Printing with Flexible Texture Plates on Gelli Arts� Gel Printing Plates
by Birgit Koopsen
Hello and welcome to the Gelli Arts� blog! It�s Birgit here and I am going to show you how you can easily create flexible texture plates for printing on Gelli Arts� gel printing plates. Flexible texture plates have several benefits compared to texture plates created on cardboard or wood or using just the foam.
Let�s start with the supplies you need: self-adhesive craft foam, acetate sheets, a pen or pencil, scissors and an embossing tool or skewer.
I used the 8�x10� Gelli Arts� gel printing plate and DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics to create my prints.
Start with drawing shapes on the back of the foam sheets and cut them out.
Use the embossing tool or skewer to add texture to the craft foam shapes.
Apply a piece of craft foam to an acetate sheet that is just a little bit bigger than the craft foam. About 1cm/0.4� bigger on all sides.
Create a nice composition with the foam shapes.
To create the triangles, I first added texture to a whole sheet of craft foam, then cut strips and then cut triangles from the strips. No need to draw the triangles on the back unless you want them all to be the exact same size.
You can make the plates any size or shape you want as long as you always make sure to have to acetate sheet a little bit bigger than the foam.
Benefit no. 1:
Applying the foam to an acetate sheet will keep the plates flat, the edges will not curl and the plates are easier to handle and store.
Benefit no. 2:
Because the acetate is a little bit bigger than the foam it is easier to remove the texture plate from the Gelli Arts� printing plate without touching the paint and ruining your print.
(After making a print you can use the left-over paint on the texture plates to stamp)
Benefit no. 3:
The acetate sheets are flexible which gives you the possibility to only use a part of the plate. You would not be able to do this when using cardboard or wood as a base for your texture plates.
And now you are ready to play!
Supplies
Self-adhesive backed craft foam
Acetate sheets
Embossing tool or skewer
Scissors
Pen or Pencil
Gelli Arts� gel printing plate - 8x10 used in this blog
Media Fluid Acrylic Paint from DecoArt
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