Mixed Media Gel Press Christmas Cards

It is that time of the year to get a few more cards made, so I wanted to make a set of cards that I could sent out that were flat to fit in an envelope with regular postage but also make a ton of them with some mixed media on them for a bit of fun.

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Check out the video on how to make these cards with myself and my special guest my daughter Catherine!

I start with sections of the Derwent Academy Heavyweight Acrylic Paper Pad that I then added layers of Derwent Academy Acrylic Paints with a gel plate.  I kept with same colors for each card - reds, blues, yellow, pink, purple, and orange, plus we made a ton of green ones for the trees.  my daughter had a blast helping me make all these background papers.  Even after we were done making the cards, she went back and made a ton more background papers for fun!

Next the trees were cut, this is a super hard job or cutting triangles, hehe.  I then took the  Derwent Academy Water-Soluble Markers and added in black definition to the trees and the background card.  The we took similar colors to the background paper, usually 2 colors of markers, and made circle ornaments on the trees and also added color the paper mat behind the gel plate layer.

The trees were run through the Xyron 3" Sticker Maker to turn them into stickers and then placed on the front of the card.  My daughter and I both had out own Xyron Tape Runner to apply adhesive to each layer of the card to hold them all together.  She had a blast with her own tape runner.  Last was a stamp in the top right corner, but instead of ink I used the same black Derwent marker as before to color the stamp.

For the background of the card I used both a kraft and white base, they both look great!!  In 1 hours we made a total of 14 mixed media cards, that rocks!!  Best part if that my daughter and I had a blast creating together.

Just look at my little artist so happy playing with paint - plus she cleaning it all up when she was done!!!

Supplies Used

Interested in the supplies I used in this project?  Most are listed below and some are affiliate links, which generates a me little commission (at not extra cost to you at all) when you click on the link and make a purchase.  Affiliate and product disclosure can be found here.

Xyron Tape Runner Refil Shop at: AZ	Tonic Paisley Edge Dot & Drop Die Shop at: SB	Xyron tape runner Shop at: AZ	Fiskars Scissors 8" Shop at: AZ
Neenah A2 scored card paper Shop at: SB	Fiskars Paper Trimmer Shop at: SB | AZ	Kraft A2 Cards Shop at: SB	Xyron 3" Sticker Maker Shop at: SB | AZ | LFL (UK)
Non Stick Craft mat Shop at: AZ	Black Craft Mat Shop at: AZ	Round Stamp Block Shop at: O	Tonic Dies Shop at: B
Derwent Brushes Shop at: O	Derwent Academy 20 pk Markers Shop at: O	Derwent Academy Twin Tip 8pk Markers Shop at: O	Derwent AcademyMarker Paper Pad Shop at: O
Waffle Flower Christms Tree Stamp Shop at: SB | O	Derwent Acrylic Paints Shop at: O	Derwent Acrylic Paper Shop at: O	Gel Plate Shop at: SB
Brayer Shop at: SB