Gelli Plate and wood fabric stamps

I purchased this Gelli Arts Gel Printing Plate this past summer and have just got around to playing with it. If you’re not familiar with them, instead of making your gelatin plate as I did in this post, this plate is always ready for you to play.

Here is what it looks like. I’m holding it up to so you can see the thickness. Mine looks dirty, but it’s not. That’s the paper underneath it.

Gelli Arts Gel Printing Plate
Gelli Arts Gel Printing Plate

I placed the plate on a piece of glass so it will stay put and it did.

Next to add some paint. I just used cheap craft paint. You don’t need to put too much paint on this plate.

Adding paint to the plate
Adding paint to the plate

Next, I took a brayer and spread it out evenly over the plate.

Spreading paint over the Gelli plate
Spreading paint over the Gelli plate

I had decided to use those wood fabric stamps I bought on our trip in October. I just love this round one. I took it and stamped into the plate.

Stamping into the plate
Stamping into the plate

Pretty neat! Then I placed a piece of fabric over the plate, patted it down to make sure the fabric had contact with the plate, and then carefully lifted it off the plate. This first picture is using an old piece of blue commercial fabric with a flowery background.

Print with commercial fabric
Print with commercial fabric

What a great way to repurpose fabric from the stash that you don’t like.

This one is on a piece of hand dyed blue fabric.

Printed blue hand dyed fabric
Printed blue hand dyed fabric

This one I used red paint on white muslin.

Stamped on white muslin
Stamped on white muslin

I really liked this last one the best. I could see me doing more with this stamp for sure!

This one was again using that commercial fabric with the other wood stamp I bought.

Another stamped piece
Another stamped piece

The plate is easy to clean. I just ran in under water in the sink with a little dish washing soap. I patted it dry with a towel, and put it back in the original packaging.

What I like about this plate is that it is always ready. I don’t have to mix any gelatin together and wait. It also doesn’t break apart after use like the gelatin one did. I could kick myself for waiting so long to use it.

For more ideas, check out the Gelli Arts blog. These plates come in two sizes: 6 x6 or 8 x 10. Mine is the larger size. I’ll be using mine much more now that I found out it was so easy and so much fun!