STENCIL RESIST

 Die-cut machines are useful for more than just cutting die shapes or using embossing folders; they also work great with stencils. You just need to get the correct sandwich layers to make an impression on your card as you run it through your machine, and your stencil needs to be no wider than your machine opening. This technique utilises stencils and pre-inked cards to create a resist technique that makes wonderful backgrounds for images or other die-cuts. I used Bristol smooth cardstock for the base of these and Distress Inks to add the colour, not Oxide inks; the Distress Inks worked better.

Shit just got surreal


If you want to fly

Thriving

Starfish

Maybe swearing will help

Curated version of life
(ain't that the truth!!!)


This one below is from my previous class last fortnight, Abstract Gel Print Landscapes.
I love the colours in this, and it turned out better than I thought it would.
Box of crayons

ABSTRACT GEL PRINT LANDSCAPES

 There are so many different effects you can achieve by using acrylic paints and a Gelli plate. I've recently bought a 5"x7" Gelelf plate and am really happy with it! My previous gel plate was stained yellow from using alcohol inks on it, which doesn't affect how it works; it just means you don't get a true colour representation if you look at the underside of your gel plate to see what the pulled print will look like. I wanted to try an abstract landscape technique I'd seen recently, and because this is also a cover class where the pull needs to be big enough to fit my 6" x 8" cover of my book, this technique works perfectly, and it also makes perfect ATC-sized prints. I used only Amsterdam paints for all of these prints, as I've found some paints bead up on a gel plate, and I needed consistency for this technique. This is the cover for Technique Book #35.

The size of my cover for my book is 6" x 8" (15cm x 20cm),
so a 5" x 7" gel print fits really well with a border around it.


Seawater


Cosmic Insignificance
(I love these little rocket ship dies)

Go+See+Explore

Flowers don't tell

Breathe

Box of crayons


Live in the moment

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This is one of my full-size pulls from my 5" x 7" gel plate to
give an idea of how the whole sheet looks before
cutting it up into ATCs.