...but this time it's a bit different!
At the show I treated myself to a new 6" gel plate...
...some inkpads...
...and some lovely Lavinia Stamps and also some from Card-io :-)
Last weekend, along with working on my Venice sketchbook...
...I began playing with the gel plate onto some Empress Mills Egyptian Cotton.
I deliberately chose this fabric because it's brilliantly white...
...and a very close, smooth weave so the surface is almost like paper to print onto.
I found it better to iron it onto some freezer paper first as I knew that I wanted to use polymer stamps later.
I did the backgrounds with inks on the plate...
...then stamped afterwards.
I didn't photograph all the stages this time...
...I was just playing after all...
...but here are the results of my first attempts...
I want to do some stitching...
...but, given the fine surface I'll probably use machine thread - by hand....
Updates will follow...
x C
