Beautiful Backgrounds with Gel Press

Hi everyone, I am participating in the Designer Crafts Connection blog hop this month.  This month we are working with Gel Press. 



Gel Press was kind enough to send me a 5" x 7" plate and I am in love!  There are so many options when using the plate. 

While I often use paint with the Gel Press, this time I decided to use Susan K. Weckesser's Color Pop Pigment Inks from Clearsnap, stamping them directly on the plate.

 

Next, I used a brayer to blend the colors on the plate.  I pulled one print at this point, but I wanted some more detailing.

 

 

So, I placed the Rounded Art Screen from ColorBox on the plate.

 

I placed white cardstock on the plate and rubbed.  I used the second print for the background of my card and used the first print for the JoyClair stamp set - Santa's Coming.

 

 

 

Then I reinked the Gel Press with the same inks and used the Mandala Art Screen from ColorBox.  I placed the Art Screen on top, placed white paper on top and pulled a lovely image.  Then I obtained the negative effect by removing the Art Screen and placing a second sheet of paper directly on the plate.

I used the positive image for my card's background and the negative for the sentiment.  I stamped a sentiment from JoyClair's Hello Autumn stamp set on the negative portion, then die cut it for the center of the card.  I think it looks wonderful!

 

 

And then I played around and pulled some additional prints using stencils and assorted paints for some future projects!

 

 

 

Please stop by the DCC blog to see projects from all the designers.

 

Please leave me a comment, I'd love to know what you think! 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.

 

 

Steph