My shining star

My shining star

Saturday, 8 February 2014

playing with my gelli plate

Good morning to you! How are you today? I hope you are fine and happy and if not sending you hugs! Thanks for all your lovely feedback about the last two makes - you're very kind and I so enjoyed the weekend - if you ever get chance to do a course with Hels - go for it - you won't be disappointed!

I've been playing with my gelliplate again and todays card is a result of that play:



To make the background I used red, white and brown acrylic paints and printed multilayers using the gelli plate and a mask  from That Special touch. Once dry I stamped over it in versamark using a script stamp from crafty individuals and heat set with white wow embossing powders. Then I stamped the CI ducks and fussy cut them and added them to the card. Finally I stamped the CI sentiment and added the white felt hearts to the card and mounted it all up. I love the result! Hope you do too!

I'd like to enter this for the following challenges:

Simon says stampsimonsaysstampblog: Have a heart
The male roomthemaleroomchallengeblog: Valentine
CFAScraftingforallseasons: Romance
Brendas 5th anniversary challenge stamping-fantasies- I have used my CI script stamp which really is the one that I always tend to reach for - love it!
Simon says stamp Monday Challengesimonsaysstampblog - Love notes
Pan pastel panpasteluk- use a stencil
Crafty Individuals craftyindividualsblog- a fine romance

I hope you have a good Saturday - big hugs to you and thanks for dropping by!

Rachel xx

32 comments:

  1. Yes, I do love the result Rachel! It looks wonderful, the colours are gorgeous and such a beautiful sentiment.
    I hope you have a good weekend.
    hugs Sue xx

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  2. So unusual Rachel, love the colours sentiment and the stamp all work well together

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  3. A great gelli background Rachel, still need to play with mine and acrylic paints as I'm not happy with the results so far. I love the colours you used.

    Sue xx

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  4. Morning Rachel,

    Loving that background, I've not invested in a Gelli Plate for some strange reason, but it is on my list for Stamperama tomorrow, along with quite a few other bits.

    The white script and ducks against the reds really do make the images pop, yet the background is not lost.

    Thanks so much for joining in by blog celebrations with this lovely piece of artwork and good luck when it come to the prize draws.

    Tomorrows Wokingham half marathon is cancelled, waterlogged course, now there's a surprise.

    B x

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  5. Oh wow this is just gorgeous and I love the wonderful mixed media effect and the pink colouring. Great wording too.
    Wishing you a wonderful and relaxed weekend.
    Hugs
    Desíre
    {Doing Life – my personal blog}

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  6. Another beautiful card Rachel, I have a Gelli Plate too but haven't had time to play with it yet! I love the colours and the white ducks are so cute. We used to have some Aylesbury ducks, their names were Donald (of course !) Huey, Duey,and Louie Low bottom ( because his bottom always trailed on the ground, nothing wrong according to the vet lol !) Amy, Lucy, Trudie and Matillda. They were such fun but very messy lol ! Have a great weekend Rachel. Hugs Jennifer xx

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  7. This is gorgeous Rachel, fabulous background and sweet sentiment.
    Have a great weekend.
    Pauline
    x

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  8. Fab background and love the stamps you've used, lovely card :o) Hugs, Lisa x

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  9. I really love the work you do with your Gelliplate Rachel and this card is no exception. Love the script in the background and the ducks are fabulous. Hugs, Anne x

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  10. Hi Rachel, Fabulous Gelli plate background. In fact I love your finished card. Hugs Rita xxx

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  11. This looks great ! Great background using your gelli plate too x hugs x trace x

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  12. Wonderful project and your background looks great.

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  13. Hi Rachel
    I like the way you used white embossing powder for the script, really makes it pop against that bold pink.
    Lovely to see you using the geese for your card.
    Thank you for joining the Crafty Individuals challenge.
    Wishes
    Lynne

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  14. Wonderful card Rachel, love the background and the geese are just fab, a super Valentine card.
    Your second make from your weekend is absoloutely gorgeous, what wonderful colours and textures, fantastic design, hugs Kate x

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  15. Rachel, this is gorgeous.....love the colours!
    hugs Jo x

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  16. Stunning card! I love the background you made with the Gelli plate! So creative and pretty! Thanks for joining us at the Simon Says Wednesday Challenge Blog!

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  17. Fabulous background and great composition!
    Hugs
    Linda xxx

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  18. Another great creation with using your gelli plate. Hazel x

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  19. Hi Rachel, gorgeous card.....really should get my Gelli plate out of it's package!!!! xx

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  20. Great card Rachel - love the colour scheme you have used - stunning in pink and white! Thanks for joining in the Crafty Individuals Romance Challenge. Jean x

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  21. Wonderful card Rachel! The background looks super and I LOVE that stamp!!

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  22. Hi Rachel, I'm not sure what a Gelliplate is but the result is stunning, I'll have to investigate lol. Shona xx

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  23. Beautiful project, Rachel! The Gelli background is gorgeous and I love the ducks. Thank you for joining us this week for the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. ~Michelle

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  24. I do like the background you made and the ducks are just super! A fun Valentine. Thanks so much for playing along with The Male Room!

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  25. A really lovely card with a beautiful background - perfect for Valentine's Day, thanks for playing along this week in TMR - Jacqueline xx

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  26. Ahh, cute card, love the sentiment!

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  27. Super background and the ducks are cute! Thank you for joining us in The Male Room.

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  28. This is gorgeous Rachel. Love the colours and the design. The gelli plate is another item on my wish list. Just wish I had more time to play lol.
    Mags
    x

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  29. Great card, and I love the ducks with their two big hearts!! They are so cute! :) Thank you very much for joining the Crafty Individuals challenge Rachel. Have a good week-end, Coco x

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  30. Fabulous creation Rachel. Thanks for "Showing us some Romance" at CFAS this time and I hope we see you again soon. Carol DT x

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  31. This is amazing, love the see creations with other mediums, the gelli plate is so much fun!
    Thanks for playing along with us at Crafting for all Seasons. Good Luck and I hope we see you again!

    Hugs,
    Milnie DT

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  32. so loving the background that you have created, so glad you joined us at Crafty Individuals this month
    hugs

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