Gel print backgrounds – stripes and grid
Posted: July 20, 2021 Filed under: companions, Finetec paints, gel press, mountain magic, Penny Black | Tags: gel press, gel printing, Penny Black stamps 9 Comments
Yesterday I posted a gel printing video where I used both an egg carton and a piece of corrugated cardboard to add texture to my prints. I used a couple of the corrugated cardboard prints to make today’s cards.
You can see how I printed this panel in the video. To turn it into a card I used a couple of new stamps from Penny Black. I stamped the mountain stamp five times in browns and blue then inked the rushes with a brown and a blue ink. I love the way it looks like a sunset or sunrise because of the background print. It wasn’t something I tried to create but a possibility I saw when looking at the prints.
The print below was made with the same piece of corrugated cardboard pressed down on the gel press twice to create a grid pattern. You can see the process in yesterday’s video. I decided to stamp flowers on it as an experiment. I knew it might be too much pattern but I wanted to try. I stamped and embossed the Penny Black ‘companions’ stamp in versafine clair nocturne ink and it looked bold just as an outline.
By painting inside the flowers I was able to separate them from the background enough to make them a feature not a competitor with the very busy grid pattern. I used a couple of layers of pearlescent paint on the flowers but quite diluted pearlescent black on the leaves and jug.
Tell me what ‘recycled’ items you have used for gel printing. I am keen to print with ‘all the things’! To be honest gel printing is top of my list of techniques right now. I hope you enjoyed the two recent gel printing videos. I will definitely make more. Tomorrow I have a couple of cards made from the piece of cardstock I used to clean my brayer. I showed a glimpse of it at the end of the video.
See you soon.
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Heather Telford 
You certainly know how to stretch the imagination. I bet these are even more stunning in person. Thanks for video. Hard to grasp what to do.
Looking forward to your artistic designs.
Tish Rowe
Love your Gel prints and the video was great! Thanks for showing your cards afterwards I would love to see more Gel printing have you used alcohol inks on the press.
Thank you
I have used alcohol inks once but I didn’t find the result that different from using them directly on craft plastic so I haven’t gone back to that technique yet. So glad you enjoyed the video.
Well, who would have guessed that those prints from yesterday would make two such fabulous cards Heather, and I love them both. The ranunculus flowers in the jug have worked brilliantly, and also the pretty scene on the first looks great too. x
Simply stunning! Love how the light shines through.
Your backgrounds made stunning cards, Heather! I’ve used feathers and leaves at your previous suggestion and have used bubble wrap. I think it’s time to get that gel plate out again.
What a creative genius! I enjoy watching you create and look forward to your videos.
Well heather you did not disappoint. I love how you’ve used the stripy and criss cross prints. I think the card with the jug of ranunculas is great.
You are so amazingly creative! You have a wonderful talent for using texture, colour and design and bringing them all together to form masterpieces! I absolutely love your mountain scene card…it glows!…and the composition is perfect!♥♥♥