Summer 2025 - Gel Plate Monoprinting Workshop June 25, 2025

Hello everyone,

Hope you are doing well and stay cool. Below is a quick recap of the cards we made in our first class. Next class meeting will July 9, 2025. See you then.

Take care,

Connie 

Copper Leaves & Flower Die Cut: Brayer a thin layer of copper acrylic paint onto gel plate and place leaves on top. Place a piece of scratch paper over and rub all over to impress the leave patterns onto gel plate. Remove leaves and let paint dry completely. Add little drops of yellow and green acrylic paints all over the gel plate and brayer to cover gel plate. Place paper on top, rub well to make sure all the paints are adhered to the paper and lift print. Die cut print with scallop rectangle stitch die and flower die. Assemble card with ribbon, sentiment and butterfly gem onto terra cotta card base as shown.

Wavy Distress Ink & Turtle Die Cut: Brayer Tumble Glass ink onto gel plate and place paper on top to pull 1st background print. Brayer Peacock Feather onto gel plate, place wavy stencil onto gel plate, place the 1st background print over top and rub well to pick up the wavy patterns for the 2nd print. Remove wavy stencil and place 2nd print back on gel plate to pull the 3rd and final print. Die cut with rectangular stitch frame. Adhere turtle die cut, bubble stickers and sentiment onto print as shown. Adhere print onto blue mat before adhering onto white card base.

Distress Oxide Emboss Roses: Brayer Spiced Marmalade, Salt Water Taffy and Abandoned Coral Distress Oxide inks onto gel plate. Place embossed rose cardboard panel on top and lightly rub to transfer rose images onto plate. Remove panel and place paper on top to pull print. Die cut frame with the shape die. Place print into the roses 3D embossing folder lining up with the flowers and run through machine to emboss the image. Adhere die cut & embossed print onto green card base. Add sentiment, gems and green bow to finish card.

Coral & Gold Perfect Pearl Butterflies: Place butterflies stencil onto gel plate and brush on gold Perfect Pearl powder. Wipe off excess powder with dry towel and remove stencil. Brayer a thin layer of coral acrylic paint and place paper on top to pull print. Die cut panel with rectangular slot die. Add ribbon, gems and sentiment before adhering onto ivory card base.