GELLI PRINT ART TAGS with Phyllis Terrell

Gelli Printed Art Tags By Phyllis Terrell

One of the great things about teaching online and having an online presence through this blog, Facebook and other sites, is the opportunity to connect with like-minded souls.  I so enjoy that!!

Case in point, my recent online workshop "Gelli Jam" with Artful Gathering Online Art Retreat in the summer of 2014.  I met such wonderful people through this event, including the lovely Phyllis Terrell.  One of the projects Phyllis and the other students took part in was making a mini art journal with gelli printed shipping tags.  

The image above is a scan of just a handful of the tags that Phyllis so generously sent to me for me to use in my own mixed media art.

Below are a couple examples of what I did with Phyllis' tags.  You all know how I love to create little characters with bits of pieces of this and that.  This practice of creating little "people" lends itself well to tag art.  It's also an opportunity for me to use up other scrap bits and recycled elements including those funky fibers that adorn the tags.

The very last tag uses some recycled scrapbooking stickers that someone was going to throw out.  They are metallic silver and really pop against Phyllis' awesome tag.  I'm going to send her this one as a thank you for her generous gift.

Hope you are having an awesome, artful day, my friends.

Cheers!
Joanna

Guest Blog Post - "How To" Mini Art Journal With Old Office Supplies

Art Journal Made With Recycled Office Supplies

Hi everyone!

I thought you might like to see a recent guest post I did over on the "12 Months In View" website.  The theme was gratitude and thanksgiving, and I made a small art journal with recycled office supplies.

You can find the link here:

How To Make A Mini Art Journal With Recycled Office Supplies

And here are a few photos from the post, just to pique your curiosity.

Thanks for looking and happy art-ing!

Joanna

FREE Background Images For Your Artsy Projects

If you follow this blog at all you'll know I am obsessed with my Gelli Arts printing plate.  I have TONS of papers that I have been printing and, in some cases, scanning for future use and re-use.  That's the recycler in me.

I thought I would share with you some scans of a few of those pages for you to use if you wish.  These are simple JPG images so all you have to do is right click on the images you want and save them to your own computer.  You can then re-size them and print them as you like.  I like to use MS Publisher (because it's such a simple program for this sort of thing).  I just plop the image into MS Publisher and then size it up to fit an 8.5 X 11 piece of paper and print it in color.  Then I can use it for kinds of artsy projects!

You are welcome to use these images for anything you create.  I only ask that if you sell whatever you create with these images, that you cite your source when you list the item for sale.

If you missed my blog posts about what to do with these scanned backgrounds once you print them out, check this post:                    Third Generation Gelli Prints Tutorial

Have fun!

More Funky Collage & Altered Art Stuff

Sharing some fun and unique pieces I have made:

The first is an altered art doll made using a recycled oversized tag for her body, salvaged jewelry bits for her arms and legs, a clay cabochon for her face and repurposed floral pieces.

"Seek Serenity" Altered Tag Art Doll

"Time Is Eternity Living Dangerously"  Mixed media/collage made with recycled wallpaper, salvaged watch parts and discarded jewelry pieces.

"Time Is Eternity Living Dangerously"  Mixed Media Collage

"The Height Of Your Accomplishments Will Equal The Depth Of Your Convictions"  Mixed media collage with recycled materials.

"You Are Always In The Right Place At The Right Time" mixed media collage with recycled materials.

MORE FREE VALENTINE'S IMAGES

Bonus!  I found this sheet of vintage Valentine tags that I had created some time ago, and thought you might enjoy using these for any last-minute goodies for your sweetheart.

Just right-click on the image and save it to your own computer.  It is a JPG file that is set up to print on a single 8.5 X 11 piece of paper, although you may have to re-size it a bit depending on the differences between our respective systems.

The images come from my huge collection of vintage postcards from the Victorian/Edwardian era.  As always, you are free to use the images as you wish for your personal use.  If you make something to sell, I would appreciate it if the credit is noted.

The collection is copyrighted by me so please do not re-distribute in whole or in part or re-produce in any form for resale.

Hope you enjoy them!

Joanna