Two more ...

...autumn envelopes.

There's something about these big envelopes that I really find freeing, in terms of experimenting with Gelli-printing.  I also really like using prints for envelopes.

I stamped the leaves (PaperArtsy) over the top, using pigment chalk ink

I like the contrast of the red and orange against the gray, faded summer flowers.

I'm still working out how to use real leaves in my Gelli-prints.  These served as outlines rather than 'prints':

I started and ended with some ghost layers (before & after the print with leaves) for more texture.  And this is how it turned out:

Card 4 from First Masterboard

Card 4 has involved stamping and painting over the top.  I received a Tim Holtz Stamping Platform as a belated birthday gift a few days ago, and it made this effort possible. 

I did learn something from my first attempt, which I'll pass along.  The stamp stuck to the paper, possibly from the amount of pressure I applied combined with the multiple layers of paint on the base page (from all that masterboard activity).  This resulted in pulling the paper out of its original position and the second stamping wasn't perfect (which is the point of the platform).  For the flower's stem (a separate stamp), I applied more ink to the stamp and less pressure, which meant I had to do a couple of pressings, but that was fine.

So I'm in the zone of using up old Gelli prints.  The size of this card required a larger size of envelop than could be made with a single piece of standard size paper (A4 here), and so I had to extend the top a little bit.  The brown is a little warmer than it looks, on my screen anyway, and the little butterflies are more visible.

And here are the two together.  The brown on the envelope is the same hue as the base of the card (the lovely colour of dark chocolate).  The two will be winging their way to the bearer of the stamp-platform gift.

The flower and stem stamps are from PaperArtsy -- JOFY Stamp Set 51 (also a birthday gift 😊).