Original Greeting Cards with Gelli Print Beginnings

These mixed media cards started off as gelli plate prints made with open acrylic paints. I started them last year, but got sidetracked and left them to percolate. Last week, I decided to finish them in mixed media.

I used a piece of rubber backing to make the texture over the print on this one, then a grape stencil over that, which I used acrylic paints to fill in. I didn't like those grapes, so I used iridescent acrylic inks to paint over that. Liking the card much better!

The buildings were the 2nd pulled gelli print on this one. I used an original cut stencil to make them. Last week, I added the red watercolor background, with a smattering of salt, and sun, added doors with a black gel pen, and windows with a ribbon full of little square holes. There are whole little worlds going on behind those closed doors if you look hard enough! :)

The same stencil was used on this card for the first pull, but I accidentally printed it upside down, which made the card open wrong, so what did I do? I turned it into a window tapestry by adding a blue watercolor sky and metallic gold stitching and tassels. Again, with a little imagination, there are different worlds thriving in each section!

I sprayed them all with clear sealer and called them done!

I have a few more that I gelli printed and worked on, but I haven't decided how to fix them yet. Stay tuned!