Spring 2026: Gel Monoprinting Workshop on Wednesday, April 29, 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, May 13, 2026. Please email me if you have any questions. See you in the next class.

Connie

Lily Pads: Brayer some yellow, light and dark green acrylic paints across gel plate and lift 1st print. Next, brayer 3 shades of blue acrylic paints across gel plate and place lily pads masks on top. Place the 1st print w/ green background on top and rub well before pulling the final print. Die cut rectangular frame and use green, pink & yellow acrylic pens to draw veins and lotus flowers on lily pads. Use white and blue acrylic pens to draw lines on water background. Use green and blue chalk pencils to add vines on top and bottom. Add yellow gems to finish.

Hybiscus Birthday: Brayer Distress Oxide inks onto gel plate and place swirls stencil on top. Place paper over and rub well to transfer pattern. Lift paper just enough to remove stencil and place paper back down and rub to transfer remaining design onto paper before lifting final print. Stamp and heat emboss hybiscus with gold embossing powder. Die cut frame and adhere onto black mate before adhering onto pink card base. Add gems and sticker sentiment to finish card.

Sunset Palm Trees: Brayer Barn Door, Spiced Marmalade & Peeled Paint Distress inks evenly onto gel plate. Use cotton balls to dab off some inks to add some clouds. Place paper over and rub well to lift print. Stamp palm trees scene with black ink. Die cut frame and adhere onto black mate before adhering onto ivory card base.

Alcohol Inks Butterflies-Front: Squirt some rubbing alcohol onto gel plate follows by pink, blue and purple alcohol inks. Use blower to spread alcohol inks around to cover gel plate and place flower stencil on top. Next place scratch paper on top to press down stencil and absorb excess inks. Remove stencil and let inks dry on gel plate before brayering a thin layer of white iridescent acrylic paint all over gel plate. Place paper on top, rub well and pull print. Stamp butterflies with black ink onto print and use coordinate dies to cut out butterflies.

Alcohol Inks Butterflies-Open: Fold and glue lavender and white card panels together as shown. Adhere die cut butterflies to front and inside as shown. Stamp sentiment with black ink onto white card stock and use punch to cut out sentiment. Adhere sentiment to the bottom front of the lavender panel  and add gems to butterfly body in the front of the card.