Gel Press™ Earth without Art is just "eh" Wall Hanging - Gel Press™ Blog Hop Time!

Thank you for joining our Earth Day Gel Press™ Blog Hop!  We will have a challenge every month!  This gives you the opportunity to play along AND win a Gel Press™ for yourself!  You could win a Gel Press™ Plate!!  

We want to encourage you to reuse and recycle with Gel Press™.  Have you though of making Gel Press™ prints on old maps? What about old Christmas cards or even magazines?  Hop around and see what our Designers have come up with for this hop.  Gel Press™ will be giving away a prize again this month.  Comment on the Gel Press™ blog what your favorite project was and why.  We will accept comments from April 20-24.  The winner will be announced on the  FB Page  and on Gel Press™ Junkies FB page!   Good luck!

Hop along by following these links: 

Gel Press Blog

Kristi

Teresa

Keri

Sandee

Cindi (you are here)

Cyndi

Lea

Bix

Kathy

Ann

Elena

Materials: 

Gel Press™ - 8” Round

DecoArt® Americana Decor™ Chalky Finish Paint - New Life, Everlasting, Legacy 

Brayer 

Palette knife 

Paper 

Glass beads 

JudiKins™ Snappy Tray 

JudiKins™ Diamond Glaze 

ART, compass, globe rubber stamp 

Black permanent ink pad 

Rolling letter/number stamp 

Assorted acrylic letters, black lettering stickers

Black permanent marker 

8” Smoothfoam™ Disc 

Beacon™ 3-in-1 Adhesive 

Blue 1” ribbon 

Instructions:

For this project, less paint leads to better results.  Use palette knife to apply small amounts of each shade of Chalky Finish Paint to 8” Round Gel Press™.  Brayer to blend colors.   

Stamp UNINKED “Art” rubber stamp into paint.    Repeat with compass stamp and globe stamp, cleaning off paint between each impression.   I find that by working with a thin layer of the chalky finish paint you get better results with lifting the paint with the  rubber stamps. 

Place paper over plate and press to transfer print.  

Cut out. 

Apply a “strip” of Everlasting paint next to the “ART” stamped area. Let dry. 

Ink ART Stamp with permanent black ink, stamp over the lifted ART stamped area.   

Spell out WITHOUT on rolling letter stamp, stamp with black ink onto painted white strip next to ART. 

Add “is just” lettering with black acrylic letters.  Ad - eh- beneath “is just” and add “ “ with permanent marker.

Mount “earth” acrylic letters.  

Use Diamond Glaze™ to mount coordinating colors of glass beads around outside of print. 

Paint outside edges of 8” Smoothfoam™ disc with New Life Chalky Finish Paint.  Let dry.  

Use Beacon™ 3-in-1 to mount blue ribbon loop to back of disc to hang finished piece. 

Use 3-in-1 to mount print to top of disc. 

So many options.....so little time!