I did say to some friends a while back that I would not be buying a Gelli printing plate but I have to admit once I looked into it and watched some of the how-to videos I succumbed.  I had my first play yesterday and after a few attempts I finally made a couple that I really like.  I used the method shown here but instead of using bits of paper for masks I used Maidenhair fern and Acer leaves from my garden along with bottle lids and needlepoint mesh and some fibres.  My ghost print is not great but I think the reason is that either my acrylic paint was not fluid enough or I didn’t use enough of it.  I over sprayed the monoprint with dilute Chartreuse liquid watercolour and added a touch of Distress ink.

Acrylic paints:
1st layer: gold, bronze, yellow ochre  (it had almost dried by the time I did the ghost layer so that is why you can’t see much there).
2nd layer: Rose madder
3rd layer: Ultra marine
Card:  computer paper  (this is thin enough to cut up and use in collages)
Other:  Gelli plate, Ecoline Chartreuse liquid watercolour, Distress ink mowed law, fibres