Seeing the Lego sheet gave me the idea to try dominos and checkers pieces. Think they will look really cool too! I also want to try braiding string or yarn and lining them up in strips to look like a cable knit sweater
I was thinking you could have a sample book of all your pulled prints, such as these, so if you forget how something looked, you could view your little samples and be reminded.
I love these ideas as well as the ones in your last video. Please keep these ideas coming as you gather them. They are not only cool backgrounds but they will save us lots on money. Thanks so much and blessings, Helen
Fabulous texture plates and prints again. I once shocked my niece when I said the lace we were printing with were “leftover from my wedding dress” 😱 She thought I’d cut up my wedding dress... I meant we were using scraps leftover from MAKING my wedding dress 😂
these were fun ideas and i have used them all - some other things i use are kitchen sink mats - Bed Bath & Beyond has one that looked like stones - i have also used Truck Wheels from Matchbook Cars - that design makes great borders - twine rolled up in circles or lines - and if you receive the little white "popcorns" they use in shipping boxes - i glued those to cardboard - also makes a fun design - thank you Teresa and be well
Wonderful! The outcome of the cardboard surprised me and it was my favourite. Please, please, please can you do a video on how to turn these into cards...I love playing and making backgrounds but then really struggle to make them into cards! Love your work....please keep it coming...Thank you
A lot of my videos do include suggestions for finished cards at the end. It does depend on the length of the video as to whether or not I will do this. As this video was focussed more on creating the texture plates themselves, I decided not to go on to make projects with the prints I made. I appreciate your feedback and will endeavour to add finished ideas wherever possible.
@@TeresaMorgan I love your videos and this was certainly not meant as criticism of any kind.....more that I have a useless imagination! I love your work and shall continue to watch.....and rewatch!
As always, I loved the video & inspiration, so much so I just rewatched it. I just wanted to suggest a couple of other ways to attach fabric. You could use a fusible web made to iron appliqué shapes onto fabric to put onto the back of the lace & iron onto the cardboard, but I would recommend using baking paper or similar between your iron & the lace to prevent any chance of the melting fusible web sticking to your iron. This would suit lace that can be ironed, eg the broidery anglaise. The other method is a spray adhesive. I like to use diecut or store bought foam shapes, or even hand cut foam shapes to adhere to either a cardboard tube as a roller stamp, or to a cardboard “printing plate”, or for smaller “printing plates”, I find some sturdy lids with a flat surface can be useful, such as some yogurt pots.
Just finished watching both videos about making texture plates. Awesome ideas! My favs are the legos and the cardboard, but I'm sure I'll be experimenting with all of these wonderful ideas.
All of these are excellent! In the US, our Dollar Stores carry their knockoff of Legos. There is a large one that is for a base. I bought one just for m gl printing. It works great. Off the top of my head, I don't remember the measurements, but it is probably around 4” square. Loved the video!
What a great set of ideas. I'm making a fabric book cover for my adult son and look forward to trying some Legos for a textured background. Legos were favorite toys from his childhood.
I love the ideas from this and your other video. What you could do about the ceramic tile one is is get some sandpaper and sand down the words. OR use a baby wipe to remove the painted words from the plate after making the impression. I do worry sometimes that my homemade texture plates will damage the gel plate. The one where you crumpled the tinfoil... I did the same sort of impression but I used scrunched up paper napkins out of fear that the foil would be too sharp.
Wow! So many new ideas! The pasta reminds me of nautical rope. The Legos did remind me of pac man, but also a circuit board. So many uses for backgrounds. Thanks.
I did mine the other night and they are awesome! I also did pennies and they turned out so awesome. I don't know if you have an equivalent in the UK but if you do, give it a try, too!
After watching your video I made some texture plates of my own inspired by yours. One that I made was using some old cinnamon sticks. The heat from the hot glue made the cinnamon smell yummy. Now I can hardly wait to use it on my gel plates. I need to go buy some pasta since I don’t have any in the house but I did have legos and buttons. Had fun with those. I think I will use someone’s suggestion and glue on a bunch of different paper clips for one plate. I will also go back and rewatch your first video because I can’t remember what you made that time. (Oldtimer’s brain!)
You said in your last video that you were trying to get a leather textured background with the fabric. I wonder if using plastic wrap scrunched up would work better. It’s very handy and quick to have some strong spray adhesive on hand. I also wonder if a spray acrylic varnish on the noodles would help preserve them from moisture.
Hi Teresa I always look for silicone kitchen items like oven mitts, also cake decorating bits. I found a make-up brush cleaning mat with heaps of different raised patterns on it, Thx and have a great day
Love all your ideas, I am new here and I have a suggestion for the pasta plate, if you sealed it with a transparent spray paint it would save it from bugs and humidity.
Loved this video of course.I hope to get a plate or 2 for Christmas.I think it would be a good idea to make several texture plates ahead so will be ready when Santa brings mine Thank you so much Teresa I cant stop watching your video's.I do alot of things but this is my new love.I appreciate you and your teaching methods
Hi, if you draw on paper with charcoal or pastel-sticks, pres your drawing on to the gelplate and pull it with a neutral paint . Thank you for your video. From a Dutchie
Hi. Love your videos. You mentioned that you use sketch paper for the prints. When I go to the Amazon link, it shows Strathmore Paper 400 Series Printmaking Pad. Are you using that or something else? Thank you!
I am not currently using that brand, this is by Collins and Davison (which is a UK brand I believe). The reason for using it is simply because I have it and may as well make use of it. I do like sketch book, mixed media and watercolour papers for printing on as they handle different paints and inks well. My advice is always to ty what you already have in your possession, then try something else if you aren't happy with the results. The Strathmore would be great, but so would many other sketch book papers.
@@TeresaMorgan This is very helpful! I do have some variety and will give them a try and see which react best. Thanks for the reply and thanks for the great videos!
Inks don't work in the exact same way as paints. I have a couple of videos showing Distress Inks and Distress Oxides on the gel plate. Take a look at them and see if they help.
Hi Teresa! Do you have an email address as I would like to share with you a project I did for my family and my customers, inspired by your Halloween lantern. Thank you for these additional inspiring crafty ideas you bring us. I will be sure to give some of them a try.🙂
