Winter 2026: Last Gel Monoprinting Workshop on Wednesday, March 11, 2026

Hello everyone,

Hope you are enjoying the nice weather we have. Registration for the Spring 2026 Adult Education Classes is now available online at www.pvpusd.net. 

Handmade Greeting Cards:

- 3 Saturdays (4/18, 5/9 & 5/23) at Rancho Del Mar Campus from 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM

- 3 Wednesdays (4/22, 5/6 & 5/20) at Malaga Cove Campus from 12:00 PM to 2:30 PM

Gel Monoprinting Cards:

- 3 Wednesdays (4/29, 5/13 & 5/27) at Malaga Cove Campus from 12:00 PM to 2:30 PM

Below is a recap of the cards we made in our last class. Have a great Spring break and Happy Easter. See you in the Spring session.

Take care,

Connie

3D Emboss Florals: Brayer a thin layer of burgundy acrylic paint onto gel plate. Press 3D-Emboss Floral cardboard lightly to transfer design onto gel plate. Remove cardboard and let the paint dry completely. Brayer a thin layer of gold acrylic paint over the dried burgundy paint layer on the gel plate. Place paper on top and rub well before lifting print. Cut out frame using rectangle scallop die. Place die cut panel into 3D embossing folder to match up pattern before running through machine. Adhere to cream card base, adhere bithday sentiment and butterfly on top and add glitter Stickles as desired.

Vellum Dragonflies: Apply Picked Raspberry Distress ink across gel plate diagonally and Wilted Violet on top and bottom corners of gel plate. Brayer diagonally in the same direction as the applied inks. Place flower stencil onto gel plate, place paper on top and rub well before lifting print. Cut out frame using rectangle curve die. Adhere frame to cream card base. Stamp dragonflies onto purple vellum and cut out using matching dies. Apply glue to the body of the dragonflies. Add gems and stamp bithday sentiment to finish.

Ocean Seahorse: Apply blue Distress Oxide ink across gel plate. Brayer in the same direction as the applied inks. Place flower stencil onto gel plate, place paper on top and rub well before lifting print. Cut out frame using rectangle curve die. Adhere frame to cream card base. Stamp dragonflies onto purple vellum and cut out using matching dies. Apply glue to the body of the dragonflies. Add gems and stamp bithday sentiment to finish.

Hot Air Balloon Perfect Pearl: Place cloud stencil onto gel plate and brush Perfect Pearl powder to cover all the clouds. Brush off all the excess powder and remove stencil. Brayer a light layer of dark & light blue acrylic paint on top. Place paper on top and rub well to make sure the paint absorb into paper before pulling print. Die cut frame with rectangular die and adhere onto black mat before adhering onto light blue card base. Using double-sided foam tape to tape die cut balloon & basket on top. Add sticker sentiment to finish card.

 

Winter 2026: Last Handmade Greeting Cards Workshops on Wednesday, March 4 and Saturday, March 7, 2026

Hello everyone,

Hope you are doing well and enjoying the nice weather. Registration for the Spring 2026 Adult Education Classes is now available online at www.pvpusd.net. 

Handmade Greeting Cards:

- 3 Saturdays (4/18, 5/9 & 5/23) at Rancho Del Mar Campus from 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM

- 3 Wednesdays (4/22, 5/6 & 5/20) at Malaga Cove Campus from 12:00 PM to 2:30 PM

Gel Monoprinting Cards:

- 3 Wednesdays (4/29, 5/13 & 5/27) at Malaga Cove Campus from 12:00 PM to 2:30 PM

Below is a recap of the cards we made in our last class. Have a great Spring break and hope to see you all in the Spring session.

Take care, 

Connie

Mother's Day 2-Step Stamping: Fold vellum in half for card base, attach large white card panel (for writing your own sentiment) to the inside of the vellum card base. Adhere the back of the vellum card base onto yellow large card panel. Adhere two small yellow card panels onto the front and back of vellum front flap. Stamp small white card panel with flower outlines with Tangelo Memento ink and fill in the flowers with Cantaloupe and Dandelion Memento inks using the solid flower image stamp. Adhere onto the small yellow card panel on the card front. Add sticker sentiment, gems and bow to finish.

3D Emboss Roses: Adhere roses pattern paper onto the front flap and ivory card panel on the inside of the green card base. Emboss the white glossy card panel with the 3D rose embossing folder. Rub Rose Bud Memento ink directly onto the embossed rose panel and use a paper towel to rub and spread ink across the rose panel. Adhere the rose panel onto green card panel and mount it onto card front as shown. Assemble the triangular rose pattern paper and green card panel together and adhere to bottom of card base to create a pocket to tuck in the rose panel as shown.

Quilled Cupcake: Mount the stripe card panel onto green card panel with foam tape. Mount the blue cupcake liner with foam tape into the circle opening. Using the quilling tool, roll all five 4" ivory strips from both ends to create the scrolls as shown. Roll the 4" red strip into round coil and glue together leaving a short tip for the stem. Add little dabs of glue to the bottom of each scroll and coil to build the cupcake as shown. Add gems, stamp sentiment and mount the assembled green panel onto the gray card base. to finish.

Triple-Layer Stamped Lilacs: Use temporary tape to mount three white card layers together. Stamp leaves and flowers onto the three layers. Remove and adhere each layer onto each corresponding purple mat. Assemble the layers together onto purple card base as shown. Add sticker sentiment, gems and bow to finish.

 

Winter 2026: Gel Monoprinting Workshop on Wednesday, February 25, 2026

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

 

Winter 2026: Handmade Greeting Cards Workshops on Wednesday, February 18 and Saturday, February 21, 2026

Hello everyone,

Hope you are well and enjoying the nice weather we have here. 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 4 and Saturday, March 7, 2026.

Take care and see you in class.

Connie

Hot Air Balloon Iris Folding: Cover basket with stripe pattern paper. Fold the pattern papers in half length wise and follow the instruction on the pattern to adhere the papers in the order specified. Use double-sided tape to adhere the iris folding onto black mat before adhering to white card base and add sticker sentiment to finish card.

Poppies Birthday: Stamp poppies and leaves with black ink onto white card panel. Sponge red, yellow and green color inks to color images. Adhere card panel onto burgundy mat on top of green vellum and pink polka dot strips onto pink card base as shown. Add red gems, green bow and stamped sentiment.to finish card.

Distress Mica Stain 3D Emboss Tulips: Spray water onto mixed media card panel, and then spray yellow, red and green Distress Mica Stain on top. Dry card panel and emboss tulips using 3D embossing folder. Wrap ribbon around panel and adhere onto green card base. Sponge around stamped sentiment with green ink and add to card to finish.

 

Fun Fold Easter Bunny - Front Panel: Stamp tree and bunny with black ink onto white card panel. Place a circle mask on top of tree. Sponge yellow inks around the circle and top part of card panel. Use torn paper mask to sponge green ink at the bottom part of panel for the field around the bunny and stamp grass as desired. Use pink and green glitter pens to add colors to tree and adhere sticker sentiment.

Fun Fold Easter Bunny - Open Back: Fold green card base along score lines as shown. Adhere floral pattern papers onto ivory card panels before adhering onto card base as shown.

Fun Fold Easter Bunny - Open Front