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Tuesday 21 January 2014

A quick and easy technique with Gelatos.....

Good moring all? How is your week so far?

I havent had a whole lot of craft time recently but I did manage to make this quick tag the other night using gelatos. there's a big trend for these little sticks of creamy water colourness at the moment. Easy to blend with/without water and very versatile.


For this tag I used the 50's Diner Glato set and the technique for this tag blends them directly onto cardstock and then you simply place a mask over and then wipe across with a babywipe to remove colour :-) 

Easy peasy and it also works with distress inks too! On this cardstock I didnt use a layer of gesso beneath the gelatos but certain stock will achieve better results if gessoed 1st. 

I layered a second stencil over the top using Distress inks and then stamped in archival using Lost Coast Design and StampersAnon.

The masks I used came from Green Pepper Press.

I hope this technique is useful - I look fwd to seeing your makes with this!

Crafty cheers for now - going to see if I can catch an hours sleep!

Thanks for stopping by.....

Love

Rae

xxx

10 comments:

  1. A beautiful tag Rae, new to Gelatis myself, I tried this technique too it's fabulous, but didn't realise about the gesso first on some card stock? Thank you for the tip! Xx Zoe xx

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  2. I had never heard of this technique or the Gelatos until you posted this tag at the weekend .... I will have to have a go .... another for the wishlist me thinks xx

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  3. Fantastic tag, Rae, I love all the colours and images you have here, great texture too..xxx

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  4. Beautiful tag - great technique.
    xx

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  5. Oooo something fab to add to my "to try" list.I'm guessing you have to dry off each layer as you go? xx

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  6. This is gorgeous Rae, thank you for sharing. Something else to go on my wish list :)

    Hugs
    Linda xxx

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  7. Fabulous tag. Love the baby wipe technique. Love using the galetos they are a great medium to play with.

    Sylv xx

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  8. Really stunning Rae...Gelatos are on my wish list...and your tag has made me want them even more ! x

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  9. They are super easy to use and are fun! I may end up investing in a few more lol x

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