Great play on Gelli plate love the colours and do not stop rambling you sound exactly like me when I'm talking to myself crafting and probably most of us Thank you great ideas
Your “rambling” is what makes you so entertaining! I love watching your process and you cracked me up with Miss Moneypenny. Live in USA and totally got the inference.
You are a fearless artist Christine. That’s what it takes to find new techniques amp down ideas. I learn something new here every time and always get inspired.
Every time you said Money Penny, I kept thinking Ohhh James! Now I'm going to have to sit down and watch a Bond Movie! I really liked the last print. I thought it was perfect. Thanks so much for sharing. xo
To get really good leaf prints, make sure you rub very firmly over the leaf to get the gaps between the leaves as well as all the leaf textures. You can always use tissue, grease proof (not the silicon covered one though), rice or deli paper to pull the background, as that can really get into the nooks & crannies & will leave gorgeously detailed leaf prints on the plate which can either be pulled quickly or allowed to dry & have another layer of paint or gel medium used to actually pull the print. Also, if you put down too much paint, use your brayer to pull some off so you have a slightly transparent layer. You still always manage to create lovely prints though.
Hi Christine. What wonderful prints. I love the fern leaf prints, they are fab. I used an autumn leaf for masking with ink yesterday and that came out nice as well. Crafting with nature is fun, so thank you for showing us another way of doing it. - Dawn 🌅
Thank you so much Christine, I really really enjoyed watching you Gelli plate printing. I’m the same as you, I can’t just put a small amount of paint down too. And in the end the results are really really stunning and gorgeous too. You could use the skeleton leave’s for that too, and they’d probably take on the colours too. Please stay safe and well too xxx Mags
That last print was indeed fabulous, well done! I made a terrible mistake the first time I used my gel plate and used newspaper to clean my brayer on ... NOT a good idea, the print ended up transferred permanently to the plate and not even alcohol cleaned it off. End of economy drive! Metallic acrylic paints make fab highlights so I usually include at least one. Having great fun experimenting and will try sprinkling a couple of gilding flakes onto the final layer next time as the pot appears to have taken up permanent residence on my table thanks to you :)
What glorious, messy fun Christine 😁 If you created a secured L shaped corner, (a jig), on your glass mat you could use it for perfect alignments. Loved the end results congratulations 👏👏❤
I love watching you doing all things craft but the gelli printing is one of my favourites, love the colour combo's and all the textures you used to get the finished results, thanks again for your inspiration :)
Oh dear, I LOVE these prints! The embossed leaves were my favorite with the gorgeous autumn colors. And never apologize for the commentary as I find that so helpful to understand your thoughts as you create.
What a great play. I find whenever I get out my gelli plate, I end up with so many backgrounds I end of storing most of them. It's a bit addicting once you start playing. Love these prints and what a great idea using Impresslits. My last go I used a bunch of Art by Marlene small standalone stencils and love the variations they gave.
Chris, that was fun! I haven’t invested in a gelli plate as yet, but I can see one on the horizon! I have lots of neglected paints so a good reason to purchase one perhaps? Thank you for going to the trouble of filming your play so we can expand our own ideas.
I love this! Wonderful results. I don’t use my gelli plate often because i make such a mess. But love the results. Thank you for allowing us to join you for this.
That was a wonderful play, Christine and the last print turned out gorgeous to use on an Autumn project. I have yet to use my Gelli Plate and I must admit, it looks like fun. Thanks for sharing, dear
I have a jelly plate for about a year and I have never used it yet. I find it hard to understand. I loved the last print You did, looks so interesting 😊
Nice prints. New subscriber. I poke a hole in the seals with a craft knife or sharp skewer. The acetate sheets are for shipping of gel plates and should be discarded. I use them to cut stencils. store plates in clamshell without the acetate.
Thanks. I'm happy to keep the acetate sheets on my Gelli plate as one technique I use requires that one is left on for the process. I also feel that if the acetate sheets are put back on as soon as the plate is cleaned, it keeps the plate completely free from any particles which might stick to it when not in use, leaving the surface totally unmarked. I guess it's good to do what works best for each of us.😊
I just bought a fern to use for gel printing! Unfortunately when you buy the gel plate, I don’t believe that they tell you not to use the clear plastic that comes on the plate for storage. They should say that because the trapped air bubbles can ruin your plate. If you just clean it with baby oil and then put a sturdy paper on each side for storage in the clamshell that it came in, it should be okay. Also because I have been watching (and enjoying) lots of your videos, an art color wheel may be helpful for color combinations. If you just don’t put the colors that are opposite on the color wheel together, then your colors won’t turn brown or grey. Best of luck!
