Thank you so much, I am thrilled you liked the video and a really hope you have a go yourself. I would love to see what you produce. Thank you once again 😊

LOL thank you so much - I think one person's hot mess could be someone else's "masterpiece". Thanks once again 😊

Thank you so much, I'm so glad you found the video useful. I usually don't have anything in mind when I have a play day.... it's just a time to unwind and let myself be engrossed in sloshing paint around on a piece of gelatine LOL. If something amazing happens great.... but if not, I've still have a lovely time passing the time. 😊

Thank you for always leaving me such encouraging messages, I really do appreciate you taking the time. I had another play day yesterday and made some good, bad and ugly gel plate textured papers LOL. It's all a learning process..... and LOTS of fun. My next video will be on Sunday - hope you catch it? Also, I hope you have downloaded my 2 free prints, I would hate for you to miss them x

Glad you enjoyed the video - sorry you found the music distracting 😊

Thank you so much that's so. very kind of you to leave a comment 😊

Awww thank you so much I really appreciate your kind words . I hope you enjoy using the prints and would love to what you do with them

Thank you so much - I hope you enjoy using the prints and I would love to see what you do with them 😊

Awww thank you so much that's extremely kind. I've got so many (100's & 100's) of examples of my work and found it difficult to choose what to use in the video. Tried to keep it to a "theme" - I'm so thrilled you liked it. I hope you download the Freebie prints - you are exactly the person I was saying thank you to. 💕

​@@butterflysmindJust printed the freebies. Amazingly beautiful!!!!! Thank you Joann. The 4 backgrounds didn't print well though. Just the first one. Thank you again.

@@Arianna1308 You're welcome. The backgrounds really depend on the paper and printer, used sorry if they haven't printed as well as expected . 😊

Awww thank you so very much, I really do appreciate your lovely comments and encouragement. I have a really big surprise coming soon and I hope that you will take advantage of it (it's a free download of couple of my collage prints). Thank you once again

@@butterflysmind oh wow, that is really exciting!!🤩😘🫶🏻

@@siljetodalvaldok6806 I hope so.... just putting the finishing touches to the video before it goes live 😊

@@butterflysmind I’ll be waiting😘

@@siljetodalvaldok6806 Thank you 💕

Thank you so much your comments are much appreciated. Yes, I do sell my digital art if you are interested?

@@butterflysmind yes, I am. Where do you sell it?

@@krisb7547 have a look at my website - there are a few downloadable Freebies. There are also prints for sale too. I will be offering more downloadable prints on my website very soon. Is there anything that really "catches your eye?" 😊

@@butterflysmind thank you! 😍

Thank you that's very kind 😊

You're more than welcome - I love to share . More "Rust" coming soon. Many thanks for leaving a lovely comment 😊

Thank you, you're very welcome, I love sharing 😊. Lots more "rust" to come 😊

Thank you, I really appreciate your kind comments. I try not to overthink where I am going to place the pieces, although I find it very difficult to just "go with the flow". I feel that the more you go with your intuition the easier it becomes..... or so it seems. Good luck and please keep going I am sure you will create some lovely art. 😊

Thank you so much 😊

Thank you so much, that's very kind of you to post such a lovely comment. Lots more videos to come and I hope you enjoy watching them over the coming weeks. Thank you once more.😊

Thanks for the question. To be honest I can't remember where I got the hard plastic base from I've had it for years and years. It could have been from my local (U.K.) branch of Hobbycraft or even from eBay, As I say I honestly can't remember. The details for actual Geli Plate/Press itself is as follows (just copy and paste into Amazon - wherever you live) Gel Press Monoprinting Print Plate - 6” X 6” (15.2 X 15.2 cm) Gel Plate - Printmaking Supplies - Reusable Gel Printing Plates for Press Art for Card Making, Scrapbooking, Journaling, Arts & Crafts. This will give you the info you need. As for the plastic base it really isn't essential and I don't use it all of the time. Hope that helps 😊

