Light Box and Gelatin Printing-Busy Memorial Day!

[mamaxsix]

I finally did it! This morning (a grey, rainy Memorial Day here in Northern Indiana) I made myself a light box. I love the results.
This afternoon (still a rainy Memorial Day) I pulled out the gelatin plate I'd made a while back and finally tried making prints with it. It was a whole lot of fun.
The first attachment is a picture of the light box in action. The last is a photo of a card using the box.

[Juble]

Wow Gail! How cool that you made your own light box and that it works so well!! I never could have come up with that:rolleyes: Your gelli print papers look like a lot of fun. I've been drooling over them for a while; such unique bg's. I may try to make some myself as opposed to buying them. That's for sharing all the pics!

[mamaxsix]

I couldn't have come up with it on my own either....thank you Google! I've been seeing all the cool Gelli prints too and decided to try the home made route before I spent the $ for a permanent Gelli plate. I think I will go for it eventually and probably will stick with the smaller plate. You could watch You tube Gelli plate videos all night long!

[Juble]

Do the homemade Gelli plates only work as a one time thing? When you mentioned a permanent Gelli plate, that's what made me think the homemade plate couldn't be used very long. I sure love the look of the unique designs made with them.

[mamaxsix]

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Originally Posted by Juble

Do the homemade Gelli plates only work as a one time thing? When you mentioned a permanent Gelli plate, that's what made me think the homemade plate couldn't be used very long. I sure love the look of the unique designs made with them.

Since they're made of gelatin, they will get moldy eventually. I have had mine in the frig for a couple of weeks. Yesterday when mine cracked, I just melted it down in the microwave and it has set back up just fine. Lindsay aka the frugal crafter has a bunch of You Tube videos and did one on using the gelatin and now has one on making a more permanent home made version that I haven't tried yet.

[Juble]

Thanks for the link. I may have to try that. I never thought about mold but it does make sense.
Way cool! Gail, keep on posting your creations with your plate. So very fun to look at!!