Fall 2026: Gel Plate Monoprinting - Wednesday, September 23, 2026

Hello everyone,

Hope you are well. Below is a quick recap of the cards we made in class. Next class meeting will be October 7, 2026.

See you in class.

Connie

Acrylic Paint Floral Arrangement: Brayer mustard and red acrylic paints onto gel plate to create background. Die cut vase, flowers and rectangular background panel. Adhere rectangular background behind white grid panel and adhere onto dark green card base. Adhere vase, branches & flowers together to card front. Add stamp sentiment and gold bow to finish.

Distress Inks Leaves: Brayer Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade and Red Barn Distress inks onto gel plate. Place background leaves stamp onto gel plate to impress image. Remove stamp and keep stamp facing up to retain inks on stamp. Place paper over gel plate and rub well before pulling print. Place stamp back on recently pulled print to add more leaves image to background. Die cut frame and leave images. Adhere die cut print onto green card panel before adhering to ivory card base. Add gems and stamp sentiment to finish.

Distress Oxide Jellyfish: Brayer various blue distress oxide inks onto gel plate and place stencil on top. Place paper over top and rub well to pull 1st print. Remove stencil and place 1st print back on gel plate to pull a 2nd time for additional images to background. Die cut print using rectangular background. Stamp leaves to the bottom half of print and adhere print to white card base. Stamp jellyfish onto watercolor paper with black ink and color with watercolor pencils. Die cut jellyfish and adhere to card front. Add gems and sentiment to finish.

Perfect Pearl Koi Fishes: Place stencil onto gel plate and brush green Perfect Pearl powder all over. Use paper towel to wipe off any excess powder and remove stencil. Brayer a thin layer of gold acrylic paint on top. Place paper over and rub well before pulling print. Die cut print using round-corner rectangular frame. Stamp koi fishes using orange and red inks onto white card panel. Die cut panel with smaller round-corner rectangular frame. Wrap gold sheer ribbon around gold panel and adhere to red card base. Adhere koi panel and scallop sentiment onto front to finish.