Winter 2025 - Gel Monoprinting Workshop - February 26, 2025

Hello ladies,

Hope you are doing well. 

Below is a quick recap of the cards we made in class. Next Gel Printing class will be March 12, 2025.

Take care,

Connie

Birthday Angel Fish: Brayer Tumble Glass and Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide inks onto gel plate. Place swirl stencil onto gel plate and stamp script over the top. Remove stamp and stencil and place paper to lift print. Die cut rectangular frame. Adhere die cut fish, gems and stamp sentiment before adhering onto white card base.

Easter Bird House: Brayer Antique Linen and Saltwater Taffy Distress Oxide inks onto gel plate. Place Floral stamp on top and press in the image and remove stamp. Place paper onto gel plate to lift print. With the remaining inks left on the Floral stamp, stamp image onto the lifted print. Use scallop frame die to die cut print. Stamp Bird House image with black ink onto die cut frame. Color image with Prismacolor pencils. Add gold sticker sentiment and adhere onto ivory card base to finish.

Embossed Hibiscus Flowers: Brayer a thin layer of gold acrylic paint onto gel plate. Place 3D embossed banana leaves cardboard on top of gel plate and lightly press leaves image onto gel plate and remove. Let gold paint dry completely and brayer green acrylic paint on top. Place paper over top to pull print. Die cut frame and emboss leave images with 3D embossing folder. Sponge die cut flowers with Tangelo Memento ink. Assemble card together with gems and stamped sentiment onto white card base as shown.

Perfect Pearl Birthday Roses: Place stencil onto gel plate and brush gold Perfect Pearl to cover all open areas of stencil. Clean off all excess powder and remove stencil. Brayer a layer of magenta acrylic paint on top, place paper on top and rub well to lift print.

 

Winter 2025 - Handmade Greeting Cards Workshop - February 19, 2025

Hello everyone,

Hope you are enjoying the sunshine! Below is a recap of the cards we made in class. Next Greeting Cards Workshop will be on March 5, 2025.

Take care,

Connie

Birthday Sailboats: Sponge Grape Jelly & Danube Blue Memento inks onto white card panel. Stamp sailboats, birds & sentiment with black ink. Color boats with red marker and assemble card as shown.

Dragonflies on Acetate: Apply pink, purple & blue alcohol inks onto acetate with felt applicator. Stamp dragonflies with Hickory Smoke Distress Archival ink onto acetate. Wipe stamped acetate with dry paper towel to remove ink and reveal dragonflies images. Adhere acetate behind white floral die cut frame before adhering to white card base with foam tape. Add sticker sentiment and gems to finish card as shown.

Stamped Dragonflies: With the alcohol inks remained on the dragonflies stamp lifted from the acetate (from previous card), stamp image onto white card panel. Die cut stamped panel with rectangular stitch die. Adhere onto purple mat, add sheer ribbon, sentiment and gems before adhering to rose card base.

Fun-Fold Teapot (front): Place teapot and sugar bowl stickers onto watercolor papers and color with watercolors. Fold double-sided pattern card panel and assemble card as shown below. Finish with stamped sentiment.

Fun Fold Teapot-Open

 

Winter 2025 - Gel Monoprinting Workshop - February 12, 2025

Hello everyone,

Hope you are doing well. Below is a quick recap of the cards we made in class. Next Gel Printing class will be February 26, 2025.

Take care,

Connie

Hummingbird Birthday: Brayer Tumbled Glass and Twisted Citron distress inks onto gel plate. Place music stamp on top to impress image and pull print. Die cut frame and stamp hummingbird using black ink. Color image with Prismacolor pencils. Add gems and stamped sentiment before adhering to blue card base.

Shamrock Love: Brayer Peeled Paint and Mowed Lawn distress inks onto gel plate. Place shamrock stencil on top and place paper over and rub all over to print shamrock images. Hold on to paper on one end, remove stencil and place paper back down to pick up remaining images left on gel plate. Die cut frame, add gems and die cut shamrock before adhering to green card base.

