Creativity

I found my gel plate roll off sketchbook! I also found one of mini gel plates. I know where my paints and gel plate rollers are, too. Guess what I'll be doing soon!

Card making around here

I need greeting cards and I rarely buy them.  I make them.  Here's today's cards.  Started with white card stock, glued down a vintage dictionary page then washed them with a soft pink matte paint.   Punched one inch circles from a variety of scrapbook paper to use as the flower pedals.  The leaves are cut from vintage wallpaper.  I'll make the original cards but also scan them and reuse them over and over by adding my own  sayings like "hello"  "thank you"  either using a cool calligraphy pen or printed words.

 

This year's card, Part 2

Working on the envelopes.  I couldn't find what I want on any  online shops.  So what do you do?  Make your own envelopes!   I made a template and I'm using a green tinted paint mask off paper I got at home improvement store.  I love the feel of the paper and it's study but thin.  It'll work perfect for my handmade cards!

Love affair with paper

 I watched a YouTube video on making faux vellum paper.  I don't recall the name of the artist, sorry.  She used a can of clear spray paint on a variety of papers.  One paper she used was painter's masking paper.  I've been using the masking paper in the green tone and the brown tone colors for several years.  I first came across this paper at a shop in Albuquerque.  I love the lightness of it and love love love the colors.  It comes in 18" rolls so I cut it to 8 1/2" x 11" sheets and printed some vintage images and text on to them.   I gathered up a few pieces of pattern tissue, book pages, and tea dyed graphed paper.  I used clear matte spray paint I bought at my local Walmart.  Nothing fancy.  Used a box to lay the paper in and sprayed one side at a time.  You need to do this outside or in a very well ventilated area, believe me.  Hung them to dry and I love the way they turned out.  My favorite is the dress pattern tissue!  I may have to try a glossy clear next time.  The matte is nice but I'm curious how the glossy will make the paper feel and look.

Here is a sample of the masking paper.  It's not transparent but it does have a nice translucent look.