Making Cards with Your Gel Press Printed Papers

Hi everyone.  Today I am going to show you how I made some cards with the background prints I made in my last video using my gelli plate and my Vivid Ultra Metallics from ColourArte.  Let your imagination run wild with all the possibilities of how to use these fun, but oh so addictive to make background prints.

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Here are a few closeups of the individual cards.  It is so hard to capture the true shimmer and shine of these printed backgrounds, but in person, they truly are beautiful.  

Supplies Used:

Variety of gelli plate printed papers
Various card stock to match printed papers
ColourArte Vivid Ultra Metallics
Spellbinders SR-001 Birds of a Feather die
Spellbinders S4-445 Majesty dies
Spellbinders S4-425 Elegant Ovals dies
Sizzix/Tim Holtz 661190 Wildflowers dies
Sizzix/Tim Holtz 661182 Detailed Butterflies
Sizzix 659579 Layered Dragonfly Bigz Die (Tim Holtz)
  with matching embossing folder
Aztec border punch (Family Treasures)
Thinking of You stamp (Crafty Individuals)(CI-407)
Tim Holtz Occasions Chit Chat stickers
Faber-Castell Texture Gems (Pearl)
Fude Ball 1.5 black pen (Ohto)(distributed by Ranger)
Black Soot Distress Ink
Ranger blending tool
Masking tape or washi tape
Xyron sticker maker
White glue
Double sided tape
Foam dots

I hope you enjoyed today's card making projects, and I would love for you to subscribe to my channel.  Leave me a comment if you have any questions or want to share some of your own tips or tricks.

Thanks so much for stopping by, and have a super fun, creative day!

Barbara

How To Make Fabulous Backgrounds with ColourArte and a Printing Plate

Hi everyone!  Today I have a video tutorial where I will show you how well ColourArte's Vivid Ultra Metallics work together with a Gel Press printing plate.  This process is so much fun and each time you pull a print, it is a total surprise, but the end results are always fabulous. And at the end of the video, I will show you each print and a close up view of the gorgeous textures achieved with this paint.

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ColourArte Supplies Used:

Vivid Ultra Metallics
  African Jade
  Ocean Wave
  Pink Azalea
  Solar Gold
  True Metals Dragon Gold
  Siam White
  Mandarin Blush
  Ginger Peach
  Teal Zircon
  Kiwi

Other Supplies Used:
Gel Press 6x6 Printing Plate
Drawing or Printing Paper (Strathmore)
TCW 159s Mini Arabesque stencil
TCW 204s Mini Mosaic Squares stencil
TCW 431s Mini Ripples stencil
Stencil Girl S448 Diamond Facets 3 Small
Stencil Girl S509 Pixels
Soft Rubber Brayer (Ranger)

I hope you enjoyed today's project.  Be sure to come back soon for a continuation of this video where I will show you how to use these beautiful prints for greeting cards.  

Thanks for stopping by, and have a beautiful, creative day!

Barbara

Video Tutorial with ColourArte Vivid Ultra Metallics and Gel Press Printing Plate: Part 2

Hi everyone!  I have been have so much fun with my ColourArte Vivid Metallics and my Primary Elements pigments, so I wanted to share this video tutorial I made using them, along with my Gel Press printing plate.  It is very addicting and you just want to make one more sheet, just one more.

I decided to turn my printed sheets into an art journal page.

So here is my video tutorial.  I hope you enjoy it and are inspired to give these techniques a try.

Here are a few more closeups of some of the sections of the page.  Unfortunately, it was very difficult to get the beautiful shimmer and shine, as seen in person, but if you use your imagination, you can get the idea.

A complete list of supplies used are posted in the description area below my video.

Thanks so much for stopping by, and have a creative weekend!

Barbara