Wednesday, February 11, 2026

Winter 2026: Gel Monoprinting Workshop on Wednesday, January 21, 2026

Hello everyone, 

Hope you are all doing well.

Below is a quick recap of the cards we made in our first class. Next class meeting will be on Wednesday, February 25. Please email me if you have any questions.

See you in class.

Connie

Seahorses on Distress Oxide Inks: Brayer Tumble Glass & Twisted Citron Distress Oxide inks onto gel plate. Use a fan brush to sprinkle some water drops on the gel plate and place a piece of multi-media card panel on top to pick up the color background. Die cut panel using stitch rectangle die and stamp main seahorse image with black ink. Stamp smaller seahorse shadows with Speckled Egg Distress Oxide ink onto background. Color images with Prismacolor pencils. Adhere panel onto card base and add sticker sentiment to finish.

Giraffe on Distress Inks Background: Brayer Mustard Seed & Peeled Paint Distress inks onto gel plate. Stamp un-inked background leaves stamp onto gel plate. Remove and place white paper onto gel plate to pull background print. Die cut panel using stitch rectangle die and stamp the first giraffe image with Rich Cocoa Memento ink. Stamp second giraffe image with Cantaloupe Memento ink on top. Stamp leaves and grass onto background with Mowed Lawn Distress ink. Sponge ground and edges with same Mowed Lawn ink. Adhere panel onto green mat before adding onto white card base and add sticker sentiment to finish.

Perfect Pearl Acrylic Love: Place swirl stencil onto gel plate and brush on gold Perfect Pearl powder to add design onto plate. Wipe off excess powder and apply a thin coat of red acrylic paint onto gel plate. Place paper and rub well before pulling print. Die cut panel using shape die. Adhere heart washi paper on the side edges of the ivory card base. Adhere the red die cut panel and floral heart die cut in the center. Add gold gems to finish.

St. Patrick Botanical Leaves: Brayer a thin layer of gold acrylic paint onto gel plate and place leaves on top. Place a piece of scratch paper over, press and rub all over, especially to open areas between the leaves. Remove scratch paper and leaves and let the gold paint dry completely. Brayer a thin layer of green acrylic paint on top and place paper over, rub and pull print. Die cut print with leaves and rectangular frame dies. Adhere green die cut panel onto gold mat. Tie ribbon around panel and adhere onto ivory card base. Stamp sentiment and punch out shape. Adhere sentiment and shamrock confetti onto card to finish as shown.

Winter 2026: Gel Monoprinting Workshop on Wednesday, January 21, 2026

Hello everyone,  Hope you are all doing well. Below is a quick recap of the cards we made in our first class. Next class meeting will be on...