I use a plastic sheet sometimes when I want to flip the plate before taking a print. I usually try to make sure there are no air bubbles between the film and the plates before storing. Thanks for the advice!
I tried this the other day. Nope. Didn't do well. I really like taping in place. Great idea. Light on first coat. Ahhh. Makes sense. Now I may give it a try again. TFS. Just found your channel. Nice. Informative.
Hi. When I saw the gelli plate out on your desk as the video started I got so excited it was plain silly! I was a little skeptical when the bright green paint came out but you calmed it down and made it lovely, not as lovely as some of the others granted, lovely all the same though. Thanks for sharing another of your marvelous videos and your impressive skills. I know no-one wants to hear this again....I can't help myself.... YAY for the gelli plate!!🤣
Firstly, loved watching as usual. Haven't had time to be home and gelli play much at all, so watching you from work was good for the soul! I too get carried away with backgrounds when I play. Also, always enjoy your rambling because I do that too, without an audience... and I ramble back to you when I watch, like, "try more red Christine" or "wipe your brayer off" 😉☺ P.S. my husband does an excellent Sean Connery impersonation! 😄
The prints are so organic and original. Love them. Christine I also 😅 laughed when you mentioned those names of the metallic prints. I associated the names with 'James Bond Movie ' Goldfinger (one of my favorite) along with the secretary Money Penny.
I love the colors you used. If those warm greens combined with the oranges and browns don't scream fall then I don't know what does! Could you please keep the prints in frame so we can look at them right after you pulled them? You put them off to the side out of frame immediately and comment on how nice they came out, but we can't see! Please don't torture us like this. :)
I'm really sorry about that, keeping tabs on what you are seeing is a real failure of mine 😟 often the zoom changes with a movement of my wrist against my watch crown and I don't notice. I WILL try harder! ❤️💛🧡🤎💚
Have you tried quickly passing over the greenery with the iron? In Bulgaria kids used to have to make a book with greeneries - herbs, flowers, leaves. I, of course, was always late with assignments so I hadn't dried out the green stuff property and they were not straight. Well, a quick passage with the hot iron (under a paper of course) and they got flat enough 🤭. Have you tried it before? If not, try it out with different heat settings and different steam level. It may be helpful 🤷♀️
Actually I have a press for wild flowers and leaves etc. which I had completely forgotten about... You have reminded me... I'll try it,...to use flat leaves would be much easier. Thanks so much 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
@@Chrissieannie I didn't know such things exist, flowers don't seem to be my thing (or rather, I'm not theirs 🤭) but I'm glad I reminded you of your press. You do beautiful things
I have used cardstock, there’s another video where I used it, I rather like the finish that copy paper gives, plus it's not too thick a layer! ua-cam.com/video/IEqFYCIhpbM/v-deo.html
My you are prolific at the moment! I think I'll put a gelli plate on my Christmas wishlist. A Westie we were fostering decided to make a midnight snack of my previous (home made) one. Could you make a video showing how you incorporate your prints in your cardmaking please? I tend to end up with a pile of prints and no idea how to use them.
I have made a series of videos of cards I've made with Gelli prints. Here's one! ua-cam.com/video/RSjD1OwmJZE/v-deo.html here's another ua-cam.com/video/qsVzj4GUw4I/v-deo.html ... There's are more! 😉
Oh sorry, I think I must have got the wrong end of the stick when I read that bit about the foster dog chomping on the home made one as I assumed the comment was about a gelli plate. 🤭
Love the last one. Good to observe the process. Thank you.
Glad you liked it!😊
How fun! The last one was absolutely beautiful!
Thank you 💚💛🧡🤎❤️
Great Chrissie, love warts and all! Thats my kind of crafting ....we learn with you! Thanks for your inspiration.
Thanks so much ❤️❤️❤️
I love how you just carry on until you get the look you prefer,which gives the rest us ideas…
Can’t wait to see what you get from this background
Thanks so much. 💚🧡❤️💛🤎
Lovely prints. Leaves are my favorite subject for card making.
I love leaves too. I think I may press them in future though so that they lie flat! 😀
OH I DO LOVE THIS PROCESS AND WATCHING YOU,YOU HAVE A SOOTHING WAY ABOUT YOU AND INTRUCTIVE SO WELL!! THANKS!!
