How to use the Gel Press in Cardmaking: EASY and FUN techniques
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- A Gel Press is a great extension to your card making supplies! I created about 20 prints, which means potentially 80 card panels! I am also celebrating some dear friends youtube achievements with a video hop with lots of prizes - Congrats Ardyth, Kathya, and Jenny.
~~~~~ The next person on the video hop: • Ardyth, Kathya and Jen...
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Your enthusiasm is infectious!
My favourite was the stamped and die cut flowers, this turned out so pretty
Thanks!
What fun! Congratulations to the three ladies!!!
First time I’ve seen a gel plate used, thanks!
Didn’t know what a gel press could do until now. Great tutorial!
Thanks!
Girl, you are a crazy genius, 'cause these are amazing cards. TFS!
Wow, thank you!
True story.
I make and send cards to Love for the Elderly Organization. Had just gotten a gelli plate and needed ideas quick, fast, and in a hurry.
Mostly because I had No idea on how to use a gelli to help me create cards.
Found your video.
Long story short- I've gotten tons of mileage out of this.
Thank you so much.
My new hero :)
I'm impressed, couldn't imagine the great cards you'd make with the backgrounds you created
Why have I never thought to cut stencils with my Cricut!?!? Thank you for all the inspiration!
LOL! I'm just so cheap and stencils are so expensive.....
I need a gel plate in my life! Thanks for sharing!
Well, looks like I'm gonna have to have gel press! You always sound like you're having fun... love it!
Its very fun and not very expensive at all. And it lasts forever.
I haven't used my gel press yet because I didn't know how to start! Thanks for the tips!
WOW I have never used a gel press/gel plates! What a cool technique and SO MANY amazing colors and cards! Just awesome!
Lovely prints and cards from this technique.
How awesome!! Can’t wait till I can get a few of the gel presses to play with! And great to know I’m not the only crafter who talks out loud to get my ideas out of my head. TFS!
I talk to myself all the time, lol!
Love those prints, I love playing with my gelli plates. Love your cards, thanks for sharing.
You are so welcome!
Great use in Creating all these panels in one shot! Beautiful color blending.
Whoa lady, that's a lot of prints! Love them and how you kept layering them again and again!
Dude, SO. MANY. PRINTS. LOL! How about that nifty black mat under there? Oh wait,. I covered it up. But its there and awesome. Thank you my friend.
I have a had a gel press for 2 years and never used it, kept making excuses, loved, loved, super loved this tutorial. Thank you so much Laurel. You crack me up also. Let’s face it, in today’s world, especially now, you have to have a sense of humor or your done. Tfs, many a Blessings!
HAHAH, have a sense of humor or youre done! So true.
You just gave my gel press new life! Thanks 😊
Wow. Just wow! I mean wow! Fun.
You made it so it looked super easy, WAO!!! Love the cards, they turned out amazing!
Thanks so much!
Laurel, you are amazing!! I purchased a gel plate awhile ago after I'd seen a few examples of the cool cards you can make with it, but haven't ventured using it yet. I kind of had no idea how to even begin, but seeing you just go for it & ending up with a couple I thought I'd throw away, you ended up making so many cards that my mouth was very nearly hanging open. lol You've given me a much better idea of how to get started & just loosen up & go with the flow. Thanks so much! Congrats to Ardyth, Kathya & Jenny!
I hope you'll pull out the gel plate and give it a go Teri!
Hi Laurel, Thank You so much for taking the time to share such an awesome very arty so pretty crafty tutorial I loved it 🤗 hope you and all your family are keeping well and safe Lin, 👍♥️🦋
Thank you! You too!
I just bought a gel plate, thank you for all the different ways to use it. And for giving me the confidence to just keep doing it, even if I don't care for the initial print.
You got this! Even the ugly prints can make cool backgrounds!
I like the prints that you applied black over the initial print!
Wow love the background and they turned out nice cards love this techniques
Time to find my gel presses and start making art. I’ve been in a slump, and you just dug me out. Thank you!
You got this!
I always love watching your creativeness. Is that a real word ? 😂 You are such an inspiration to watch. Thanks so much.
😊 thank you. i like that word, lol.
Dear Laurel
Thank you very much. Blessings
Great cards. Love the last one! TFS
My hubs happened to be in the room when I was watching this and I paused it and said babe...and before I could say anything else he said, lemme guess, you need that stuff? I just started laughing. That’s what 25 years of marriage looks like!! And l love it...as I do these prints and cards!! TFS 💗
HAHA! I love your husband! And you!
