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Saving the Last of the Dogwoods

Saving the Last of the Dogwoods
Saving the Last of the Dogwoods

The dogwoods in front of my house have been glorious!

Easter Sunset
Forgive me, I get carried away!

Now, the dogwoods are past their season. Surviving blossoms are pitiful.

I thought maybe I could use them to print on the gel plate. I used some blossoms to pull paint from the plate.

I used others like stamps, painting the bracts (petals,) and center.

The paint “celled” so badly, i kept adding paint till I produced this.

I’m anxious to pull this, but I can’t decide between light blue or a rich leafy green.

I also spent the better part of today dodging a telephone scam. Maybe that’s a craft, and I can find the energy to share that someday. For today, I’m exhausted.

Flipping My Lids

Flipping My Lids
Flipping My Lids

I use deli lids for palettes.

Yesterday, I poured too much gel medium in one.

I used what I needed, but had lots left. The stuff is $17/bottle. I didn’t want to waste it, but didn’t want to try to put it back in the bottle, either. I took out another lid. (I bought a whole case one time.)

I flipped it.

I put it upside down on the other one.

Air could still get in, so I found something to weigh it down.

Today, it was like it was fresh from the bottle!

That stack of lids got me thinking.🤔 As many as I have, there ought to be a craft that uses them. 💡I have an idea! When I try it, I’ll report! 😉

UV Spray

UV Spray
UV Spray
My next experiment was actually to use Krylon’s “Preserve It” to spray my recently printed silkies. I experimented on the “Three Mary’s” since I felt I had used too much color saturation. If it ruined it, I wasn’t going to use it anyway. It didn’t, so yesterday I sprayed the print of Jesus as the Good Shepherd.

The only misgivings I have about the spray is it contains toluene. Because Hurricane Sandy was afoot, (we only got wrap around winds, here,) I sprayed it in the basement, but made sure I scotched the door open for ventilation.