I'm so glad! thanks so much❤️
Great play on Gelli plate love the colours and do not stop rambling you sound exactly like me when I'm talking to myself crafting and probably most of us
Thank you great ideas
Thanks so much 💚🤎🧡❤️
Your “rambling” is what makes you so entertaining! I love watching your process and you cracked me up with Miss Moneypenny. Live in USA and totally got the inference.
Thanks so much , I’m really grateful for your comments! 😊😊😊
That last one was terrific! I did love the impression with the fern.
Thanks so much, I want to do some with feathers! 💙💚❤️
You're right that the names are so fun; you've got to appreciate a food James Bond reference!😁
🤣🤣🤣 I thought they were great names ! 😊
Love all you did. I found myself answering you, yes, that is quite lovely. Thanks for sharing
Thanks so much 😊
You are a fearless artist Christine. That’s what it takes to find new techniques amp down ideas. I learn something new here every time and always get inspired.
What a fabulous comment, thanks so much Debbie❤️
Oh I like this last one especially.
Me too! Thank you 🤎🧡🤍
Fantastic!!! Thanks for sharing.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Every time you said Money Penny, I kept thinking Ohhh James! Now I'm going to have to sit down and watch a Bond Movie! I really liked the last print. I thought it was perfect. Thanks so much for sharing. xo
I liked the last one too... It's good to know that die cut leaves work for this process! 😊
Great prints Chrissie, could listen to you for hours lol.
That’s so kind! ❤️
It’s a great way of coloring your die cuts too!
Thanks so much ❤️💙💚🤎🧡
Gorgeous prints!
Thanks 💛❤️🤍🧡💚
Love the tutorial, will have to purchase some materials. Thankyou Christine
Have fun!
I love the prints you got, thanks you gave me ideas!
I'm so glad!😊😊😊
Really love those prints! ThNk you!
Thanks so much 🤎🧡❤️💚
To get really good leaf prints, make sure you rub very firmly over the leaf to get the gaps between the leaves as well as all the leaf textures. You can always use tissue, grease proof (not the silicon covered one though), rice or deli paper to pull the background, as that can really get into the nooks & crannies & will leave gorgeously detailed leaf prints on the plate which can either be pulled quickly or allowed to dry & have another layer of paint or gel medium used to actually pull the print. Also, if you put down too much paint, use your brayer to pull some off so you have a slightly transparent layer.
You still always manage to create lovely prints though.
I've been happy with most of what I did but am always glad of a little advice!
Hi Christine. What wonderful prints. I love the fern leaf prints, they are fab. I used an autumn leaf for masking with ink yesterday and that came out nice as well. Crafting with nature is fun, so thank you for showing us another way of doing it. - Dawn 🌅
Thanks so much Dawn, I always love reading your comments! ❤️
Grear❤❤
Hey ho, now I’m off to find out my Geli plate. You’re so inspirational!
That's really kind Helen, have fun! 💚🧡❤️🤎
I have gelli plates I haven’t fully utilized. Hinging the paper for repeated prints is brilliant! Many thanks
It works really well. Many thanks ❤️
I love the last print you pulled. Gorgeous!!!
Thanks so much
Thank you so much Christine, I really really enjoyed watching you Gelli plate printing. I’m the same as you, I can’t just put a small amount of paint down too. And in the end the results are really really stunning and gorgeous too. You could use the skeleton leave’s for that too, and they’d probably take on the colours too. Please stay safe and well too xxx Mags
Thanks as ever Mags ❤️❤️
That last print was indeed fabulous, well done! I made a terrible mistake the first time I used my gel plate and used newspaper to clean my brayer on ... NOT a good idea, the print ended up transferred permanently to the plate and not even alcohol cleaned it off. End of economy drive! Metallic acrylic paints make fab highlights so I usually include at least one. Having great fun experimenting and will try sprinkling a couple of gilding flakes onto the final layer next time as the pot appears to have taken up permanent residence on my table thanks to you :)
Great feedback thank you Susan…Shame about the newspaper! ☹️
What glorious, messy fun Christine 😁
If you created a secured L shaped corner, (a jig), on your glass mat you could use it for perfect alignments.
Loved the end results congratulations 👏👏❤
Thanks so much 💚❤️💚🤎💛
Great technique..you do it so well…thanks..my gelli pad should come tomorrow..fun ahead. Really like your hinge
Have fun! You'll have to make lots of cards to use up the beautiful backgrounds that you will be making!😀
Finally someone recently using a gelli plate! I love your results, the leaves look so real, and the colours , and pulls are gorgeous.