I really enjoyed watching this video. I've never tried this technique but it reminds of all the fun we had in art class in school. No worries about getting messy and having fun.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I absolutely love my gel press! I remember when I first heard of them I thought I wouldn't want one. HA! I don't even know how many I have. 5? LOL. I have begun doing some of your quick card hacks. The other day I made 235 sentiments. I was sick of it by afternoon, but I have several to choose from now: black ink on white, white embossed on black cardstock, and gold embossed on white cardstock. I need to cut down my gel prints soon, and then maybe do some with some stencils and stuff, too, in order to have those ready to go. You have inspired me so much! Thank you!
253 sentiments? Woah!!!!! LOL!
@@LaurelBeard yeah, but 180 of them were from those Taylored Expressions stamps and die, so that wasn't too bad
Just love watching you work. Thank you for sharing your talent!
I saw this a few days ago. I am watching the blog hop and watched this one again! I love to play with things like this. Think I will look into getting a gel press, already have acrylics.
Oh wow! To come back to this video twice is a real honor! Thank you!
There needs to be like a "I love this!!" button....I loved this!! Tfs!
Awe, thanks!
Hey Laurel, nice to see you in this hop! Thank you for the coupon.
Thanks for watching!
I have so many stencils I need to use and acrylic paints that I'm pretty sure I've had since God was a teenager. I need to get a gel press and start using all this stuff and make some of these prints. Thanks for the inspiration. I've now watched this video twice, because I forgot to comment the first time when I watched the other day and it was fun to watch again! So thanks for sharing and thank you for your enthusiasm.
HAHAHAHA! Since God was a teenager! That's awesome...... Thanks so much for watching, and twice nonetheless! :)
Laurel, I have been wanting to see this video and have gotten distracted but I am so glad that I am seeing it today! I can't wait to play with my gel press and my acrylic paints. Will you do more of these videos using a gel press? Your cards came out sooooooo lovely! You blasted these out of the ball park!!! Enjoy your kids! Mine are 20-24, girls! Thank you for being YOU!
Thanks for sharing your talents. Love your cards.
Thanks for showing how to use the gel press in card making. Looks like fun!
I really like your videos. You don’t waste a lot of time, gathering supplies and waving your hands back-and-forth talking and you get straight to the meat and potatoes and I just want you to know that I am loving your videos. Thank you for doing it.
I just got one of these recently! So much fun!
Thanks so much for showing this! Really cool!
Fantastic video. Thanks for showing the endless options with the gel press.
Time to take out my gel press**Thank You for reminding me how brilliant and fun this could be😀
Wow that was a lot of background...love your ability to just freely create without thinking about the project too much.
Wow, Laurel! Those backgrounds are amazing! I don't have a gel press but might have to invest in one. Thanks so much for sharing!
Thanks so much!
Wow, so many cards in such a short time!
How very cool these prints are! I love these!
Wow! Congrats to reaching 5k subs to Ardyth, Kathya, and Jenny!
🎉
Now I'm buying a gel press and brayer! Great cards! Thanks for sharing.
Hi Laurel. How about a video on how to make stencils from your Cricut since you mentioned it, including a supply list. That would be awesome! Loved the prints!
Noted!
The Geli plate technique blows my mind. Each design is very unique. Beautiful cards. TFS. Congrats to Ardyth Jenny, and Kathya on reaching over 5K subscribers.
Awesome cards! I haven't played with my Gel Press in so long, I need to pull it out again!
It's so good!
You have majorly introduced me to gel printing now which I thought I was not going to like so much but oh my the hours of fun my daughter and I can have with this is just mind blowing and cool. Love the cards you made with these backgrounds.
I'm so glad! I print with my 7 year old. She adds fun shapes to the gel press before printing! Give it a whirl!
Wonderful! You dominated those gel plates!
What fun!! I think this could be addicting!!! LOVE your cards!
Your cards are so vibrant and lovely. I haven’t tried a gel press but you’re changing my mind!
Its super fun!
How fun! You make using the gelli plates look like so much fun. And the cards are beautiful. Thank you for being a part of this video hop to celebrate 5000 subscribers for the three ladies. BTW I am a new subscriber here ♥️
Yay! Thanks for joining in on the hop and subbing!
Love paper printing with the Gelli. I tend to overthink but you just keep going and everything turns out amazing! Thanks for sharing.
Those cards came out amazing! I actually take it a step further and use my gel prints to make envelopes for my cards… it is an instant wow factor… before they even see the card! I find that my cards can actually be a little simpler when I use gel print envelopes… to balance off the “craziness” of the gel printing 😂
I have never used mu gel press for cards....just couldn't wrap my head around the final vision..WELL you my dear "podaboom" as you say...have changed the game. I'm so inspired and excited 😁
LOL! Yay!
