

Here's what I did, step by step.
There is a materials list at the bottom of this post.


I placed fabric "silk" leaves on the wet paint, placed a regular sheet of white paper over it and rubbed to remove the background paint.
I repeated this process several times, placing the leaves in different positions. Remember when deciding placement, that you will be flipping the already-printed paper over and the sides will be reversed left to right - a mirror image.
(Note to self and any others who are directionally challenged: when you see that empty spot on the left side of your previous print layer, fill it by putting something on the right.)

I used a separate sheet for each of these pulls, but you can use the same one for each pull. I think the leaf edges are crisper when using a clean sheet, but experimenting is fun and can reveal great surprises!

Rather than stamping directly onto the yellow/leafy background, I stamped onto a sheet of Orchid color printer paper, cut out the flowers by hand, and Collage Pauged (matte) them onto the background. I did this because 1) I did not want to risk spoiling my previous work with a bad stamping; and 2) had I stamped directly some of the green and yellow background would have shown through all the areas that are indented on the stamp.
This is my handmade Passion Flower stamp. I started with a printout, which I glued (light application of glue stick) to a piece of foam plate. I went over the marks with a dull pencil or some similar type object, removed the paper, went over the lines again to deepen them, then cut it out with an exacto knife along the indented edges.
On the back I made a painter's tape "handle" to make it easier to pull off the Gelli plate. It is also helpful for picking up and moving the stamp around the Gelli plate to pick up more paint, and makes it easy to handle and turn over to check that it's everywhere you want it. And for lifting it off the printed surface without paint smears!


Even when I slipped up and printed a couple with this side up I still got good texture, and it added a little variety.

After all the flowers were added, I added Collage Pauge to the entire front. It dries pretty quickly, but I was about to pack it up and mail it, so I carefully used a heat gun to make sure it was completely dry.
It had warped a bit from the Collage Pauge, so I placed a sheet of non-stick parchment paper over it, and placed to heavy boxes of deli paper side by side over that. In a few minutes it was flat again. I mailed it with a piece of the parchment paper over it, just to be sure the print did not stick to the envelope it was in.
Supplies used:
- 8" x 10" Gelli Arts plate
- 3" x 5" Gelli Arts plate
- Buy Gelli plates in many sizes online from Gelli Arts, Amazon.com, and some art supply shops (Blick, Utrect, Dharma, etc.)
[Available in the UK at Clarity Stamp.] - 6" soft brayer (Speedball) at Amazon
- 4" soft brayer (Speedball) at Amazon
- Georgia-Pacific Premium White Cardstock (110#, 92 Bright) from WalMart
- Orchid Relay Plus paper by Springhill (50820, 20#, 10M weight) - 20 years old! - This link is for their current item, which may not be exactly the same.
- Foam dinner plate for flower stamp
- X-Acto knife
- Acrylic craft paints, described above. I got mine at WalMart.
- "Silk" leaves I've had hanging around too long to remember the source.
- Dixie Kabnet Dry Wax Paper at Amazon (not used for printing this project, though I do use them for Gelli prints - I used the two boxes of 500 sheets to flatten the final image, after covering it with a piece of non-stick parchment paper.
Gelli Arts' YouTube Channel
Gelli Arts' Blog
Barbara Gray / Clarity Stamp YouTube Videos
Carla Sonheim's Self Study Class