spoon wing mood swings

 What can I say art heals.

gelli texture stamps

Saturday was a good morning on facebook.  In the gelli group they were talking about those great foam blocks you heat and then press into everyday items for texture stamps. I had an entire package in my drawer so pulled them out and made all of these in about 15 minutes.  My favorite one is the circles from a rattan lid on a basket I have.  Then a girl, from that same group I believe, sent me the Dollar tree stencils!  I was so excited to get them as I had complained that I had been to several stores on a quest for them.  Wasn't that just the sweetest thing for her to do?  I am going to send her a happy mail package and thank her for the great stencils and fun I have had printing all week.  She has no idea how her kindness has affected me.  Came at a time I really needed it.

The last picture is my first and favorite print from yesterday. 

These need more but you get an idea what texture those create for backgrounds.

Gelli on deli paper

 I laid out all my gelli's and printed on the big deli paper.  Can't wait to get my little ones to play with!

All together

After my last all day session of gelli printing I had the great idea of using all my gelli's at once.  My wrist hurt so I pulled out the sliding tray on the tanker desk and all my gelli's fit.  It is a better level for brayer use and it really takes mono printing to another level!

Gelli blues

After printing some really bad gelli prints the other day I was determined to do something I liked.  These are better but I still need a lot of practice.