Using the Gel Prints (card) and Video

If you haven't already, check out the YouTube video where I pull some monoprints using my gel press. Click HERE to see it. So what am I doing to do with those prints...? Make some cards! I’m also entering this card on the Always Fun Challenges blog.  I am using both stamp sets for the first time. The current challenge is something new.

Here's a look at one card I made with one of these prints as the base layer. I made some of these prints "card size" ready and this was one of them.

Check out the video here:

And photos:

Products:

Stamps:

• Spring in the Desert Stamp Set from Fun Stampers Journey (FSJ) (Spellbinder)
• Tender Thoughts from CTMH

Ink Pads:

• Peacock from encore (blue for skinny leaves)
• Soft Leaf from Memories and Olive from FSJ (big succulent)
• Persian Carpet from Acme (leaf sprigs)

Markers:

• Tombow N57 to add shadow on the leaf sprigs
• Tombow 026 golden yellow for flowers
• Tombow 772 and Le Plume wine for the larger flower
• Tombow 836 (or 636 the first number was rubbed off) for the cactus "paddle" 
• Certainly Celery from SU! for the small succulent
• Zig Writer in sagebrush for the stems

Ink blender pen from Stampin Up!

White cardstock from CTMH

White & black pens, black archival ink pad, gold thread and script stamp are from my stash

I love this stamp set and it makes it easy to create a beautiful arrangement. I wanted to keep the card simple enough so that you could see the background.

What do you think? Pretty, right?

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