Patricia Carmichael Cline

I just put the last coat of gel medium on the bottom of my lantern/candle!

I used Liquitex Satin Gel Medium both as an adhesive and as a sealant.

Since the cylinder is round, I made it a cradle of big bubble wrap. I painted on a thin layer of gel medium, just on the exposed surface. I used a soft, wide bristle brush.

I draped Patricia Carmichael Cline’s print, stained side down, over the glued area. Using a tip I learned from Sharon Duran Wilson, I used my misting bottle to wet the print. Sharon said when applying paper to a wet surface, wet the paper lightly, to prevent wrinkles.

I pulled and smoothed, like making a bed.

Then I placed the cylinder with glued paper down into the cradle, while I continued to glue and wrap from the right.

glue, roll, stretch, smooth and repeat.

I used a tip, also from Patricia, for smoothing. Use a dry paper towel to help smooth wrinkles. It also removes excess water.

I tore the white edges from the sides of the paper and finished gluing the right side.

Next time, I will pay more attention to getting the paper straight in relation to the bottom of the glass.

I trimmed the white edges, and stained what was left with the pink gel.

The next day, I glued and pulled and tugged and sprayed and smoothed the left side. I folded the extra paper on the bottom underneath and glued it with the gel medium.

I turned the upper edges over the rim and glued them down, too.

I finished everything up with a coat of gel medium.

I let it all dry, lit the electric candle and dropped it inside the cylinder.

And There She Glows!!!

Push Play

It started with a a paper like this:

It’s a gel print by Patricia Carmichael Cline of PMartist Studios. I won it in a drawing, along with a whole pack of papers and stencil pieces. I remember when Patricia printed it. She used acrylic paint and a comb-like tool to make the swirls. She pulled it with wet strength tissue. I liked the transparency of the tissue and got an idea.

I bought a glass cylinder vase and an electric candle from Dollar Tree. The Unicorn Spit was a previous clearance purchase from Michael’s. I used a foam brush and spread the Unicorn Spit on the back of the tissue. Unicorn Spit is a water-based gel stain. The color is Party Punk Pink and it is intense! The tissue dried like this:

The front:

I wrapped the tissue, pink side against the glass and folded edges in and under. I turned on and dropped in the candle:

I turned down the lights:

And let her dance!

Next, I’ll finish up by attaching the tissue to the glass with clear gel medium. I am pretty pumped about this!

Karla Krafts

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Finished and Glowing!

Ah, Spit!