Hello everyone,
Hope you are well and enjoying the nice weather we have. Below is a recap of the cards we made in class. Next class meeting and also our last for the Winter session will be on Wednesday, March 11, 2026.
Take care and see you in class.
Connie
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| Octopus w/ Alcohol Ink Background: Spritz some rubbing alcohol onto gel plate before adding green, teal and blue alcohol ink on top. Use air blower to distribute the color around to cover gel plate. Place swirls stencil on top, then place a piece of scratch paper over and press down to absorb some ink. Remove scratch paper and fan to dry the alcohol inks. Remove stencil and fan some more to dry off all alcohol inks that may be have trapped under stencil. Brayer some blue and metallic green acrylic paints over the dried alcohol inks. Place paper on top and rub well before pulling print. Die cut frame and adhere to card base. Stamp and die cut octopus. Adhere octopus, corals, sea weeds and sandstone onto card base. Add stamp sentiment to finish as shown. |
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| Flowers and Bees: Brayer yellow and orange Distress inks onto gel plate. Place stencil on to gel plate and then place paper over top. Rub well and pull 1st print. Remove stencil and brayer gel plate using remaining ink on brayer without re-inking. Replacing 1st print onto gel plate to pick up background colors to lift final print. Die cut frame and stamp flowers & bees. Color flowers and bees using watercolor pencils and brush with Wink of Stella to blend. Emboss orange vellum before adhering onto green card base. Add gems, sticker sentiment and bow to finish. |
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| Serene Landscape: Brayer yellow, blue and green Distress Oxide inks onto gel plate. Place Serene Landscape stamp without inking onto gel plate and press to transfer stamp image onto gel plate. Pick up stamp and place paper over to lift 1st print. Using the same Serene Landscape stamp with the ink lifted from the gel plate, stamp directly onto 1st print to add more details for the final print. Die cut frame and stamp tree, fence, butterflies images & sentiment using Twilight Versafine Clair ink. Adhere to dark green card base and add gems to finish. |
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| Butterflies Best Wishes: Place scroll stencil onto gel plate and brush on gold Perfect Pearl powder. Clean off all excess powders and remove stencil. Brayer a thin layer of coral pink acrylic paint onto gel plate and place paper on top. Rub well and make sure the paint is dry before lifting print. Die cut frame and butterflies before adhering to ivory card base. Add sticker sentiment and pearls to finish. |
