Summer Gel Print Class - July 11, 2022

Hello everyone,

Hope you are having a relaxing weekend. FYI, I sent out an email survey for the upcoming Fall Session with a revised (truncated) schedule from September 12 to October 3, 2022. Thank you to all who responded.

Below is a recap of our previous gel print class and a sneak peak of Monday's cards.

Butterfly on Sunflower: Heat emboss stamped image with gold embossing powder; Brayer Mowed Lawn, Peacock Feathers & Dusty Concord Distress Inks on gel plate; Place embossed image on gel plate and lift print; Repeat for darker color if desired; Adhere to card base and finish by adding gems and sentiment.

Red Flowers: Brayer Rose Pink & Old English Red Marvy Uchida inks onto gel plate; Add white flowers onto inked plate & place paper over to lift print; Remove flowers (save flowers for next card) & repeat inking gel plate once more to add color to background; Trim to size, add gems, ribbon and stamped stentiment & adhere to card base.

 

 

Floral Wreath: Brayer Pear Tart, Bamboo Leaves & Cottage Ivy Memento Inks onto gel plate; place die cut vine wreath on top of inked plate; place paper over to lift print; repeat inking a couple times to add more color to the wreath and background; Adhere wreath to print, add flowers (from previous card), gems, sentiment & bow onto wreath; Adhere to card base.

Seahorse: Brayer Cracked Pistachio & Salty Ocean Distress Oxide inks onto gel plate; Place printed seahorse image onto gel plate to lift 1st background print; Repeat inking the gel plate, place stencil to inked plate, put scratch paper over stencil and rub off ink in open area of stencil; Remove stencil & place printed seahorse image back onto gel plate to lift the stencil image; Sponge print edges with Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide ink; Add gems and adhere to card base.

Cards for upcoming Monday's class:

Summer Gel Printing Class - June 27, 2022

Hello everyone,

Hope you had a great July 4th weekend! Below is a recap of the cards we made in our first class and a preview of the cards for Monday July 11th.

Hopefully, you all had a chance to check out the how to videos from Gelli Plate that I emailed last week. I will keep my caption for the cards brief assuming that you know what "lift print" means. If not, please email me. Have a great weekend!

Take care,

Connie

Floral Thanks: Apply drops of pink dye reinker on the left side and purple reinker on the right side of gel printing plate; roll brayer gently from pink to purple to smooth out ink; stamp un-inked floral background stamp onto gel plate; remove stamp and put white card stock onto gel plate; lift print; adhere sentiment, ribbon, butterfly and gems as shown to black mat and card base.

Birds on Branch: Use the left over ink on the brayer from previous card to apply ink on the gel plate; place white card stock onto gel plate; lift print; stamp birds on branch with black ink; cut image with scallop oval die; adhere sentiment, pearls and ribbon onto vellum before attaching to card base as shown.

Sea Life: Apply Tri-color Brilliance Ink onto gel plate, roll brayer gently from green to blue from each side to smooth out ink; place white card stock onto gel plate; lift print; place wave stencil on top of gel plate; place scratch paper on top of stencil & gel plate and rub the back to transfer pattern; lift up scratch paper and stencil and place the previous lifted print onto the gel plate; rub to transfer the stencil image onto print; sponge blue ink over fish stencil onto center of print; cut white frame using corals & turtles die; Adhere frame and sentiment onto card base as shown.

Butterfly & Wild Flowers: Apply yellow, orange and pink Memento inks onto gel plate; roll brayer gently from light dark to smooth out ink; lift print; stamp butterfly & wild flowers with black ink onto print; use scallop rectangle die to cut panel; adhere stamp sentiment and ribbon to finish card as shown.

Below are the cards we will be making on Monday July 11th.