Thanks so much, watch out for more with the Gelli plate! 😊😊😊
I love watching you doing all things craft but the gelli printing is one of my favourites, love the colour combo's and all the textures you used to get the finished results, thanks again for your inspiration :)
Thanks so much ❤️❤️❤️
Oh dear, I LOVE these prints! The embossed leaves were my favorite with the gorgeous autumn colors. And never apologize for the commentary as I find that so helpful to understand your thoughts as you create.
That’s really kind thank you Barbara ❤️🧡🤎
What a great play. I find whenever I get out my gelli plate, I end up with so many backgrounds I end of storing most of them. It's a bit addicting once you start playing. Love these prints and what a great idea using Impresslits. My last go I used a bunch of Art by Marlene small standalone stencils and love the variations they gave.
It’s fun playing isn’t it! 😊😊😊
J'aime beaucoup !
Merci!❤️
Ramble as much as you want, always entertaining. Still playing with my gilding flakes, but will add this to the must try pile. The hinge is genius. Ex
Thanks so much, I'm glad the rambling doesn't put you off! 😁
Oh my word, I wonder what would happen if you sprinkled a few flakes onto the 2nd or 3rd layer of paint ... while I have them out I must try that!
The only answer to wondering is to have a go! 🤔😳😀
Need to get a gelli plate, it's on my crafty wish list. Love how you've brought natural elements into this 💗
Thanks so much 💚🧡🤎❤️
Chris, that was fun! I haven’t invested in a gelli plate as yet, but I can see one on the horizon! I have lots of neglected paints so a good reason to purchase one perhaps? Thank you for going to the trouble of filming your play so we can expand our own ideas.
They really are fun Amanda! 😁
Prussian blue is wonderful for darks!
I haven't used all my new colours yet... I'll have to experiment!
Very cool, never used paint, I always use ink. Jenny🇨🇦
Paints are fun! 👋 from Hampshire 🇬🇧
I love this! Wonderful results. I don’t use my gelli plate often because i make such a mess. But love the results. Thank you for allowing us to join you for this.
It's fun and often quite messy! 😀😀😀 At least for me!
Yet one more medium to aspire to use as effectively as you do. Loved it!
Thanks Viki Gelli printing is such fun! 🤎❤️🧡💚💛
That was a wonderful play, Christine and the last print turned out gorgeous to use on an Autumn project. I have yet to use my Gelli Plate and I must admit, it looks like fun. Thanks for sharing, dear
Thanks so much Nancy, thanks for accompanying me on this last little journey! 😊😊😊
Happy Monday Christine! Time to purchase a gelli plate& brayer. Thank you.
When the notification of your response came on my iPad it was incomplete and read... "Time to purchase a Gelli plate and bra. 😆😆😆 have fun!
I have a jelly plate for about a year and I have never used it yet. I find it hard to understand. I loved the last print You did, looks so interesting 😊
Just have a play Barb, it's lots of fun and you may finish up with something spectacular! 😊😊😊
Nice prints. New subscriber. I poke a hole in the seals with a craft knife or sharp skewer. The acetate sheets are for shipping of gel plates and should be discarded. I use them to cut stencils. store plates in clamshell without the acetate.
Thanks. I'm happy to keep the acetate sheets on my Gelli plate as one technique I use requires that one is left on for the process. I also feel that if the acetate sheets are put back on as soon as the plate is cleaned, it keeps the plate completely free from any particles which might stick to it when not in use, leaving the surface totally unmarked. I guess it's good to do what works best for each of us.😊
I just bought a fern to use for gel printing! Unfortunately when you buy the gel plate, I don’t believe that they tell you not to use the clear plastic that comes on the plate for storage. They should say that because the trapped air bubbles can ruin your plate. If you just clean it with baby oil and then put a sturdy paper on each side for storage in the clamshell that it came in, it should be okay. Also because I have been watching (and enjoying) lots of your videos, an art color wheel may be helpful for color combinations. If you just don’t put the colors that are opposite on the color wheel together, then your colors won’t turn brown or grey. Best of luck!
I use a plastic sheet sometimes when I want to flip the plate before taking a print. I usually try to make sure there are no air bubbles between the film and the plates before storing. Thanks for the advice!
I tried this the other day. Nope. Didn't do well. I really like taping in place. Great idea. Light on first coat. Ahhh. Makes sense. Now I may give it a try again. TFS. Just found your channel. Nice. Informative.
Thanks, I hope you’ll subscribe and stick around! 💚🤎❤️💛🧡
@@Chrissieannie yup. I did subscribe.
