Hi everyone, it's time for the Group of Seven Cardmakers Monthly Technique. This month we are doing some Stencil Monoprints an old but fun technique.
Lee-Anne Cross created this video for Split coast stampers which explains how to create a stencil mono print if you have never done one before.
It's an old but fun technique which can be done by smooshing ink pads over a stencil or sprinkling powdered inks and spritzing with water then placing the inked side on card. To mop up the excess water place a piece of kitchen roll over the stencil.
Just a note when using stencils with words or numbers to check the inked side to make sure they are the correct way round and not mirror imaged. The ink goes on the back when you read the letters or numbers.
Card 1- Paper Artsy (Alison Bomber) stamp, TCW stencil, Distress inks
Card Recipe
Stamps:
Paper:
Ink:
Accessories: Stencils, Powdered inks, Distress Inks
Techniques: Stencil Monoprint
13 comments:
Well done, Christine! I especially love your Christmas design, but all three are awesome! And thanks for the tip on using number/text stencils! Hugs, Darnell
Absolutely beautiful cards and great technique, the first one is my favourite though.
Carol x
Oh, my goodness, Christine! I love your cards and the stencils you've used for your monoprints are fabulous - I've added those pods to my wish list!
=] Michele
Wonderful collages of stamps and stencil on your first and third designs Christine! I love the mix of colors on your pretty poinsettia stencil too! Julia xx
What fantastic examples of the technique and thanks for the tip. Hope you didn't learn it through bitter experience! xx
Three beauiful monoprint cards Christine. Thanks for the tip about words & numbers!! LOVE the first card with the soft colours of your monoprint paired with your delicious looking strawberries and text. LOVE that poinsettia stencil, looks fabulous. Great work using red and green inks together, which is tricky! Love that seed pod stencil from Lavinia. It's so cool and perfect with silhouette images, which stand out against the design. xx
Three very different backgrounds using this technique, Christine! A good hint about stencils with words! I LOVE the red and green you got with the poinsettias!
Three beautiful cards using this fun stencil monoprint technique Christine, and I love the TCW stencil with the added script and the pretty strawberries over the top, and then the wonderful poinsettias are perfect for Christmas, and lastly the pods make a great background to your silhouette figure..something just that bit different. x
You pick some wonderful stencils for this technique, Christine! Your cards are fantastic. I like those cutie little strawberries!
Terrific trio with this technique. The Christmas card is a standout.
Oh, gosh, I love them all! The stamp on the first card is so cute. Good reminder about the numbers/letters. I would have had a duh moment. Gorgeous poinsettias. It's hard to believe these are monoprints!
Great work on the stencil monoprints! Nice to see two done with Distress inks and one with powdered inks (it's my favourite) - they give quite a different look.
All the cards made with the monoprint technique are beautiful. However, the last card simply stunned me. You created such an extraordinary image with this boy on the rope. Beautiful, surprising, incredibly creative.
Hugs,
BożenA
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