This is for Robin's fun Free for All challenge and we are to be inspired by some unexpected things that make us smile.
A lovely neighbour recently gave me some succulent plants and she said it was impossible to kill them.
To cut a long story short, I killed those little suckers in 2 weeks. When I was chucking the plants out, I noticed that 3 or 4 leaves had a little bit of life left in them. That's when I had my light bulb moment and decided to create gelli plate backgrounds using the dead and dying leaves.
Gelli printing on copy paper is great fun, just be quick and not too robust. The paints dry super quick on copy paper and make a great medium for building up lots of colours and prints without having to wait too long for things to dry.
I cut a scrap of cardstock 6"x 4"and wrapped the gelli printed copy paper around the rectangle. I didn't want to apply any adhesive to the gelli print and flatten it out too much. By wrapping the paper around the cardstock it makes the whole thing look 3d and a bit puffy.
After I coloured the mermaid, she was fussy cut and adhered to the card. I was adding the last of the liquid pearls when the bottle decided to hemorrhage all over her tail.
As I was scrapping off the gooey mess I glimpsed a few sequins on my table (another happy light bulb moment)...and the rest is history.
Thanks so much for looking and I hope you get a chance to join in.
Date: Thursday, October 3, 2019 GMT Views: 1416
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