Perfect, thank you ❤️
Hi. When I saw the gelli plate out on your desk as the video started I got so excited it was plain silly! I was a little skeptical when the bright green paint came out but you calmed it down and made it lovely, not as lovely as some of the others granted, lovely all the same though. Thanks for sharing another of your marvelous videos and your impressive skills. I know no-one wants to hear this again....I can't help myself.... YAY for the gelli plate!!🤣
It is such fun isn’t it Deb and thanks so much for your feedback! 🧡❤️🤎💚
I think Gold Finger and Miss Moneypenny are references from the James Bond series, too!! Another awesome video!! Thank you!!
They certainly are! Thanks so much 😁😁😁
Money Penny reminds me of the recent James Bond movie.
The names of lots of the indigo Blu paint colours are Bond related!🤣🤣🤣
Firstly, loved watching as usual. Haven't had time to be home and gelli play much at all, so watching you from work was good for the soul! I too get carried away with backgrounds when I play. Also, always enjoy your rambling because I do that too, without an audience... and I ramble back to you when I watch, like, "try more red Christine" or "wipe your brayer off" 😉☺
P.S. my husband does an excellent Sean Connery impersonation! 😄
Many thanks 😀
The prints are so organic and original. Love them.
Christine I also 😅 laughed when you mentioned those names of the metallic prints. I associated the names with 'James Bond Movie ' Goldfinger (one of my favorite) along with the secretary Money Penny.
Lots of the names of the colours come from James Bond 🤣🤣🤣
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💚🤎❤️🧡
I love the colors you used. If those warm greens combined with the oranges and browns don't scream fall then I don't know what does!
Could you please keep the prints in frame so we can look at them right after you pulled them? You put them off to the side out of frame immediately and comment on how nice they came out, but we can't see! Please don't torture us like this. :)
I'm really sorry about that, keeping tabs on what you are seeing is a real failure of mine 😟 often the zoom changes with a movement of my wrist against my watch crown and I don't notice. I WILL try harder! ❤️💛🧡🤎💚
Oh I can see some great cards coming soon 😊
Who knows?😁😁😁
Have you tried quickly passing over the greenery with the iron? In Bulgaria kids used to have to make a book with greeneries - herbs, flowers, leaves. I, of course, was always late with assignments so I hadn't dried out the green stuff property and they were not straight. Well, a quick passage with the hot iron (under a paper of course) and they got flat enough 🤭. Have you tried it before? If not, try it out with different heat settings and different steam level. It may be helpful 🤷♀️
Actually I have a press for wild flowers and leaves etc. which I had completely forgotten about... You have reminded me... I'll try it,...to use flat leaves would be much easier. Thanks so much 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
@@Chrissieannie I didn't know such things exist, flowers don't seem to be my thing (or rather, I'm not theirs 🤭) but I'm glad I reminded you of your press. You do beautiful things
Love it! For card making should we be using card stock?
I am a card maker!!! I prefer the finish of copy paper.. but you can use whatever you want!
Beautiful prints… have you tried using card stocks ( 80 or 100 lbs )? I was just wondering how it will turn out. Thanks for sharing, Christine 😊
I have used cardstock, there’s another video where I used it, I rather like the finish that copy paper gives, plus it's not too thick a layer! ua-cam.com/video/IEqFYCIhpbM/v-deo.html
My you are prolific at the moment! I think I'll put a gelli plate on my Christmas wishlist. A Westie we were fostering decided to make a midnight snack of my previous (home made) one. Could you make a video showing how you incorporate your prints in your cardmaking please? I tend to end up with a pile of prints and no idea how to use them.
I have made a series of videos of cards I've made with Gelli prints. Here's one! ua-cam.com/video/RSjD1OwmJZE/v-deo.html here's another ua-cam.com/video/qsVzj4GUw4I/v-deo.html ... There's are more! 😉
Hi. How did you make your gelli plate? I've not heard of anyone doing that before and I'm intrigued.
I don't think anyone has made a Gelli plate Deb!
Oh sorry, I think I must have got the wrong end of the stick when I read that bit about the foster dog chomping on the home made one as I assumed the comment was about a gelli plate. 🤭
I just read that bit again, maybe she did use something else as one... Not heard of that before! 🤔
Do you have to use gelli plates or would ceramic plates work also??
I haven't tried ceramic plates so I don't know, but if you have them... Try! 😁
It is alarming to see all the plastic crap that crafters are buying to play with.
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What lovely prints you’ve created, love to see what you do with them x
I only use portions of the prints when making a card as in a CAS card maker, so it will take me a while too use them! 😀