Thank you very much.

I'm ready with the answer to that, since you're not the only one to ask! It's a silicone craft mat by Wow (a UK embossing powder company), and they call it a Premium Embossing Craft Mat - www.wowembossingpowder.co.uk/wow-premium-embossing-craft-mat-2314-p.asp but any silicone or teflon craft mat will do. Ranger produce a non-stick craft sheet rangerink.com/products/ranger-non-stick-craft-sheet and the soft sheet on Tim Holtz's glass media mat is made of similar stuff. You can even use those reusable baking sheets (like these which I take when I'm travelling - www.amazon.co.uk/YQL-30X40cm-Reusable-Transfer-Resistance/dp/B094VQFK93?th=1 ). Basically any waterproof surface will do - or you can use a china plate or palette paper for mixing your paint. This white one is just the one I use for filming. My usual craft mat is a giant version of the brown Ranger one, which covers most of my table. (Unfortunately the independent UK craft stockist which supplied those giant ones closed down but I daresay you could track down something similar with some careful Google searching.) Hope that helps!

Oh, brilliant - it's so lovely to know that you are playing along! Hope you'll have lots of fun with the next stages. Thanks so much for watching and for your lovely comment.

That's great - I hope it will encourage you to play and explore with your gel plate. There are so many ways to use it. (I'll link a couple more of the gel plate videos from here on the channel below, in case you're interested.) Thanks so much for watching and commenting. Gel Plate Backgrounds with Distress Inks and Oxides - kzbin.info/www/bejne/mXvIl52vj7GGY9E Gel printing with my PaperArtsy stamp designs - kzbin.info/www/bejne/haDUn2BtedSLjKs Gel printing with gypsophila flower stems - kzbin.info/www/bejne/e2i2moZqqZiVhZo

@@w0rdsandp1ctures aww thank you so much 😘😘

Oh, that's so lovely to hear, thank you very much.

I'm delighted to help encourage people to get the toys out of the toy box - what a lovely thought! And yes, I do plan more of these deep dives (crackle was my next thought)... they just take a bit longer to plan and film. It's been a very busy summer, so they keep slipping down my "to-film" list. Hopefully I can get to it during some winter hibernation time! (Though if you enjoy seeing the products in action, you might like this swatching session exploring different ways to apply the Distress Watercolor Pencils - kzbin.info/www/bejne/nn6phqBvgpyAma8 - just a thought!) Thank you so much for your lovely, thoughtful comment.

❤ ooo yes please more of these especially in the darker winter months when inspiration is always welcome as I have more time to play then ❤❤

Thank you so much!

Thank you, Edith - yes, it definitely was one of my early leaps forward and so in many ways it has a lot in common with how I create now. Well spotted!

Oh, Smalt Hue is a magical colour... it has a touch of melancholy, which I always love, but also a hint of steely strength. And beautiful translucence in this brand - I haven't explored anyone else's version. Very happy you enjoyed the leaf printing. (There are a few other gel printing videos on the channel if you haven't already found them - they'd keep you going for a few more minutes!) Thanks so much for watching and commenting.

@@w0rdsandp1ctures I subscribed last night, I so enjoyed making the little houses in Fodder School 3, you hooked me!💕💕🇨🇦

There's been a sudden leaf shift here in the last couple of days - it's now about 50:50 gold and green, I'd say... I'm so happy you enjoyed the leaf printing - I hadn't thought of fabric, but what a lovely idea that is. Thanks so much as always for your company and comments. (Watch out for my new stamps coming up towards the end of this month. They might even reconcile you with what's coming next after Autumn...)

That's great to know, thank you so much! Happy you're enjoying all the minutes...

Always and forever!

Thank you - I had lots of fun with these!

Thank you - happy you enjoyed it.

That's very kind of you to say, thank you! I'm delighted you are enjoying the videos so much.

So far, these particular ones haven't taken any further steps, but sometimes I use them as backgrounds for journal pages, or for tags, or cut them up for other projects... or even make a whole book out of them, similar to these - kzbin.info/www/bejne/onSzZn2mrL6mZq8 or kzbin.info/www/bejne/fH7boYp4gL90gdU Hope that answers your question. Thanks for watching and commenting

That's lovely to hear - thank you so much for watching and commenting, much appreciated.

Very happy you enjoyed this so much - thank you for such a lovely comment. I haven't yet got around to finishing painting this page spread (must squeeze that in some time soon!), but in the meantime here are a couple of projects featuring the rosemary in its slightly smaller stamped form. (That was how it first appeared from my original sketch, as part of my spring botanicals stamp series from PaperArtsy, EAB32 Rosemary Edition - and then got blown up to super size for the tissue paper.) I hope you can view the links. instagram.com/w0rdsandp1ctures/reel/CvDUYNwsh5c/ instagram.com/w0rdsandp1ctures/reel/Cuci15vsyoa/

Oh, how exciting... I'm sure you'll have a wonderful time playing and experimenting. It's such a versatile tool. There are a few other gel plate videos here on the channel (you may have seen those already, but if not let me know and I'll add links here), plus a wealth of other inspiration here on KZbin from real gel plate experts. Check out Birgit Koopsen www.youtube.com/@birgitkoopsen/videos and of course Gelli Arts themselves have a whole channel full of great tips and tutorials - www.youtube.com/@GelliArts Have fun! Thanks so much for watching and commenting.

Thank you. I've watched some videos, including Gelli Arts, which are very good, but I'll definitely check out Birgit Koopsen.

