Make gel prints that don't just look beautiful: they hold your story, your memories, your creative soul.
An 8-week journey from muddy, frustrating prints to a finished, soulful art journal that only you can make.
⏳ Enrolment closes Sunday 5 July at midnight — and won't reopen until the next round at $197.
🎁 Enrol by 11:59pm Friday 3 July and get my Wabi Sabi course Unfolded free.
I know exactly how it feels:
⋆ I bought a gel plate and didn't open it for months.
⋆ I was overwhelmed by gel printing: too many techniques, supplies, and conflicting advice.
⋆ I kept getting muddy, disappointing prints and felt like I was “doing it wrong.”
⋆ I had perfection-itis, and scared that my art wasn't good enough.
⋆ I didn’t know how to use gel printing to express me: my style, my story.
⋆ I felt a disconnect between my inner voice and my art, and longed to make something that actually mattered.
⋆ Deep down, I doubted whether my creativity really counted.
The gel print that changed it all
- Starts Jun 30
A tired beige onesie my daughter had long outgrown. An irreparable hole. Stained. Beyond donating, beyond saving as a keepsake.
So I gel printed with it … and for me, it became the perfect way to memorialise a much-loved piece of my daughter's life.
That single print took me down a rabbit hole: making art that held more of my stories, my memories, honouring my roots through gel printing. It became my creative awakening.
That is why I created Story Printer: an homage to turning the ordinary into the extraordinary. An invitation to preserve and honour yourself and your stories through gel printing. Something that deserves to be heard and celebrated.
StoryPrinter: Gel Prints With Soul
- Starts Jun 30
Story Printer is the bridge from frustration and self-doubt → to joyful, confident, soulful gel printing.
Through Story Printer, I help you transform your gel printing practice from a messy, overwhelming craft into an intentional practice that honours your stories, nurtures your confidence, and shows you beauty in imperfection.
Includes 1 additional product
It’s not just about making better prints. It is about seeing yourself differently:
⋆ Your experiences are part of the art and process.
⋆ Your voice is worthy of being heard.
⋆ Your stories matter.
Finished StoryPrinter Journal by my student Ginger Barlow
Does this sound like you?
Muddy, patchy prints: paint dries fast, details aren’t crisp, lifts fail.
New and confused: your results don’t match the pretty videos and tips contradict each other.
Plate still unopened: worried you’ll waste paint or ruin it.
"What do I even use?": unsure about paints, papers, tools, timing, and layering order.
Colour & composition: things clash or look flat; brayer lines, incomplete ghost pulls.
Limited time and space: want quick wins and a low-mess setup.
Mindset wobbles: perfection-itis, imposter syndrome; and and a longing for prints that actually mean something that you can cherish.
“Now what?”: you want real projects (journals, cards, gifts) and ways to use your sentimental objects.
You want: a kit list you can source locally, step-by-steps with troubleshooting, a kind community, and repeatable results.
If you’re nodding, StoryPrinter was made for you, clear lessons, soulful prints, zero overwhelm.
What Students Have to Say ...
What's Inside Story Printer
Delivered live on zoom with recordings available afterwards!
30+ HD video lessons, contained in 8 Modules and an Introduction Module: released weekly and yours to keep forever, plus live Q&A coaching calls. You get instant access to the Introduction the moment you enrol, so you can start printing today.
Introduction
Welcome & The Storyprinter Philosophy (available immediately) The philosophy behind Story Printer, your roadmap, gel printing basics, and a first look at the journal everything is building toward.
Module 1
Your First Story: The Foundations
Learn to see colour the way you feel it, then make the most personal mark there is: your own hand. Foundations, with soul – all your commonly asked questions addressed.
Module 2
Your Texture Toolkit
Discover that nothing in your home is safe from gel printing. Turn everyday objects: a child's shoe, old clothes, knickknacks from your junk drawer, all into texture and story.
Module 3
Your Own Stamps: Mark Making
Build a visual vocabulary that's entirely yours: including your own personal coat of arms, symbols that reflect you, your roots and journey.
Module 4
Stencils: Shape and Silence
What you leave out matters as much as what you put in. Make your own stencils, masks, and the words that light you up.
Module 5
Colour Alchemy
Use colour with intention and purpose. Build a cohesive palette for your journal from something that genuinely matters to you.
Module 6
Sentimental Marks
Stories live in surfaces. Through frottage, transfers, and mixed-media gel printing, uncover hidden layers to elevate your prints to the next level.
Module 7
Bringing the Outside In
Using nature to express your essence. Print with leaves, botanicals and the natural world right outside your door.
Module 8
Your Story: The Journal
Curate your prints into a stunning finished pop-out art journal, because this was never just about the prints. It's about their essence, creating space for yourself and your soulful prints.
One of the best on-line courses I have experienced
Joy in creativity, joy in letting go of perfectionism, joy in the sheer messiness of dabbling in paint, joy in community. Tania takes you on a journey where you discover what to do with that gel plate you bought with every good intention and also rediscover your inner child - the one that made something, looked at it and was happy. With a wealth of ideas and techniques, and an ever-present bubbling undercurrent of enthusiasm, she makes this one of the best on-line courses I have experienced. Hooked on gel printing? ~ you bet!
