Art Journaling: Gel Press Background with Shari Carroll
Hi everyone! It’s Shari here, back with my Art Journal Feature for April… no foolin!!
I had so much fun playing with the Gel Press yesterday and had another idea. As I was playing I noticed that I could add and remove paint from the Gel Press using my brayer. So the wheels were turning thinking that I could add color in small areas and layer them up creating a distress painted background for my art journal.
I love how my background turned out. I also used the Mini Brocade stencil from The Crafter’s Workshop with Wendy Vecchi’s Violet Archival ink. I didn’t want to clutter up my page and hide the background too much, so I wend with a Typography look using the Tim Holtz Alphas Transparency Tiles, Lace die cut and title. To finish things up, I added Hydrangeas which were die cut from painted paper.
Using black for my title with Alpha tiles and lace border really pop against the background. My last finishing touch was to add Black Enamel Accents to the centers of the flowers. Viloa!
I have filmed the entire process which you can view in the video below, or watch on our YouTube channel HERE.
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So wonderful. I like the colors and the bordure, the stenciled background… Really great!!
What a fabulous background!
I love Shari’s mixed media projects. This is gorgeous!
Fabulous background, colors, and border. Well, everything!
Fabulous background, colors, and border. Well… everything!
Love the colors!
Shari you continue to amaze me. Your work is awesome.
Amazing!
Great design, love the bold characters!
Great card! I love the background..
Great project! :)
Just gorgeous!
I love what you created.
Oh, what a great project. I love it.
Beautiful project, beautifully done! Love, love and love. I added a lot of supplies to my ‘Wish List’.
Thanks so much for sharing with us and for the video!
Wow, Shari your mixed media project is outstanding. Thanks for sharing:)
Such an incredible page! I just loved watching you create the background with the gel press and brayer! It made me think that even I could do that!! Thanks for the message too. It’s a good one of hope for me today.
Clever! This is really beautiful!
Wow! So beautiful!
Amazing page!! You make it look so easy. Thanks for the wonderful video!
I’m loving these gel press videos. Love the techniques. The music was great, too. What was it?
Very cool card. Thanks for all the tips. This is a must try. TFS
These gel press projects are so beautiful!
This is gorgeous. Love the colors and the black centers on the hydrangeas, genius! The video on the gel press was such fun to watch. Thanks so much.
Shari your mixed media and art journaling videos have become my favorite. Thank you for this inspirational treat!
Beautiful – love the background!
HOW BEAUTIFUL, SHARI! I LOVED watching you work! I have only recently tired the Gelli Plate & I LOOOVE IT!!! Watching your work, just makes me INSPIRED!!! ;) THANK YOU for showing us!!!!!!!!!!!! ;) I LOVE the colors you’ve used too!!! ;)
What a beautiful color combo. And Happy April Fool’s Day to everybody.
So beautiful! Thanks for sharing this!
Gorgeous background and colors! You are so creative, Shari!
You are the queen of the gel plate – I love watching your videos on this technique!! Thanks for sharing.
Oh so beautiful, Shari! I’m always amazed by your projects!
This is STUNNING! Love that background and the large tiles and font are perfect.
Love the colors and the details. So pretty!
Your art journal page is beautiful!!!
What a neet idea ?, very creative !
Amazing project!
Such great ideas for mixed media. Thanks for sharing this Shari! Great inspiration!
thanks for the video.
Very helpful.
Great project.
thanks for sharing.
Everything you make is just so beautiful! I could look at your creations every moment of every day, I swear. lol Thanks for sharing your gift!
Really Beautiful page!!!
Gorgeous mixed media art, Shari. Gel printed background is fabulous. Thanks for the video and inspiration today.
Gorgeous page! Love the design and the colors are super yummy ♥
Great page and even greater sentiment!Thank you for the video and the inspiration!
Beautiful background, I like how one color blends into another.
This is really beautiful, I love the colors!
Love how this turned out! Wonderful colors and a touch of elegance!
This is a Wow project. Really enjoyed the video.
Wonderful–you’re inspiring me to get out my art journal and do some playing!
amazing art journal page :)