Yes, I do that all the time when I'm creating usually (though more often tags to create backgrounds, rather than paper), but there's only so much you can cover in a video session... this was already more minutes than I meant it to be! Thanks so much for watching - I'm very happy you enjoyed - and thank you for your great comment.

If you mean you are doing the current Fodder Challenge, then no, I'm afraid I'm not a tutor on the upcoming Fodder School 4, so no classes from me during the Fodder Challenge (but I hope you're having a great time with what is on offer!). I'm delighted you love the houses. But the house tutorials are part of Fodder School 3, and I'm afraid are currently only available there, so you'd need to look at signing up for FS3 to get the how-to classes. You get lifetime access to the twelve months of project tutorials with twelve different mixed media artists and teachers, as well as oodles of bonus content along the way. All the details are here if you're interested... willa-workshops.teachable.com/p/fodder-school-3 Thanks so much for watching and commenting.

​@@w0rdsandp1ctures oh I've enrolled in the wrong Fodder class. Im doing the current one. I even bought your stamps specifically to make the houses. Oh well 🤷 I will have to try and nut it out. Thsnk you for your lovely videos, I love your art. And thanks for teplying .

Thank you very much!

Very happy you enjoyed it - thank you so much for watching and commenting, much appreciated.

How funny... I've always experienced Cornwall as gloriously sunny (I spent a season at the Minack theatre decades ago, as well as various tours taking in the Hall of Cornwall and other places since then). I've not done much with seascapes (other than in the acrylic paintings in the large square journal... maybe this comment slipped onto this video by mistake, rather than that episode? - because I don't think there were any tempera sticks in this one, either!), so that would take some thought. I'm so delighted you are enjoying the videos, though. Thanks so much for watching and commenting.

@@w0rdsandp1ctures I'm so sorry - yes, you're right about the comment!😂 However I was watching your video (I always do!) and enjoying all the glorious autumn colours, which have inspired me to make some leafy tags for my journal . I also picked up lots of lovely leaves to gelli print with today, such beautiful shapes 😍I do love this time of year. Thank you for the inspiration

@@w0rdsandp1ctures And I promise you that it really does rain a lot in Cornwall, especially this summer! However I still love it and would never leave 😊

Have a wonderful time with your leaf printing... and yes, I do believe you about the rain!

I'm glad the trains are a plus point for you rather than a distraction... they only go by a few times a day down in the valley, but somehow I often seem to catch them when I'm filming!! Happy you enjoy them.

Very happy you enjoyed it, thank you. And thanks for the tip... I'm not quite sure how it's different from lining up with the paper under the plate, but I'll give it a go following your instructions and see if I can work it out!

@@w0rdsandp1ctures, it will be clear and allow you to see through to line up.

Smalt Hue is glorious... it has a touch of melancholy, but also a hint of steely strength - a long-time favourite of mine (and probably why I like Stormy Sky, its close relative in the Distress line, so much!). And yes, some real leaves + the gel plate is a magical art-making combination. Thank you so much for watching and commenting.

So happy to hear you enjoyed it, thank you.

Thank you so much!

Very happy you enjoyed it - thank you so much for taking the time to comment. It's much appreciated.

Merci beaucoup!

Yes, thank you... I couldn't recall the word in the moment of filming, and yes, I've seen how expensive they are! A glass paperweight is a great suggestion - thanks for that.

As you know, I love my Frescos, but as chalk paints they do dry very quickly, so the Golden acrylics definitely give you a slightly more relaxed playtime with the gel plate, as there is more open time. I could mix the Frescos with some extending medium, but that seems a bit of a kerfuffle!! And I've managed very happily with Frescos on the plate... it just means moving with some speed (and of course any water spritzing helps too!).

@@w0rdsandp1ctures I have the idea when seeing others work with open Golden acrylics that it gives a real thin (translucent) but still bright color. Kerffuffle, what a beautiful word that I unexpectedly found the translation for on google translate (it had a dialect atmosphere for me).

I'm sure I will turn the camera on if/when I'm using these prints at any point in the future. So happy you enjoyed the fun, and thank you for your company on this creative journey.

So happy you enjoyed it - thank you very much for watching and commenting.

@@w0rdsandp1ctures You’re welcome!

Oh, I'm so happy to have hit the mark for you with both the words and the pictures. I do hope you'll have a play with the tag journal idea - I'm sure you'd have lots of fun. Thanks so much for watching and commenting.

Yes, you don't see those Bigz dies in action much any more - but even though they're not so detailed, they can cut so much more than a Thinlit can. I sometimes forget how useful that can be - to cut thick card, or fabric. Thanks so much for watching and commenting.

That's wonderful feedback to read - thank you so much for that lovely comment.

Thank you! They only go past down in the valley a few times a day, but somehow I always seem to catch them when I'm filming!!

Oh, well that just goes to prove that there's no such thing as going "wrong". I love your idea of the lake! Thank you so much for watching and for your lovely comment.

Ah well, organising can wait for another day!! I'm delighted you enjoyed it all so much. Thank you so much for watching and for your lovely comment, which put a big smile on my face.

Great - I hope you'll have lots of fun playing. Thanks so much for watching and commenting.

Oh, that is such a lovely comment to read - thank you so much for those beautiful thoughts.

Oh, thank you so much for that beautiful thought.

Thank you - yes, nobody does it better than nature. If you follow her lead you can't go far wrong!

Not the Oregon Shakes, no... though I've heard lots about it. My work has mostly been based in New York, on Shakespeare (or Marlowe) productions for Theatre for a New Audience... with a couple of stints in Columbus, Ohio directing productions with the Masters Acting Course at OSU.

Very happy you enjoyed it. Thank you so much for watching and commenting.