Monoprinting is a printing technique with which you can only create one print. This is the opposite of for example a rubber stamp, with which you can reproduce an image over and over again. With a monoprint you can never reproduce the exact same image twice, hence the name monoprint.
Gel printing is a monoprinting technique with a gel printing plate. A gel printing plate, sometimes called a gelli plate, is a sort of soft and sticky plate made out of a polymer material. Originally a print-maker uses a glass plate or acrylic plate to make monoprints. But to make prints you would need an expensive printing press. With a gel printing plate you can make beautiful prints, but without the necessity of press.
For gel printing, you can use quite a wide range of papers, but the choice affects both the texture and how the paint or ink behaves. Here are the most common types:
Best options for gel printing paper:
Copy or printer paper (80–100 gsm) – Great for practice prints, layering, and collage. Smooth surface makes for even paint transfer.
Mixed media paper (160–250 gsm) – Good all-rounder, handles acrylics well and resists warping.
Cardstock (200–300 gsm) – Ideal for sturdy prints, greeting cards, or covers.
Watercolor paper (cold press or hot press, 190–300 gsm) – Absorbs paint beautifully; hot press gives smoother prints, cold press adds texture.
Tissue paper / deli paper – Very thin, perfect for layering in mixed media or collage work.
Printmaking paper (like Strathmore, Stonehenge, or Fabriano) – Archival quality and designed for ink/paint transfer.
Tip: Avoid papers with heavy coatings (like glossy photo paper) unless you want experimental, resist-style effects, as the paint may not adhere well.
The Tim Holtz Mini Stencil Set 11 – Stars, Stripes, Chevron (THMST011) includes 3 mini layering stencils featuring bold star, stripe and chevron patterns. Perfect for graphic mixed media backgrounds.
Set of 9 gratitude clear stamps by My Favorite Things.
What would we do without our teachers, postal workers, hairdressers, coworkers, delivery drivers, sanitation workers, and more? Our lives would be a lot more difficult without their dedication and reliability. Show them you appreciate their efforts and recognize the difference they make in your life with this set of sentiments that let them know they make your life easier all year long.
Background stencil with damask patterns by Mintay Papers.
The stencils are reusable and ideal for inks, markers, embossing powders, sprays, stencil butters, with almost all mediums! Use them on any surface such as fabric, canvas, paper, cards, furniture, even walls! The choice is yours: just keep on creating!
The package contains a stencil with a detached square inner part.
Ideal for framing your crafts. You can also use the inner part as a background for your scrapbooking and mixed-media crafts, invitations, cards, and more.
The AALL & Create Lost Ink Nr. 1260 is an A7 clear stamp featuring bold capital letters from the Whimsy Dwellings collection, perfect for graphic sentiments and typographic accents.
Go bold with the Princeton Catalyst Contour C-83 — a wide rigid-nylon tool made for spreading, scraping and shaping bold textures in acrylics, gels and pastes.
The Tim Holtz Mini Stencil Set 53 (MTS53) includes Thorned, Markings and Crest designs in mini format. Floral branches, graphic symbols and decorative motifs combine for layered backgrounds with character.
The Princeton Catalyst Silicone Mini Blade Tool M01 is a flexible silicone tool for artists who want clean surface coverage and gentle control. Its straight shape allows smooth spreading, blending, and material removal without leaving strong marks. The blade responds directly to hand pressure, offering natural flow and precision. Ideal for mixed media and art journaling.
11 clear stamps from the collection My First Time by Ciao Bella.
Capture all those amazing "first times" of your baby, which are actually a lot!! Keep a diary of your little treasure's height and weight in the most practical and cute way!
Images of a panda, a giraffe and the words baby, weight, height, welcome, name, date, time.
Show off your creativity and your crafty imagination with the I Work For Watercolor Clear Photopolymer Stamps by Picket Fence Studios. Images included are a paint palette, paints, tubes of paint, and the sentiments "the hardest part is the beginning," "need art forever," and more.
The Gelli Arts Gel Printing Plate Round 8″ (20 cm) is a large circular monoprint surface ideal for dynamic backgrounds and rhythmic pattern building. Its patented flexible gel material allows clean pulls, controlled layering and ghost prints — no press required.