Okay, now I’m going to get my Gel plate out and play! Thank’s. 😁👍
Making backgrounds on the gel plate is so satisfying!! I really enjoyed watched your process and seeing the results!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Wow, way to go. Love your cards and I need to pull out my gel press again.
Collective congrats to all !! LOVE all your backgrounds - my kind of designs.
Cute card, Congratulations Ardyth, Jenny & Kathya this is truly a great milestone!!!
I love this tutorial! I am completely non artistic so need inspiration from others and you've given me so many ideas - thank you xx
Very interesting. I especially liked the last four cards where there was lots of white space and you could see the interesting edges of the print.
Thank you! That was my favorite print too!
I love to gelli-print! Thanks for sharing your techniques. I need one of those Fiskars cutters!
You are so welcome!
Beautiful cards. Love them❤
Thank you for the inspiration.
These are just fabulous! Wow!
I think I used my gelli plate once. I really need to pull it back out. Great cards babes!!
Gurl, you do.
Like the stencil technique. Now I want a gel press.
Fabulous!!! TYFS I have a gel press and had no idea how to use it! Now I do!!!
Loved your ‘thinking out loud’. Helps me to figure out how I can do it too... lovely, fun cards
Thanks so much!
I just received my gel plates, so thank you for the inspirations. I know what I’m doing tomorrow....thank you for sharing.
Great idea on cleaning off your prayers!!!! I really want a gel press!!! I totally loved the ones you hated too lol.
I just wanted to thank you for your incredible videos. You inspire me to try so many new things and try new techniques. I just made a huge batch of Christmas cards with the gel press and stencils for my backgrounds and love it. Thank you.
I just got a gelli plate and great!! 😉 Now, after watching this, I'm getting another one so that I can try to do these amazing inspirational things!! Thank you very much , and also for your liveliness.
that pink and orange and yellow one looks like the sunrise i love it
Maybe one day I'll get brave enough to try using a gel plate. Looks like fun!
I love them all. Great now I think I need a geli plate, LOL. Looks like so much and you are such an inspiration you are
Thanks so much!
Wow, such awesome cards! I’m totally inspired to pull out my gel press. Thanks for sharing.
You should!That makes me happy!
Okayyyy now have to add gel plate to wishlist -- love the colorFULL effects you got. Love your videos. Thanks!
YAY ! Let's hear it for the magic mug !
I also have a plastic shoe box I save my larger scraps !
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Awesome cards! Love the endless possibilities with the gel press prints.
Glad you like them!
Wow... just WOW! Getting my never used plate out this week... Thanks for being in this hop, for the amazing freestyle inspiration and ideas. Be safe and stay crafty! USA
Never saw this technique. Can’t wait to try it out!
Love love love every print!
I like the idea of prints, loved your leaf prints. Some looked frame ready and they are all cool for card backgrounds. 💕🇨🇦💕
I've been making a lot of stencils on my Cricut -- it's fun and inexpensive! Love it!
I have never seen this technique before. Thank you!
You are so welcome!
Man oh man...I can’t wait to pull out my plate today! I purchased one months ago and I’ve made so many prints. Some I liked some I loved some I hated and simply don’t know what to do with. Also, I’ve made numerous tools. Stuff like, stamps (made w “trash”) and old napkin rings and different sizes of plastic cups (I’ve made some cool “bubbles” w those) and lots of pieces of fabric and things for texture. I have stencils but most are small and my plate is 12”x14”. The small stencils simply aren’t giving me the effect I wanted. So, it’s been about 4-5 weeks since I last used it. I HATED what I ended up w! After watching your tutorial not only have I realized the amazing stencils I can make w my Cricut but you’ve also shown me what I can do to save the work I last made. I LOVE LOVE LOVE the prints you pulled! Thank you for the inspiration I desperately needed. Apologizes for the wordiness of my comment....i’m just so excited to make some large stencils and start pulling up some art! Thank you for sharing your process:)
Wow! Your comment has made my day! I love it. And napkin rings for bubbles? That is utterly brilliant!
I am so glad that you did this video. I have had gel plates in a drawer for over a year and haven't used them. Now I can see some possiblities. Thanks for all the tips.
You are so welcome!
So much fun! I need to get a gel press! Thanks for sharing and celebrating!
So many great prints and all different. Fab xx
A Gel Press has been on my list of things to buy. I think it may have just moved to the top of the list!! Thanks for all the inspiration, love it!!