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Geli Plate Printing ~ Stamping, Paint and Ink

Hi everyone, Are you ready for another round of gelli plate printing? This time, I wanted to show that you could use your stamps in combination with your paints and ink pads to make amazing backgrounds on your  Gel Printing Plate .  The stamp I am using is this  beautiful red rubber Woodlands stamp by Darkroom door  in combination with the  Echo Park Woodland Stencil Check out  my first blog  and  YT video  to see a more detailed step by step process. Technique #1- Create an empty window This technique gives you 3 beautiful backgrounds to work with. To create an empty window to stamp in (if you do not want to stamp on the gel plate), brayer on a thin layer of paint or ink. Here, I am using the  Hero arts Winter Ink Cubes Next, place a piece of paper slightly larger than your stamp in the middle of the plate. Add the stencil on top of the paper Pull your first ...

Geli Plate Printing ~ Stencils, Paint and Ink

Hi everyone, Today I am pulling out my  Gelli Plate by Ranger to show you how you can use stencils with acrylic paint as well as ink cubes to make some lovely backgrounds for cards or just for the sake of satisfying a little bit of color play.  And just to let you know, I also purchased the  medium brayer  to supplement my small brayer at home and I also purchased the storage tin so I can be sure that my gelli plate does not get damaged amongst my crushing load of supplies *wink wink*. Gelli printing is my favourite way to pass time and get some creative juices flowing!! I am reaching for my  6" x 6" A Perfect Winter - Winter Aspen stencil by Echo Park  to help add a winter woodland feel to my backgrounds Acrylic Paint Backgrounds I start off by choosing acrylic paints in brown, green and blue ... and happily start brayer-ing to achieve very thin layers of paint. I then apply the stencil,  ...