Dog Treat: Brayer Antique Linen and Walnut Stain distress oxide inks onto gel plate. Place embossed paw print cardstock on top and press lightly to transfer image. Place paper to lift print and die cut frame. Emboss paw print using embossing folder. Sponge print edges with Vintage Photo distress oxide ink. Stamp dog and sentiment using black ink. Color and cut out image & sentiment. Adhere image, sentiment and card panel together onto ivory card base as shown.

Vellum Fairy: Brayer Cantaloupe and Tangelo Memento inks onto gel plate. Use fan brush to sprinkle some gold ink on top. Plave vellum onto gel plate to pick up print. Use frame die to cut both vellum and white card panels. Emboss floral wreath onto vellum with embossing folder. Pierce corners of both panels and attached with gold brads before adhering to bright pink card panel. Add gold fairy and sentiment stickers and gold Stickles onto flowers as shown.

 

Winter 2025 - Handmade Greeting Cards Workshop - February 5, 2025

Hello ladies,

Hope you are doing well. Below is a recap of the cards we made in class. Next Greeting Cards Workshop will be on February 19, 2025.

Take care,

Connie

Easter Bunny: Place oval template on top of white card panel. Sponge Pear Tart ink around oval edges and hill mounds. Stamp tree, bunny and berries with black ink. Use pink gel pen to add blossom to tree and pink liquid pearl to berries. Adhere to black panel, tie ribbon and add sticker sentiment before adhering to yellow card base.

Birthday Coastal: Stamp and color beach scene with watercolor pencils. Assemble pattern and color panels together as shown.

Shamrock Iris Folding: Follow iris folding pattern to assemble card as shown. Add ribbon and stamp sentiment before adhering to green mat and ivory card base.

3D Emboss Friends: Die cut and emboss lavender card panel. Swipe VersaMark ink across raised image and brush with Perfect Pearl. Add ribbon, gems and stamped sentiment before adhering to ivory card base.

Winter 2025 - Gel Monoprinting Workshop - January 22, 2025

Hello ladies,

Hope you are well. Below is a quick recap of the cards we made in class. Next Gel Printing class will be February 12, 2025.

Enjoy,

Connie

Embossed Cherry Blossom: Brayer yellow, pink & lavender acrylic paints onto gel plate and pull 1st print. Brayer red, metallic red & purple acrylic paints onto gel plate, place embossed cherry blossom cardboard on top and rub lightly to imprint the blossom design. Remove cardboard and place the 1st print onto gel plate to pick up the cherry blossom design onto the print. Die cut shape and place it in the 3D embossing folder to line up with the cherry blossom image and run through the machine to emboss the print. Sponge gold paint, add gems and adhere onto ivory card base. Add gold scroll stickers and 'Hello' sentiment to finish card as shown.

 

Alcohol ink & Vellum Butterfly: Brayer a few drops of hand sanitizer gel onto gel plate. Add drops of pink, purple & gold alcohol inks on top. Use blower to spread alcohol ink around to cover the gel plate. Place the die cut medallion and a piece of white paper over top, rub all over to transfer the design onto gel plate and pull the 1st print. Let inks dry, remove die cut medallion and brayer a light layer of white iridescent acrylic paint over gel plate. Place white paper on top and rub thoroughly to lift 2nd and final print. Die cut rectangle and adhere onto pink card base. Add vellum butterfly, gems and stamp sentiment to finish card as shown.

Thinking of You Flowers: Brayer Antique Linen & Victorian Velvet Oxide inks onto gel plate. Place swirls stencil on top, place paper over top, rub well to transfer design and pull 1st print. Remove stencil and place the 1st print back on top to pick remaining design for final print. Die cut frame and stamp flowers with black ink. Color flowers with Prismacolor pencils. Adhere onto lime green card base and add stamped sentiment to finish.

