The Best DIY Gel Print Holiday Cards

Are you looking for inspiring ideas for using your gel plate to make fabulous gel print holiday cards? The gel plate is so versatile. You can use any color combination and imagery to create one-of-a-kind papers and cards. If you’ve never used a gel plate, it’s so fun and completely addicting! If you’re anything like me, you’ll sit down to do a few gel prints and will end up with dozens of them!

The Gel Plate Problem

When I am teaching, I usually get these two questions about gel plate printing.

How Do I Get Consistent Prints?

Gel plate printing can feel impossible at the beginning if you’re creating on your own. If you’re using the wrong materials and techniques, it can be incredibly frustrating.

It is fun and easy if you understand a few fundamentals. It can be an uphill battle if you don’t start with the right techniques.   

What Can I Create with Gel Print Papers?

Gel plate printing can be fun but it’s easy to get stuck on how to use them in your projects. Sometimes we just need inspiration and ideas to use these versatile prints.  

If you’ve ever asked these questions, you’re not alone. This is why I’ve created 2 unique classes to help you with these questions.

Festive & Fabulous Gel Print Holiday Cards

I’ve taken the best techniques from my gel print classes and combined them into one fabulous holiday class. Whether you’re brand new to gel printing or need some new inspiration, we will cover loads of fun techniques that are easy to execute.

In this class, you’ll learn how to use red and green on a gel plate without getting muddy colors. I’ll also share my favorite holiday card color combinations. We’ll be using a variety of stamps, stencils, die cuts, embossing folders and household objects to make beautiful prints.

I will also share how to make prints with single and multiple layers on the gel plate. A must for every gel print artist!

Course Details

All these techniques are step-by-step instructional videos in real time. The videos are not sped up, but are edited to remove drying time. Not only do you get to enjoy each technique, but I’ll share all the tips and technique tricks for getting the best results.

After we’ve made our beautiful gel prints, we’ll create 10 different unique holiday card designs to help you get the most out of your papers. I also include PDF printable files with sentiments and imagery, just in case you don’t have your own. This is a pre-recorded class which allows you to follow at your own pace.

You need your basic gel print materials (brayer, paint, gel plate, copy paper and mark making tools) for the gel printing section of the class. You’ll need a few basic card making materials to make your cards. I’ll be pulling all sorts of wonderful things out of my studio stash to share with you easy ways to add more to these cards. If you have a lot of supplies, this is a great way to pull out things you haven’t used in a while!

What If I Just Want to Make the Cards?

If you only want to make the holiday cards it’s not a problem! For those who want DIY cards but don’t have the time or interest in making the papers, I have you covered!

I created a class called Print, Play & Create: Unique Holiday Cards with Style which includes high quality scans of all the holiday gel print papers in a PDF printable format. Just print them and follow along with the card tutorials to make beautiful and unique cards! You’ll get all 10 card designs, plus sentiments, gel prints and imagery digital PDF files giving you everything you need for making beautiful cards!

All you need is cardstock, adhesive and a pen to create these cards. If you want to add some shine or other elements to the cards I’ll share techniques for how to elevate these cards with a few more materials.  

Looking for More Inspiration?

Below are some of the gel print holiday cards that I’ll be showing you in the classes. As this is a technique-based class, it’s easy to change out sentiments, imagery and colors to be used year round!

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Happy Holidays!