Gel plate, Distress Oxide inks and Altenew Peony Sunshine Embossing Folder

This wasn't my intended end result but I'm so happy with it! I originally wanted to make some gel print backgrounds using Distress Oxide inks. I saw Jennifer McGuire had a video on this, you drag some ink pads across a Gelli Plate, use a brayer to smooth out and blend the inks a bit and you have a great background. My idea was to take an embossing folder and press it onto the inked Gelli Plate and pull a print. The print was a bit too subtle for my taste but when I saw all the ink on the embossing folder I knew I had to try to emboss a piece of white cardstock to see how the ink would look. Gorgeous!

I posted this card on Instagram and received so many questions and requests for a video, I decided I could easily do it since this technique is straightforward. Below is my video. If you can't view it, you could see it on my Instagram account, @Susanbcards.

These are the results of the printing and embossing. I did find that a bit darker ink works well for the printing, anything too pale is hard to see against the white cardstock.

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This folder is also available at Altenew.