Gelli Play Tools

Good morning everyone! It has been such a crazy summer for us here at From Art To Hippos! “V” has been keeping me very busy on her summer break and I am starting to get just as excited as she is for school to start again. This means more play time for me! Lisa and…

Gelli Play Wednesday 6-15-16

Good morning! I was very excited to try out a new technique that I saw for this installment of Gelli Play Wednesday! I love the look of gelli prints that are full of layers. Sometimes I can get them to work and they are amazing. But for the most part I get a muddled mess…

Gelli Play Wednesdays 6-1-16

Woo-hoo! I made it…on Wednesday! lol! This week I feel like I have been running years behind. Life has been so busy! It is the last 10 days of school for “V” and so there are a lot of things going on. And we are getting a pool (yay!!) so there is that craziness. Today…

Gelli Play Wednesdays 5-18-2016

Good Morning! First of all, I want to say, I love how this page turned out. Now, having said that, this page is lucky to exist! I knew that I wanted to show how to use some of your gelli prints that have already been made. I dug out some of my favorites and began…

Gelli Play Wednesdays 5-11-2016

Good morning!! I am so very excited about todays post! I love Gelli printing but all too often I make the prints and they just sit there. I saw a post on Pinterest and just had to try it.  I used the Avery sticker labels (2″ round) as my paper for the gelli prints. Now…

Gelli Play Wednesdays April 27, 2016

Good morning! In this episode of Gelli Play Wednesday I decided to mix things up a bit. I love playing with my Gelli plate but all too often I end up with piles and piles of gelli prints. That is where I lose my inspiration. I never know what to do with them. I eventually…

Gelli Play Wednesdays 4-20-16

Good morning! I am sure you all will notice that I am posting Gelli Play Wednesdays on a Friday. We had a little chaos in our household this week. “V” gave us a spectacular bodily function show at 2:00am Tuesday night. Poor thing has the stomach flu. It threw all artsy plans out the window….

Gelli Play Wednesdays 3

Hello everyone!! Today I had a hard time figuring out just what I wanted to play with. I settled on my 5×7 Gelli plate because I want to make some cutouts for my art journal.  I have a very unique way of making my prints. I never know what the end result will be. Sometimes…

Gelli Play Wednesday 3

Good morning!! As I mentioned last week I am on vacation with the family this week. It has been amazing! We spent the entire day at Seaworld yesterday. I do however have a video for you! Sometimes I like to work on tags that I can use in other projects. So, without further ado, here…

Our First Giveaway!!

From Art To Hippos is so excited to announce our first giveaway!! We will be giving away some great prizes in honor of the launch of our website! Grand Prize: 4″ Round Gelli Plate Dylusions Paints (Bubblegum Pink, Vibrant Turquoise, and Lemon Zest) Inspirational Quote Tagbook 2 Texture plates Texture plate made by me (using…

Gelli Play Wednesday 2

First of all, yes I realize I am sharing this on Friday. My family is going on a trip to Florida for V’s spring break. So, needless to say life has gotten away from me a tad bit. 🙂 That leads me to the second thing…I may not be able to post Gelli Play Wednesday…

Gelli Play Wednesday

Oh my goodness! I am so excited! Here is the first installment of Gelli Play Wednesday! I used the Gelli plate by Gelli Arts, Dylusions Paints by Ranger (Dyan Reaveley), Prima (Finnabar) stencils and some masks and texture boards I made myself. I made a lot of prints! In another episode of Gelli Play Wednesday…