Silver Embossed Seahorse: Brayer Bahama Blue Memento ink onto gel plate, lightly spray some blue & green Mica Stain ink on top of gel plate, place mixed media card panel on top and let the ink soaked in. Remove print, let dry and die cut with rectangular frame. Stamp seahorse with clear VersaMark ink and heat emboss with Iridescent Silver embossing powder. Stamp seaweeds and fishes with Stormy Sky Distress ink in background. Adhere panel onto black mat before adhering onto white card base. Add stamped sentiment to finish.

Winter 2025 - Handmade Greeting Cards Workshop - January 15, 2025

Happy New Year everyone!

Hope you are doing well. Below is a recap of the cards we made in our first class. Next class meeting will be on Wednesday, February 5, 2025.

Take care,

Connie

Embossed Hummingbird: Stamp & heat emboss hummingbird with white embossing powder on white card panel. Sponge Memento inks onto card panel and use paper towel to wipe off any inks on the embossed bird. Dry emboss panel with floral embossing folder. Mount panel onto black mat, add ribbon and stamp sentiment before adhering onto lime card base.

 

Distress Mica Stain Octopus: Spray green & two shade of blue mica stains onto watercolor card panel. Spray water onto both side of a bubble stencil and place in between the inked card panel and a plain watercolor card panel. Run the sandwich stack through the machine to emboss the bubbles onto both card panels. Adhere die cut Octopus onto inked card panel before adhering to black mat and white card base. Add sentiment and gems to finish card as shown.

Seahorse Shaker: Wrap acetate around the 2nd embossed bubble card panel from the previous card to create a shaker pouch and place some iridescent flakes inside before sealing it. Adhere the wrapped bubble card panel behind dark blue frame before adhering it to light blue card base. Add silver seahorse and sentiment stickers to finish card as shown.

 

 

 

 

VersaMark Roses: Stamp roses randomly onto pink card panel using Clear VesaMark ink. Adhere die cut rose wreath and sentiment onto stamped panel before adhering onto black mat and ivory card base. Add gems to finish card as shown.

Winter 2025 - Gel Monoprinting Workshop - January 8, 2025

Happy New Year everyone!

Hope you are safe and well. Below is a recap of the cards we made in our first class. Next class meeting will be on Wednesday, January 22, 2025.

Take care,

Connie

Happy Valentine's Day: Brayer Picked Raspberry & Festive Berries Distress Inks onto gel plate and add heart stencil on top. Place a piece of scratch paper over top, rub to press the heart images onto the gel plate, and remove the paper and stencil. Place a white paper on top to pull print for the background. Die cut rectangular shape, stamp and heat emboss Valentine sentiment and heart design with red embossing powder. Adhere print to red mat before adhering to ivory card base.

Perfect Pearl Butterfly: Place stencil onto gel plate and brush gold perfect pearl powder to add design on gel plate. Remove stencil and brayer purple acrylic paint on top. Place paper over top and rub thoroughly to pull print. Die cut rectangle and butterfly underlays. Adhere to white die cut pattern panel and vellum butterfly together. Add sentiment and gems before adhering to white card base as shown.

Sea Life Birthday: Brayer a thin layer of white iridescent acrylic paint onto gel plate. Add blue and green alcohol inks and press cardboard wavy design over top. Place paper on gel plate and rub well to  pull background print. Use rectangular die to cut print before adhering behind the sea life frame and glue color sea creatures on top. Adhere to black mat, stamp sentiment and add ribbon before mounting onto white card base.

Thinking of U Floral: Brayer Twisted Citron & Spiced Marmalade Distress Inks onto gel plate, add floral stencil and place scratch paper over top. Tap lightly in different areas to transfer some designs onto gel plate. Remove stencil and place paper over top and rub well to pick up background print. Die cut shape with rectangular die. Stamp floral design using VersaFine Clair Green Oasis ink. Adhere to black mat and add stamp sentiment before adhering to white card base as shown.