What I like about Gel Printing

I think you already know I like gel printing: I’ve made that very clear! This card includes many of the reasons I enjoy it. There is a lot of layering, colour and imperfections in the print on this card and that often happens when gel printing. I didn’t strategically add grazes of red paint to the gel plate; they were left there from a previous print. They add so much that I chose to match the sentiment to those ‘leftovers’.

The leaves on the top of the panel are definitely die cut but the leaves on the print were added using my homemade stamp. I have quite a few homemade gel printing stamps; I don’t worry about cleaning the paint out of the stamp and I use scraps of cardstock and fun foam to make them very cheaply.

Gel printing is full of surprises; some of my favourite prints are not ones I carefully planned, they are ghost prints or partial prints, what some would call ‘fails’. There is often beauty in the texture, leftover paint and pale patterns of these prints. This card was made from a print demonstrated in my online class ‘Gel Print Journey‘ an introductory gel printing class. I created a 40% off discount coupon for the class if you are interested. Just use the coupon code SURPRISE at checkout anytime before the end of November. This post includes affiliate links from Foiled Fox. If you buy through these links I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you.