Awww how kind and you are more than very welcome. I am so thrilled that you enjoy seeing my little grey book and I am pleased to say that there are more creations to come ...... lots of blank pages to fill in lol . I love sharing what I do and hope that it may inspired others to have a go. Thank you once more I really appreciate your kind words 💕

Many apologies - I thought that I had replied to you but obviously not, sorry. I have many videos showing how I made most of the textured backgrounds I use in my tutorials, some have already been posted others are scheduled for the coming weeks/months. If you go onto my channel and select the PLAYLIST and then click on GELLI PLATE you will find the videos there. Hope that helps and thank you once again 😊

@@butterflysmind maybe I missed that one Will review again. Thank you

Awww that's very kind. I enjoy making them ...... although I don't think many people actually see them LOL. I'm thrilled you enjoy watching them and are learning something each time, it makes everything worthwhile. Thank you once again.

Thank you so much - I hope that it helped you in your future projects. Thank you once again 😊

Thanks for the question. I use the gel plate so often, not only when I am filming, and sometimes I forget to take it off the rigid plastic base I put it on. I like to be able to turn the plate upside down to see what's happening underneath layer wise - hence the rigid plastic plate. It's easy for me to turn it upside down that way because it's sitting on something solid and not bendy. After each session I keep all of my gel plates in the original plastic cases so they don't get damaged . I don't like leaving them sitting on paper too long as the "oils" in the gel plate leech out. Thanks again for the question 🙂

Gorgeous pulls! ❤

Leaving the plate on the plastic sheet can result in air bubbles which create indentations on the plate! You can put a sheet of copy paper on the gel plate to prevent this.

@@sandyfranklin1123 Thank you. I have always left all of my gel plates in or on the plastic shell cases they came in, I've done this for years and have not experienced any damage or air bubble problems. I clean the plastic shell cases regularly so as to not have these problems. I personally don't like to leave the gel plates on paper for any length of time because I see that a lot of the oils leech out (I do regularly oil my plates though) I truly resect your opinion and thank you for leaving these comments, they are most welcome 😊

Awww thank you so much, I really appreciate your comment. 😊

Thank you for your comments, much appreciated 😊

Thank you so much for your lovely comment. I have just rewatched the video and see exactly what you mean…… it does have an organic park/ abstract landscape vibe which wasn’t intentional. I have been to Central Park and also the park quite close to where I live in the U.K. (Birkenhead Park, Merseyside) which it is believed was the inspiration for the layout of Central Park. Perhaps those places were in my mind when I was putting the piece together….. memory and inspiration might have been working here. Thank you once again 😊

@@butterflysmind how cool! Our minds work in such mysterious and beautiful ways! i'm glad you were able to see it my way too!

@@kimjackman1722 great minds think alike !! My new video uploaded an hour or so ago is another abstract painting …… but I think you might be hard pressed to see anything Central Parkish in this one lol 😂….. but who knows x

You’re more than welcome 🤗

You’re more than welcome, I hope you find it helpful 😊

Thank you so much . I thought showing people that you can use items you already have around your home could save money. Stencils, stamps etc can be really expensive as they all add up . Thanks once again 😊

Thank you for your lovely comments. I agree that strips of painted paper, gel plate pulls or even magazine papers could also work . Whatever you fancy in fact. Hope you give it a try . Thank you once again 😊

Thank you that’s extremely kind. I’m thrilled that you like the videos and have made many more. Thanks again 😊

Oh how interesting you favoured the cauliflower leaf - I have to admit I was rather taken with it too and plan to do more gel plate pulls featuring those leaves. I always have cauliflower in the larder so can pick a few leaves at anytime. Thanks for leaving your comment 😊

lol 😂 i love that !!!!!! Resist resist !!!!! thank you so much for adding your message 😘

Thank you so much for your lovely comments, I really do appreciate them . Putting the lid on a mug is a great idea…..will definitely try it. Thank you once again 😊

