I'm always looking for something else to do with my Gel Press™ plate. Today, I worked on some quick prints for jewelry. I went through a jewelry-making phase about 4 years. I spent a lot of time at the bead store. Then, I gave it up and gave most of my jewelry-making supplies to my sister. But, today I felt urge!!
I started out by making two Gel Press™ prints on my 5" X 7" plate. It only takes a little bit of paper and I'm going to cut it up into tiny pieces, so the prints are very random.
Jewelry parts from the craft store - earrings and a pendant.
Miscellaneous stencils and stamps.
Get your Gel Press™ Plate and brayer ready!
A couple small dabs of light purple and magenta (the colors in the photo aren't very accurate)
Spread the paint out with the brayer.
I used sheet music for the gel prints. Just place the paper on top of the painted plate, rub, rub, rub, and lift!!
Then a little off white and light blue on the plate.
Brayer it out, then I used a foam stamp to pull some of the paint off.
Then, put the purple/magenta print back on the plate and pulled the second layer.
Now for the base of the second print........................
A dab of blue and citron green paint.
Brayer it out.
Pull the gel print!
A little orange and pink back on the plate.
Brayer it out.
Added a couple stencils on top of the paint.
and, pulled the print on top of the blue/green gel print.
So, now I have these two Gel Press™ prints!
Next, I started stamping and doodling, randomly, on both prints until I felt that there were some interesting areas. Remember, we are going to cut out little pieces for the jewelry.
To finish, I just cut out some areas that I liked, using the jewelry pieces as a template. I used regular glue to adhere the gel print pieces to the jewelry.
For the earrings, I waited a while for the glue to dry, then covered them with the clear, adhesive pieces that came with the earring pieces. I added my own earring wires (they were not included in the package).
(this pair needs some wires)
For the pendant, I added "Live Simply" with rub-ons before I cut it out. Then, after waiting for the glue to dry, I covered the paper with Inkssentials Glossy Accents. This pendant did not come with it's own cover. the Glossy Accents provides a nice, shiny finish and seals the paper. I'll probably hang this piece on a cord.
That's it!!! It looks like a lot of steps, but it's really easy and the possibilites are endless. Here are some pix of other pieces that I've made.
PEACE!!
Cyndi
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