Fun in the Sun Post Card

Aloha,

Sending warm greetings from the beautiful beaches of Hawaii!

 You can not help but be inspired when visiting such an exotic location. 

This card was inspired by the vintage art work observed on the islands. Scene building cards are a great way to create small pieces of art to share with your friends and family or to remember a special event.

Supplies:  Mountains & Beaches Stamp Set

   Gelli Arts Printing Plate

   Paint

   Distress tool

   Foam tape

   Alcohol markers

   Black ink

Use the Gelli plate with shades of blue paint create the water/sky background. Using multiply layers of paint, create a wave like action for the ocean part of the scene. 

Stamp the palm leaves only from the palm tree stamp in black ink in the fore ground. Next stamp the mountains and sail boat on white card stock.  Color in with shades of gray using alcohol markers. Scan and cut images to be adhered to the layer. Distress the edges of the painted/stamped layer to create the vintage look. Using foam tape attach this layer to a blue layer then tape this to the white card base.

Share your works of travel art with us!
-On this months Group Challenge post and on our Facebook Fan Page.

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Shabby Chic Canvas

Hello and welcome! It's Graciellie posting today.This month Sin City Stamps has partnered with Gelli Arts! What a great combination of products! I've had a great time creating personalized backgrounds with Gelli Arts' Gel Plate, and adding details with SCS stamps. It's almost therapeutic the way the projects come together, and how we have no precise control of the resulting background using the Gel Plate (a truly spontaneous artistic process).

Today I want to show you a 6"x 6" pink, gold, and silver canvas I made.
 

Main Supplies
Sin City Stamps:
Butterfly Mask
Chicken Wire with Butterflies Mask
Love of Butterflies Plate of Rubber
Gelli Arts 5"x 7" Gel Plate
Cotton Wood Arts 6"x 6" canvas (to be released)
Other
Crackle Embossing Paste
Palette knife
Brush
Baby wipes
Paints: Poster paint in pink and metallic acrylic paints in gold and silver
Embellishments: 2" lace, 3/8" gross grain ribbon, gold vintage buttons, Fused string pearl beads, pearls, crystals
Adhesives: Uhu all purpose adhesive, Bazic two sided tape

I layered many butterflies that I stamped, heat embossed in gold and fuzzy cut to create a 3D effect. The background was created with Gelli Arts Gel Plate. I also stenciled the canvas with crackle embossing paste, which added to the shabby chic design.

I prepared a step by step tutorial for you. Start the guide below to check it out!

Check out How to Make a Shabby Chic Canvas Using a Gelli Plate by Gracie CH on Snapguide.

I hope you like my project and tutorial! For more about the products used, click on the links added to the supply list. If you have any questions feel free to leave me a comment here or at my blog.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Sin City Stamps and Gelli Plates Backgrounds

Hello everyone, and welcome back for more Halloween fun!  I just love October because I love making anything related to Halloween.  I've always been a fan of spooky movies, and this genre is just my thing!  

Today's project is a very colorful and a bit creepy card that I made using my Gelli Arts printing plate for a background, and a few of my favorite Sin City Stamps rubber sets.

While playing around with my gelli plate, I also made this same or similar background on a different color card stock to see what the difference would be.  Then I couldn't help myself.  I had to turn it into a  tag, or a card to slip into a pocket, or even used as a focal point on a card.  

I have prepared a bit of a tutorial for you using Snapguide.  All you have to do is click START THE GUIDE for complete instructions.

Check out How to Use a Gelli Printing Plate for Card Making by Barbara Rankin on Snapguide.

Supplies:

Sin City Stamps:  Urban Grunge stamp plate; Clockworks Inspired by Terri Sproul stamp plate; Metal Madness stamp plate; Entangled stencil; Honeycomb chipboard pieces
Gelli Arts:  5x7 gelli printing plate

Other:  5" x 7" pre-folded kraft card; Card stock:  Orchid, black, kraft
MME Haunted 12x12 paper pad
Ink Pads:  Versamark, white pigment, dark brown chalk ink,
Distress stains:  Spiced Marmalade, Mustard Seed, Peeled Paint, Shabby Shutters
Black and lime green glitter; Black lace ribbon; White gel pen; Clear acrylic squares (1" and 1/2") 
Momenta wooden tickets; Detail white embossing powder; Glimmer Mists:  Dewberry, Olive Vine, Bittersweet

I hope you enjoyed my gelli printing plate project today, and that I have inspired you with all of the great products available at Sin City Stamps.  And be sure to stop by the SCS Blog regularly for more inspiration from the team!

Thanks for stopping by!

Barbara

One Layer Printing & Stamping with Gelli Plates

Hello, it's Gracie posting today. I'm excited to share a project I made for Sin City Stamps in partnership with Gelli Arts, the makers of Gel Printing Plates. I created a stamped image with an amazing background, all in one layer!

Supplies
Alice 2 Art Rubber Stamps - Sin City Stamps
5"x7" Gelli™ Printing Plate - Gelli Arts
Memento Dye Ink in Tuxedo Black
Miscelaneous
Paints: acrylic paint in metallic silver, poster paints in blue and yellow
Cardstocks: white linen cardstock, blue and green leather textured cardstock
Embellishments: 1/4" red satin ribbon, Vynil silver gem
Adhesives: Mounting foam tape, Uhu all purpose adhesive

Tutorial
I have a step by step photo tutorial for you at Sin City Stamps' blog. To view it, please start the guide below.

Check out How to Do One Layer Printing & Stamping With Gelli Plates by Gracie CH on Snapguide.

I hope you enjoyed seeing my fun Alice in Wonderland card and it's tutorial! I truly recommend you try out the Gelli Plates, they are very versatile and easy to use. 

If you would like to check out this cute art rubber stamp, click on the link added to the supply list or click here to be directed to Sin City Stamps store! 

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Halloween Card with Gelli Arts Printing Plates

Hi all!  Barbara here with a fun Halloween project using a product from this month's sponsor, Gelli Arts, the makers of those fabulous gelli printing plates.  If you have never seen or heard of these, you are in for a treat.  They are so much fun and so easy to use.  And they are a perfect complement to Sin City Stamps stencils and stamps.

Halloween is one of my favorite themes, so I had to make a Halloween card.  And Sin City Stamps  has the best Halloween stamp plates. They have become my go to stamps for the occasion.

tag removed from pocket

I have prepared a short video on how to care for and store your Gelli plate, and to show you the process for making my gelli print, as well as putting my card together.

Supplies: Sin City Stamps:  Halloween Bingo and Halloween Takes Flight rubber stamps; Brick Wall stencil Gelli Arts 3" x 5" gelli print plate Black CS, Orange CS, Orchid CS Halloween print paper IMAGINE Crafts Ink Pads:  Brilliance Lightning Black; StazOn Midi Jet Black IMAGINE Crafts: Bronze Irresistible Pico Embellisher  3D Crystal Lacquer Metal skull charms 
Here are a few closeups for you.

I hope you enjoyed my card project and video today. Please be sure to visit Sin City Stamps, too, for new releases and more products designed just for you!
Have a fab weekend.

Barbara