Challenge: Athitzi by Eleanor Holt
This was a fun challenge (here) as I found Athitzi very much like cross-hatching but had never seen it done quite this way. The shading adds so much!!! Never crossed my mind to do shading on cross-hatching, I'm sorry to say.Actually, now that I look at the tile, I can see a lot of other shading I could have added... I think I was so excited to add the shading to Athitzi, I forgot about some of the other tangles :)
Gelli Plate Fun - new stencils
By now you know I love my Gelli plate :)... I have created a few stencils specifically to use with it, and couldn't wait to try them. Some were created from Tyvek, others from transparencies. Some were cut with scissors, others with a stencil burning tool.I'm experimenting printing on different surfaces as well. From card stock, to tags, labels, rice paper, tissue paper, fabric, deli paper, and paper tape. It's all fun :)
So here are some of the ones I printed recently:
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| Printed on deli paper.Top 2 leaves were cut with scissors from a transparency; bottom 2 were also cut with scissors from Tyvek. |
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| Printed on tissue paper (recycled wrapping tissue). Stencil and mask cut with scissors from Tyvek (recycled envelope). |
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| Printed on tissue paper (recycled wrapping tissue). All leaves and masks cut from Tyvek. The one on the top left with the open designs was cut with a stencil tool; it isn't as smooth and even as the ones cut with scissors. |
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| Printed on card stock. Same leaves as above :) |
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| Printed on card stock. Flowers cut from transparency with stencil burning tool. |
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| Printed on card stock. Leaves cut from transparency with stencil burning tool. |
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| Printed on card stock. I drew a tree with white glue on foam board a couple of years ago; it didn't turn out as raised as I wanted (pretty flat, actually). I was shocked it actually shows in the print! Nice surprise! |
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| Printed on deli paper. This is Priscila's window design (with some flowers peaking through); stencil cut from transparency with stencil burning tool. |
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| Printed on deli paper. Same design as above. |
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| Printed on card stock. The distressed brick wall was cut with stencil burning tool from Tyvek. Same with leaves on the left (texture type of mask). |
