Course curriculum

  • 1

    Welcome & Community Invite

    • Welcome—Let Your Curiosity Guide You ✨

    • Join the Creative Community on Facebook

    • Show Off Your Earrings! 🎨

    • How to use this course - A guide from Thinkific
  • 2

    Supply Videos & Links

    • Supply Video - Part I

    • Supply Video - Part 2

    • Supply Video - Part 3

    • Supply List **LINKS**

    • New Earring Blanks *NEW

    • More New Earring Blanks *NEW

    • New paints! *NEW

    • A Variety of Papers (to make collage papers with) *NEW

    • ✨ Check-In ✨
  • 3

    Gel Plate Basics & Care

    • New to Gel Plate Printing? Start Here!

    • Opening a New Gel Plate

    • Caring for your Gel Plate
  • 4

    Preparing Wood Earring Blanks *NEW*

    • Full Disclosure (I didn't always do this!) *NEW*

    • About Sizing & Priming *NEW*

    • Sizing *NEW*

    • Priming *NEW*

    • Painting the sides (optional!) *NEW*

    • Touching Up Painted Sides *NEW*
  • 5

    Painting Earrings | Direct from Gel Plate

    • Artful Earrings - How this idea was born

    • Simple beginnings

    • Starting with a "grunge layer"

    • More Layers

    • Hello Indigo - Part 1 - (more layers!)

    • Hello Indigo - Part 2 - (more layers!)

    • Taping off (optional) and final layers!
  • 6

    Speed Sessions | Direct from Gel Plate

    • Speed Session 1

    • Speed Session 2

    • Speed Session 3

    • Speed Session 4
  • 7

    New Techniques | Direct from Gel Plate *NEW*

    • New Shapes & New Techniques *NEW*

    • New Shapes & New Techniques *NEW*
  • 8

    Butterfly Earrings | Direct from Gel Plate *NEW*

    • Cutting in Half & Drilling *NEW*

    • Sanding & Sizing *NEW*

    • Adding Layers of Paint *NEW*

    • Varnish or Resin *NEW*

    • Adding Hardware *NEW*
  • 9

    Creating Earrings | With Gel Plate Papers *NEW*

    • Creating Collage Papers *NEW*

    • Creating Collage Papers *NEW*

    • Creating Collage Papers *NEW*

    • Gel Plate Sessions on My YouTube Channel

    • Creating Earrings with Gel Plate Papers *NEW*
  • 10

    Artful Additions | Gold Leaf *NEW*

    • Applying Gold Leaf *NEW*
  • 11

    Finishing | Varnish

    • Liquid Varnish Option

    • Spray Varnish Option
  • 12

    Finishing | UV Resin *NEW*

    • Applying UV Resin *NEW*

    • Applying UV Resin *NEW*

    • Finished Earrings with Resin *NEW*
  • 13

    Assembly & Hardware Options *NEW*

    • Adding Hardware - Option 1

    • Adding Hardware - Option 2 *NEW*
  • 14

    Displaying at an Art Market *NEW*

    • Displaying Earrings for Sale *NEW*
  • 15

    Feedback & Survey

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    • Feedback on the course...