I don’t know about you, but as the calendar gets close to the end of the year, I find myself drawn to holiday projects: cards, tags, gift wrap, bags, ornaments, etc… I’m not sure if it’s the spirit of giving during the Christmas season, but it’s definitely the time of year when I get excited about making cards or other homemade items for friends and family.

What is Gel-Printed Christmas?

Gel-printed Christmas is an online workshop with three festive and creative projects using my favorite art-making tool….the gel plate for printmaking.

Each project focuses on a different gel printing technique, helping build your printing skills while creating cards and tags, gift bags, and décor for the holiday season.

Who is this workshop for?

Anyone who loves Christmas holiday projects but also wants to improve their gel printing skills. Whether you are new to gel printing or have been obsessed with your plate for a long time (like me!), you’ll have fun and learn new tips and tricks that can be used all year long.

  • $36.00 USD
  • 3 unique projects with nearly 3 hours of video content
  • Member-only discussion area
  • Prerecorded video lessons - watch on your schedule
  • Lifetime access

What are the projects?

Pattern and Gradient Ornaments - Create simple patterns on the gel plate with acrylic markers and/or found textures, then work on your brayer technique to create smooth, well-blended color gradients with acrylic paint. We’ll cut our final prints into ornament shapes for gift tags or cards.

String Wreaths - Using yarn, thread, and cotton string as both a mask and ghost texture on our gel plate to create holiday wreaths for gift bags. This project also teaches you how to use the tape registration method with your printing surface and stencils.

Cardboard Trees - One of my favorite gel-printing materials is…cardboard! But, instead of using it to create texture in our prints, we’ll be using it as our printing surface. We’ll also pull out our oil pastels (or crayons) for a gel printing resist technique to create lines of distressed texture. After printing, we’ll cut and embellish our cardboard to create a forest of Christmas trees.