I have a favourite metal stencil from Sweet Poppy Stencils that I managed to put a kink in so that it didn't work so well. I was lamenting this when I had a little light bulb moment and ran it through my diecut machine and it worked! I got rid of the kink but I did gain a bow. However I could work with that.
I have discovered that metal stencils are really good for doing mono prints. I think it is because they tend to be a little thicker than ordinary stencils so the ink stays in place better when you make the print. That's how it seems to me anyway. I have also realised that the best paper for a clean print is mixed media paper.
I have made 2 cards, here is the first:
For this one I used distress inks to create the background using a torn paper mask for the ground. I dabbed distress ink in various colours directly onto the stencil and then placed it on the background. To ensure the card stayed CAS I used a stitched rectangle die to cut a section which I then mounted on craft foam. The sentiment is from Uniko which I heat embossed on the card base.
I am sharing this card at CAS Stencil November Challenge where the technique is mono print and at Simply Less is More #408 torn it.
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I am sharing this one at Pixies snippets playground #365 as the card for the little hearts has come from my scrap box.
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I still have a piece of the panel from the first card so it might turn up again sometime in the future.
Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog today, I really appreciate it.
Hilary
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