Gelatos by Faber-Castell are my new favorite kick for color. They look like little lipsticks and you rub on the color like it's a crayon and then add water:
I use my fingers. After building up the colors with a variety of blues, white, and a purple, I added more color with distress inks and stencils before stamping all my vines in jet black archival:
I cut and stamped flowers, then made a paste with a bit of gelato + water by cutting a tiny bit off the stick and saturating it in water:
I used it to color my flowers, adding variety in the intensity of each. I attached some flat to the page and some raised up on glue dots for dimesion, adding some interest to the centers of most. The letters are Tim's Sizzix alpha Carnivale die.
The package says gelatos are also very good on dark papers, which I haven't tried yet. I'm sharing this with Art Journal Every Day.
Thanks so much for the visit!
Marjie
Stunning colours beautifully put together and thank you for sharing the 'how to' love the fall tag and magnets below.
Gorgeous creations as always.
Hugs Annie x
Posted by: Annie | 09/28/2012 at 02:16 AM
Yes, earth does. Great saturated color!
Posted by: Cathy | 09/28/2012 at 07:07 AM
Wonderful creations, and those gelatos look very interesting - something else for my wish list! Valerie
Posted by: Valerie-Jael | 09/28/2012 at 07:51 AM
oh yeah!!!. I LOVE them gelatos!. Can't wait to see you use the hot red hues :). This work is so beautifully layered.
Posted by: Shahrul Niza | 09/28/2012 at 08:07 AM
Wonderful marjie. And indeed this is a lovely way to make backgrounds. I have discovered it also already.
Lovely greet
Marja
Posted by: Marja | 09/28/2012 at 08:10 AM
I have not tried gelatos before. The layers of colors are wonderful! Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: Janet | 09/28/2012 at 09:17 AM
Nice tute!
Posted by: Susan | 09/28/2012 at 10:10 AM
Whaaat? Lipstick crayons? I'm in!! You never steer me wrong with your color kicking tips Marjie :) I love the rich blues and regal purples on this page and that quote...can I get an Amen! Marvelous as always!
Amy*
Posted by: Amy* | 09/28/2012 at 10:50 AM
Wow, you have rocked this page Marjie, the colours are fabulously rich and vibrant. The distress ink stencilling creates the depth and perspective providing that wonderful balance for the stamping and flowers. I love it.
Have a great creative weekend.
hugs {brenda} xox
Posted by: Brenda Brown | 09/28/2012 at 11:14 AM
Great background and great colours. Love the flowers of course! I've always wondered about these gelatos and hadn't seen them around - thank you for showing them and how they work. Like all these things, it would be great if you could 'try before you buy'!!
Have a great weekend.
Juliax
Posted by: Julia | 09/28/2012 at 01:04 PM
Beautiful page, great tutorial, and I love that quote!!!
Posted by: Misty | 09/28/2012 at 01:37 PM
I've often wondered about Gelatos. I didn't know they needed water...love that! Fab tutorial and I love learning something!!! I'm telling you again and again....No one does BLUE like YOU!!! I love to see it!!! Awesome work!
Posted by: Anita Houston | 09/28/2012 at 02:01 PM
Love the depth of color you got with gelatos-beautiful page!!
Posted by: Linda K | 09/28/2012 at 02:22 PM
I know I keep saying it too, no-one does blue like you do! Gelatos sounds like it should be ice cream rather than like lipstick, lots of people talk about them but this is the first time I have seen them and how they work - what wonderful sticks of colour - and so versatile too. Love what you have done with them and thank you for sharing the how-to. Crafty hugs, Anne x
Posted by: Anne R | 09/28/2012 at 03:12 PM
Wow I need some of those! Never knew what they did before!! You did an amazing job and thanks again for showing us how to achieve it!
Posted by: Helen Tilbury | 09/28/2012 at 07:05 PM
Beautiful!!!
Posted by: Wanda Hentges | 09/28/2012 at 11:59 PM
This looks so great Marjie...what a bright colours! Love the page, the purple and blue is so lovely together...and you did so well with the stamping,flowers and the artistic background.
Have a nice weekend, Alie :-)
Posted by: Alie Hoogenboezem-de Vries | 09/29/2012 at 06:30 AM
I loved that you show the process so well. this is beautiful. June Maddox, fellow flier (PS thank you for your support on my SOS post.
)
Posted by: June Maddox | 09/29/2012 at 09:34 AM
I just got two of these...gold and silver...to use on Christmas projects. Now I wish I'd gotten more...maybe Santa will be good to me! LOL Fabulous layers of luscious color....
Posted by: kathy/NorthCarolina | 09/29/2012 at 08:47 PM
Gorgeous page! Those two colors really look great together! What a wonderful way to make a background! Hugs, Sandra
Posted by: Sandra | 09/30/2012 at 07:59 AM
So pretty, Marjie!! Love the deep blues and purples. The dimensional flowers really make this piece pop! I've got the green gelato. Guess it's time to do some more shopping ;)
Posted by: julie case | 09/30/2012 at 08:31 AM
I'm glad you've shown us this, I love seeing new products and new techniques, and your page is absolutely gorgeous. Michelle x
Posted by: Michelle Webb | 09/30/2012 at 03:10 PM
Rich colors! Love how you created so many different shades with the gelatos!
Posted by: Carolyn Dube | 09/30/2012 at 06:10 PM
Stunning colours - dammit - almost got those when I was able and now I can't - will have to wait and put them on my growing wishlist!! Gorgeous and my style of creating :-)
Posted by: Cath | 10/10/2012 at 01:07 PM
Fun page with the gellatos -- that set of colors is my favorite! Thanks for the helpful info you sent me earlier too. I've been enjoying mine so much more now. Btw, have you played with the Big Brushes by FC? Love those too!
Posted by: Lisa Sackett | 10/16/2012 at 01:39 PM