink: Versafine Clair nocturne

Accessories: Rubbernecker Rectangle Stitch dies, Gelli Printing Plate, Ranger Brayer, acrylic paint, black embossing powder

RN Simply Fabulous 648-01	RN Poppies 727-04	RN Poppies die 727-04D	RN Beautiful Wishes 565-12
Staples 110# White Card Stock	RN Rectangle Stitch dies 5007D	Versafine Clair ink	Gelli Printing Plate
Speedball Pop-In Brayer Kit	Ranger Embossing Powder	Decoart Acrylic paint	Recollections Cardstock