Joseph's Coat

Joseph's Coat

Hallo There!

Hasn't it been a great week?

Well, it has been for me.  I

am up to date with the household

chores, shopping etc so I can

devote the entire weekend to

crafting...........!  Yayyy!!

Enough hysteria, here is

Craftyfield with more for her

Fauxdori Book 

"After making my Fauxdori book I couldn't

 wait to use it, especially the Gelli print 

which actually was a fail... 

It needed more colour on top and I thought 

this would be an ideal base for Gelatos. 

I find them versatile and I like to use them

 in different ways.

On the left of the page where I had lots 

of untouched paper I applied the Gelatos on 

top of the stencil 

(Carabelle Studio: Weft Fabric and Numbers) 

and rubbed with a slightly damp wipe. 

This is the "positive" application method.

 I then stamped my flowers (Honey Doo crafts Lilies) 

with Archival inks (Archival Mini Ink Pad Set 4) 

before stencilling (DecoArt Inspiration) 

the words with black Gesso. 

This is so I know the position of the main

 elements before adding more colours 

and stencilling.

On the right, where I have mostly acrylic paint, 

I rubbed some Gelatos and spread with my fingers.

I laid the stencil (Imagination Crafts Drop Screen)

 on top and with a damp wipe removed the colour, 

the acrylic under layer making it easy. 

The "negative" method of applying Gelatos with stencils! 

I added more colour, here and there with and 

without the stencil for a cohesive look

Finally I coloured 2 of the flowers with the pink Gelato, 

which was my initial idea, but in the end I left the 

main one alone as it is just too beautiful to be messed with!"

Supplies:

Gelatos:
DecoArt paints:
Stencils: 
Stamps:

This is a lovely addition to the

Fauxdori Craftyfield.  

Thank you very much and I look 

forward to more.........!

So glad I have the weekend free......

I do like making books, can you tell?

All thanks to Kathy Byrne's classes at

 The Craft Barn

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx