Gel Press Layered Leaves

Today's ABC's of Gel Printing theme is L is for Layers.  Layers are one of the most amazing techniques to me with the Gel Press.  It makes you think differently about building your design.  I decided to use the colors from the The Card Concept for my layers (my raspberry turned out a bit darker, but I think you can see the hues).

 

 

I started with the lightest shade (the golden yellow) and built to the darker hue.  I decided to just ink part of my 5" x 7" Gel Press (it's stained yellow from ink) and use a polka dot foam stamp I found at the used art product store.  I also got a bit of left-over green from the plate.

 

Next I moved to the green with a big Donna Downey Foam Stamp from Prima.

 

 

I layered on the rosy burgundy by inking the sides of my plate and using a torn piece of paper to pick up the paint before pulling the print.

 

 

Last layer was to add the purple with a Julie Balzer Stencil from The Crafter's Workshop (I picked up the paint from the plate and then stamped on the paper with the painted stencil.  I did a full pull on the plate (which you'll see on the card), and then did a clean-up pull with my layered piece.

I won't lie … I loved how it turned out.

 

 

Next I used Concord and 9th thankful Leaves Turnabout dies to cut some maple leaves from my print.  I used the rest of the bits to punch and die cut some smaller leaves.

 

 

Finally, I used the sketch from the TGIF Challenges to create my card – Mixed Media is my card style. 

That Purple print I mentioned is the background for the leaves.

 

Isn't it fun how these colors pop.

 

Fall is my favorite season and I'm starting to smell it in the air.