Fall 2025: Gel Monoprinting Workshop Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Hello everyone,

Hope you are doing well. Below is a quick recap of the cards we made in class. There are two classes remaining for this Fall session, November 19 and December 10, 2025. Please note there will be no classes during the Thanksgiving week.

See you in class.

Connie

Embossed Dragonflies: Brayer Antique Linen & Victorian Velvet Distress Oxide inks onto gel plate. Place flower stencil on top and place scrap over to rub stencil images onto gel plate. Remove scrap paper and stencil and place white paper onto gel plate. Rub well and pull print. Die cut print with shape die. Stamp and heat emboss dragonflies & sentiment onto print panel. Adhere panel on to rose card base. Add gems and bow to finish as shown.

Stencil & Color Friend: Brayer Scattered Straw & Twisted Citron Distress Oxide inks onto gel plate. Place leaves stencil on top and place white paper over. Rub well to transfer leaves images onto white paper for background print. Stamp image onto print with Portobello VersaFine Clair ink. Die cut with rectangular die and color images with Prismacolor pencils. Adhere panel onto black mat before adhering to yellow card base. Add gems and sticker sentiment to finish card as shown.

Watercolor Lighthouse: Scribble green and blue Distress Watercolor Crayons onto gel plate and mist gel plate with water. Place wave stencil on top and place mixed media card panel over. Rub well for a few minutes to let the watercolor soak into card panel. Remove and dry card panel. Cut panel down to size and adhere behind lighthouse die cut panel before adhering to white card base. Add stamp sentiment to finish.

Jelly Fish on Acrylic: Brayer lavender & purple metallic acrylic paints onto gel plate and place white paper on top to pull 1st print. Brayer green metallic, light and dark blue acrylic paints onto gel plate. Place jelly fish die cut in the middle of the painted gel plate to act as a mask and place the 1st print back onto gel plate. Rub well and full the final print. Let dry before cutting print with rectangular stitch die. Stamp jelly fish image onto the purple jelly fish silhouette with black ink. Adhere print onto white mat before adhering onto aqua card base. Color jelly fish with shimmer pen, add gems and sticker sentiment to finish.