Hello STAMPlorations Friends! Somewhere someone recently mentioned Gelatos. This got me thinking about getting mine out for a little play. I hadn't used them in, well ... years. They were sitting in my bottom draw probably feeling desperately unloved. It was time to dig them out and have a messy play.
Here is what I made ...
Let me take you through the process of how my card came about.
The starting idea was to use some die-cuts as masks and rub the gelato colours around them. I ended up using Metallic Grape, Metallic Mint and Earl Grey Gelatos.
I added some repositionable tape to the back of the flowers to hold them in place. The leaves would have to be held in position with my fingers.
It was a bit more fiddly than I thought. Anyway, I applied the gelato to the die-cut and rubbed the colour off onto the card.
So far so good. There were a couple of streaks which led me to adding some grey to the corners ...
... and wiping over all of it with a still wet baby wipe.
Next I added a bit of grey stencilling.
I rather like the background and decided that I wanted to use the flowers originally used as masks. Playing around, I decided they looked best attached in the original place where they had been used for masking.
Next I doodled a border, stamped the sentiment and tried to make up my mind whether to use the cream flower or not.
As you can see, my finished card uses the cream flower and a couple of sequins as finishing touches.
Here are the STAMPlorations products I used for today's card:
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This finishes today's Spotlight Post. Wishing you a lovely day. Stay safe and healthy!
hugs
Monika xxx
Great result!
ReplyDeleteWonderful work - love your finished card
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Blessings
Maxine
It's a beauty! Great choice adding the cream flower, it accents the sentiment so nice. Might have been fiddly, but it came together so pretty! 🌸🌸🌸❤
ReplyDeleteWonderful card!
ReplyDeleteI haven't used mine in a couple of years, either. I'm glad that I saw your creation because you have encouraged me to use mine today :) So pretty.
ReplyDeleteVery pretty! Love the colors you used & the lovely design. The doodling is perfect!
ReplyDeleteI NEED to get out my gelatos!! Thanks for the inspiration.
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This card turned out really nice...I too have some gelatos and never used them maybe it is time to take them out...tfs
ReplyDeleteSo pretty! Need to drag mine out too:)
ReplyDeleteGreat card, Monika. I'm pulling out my gelatos and other supplies this weekend. Your tutorial inspired me to give this technique a try. tfs-stay well.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful!! What a fabulous background! I have a bunch of gelatos; I should give this a try!
ReplyDeleteNice combination and look at adding color. I have never used gelatos, so this was a good look at them.
ReplyDeleteI appreciate you talking about the streaks and how you worked with them from a design perspective. Nice to know that experienced artists have those kinds of challenges, too, and how you rolled with it.
ReplyDeleteLooks like a fun technique!
ReplyDeleteWhat a pretty effect you created...I have these but need to use them.
ReplyDeleteVery pretty. You have inspired me to get my gelatos out.
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