Awww thank you so much - I hope you give it a try. I'd love to see the results 😊

Awwww thank you so much 😊

Ooooo many apologies, I made a mistake with the scheduled timing for this video and the one where I showed how I made the papers, I had them the wrong way round. But I have rectified it now ... I have just uploaded the video about the papers.You will find the links in the description. Thanks for messaging me, much appreciated. 😊

Thank you for your very kind comments they are very much appreciated. I totally agree, strips of "not so good" gel print textured papers would make an excellent alternative to washi tape. I hope you have a try and I would LOVE to see the results. Thank you once more 😊

Thank you so much for your comments they are much appreciated. Like you I try to use up paints I have already bought before buying new additions..... although it is very tempting when you walk around the art supply shop LOL. Yes I agree, not all papers/textures are a huge success but there is always a chance to rescue even the most hideous ones 😊 Thank you once more

Thanks for the question, I'll try my best to answer it LOL. The more I use the Gelli Plate the more I discover new ways to produce textured paper..... sometimes things work, other times I end up with a disaster. I don't have any hard and fast rules I follow and each time I use the Gelli Plate I change the order of things to see what results I get. I try not to follow any particular rules (I was always known as a rule breaker in the photographic world LOL). I think what I am saying is..... follow your intuition and go with the Gelli Plate flow. Find out what works for you, be careful when mixing paints so that you don't get mud... unless you want to make mud of course !!!! Adding an opaque colour as your final colour could/will "dull" the textured paper down, but sometimes a small opaque pattern is just what the final print needs, it really all depends on what YOU want. Change your order of paints/transparencies and work through any problems and don't ever EVER give up, it's so much fun,....... and soooooooo frustrating LOL.

Thank you so much 😊

Thanks for the question - it's a huge "tub" of Amsterdam Titanium Buff 😊

Thank you so much - I appreciate your comment 😊

Thank you Cindy from Sydney (BTW - Sydney is one of my FAV places). I enjoyed using up the Washi tape to make these collages, I even got my 5 year old Granddaughter to make one too and she made her own lovely tree picture. I do hope you have a go..... it's vey very easy and IMHO quite eye-catching. Thank you once again 😊

Thank you so much, I really appreciate your kind words. Yes I do sell my digital art work...... and I have lots of ladies like the one in the video (I've recorded 3 more videos scheduled for the coming weeks/months) , if you are ever interested. I've recorded 3 more videos scheduled for the coming weeks/months so you will be able to see more of them .Thank you once again 😊

@@butterflysmind where can I find your ladies ?

Thank you once again. You can find some of my work via my website joanbleasephotography.com Please have a look at my Image gallery . Thank you once more 😊

Thank you for your message, I really appreciate it. I have added the product names and the colours to the description, apologies for missing that out when I first posted the video. Thank's once again 😊

Thank you so much I really appreciate your very kind words. I am so pleased you like the colours and paints I it. Thank you 😊

Thank you. I try my best to show what I did with the gelli plate textured paper. I feel that it's important to know what to do with them once you have made them. It's so addictive playing with the gelli plate and in a blink of an eye you are knee deep in paper !!! I have lots of ideas and videos showing what I made with my papers., they are already scheduled for the coming weeks/months. Thank you once more 😊

LOL .... isn't it always the same, the one thing you don't plan turns out the best!!!! I agree, it does look very nice 😊. Thank you, much appreciate you lovely comments 👍

@@butterflysmind I’m waiting on some new stencils and stamps arriving, I made a few new textures this week using stamping/molding foam all ready for a good jelli plate session, really like the idea of collaging into a book, you’ve been giving me some great ideas, looking forward to your next instalment Joan.

@@SusanPatricia.T I am thrilled and would love to see what you make. I like the idea of putting my "stuff" in a book - it keeps everything together and stops me having load and loads of random papers lying round the studio ( which actually is a smallish bedroom LOL). So pleased you are enjoying being creative too 😊

Thank you so much, that's very kind. I love doing collages and I enjoyed putting this video together. Thank you once more 😊