{"id":50,"date":"2013-01-18T15:51:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-18T15:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ursula-smith.com\/mixed-media\/?p=50"},"modified":"2014-01-31T02:33:42","modified_gmt":"2014-01-31T07:33:42","slug":"gelli-arts-on-contact-paper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ursula-smith.com\/mixed-media\/gelli-arts-on-contact-paper\/","title":{"rendered":"Gelli Arts on Contact Paper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was in a scramble, late as always, for getting a birthday card out to my Dad. So I grabbed one of my experiments, and made it into a card for him, and hopefully he gets it on time.<\/p>\n<p>I had been playing around with my Gelli Arts printing plate a few weeks ago, and tried printing on a variety of surfaces. One of them was&#8230; contact paper. Now, you can use sticky paper to pick up dried paint, and maybe the contact paper is sticky enough to do so, however that was not what I did. I printed on the non-sticky side.<\/p>\n<p>Originally, I grabbed a package thinking it was canvas fabric, and I was going to print on that. However, it turned out to be cheese cloth. Since it had a very open weave, I decided not to even bother trying to get a print directly on the cheese cloth, so I looked around for some other options. That was when I spied the roll of\u00a0 clear contact paper <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"middle\" title=\"&amp;amp;#58;&amp;amp;#105;&amp;amp;#100;&amp;amp;#101;&amp;amp;#97;&amp;amp;#58;\" alt=\"&amp;amp;#58;&amp;amp;#105;&amp;amp;#100;&amp;amp;#101;&amp;amp;#97;&amp;amp;#58;\" src=\"http:\/\/easyscraps.com\/blog\/rsc\/smilies\/icon_idea.gif\" width=\"15\" height=\"15\" \/>. I did a print on the non-sticky side of the clear copy paper (not using a lot of paint, and using one of my custom stencils to print with). It printed great! Then, when the paint had dried, I pulled of the backing off the contact paper and adhered it to the cheese cloth. Cool!<\/p>\n<p>I left it in my pile of experiments, and then found it again the other day. To adhere it to the card, I needed to use glue on the under side, since the sticky was now covered with cheese cloth. I strategically\u00a0 placed the glue where there was paint from the Gelli Arts print- even though it would dry clear, I wanted to limit the amount of glue that might show through the clear contact paper. I could have used brads, or staples or ribbon, or some other means of adhering, but the paint hid the glue well, especially since it would dry clear.<\/p>\n<p>And voila! A quick card made from one of my experiments! My pile is now one piece smaller ;-).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"image_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ursula-smith.com\/mixed-media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Gelli-Arts-Print-Contact-Paper-Cheese-Cloth.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Gelli Arts Print on Contact Paper\" alt=\"Gelli Arts Print on Contact Paper\" src=\"http:\/\/ursula-smith.com\/mixed-media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Gelli-Arts-Print-Contact-Paper-Cheese-Cloth.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image_legend\">Gelli Arts Print on Contact Paper<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"item_footer\">\n<p><small><\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was in a scramble, late as always, for getting a birthday card out to my Dad. 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