Winsome Brown
Everything you get inside StoryPrinter
✨ 30+ HD Video Lessons (each Module 60+ minutes): released weekly, yours to keep forever (Value: $300)
✨ The Bonus Project Vault - 7+ hours, instant access: three complete bound-book formats your core course doesn't cover (a 2024 accordion album, a 2025 accordion hinge journal, and two zine books from Print Your Story event), plus the full replay of this year's live masterclass. Yours the moment you enrol, so you can start a project tonight. (Value: $300+)
✨ The Story Printer Colour Tool: my own all-in-one palette generator and colour-theory teacher. Spin up a soulful palette by mood (earthy, vibrant and more), then use the interactive colour wheel to build complementary, triadic, monochromatic or primary schemes and finally understand the why behind colours that work. Nobody else in gel printing has this. (Value: $100)
✨ 4 Live Q&A Coaching Calls: real, direct access to me. We troubleshoot together, and it keeps you accountable so you actually finish (Value: $100)
✨ Worksheets for Every Module: anchor your insights and capture your stories (Value: $50)
✨ Bonus Cheat Sheets: quick-reference guides to keep beside your plate (Value: $50)
✨ Lifetime Access: revisit anytime, downloadable and yours (Value: $200)
✨ A Supportive Creative Community: kindred spirits who celebrate your wins and remind you your stories matter (Value: $100)
Total Value: $1,200+
Your Investment $197
Pay in full or spread it over 2 monthly payments of $72.
Launch-week price. Enrolment closes Sunday 5 July at midnight and won't reopen until the next round - at $197.
🎁 Enrol in the first 48 hours and get Unfolded free.
Join by Thursday 2 July at 11:59pm and I'll also gift you my Wabi Sabi gel printing course, Unfolded (worth $77) — completely free. One time only, this launch round.
🛡️ 14-Day Money-Back Guarantee. Enrol, watch two full modules, and if it's not for you, email me within 14 days for a full refund. The risk is entirely mine.
Something for everyone
An interactive course that has something for everyone, from beginners to experienced printmakers. Tania is thorough, knowledgeable and generous with her time as she explains all things gel printing, demonstrating techniques and best practices in a fabulous online community. Tania provides valuable feedback to students throughout the lessons and always makes sure everyone's questions are answered. I highly recommend this course.
Yvonne Bashor
Student Work: My Incredible "Lovelies"
No longer intimidated by Gel Printing
Yes, I learned a LOT and as a result I'm motivated to continue to play with my gel plate on my own in new and inventive ways! You "demystified" my gel printing experience. I had played with it a good bit before this course, but because of the course I'm no longer intimidated by it and look forward to every session I spend with it!
Angela Glick
Tania has been featured on
My name is Tania Ahmed, and I'm a serial gel printer and mixed media artist with over 13 years in the art and craft industry.
I'm a proud Gelli Arts® Brand Ambassador, six-time returning faculty for Wanderlust, and I've taught for Sketchbook Revival, twice for Gel Printer's Summit, Get Messy, and Altenew Academy to name a few of my collaborations. I've taught thousands of students internationally: because I know exactly what it's like to be an overwhelmed beginner.
My courses are the culmination of everything I've learned through trial and error, deep research, and making thousands of gel prints.
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Noreen Trotsky
Tania is a great instructor, explaining everything in a precise & easy way to understand. She is personable & has a great sense of humor! She makes learning fun- and I learned a lot of neat things.
Audrey Kidd
This was an excellent course. Tania is a very good teacher who explains things well. She is really generous with content and examples. I thoroughly enjoyed it and learned a lot.
Annette Cervoni
The class was an excellent starting point into my gel printing experience. Tania explains the process in an easy to follow manner and encourages you practice and not give up. I loved it!
FAQs
All your questions answered:
When does Story Printer start?
The moment you enrol, you get instant access to the Intro and the Bonus Project Vault. Week 1 unlocks on 9 July, with a new module released each week across 8 weeks.
Is it live this year?
This year the lessons are pre-recorded in beautiful HD: so you can watch whenever suits you, rewatch as often as you like, and keep them forever. No more catching a livestream at an awkward time zone.
On top of that, you get live Q&A coaching calls for direct access to me.
How long is each lesson?
Each module is around 60 minutes, divided into small bite sized lessons plus worksheets and bonus content.
What supplies do I need?
Before buying new supplies, I always suggest using what you already have.
Gel Printing Plate: All my gel plates are by Gelli Arts which are the best plates that you can get by a fantastic company!
Acrylic Paints: I will be working with all kinds of paints in this class from craft quality to artists' quality.
Brayer: You can use a soft rubber or a hard brayer.
Paper: As you will be printing a lot in the beginning use ordinary copy/printer paper. I like using 100 gsm smooth white printer paper and 120gsm smooth white cardstock.
Extras: We will be creating our own delicious textures using supplies easily found around the house. I will also be using commercial stencils, but we will also make our own stencils too!
The supply list for each lesson will be available beforehand and I will be sharing lots of ideas for substitutions.
How can I access Story Printer?
StoryPrinter video lessons are now all pre-recorded. All materials and content will be available here on Podia, you will get an email with login details.
Do I get all classes at once?
Upon enrolment, you will have access to the Introduction module and the Bonus videos. The rest of the modules will be drip fed once a week starting from 9th July.
What if I don't like it?
You're covered by a 14-day money-back guarantee. You'll have access to two full modules within that window. If it's not for you, email hello@taniaahmedcreative.com for a full refund.
After 8 weeks you will...
⋆ feel confident and capable in gel printing and trust your abilities to choose the right tools
⋆ create gel prints that aren't just pretty, but meaningful, that hold your stories, memories, and identity.
⋆ feel joy and freedom in the process, instead of stress about the result.
⋆ believe that imperfection = beauty, and that your stories deserve to be honoured.
⋆ belong to a community of like-hearted supportive creatives who also want depth, not just technique.
⋆ become not just someone who “makes gel prints,” but someone who claims their voice through their art.
The stories already live inside you. This is how you print them into life.
$137 · 🎁 Free Unfolded if you enrol by Friday 3 July · Enrolment closes Sunday 5 July at midnight.