I’m continuing to spend some time on the weekend gel printing for the #marchprintingchallenge. Here are a few of my favorites. For day 5 Geometric, I die cut some circles. Day 6 was Stamp … I used my friend Dori Patrick’s Big Girl Panties Foamies Stamps. For Day 9 Ombre Challenge, I combined Blue & … Read more
This year, Tania has changed-up Gel Print January Challenge on Instagram. I’m just sharing some of my prints here … if you want to see them all, you can hop on over to my Instagram Account SmilynStef. She has given it a Wabi Sabi theme with prompts every other day. The definition I liked for … Read more
The #abcprintingchallenge on Instagram with GelliArts has come to an end. I wanted to share a few of my favorite final prints. S is for Stamp was the perfect opportunity to use some of my neglected FMD Foam 3 Circles & 4 Circles stamps. Next up is T is for Tape. I used two different … Read more
I'm always a bit sad when a month-long challenge ends, but this has certainly been a fun one. The final week's theme is Self-Reflection. Day 22 was to use colors that represent you. I used my favorite paint-covered stencils and a flower mask together with colors that made me smile. I printed until … Read more
I'm continuing to do daily Gel Printing with GelliArts #marchprintingchallenge. This week is themes & patterns. There are no live flowers in Iowa, so I printed with a floral texture plate for Day 15. For Day 16 Ocean theme, I combined the Organic Doodles Stencil from @a_colorful_life_designs with several other stencils from @joggles and … Read more
I've finished week 2 of the #marchprintingchallenge with Gelliarts. Day 8 was Bright Colors that make me happy. For me that is orange, fuchsia and lime green with the O'Keeffe Orchid Joggles Stencil (Mask) by Elizabeth St. Hilaire. For Day 9's Cool Colors I combined metallic blue & green, which … Read more
Yes, it's another month long #marchprintingchallenge with GelliArts. I love making art every day. I think Day 1's Texture print is my favorite of the week. I just love how those colors work together. For Day 2, I used another of my plastic texture plates for a Monochromatic print in blues. … Read more
I'm still having fun gel printing my way through January. Day Six was Double. I decided to do a double-print using the same floral stencil for both. Here is the first print. and I did a second. For Day Seven's theme of Ghost, I pulled a floral ghost … Read more
The #marchprintingchallenge has ended, which is always a bit of a let down for me (not that I couldn't create my own daily practice, but I love the fun of doing it with others). Day 25 is book text. I pulled out a few vintage book pages and a couple of stenciled for some fun … Read more
I had another wonderful week of #gelprintJanuary2024 in the studio. The week started with Day #21 Stencil. I pulled out a never before used Klimt The Kiss Stencil (okay technically it's a Mask) by Elizabeth St. Hilaire from Joggles. I tried more liquid paints in blue and gold, which produced a really cool … Read more