Winter 2025 - Gel Monoprinting Workshop - March 12, 2025

Happy Spring everyone,

Hope you are all doing well. Below is quick recap of the cards we made in class. Our last Gel Printing class for Winter 2025 will be on March 26, 2025. 

FYI, the Spring 2025 class schedule is posted online at the PVPUSD website.

Take care,

Connie

3D Emboss Red & Gold Flowers: Brayer a layer of gold acrylic paint onto gel plate, place the deboss side of the floral cardboard panel on top and press lightly to imprint the image onto gel plate. Remove cardboard panel and let gold paint dry completely. Brayer a thin layer of red acrylic paint over the gold image on gel plate, place white paper on top and rub well to make sure all the images transfer onto the paper. Die cut frame and place print into 3D folder to match up images for debossing. Assemble card together as shown. Add gold glitter to flower centers, gold sentiment on pink vellum and corner stickers to finish card.

Distress Inks Honey Bees: Brayer Mustard Seed, Wild Honey & Spiced Marmalade distress inks onto gel plate. Place fabric wrap on top, place white paper over and rub to pick up patterns. Remove fabric wrap and replace paper on top to pick up the rest of the patterns from the gel plate. Die cut frame and adhere onto black mat before placing onto white card base. Add honey bees die cut, gold gems and stamp sentiment to finish card as shown.

Wild Birthday Cheetah: Emboss yellow card panel with spot prints. Brayer a thin layer of gold acrylic paint onto gel plate, place embossed yellow card panel on top and rub lightly to pick up gold paint on raised areas. Die cut with rectangular stitch die. Sponge Tangelo Memento ink on the edge of rectangular panel. Stamp cheetah and sentiment onto white card panel. Die cut shape & color cheetah. Adhere color panels onto card as shown.

Hummingbird & Flowers Birthday: Brayer Spun Sugar, Festive Berries & Wilted Violet distress oxide inks on gel plate and lift print. Die cut with rectangular shape die. Stamp and heat emboss hummingbird & flowers on colored print with white embossing powder. Add gems and stamped sentiment onto ivory card base to finish card as shown.