ART 101...Back to basics of Gel Press blog hop

With all the kiddos heading back to school, Gel Press® thought we 

should take you back to the basics! Please visit each blog for an 

idea or technique that you may or may not have seen before!

 Happy Hopping!

Here are the blog links in case you get lost along the way! 

Gel Press

Ann

Cindi

Cyndi 

Elena 

Kathy 

Keri 

Kitti 

Lea 

                            Sandee  <----You are here

Teresa 

Basic Technique I am using --->  Distress Stains on the Gel Press® plate

supplies:

5x7" Gel Press® plate

5½x8" Stratmore journal

Ranger Distress Ink pads and Distress Stain dabbers

Dry stamping

This is a basic

 stamp your ink pad directly onto your Gel Press® plate 

and then use your gel plate as a stamp! 

(by turning it over and using it directly on paper or like I love to do, directly into my art journal)

 I love that when you use your Gel Press® plate upside down like this it allows you to see exactly what your print is going to look like.

And add layers of colors since the colors are water based dyes they are translucent and they layer beautifully over one another mixing and blending into beautiful shades.

I have several other ways to do this simple technique and I made a slideshow depicting them but fair warning, this is ADDICTIVE! Turning your plate over and using it as a stamp and moving inks around is the next best thing next to chocolate.

Watch the slideshow at your own risk, I do not accept responsibility for any compulsive behavior of fun this might elicit.

***You have been warned.***

You might also want to pause at each segment if it's too confusing, let me know and I'll make a video instead :)

Here are the journal pages I made from my backgrounds :)