Folding Screen Book + A Couple of Gellies

Well, hubby, mama, and I are feeling better and getting over our flu bug, but his ribs are still really sore from where he passed out and fell. I haven't felt like or had time for much creative stuff for a month now, as much as I thought about it and wanted to.

I did a little gelli plate printing a couple of weeks ago. Very little though!

I used the 8x10" plate, acrylic open media, fingers, a bought alphabet stencil, and a couple of my handmade original stencils/masks on white cardstock (because it was handy) to pull the above print and its ghost...

This handmade folding book has been shared before with blank pages, but I covered some thin cardboard with decorative paper with silk thread inclusions for the covers and the pages are mixed media paper...

While I had the large plate out, I used the same supplies. appliled with a brayer,  to print backgrounds on the pages. Here it is standing like a folding screen...

The first pages are very dark and vibrant, but...

even though I kept refreshing the paint, the print kept getting lighter. At first, I thought I would darken the last pages to match the first ones, but as I looked at when I was making pictures of it, I saw a different concept than what I originally had in mind.

Now, I see a progression of dark, vibrant, and lively pages, gradually fading into almost a ghostly ending, much like the stages of life. Can't wait to work on them!

I love it when what I'm working on takes over and surprises me! Don't you? :)

Thank you for visiting, and I hope that life is treating you well! Keep that creative spark lit! It's good for your soul!