Lori Whitlock designs the collection Year In Review for Echo Park and invites you to remember all those little or big stories you have experienced during each month!
The collection is kept in pastel shades of pink, red, green, and yellow.
Stencils from the Little Dreamer Boy Collection by Echo Park. Fly his dreams to the stars and be inspired in your scrapbooking creations by young and elder boys as well!
The AALL & Create Dote On Diamonds is an A4 background stencil featuring diamond shapes in multiple sizes, perfect for structured, rhythmic backgrounds in art journals and mixed media projects.
The stencils are reusable and ideal for inks, markers, embossing powders, sprays, stencil butters, with almost all mediums! Use them on any surface such as fabric, canvas, paper, cards, furniture, even walls! The choice is yours: just keep on creating!
Background stencil with manuscript patterns by Mintay Papers.
The stencils are reusable and ideal for inks, markers, embossing powders, sprays, stencil butters, with almost all mediums! Use them on any surface such as fabric, canvas, paper, cards, furniture, even walls! The choice is yours: just keep on creating!
5 clear photopolymer stamps from the collection Woodware Craft designed by Francoise Read for Creative Expressions. Images of corals, fish and jellyfish.
The AALL & Create Compass stencil features a classic compass design, perfect for travel and nautical backgrounds in art journals, scrapbooking and mixed media projects.
The Tim Holtz Countdown layering stencil features a bold cluster of overlapping numbers, perfect for industrial, masculine and urban mixed media backgrounds.
Clear Stamp from the collection Celebrating You designed by Kaitlin Sheaffer for Pinkfresh Studio.
Image of 7 sentiments that you can use to wish to your loved ones. Contains the quotes: “thinking of you”, “no one compares to you”, “so happy for you”, "you're the sweetest", "so proud of you", "you are loved" και "you did it!"
2 slimline stencils with mandalas from the collection Mask Art by Dutch Doobadoo.
The stencils are designed to be used individually for a simple background effect, or combined for a unique, complex design with visual depth. Use your imagination and experiment creativity in your crafts!
The Tim Holtz Tiles No.42 layering stencil features a structured tile pattern perfect for creating clean, geometric and industrial-style mixed media backgrounds.
The Tim Holtz Houndstooth #55 (THS055) is a tag-shaped layering stencil featuring the classic pied-de-coq pattern. Its bold geometric design creates stylish, graphic backgrounds for cards and mixed media projects.
The AALL & Create Cobweb stencil features a spider web with splatters, perfect for creating moody, textured backgrounds in art journals and mixed media projects.
The Dina Wakley MEdia Stencil Angels is a 9″x6″ background stencil with a diagonal, irregular pattern that adds movement and energy to your compositions. It is ideal for building layers with color, texture and design in art journals, cards, collage and mixed media projects. It works beautifully in both subtle backgrounds and bolder applications. A versatile stencil for rhythm and depth.
Stencil from the collection Birthday Boy by Echo Park. HBD to CBE. Happy Birthday to the Coolest Boy Ever! Sending birthday greetings to the most heart-melting little man!
Stencil with wood grain effects from the collection Mask Art by Dutch Doobadoo.
The stencils are designed to be used individually for a simple background effect, or combined with the other Mask Art stencils for a unique, complex design with visual depth. Use your imagination and experiment creativity in your crafts!
2 slimline stencils (each has 3 different mandalas) from the collection Mask Art by Dutch Doobadoo.
The stencils are designed to be used individually for a simple background effect, or combined for a unique, complex design with visual depth. Use your imagination and experiment creativity in your crafts!
Stencil with roses from the collection Mask Art by Dutch Doobadoo.
The stencils are designed to be used individually for a simple background effect, or combined with the other Mask Art stencils for a unique, complex design with visual depth. Use your imagination and experiment creativity in your crafts!
24 clear stamps from the Signature Collection by Art by Marlene for Studio Light.
With inspirational quotes such as Fake it till you make it, make magic happen, You need to grow up, to become yourself, escape from this, I must have flowers, and more.