Hi Friends!
Here is a Master Board I did for the Designs Team Challenge over at The Mirror Crack'd.... I hope you can stop by and check out all the beautiful entries and DT inspiration. We have lots of fun and would love for you to join in the challenge.
I started out making this master board with a Gelli Plate, acrylic paints, and stencils, then I added stamps, water colors, and markers. I then cut the master board up and made 3 really pretty post cards for Happy Mail! I hope you enjoy! Thank you for watching and visiting my blog...xo
Hi Rita Marie, gorgeous bright Masterboard that's so full of detail. Love the idea of turning it into postcards too.
ReplyDeleteHave a great weekend and happy crafting, Angela x
Thank you so much Angela! I love the wonderful comments... xo
DeleteGorgeous postcards - ingenious and I love them, lucky recipients xx
ReplyDeleteThank you Elaine! You are so sweet and I appreciate the wonderful comments... xo
DeleteBeautiful masterboard, Rita!! Enjoyed your video, thanks for sharing! Post card receivers will be very happy :)
ReplyDeleteThank you Shilpa! You are so kind to me and I appreciate the wonderful comments. xo
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Love how you finished off your masterboard and made up the postcards.
Smiles:)
Sue
Thank you so much Sue! You make me feel so good and I can't wait to send them out. I'm thinking I enjoyed it so much I will make a ton now. lol xo
DeleteI really like this idea of a masterboard. I always wondered how to get parts of a painting to stand out and after seeing how you did it, I will definitely give it a go. I don't have water color crayons, so, do you think gelatos would work? Thanks for you ideas. Rita
ReplyDeleteSorry this has taken me so long to get back to you. I hope you didn't wait for my reply to do this. I can't imagine what happened and why there are so many comments that didn't show up on my email... To finally answer your question...yes, you can use gelato too, but sometimes I have found I have to not smear the gelatos with my finger because it will pull up the gesso...I say sometimes because I don't know why but (sometimes) it doesn't, so use caution. I think the grittier the gesso the better. Sorry again about not replying to you sooner... xo :)
DeleteI love the colours and bright postcards, they look great. Hugs Jan x
ReplyDeleteThank you Jan! I must apologize for this late reply. There seems to be a bunch of comments from April that I had not gotten a notification of until now. I very much appreciate you taking the time to comment, and I am so happy you love the colors because I really do to... xo :)
Deletewow love this technique and cannot wait to try it myself. love your art!
ReplyDeleteThank you Suzie for commenting and I truly am sorry for not getting back to you soon but there seemed to be a bunch of comments from April that just showed up on my email. I hope by now you have tried doing this project and it came out wonderful... I would love to see it... Thank you so much for loving my art and taking the time to comment... xo :)
DeleteLove your vibrant project! Beautiful colours and very playful!
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Thank you so much Claudia, and I have to apologize to you too for not getting back to you sooner... It seems I didn't realized I had these comments until now... I am so sorry and I truly appreciate you taking the time to comment... Thank you! xo :)
DeleteI loved this piece so much, I thought I would try it myself! All went beautifully, until I started playing with the gesso and watercolor crayons. Some parts went well, other I had a few problems with paper lifting. It happened when I added some watercolor crayon onto wet gesso, like I saw you do. Some of the areas lifted, looking like I scrubbed it. Can you explain what happened?
ReplyDeleteHi Cheryl! Was your background paper dry enough? The paint I used on the original geli print was acrylic and very dry. If you are using wet gesso with water color over a surface make sure it is very dry underneath or it will pull up the background. You can also put clear gesso over your original background and make it dry completely, then use the white gesso with the water color crayons. The surface must be very dry or the gesso mixed with the water and the crayons will start to lift. I hope this helps sweetie and I would love to see your work. Please let me know if you have any more questions. Thank you so much Cheryl for watching and I am so happy you enjoyed this piece. xo :)
DeleteRita, in regards to last of mine..., since I already had gesso down, I just covered the area mentioned with more watercolor crayon and it covered up the lifting paper. I had used some cardboard, so I think next time, I will stick to a canvas board! I do love your work!
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