Winter 2024 - Gel Press Monoprinting Class - February 28, 2024

Hello everyone,

Hope you are doing well. Below is a quick recap of the cards we made in class. See you in class.

Take care,

Connie

Chalk Dragonflies: Place dragonflies stencil on gel plate and color dragonflies with chalk pastel. Clean off any loose powder and remove stencil. Brayer a thin layer of iridescent paint and place paper on top, rub well and pull print. Use the frame die to cut print and adhere onto card base. Decorate with bow and gems to finish card.

Daffodils Easter: Brayer Spiced Marmalade, Scattered Straw & Twisted Citron Distress Oxide inks onto gel plate and place daffodils stamp on top. Press to stamp image and pick up inks. Place paper on top and rub all over to pull print. Place the inked daffodils stamp onto the pulled print to add more details. Die cut frame and assemble cards together with palm leaves, gems and sentiment sticker to finish card as shown.

Seahorses & Bubbles: Brayer a thin layer of iridescent paint onto gel plate. Add glitter blue and purple watercolor on top. Use blower to disperse inks on plate and put wave stencil on top. Place a piece of scratch paper to pick up excess inks. Remove stencil and place paper on top to pull print. Die cut frame and assemble card together by adhering die cut seahorse, gems and sentiment as shown.

Heart & Butterflies: Brayer a thin layer of hand sanitizer onto gel plate. Add some pink, red and purple alcohol ink on top. Use blower to disperse inks and place flower stencil on top. Place a piece of scratch paper to soak up inks. Remove stencil, place card stock and rub to pick up print. Cut out frame with heart die cut and embossing folder. Assemble card with die cut butterflies, pearls, ribbon and sticker sentiment as shown.