Thank you for hanging in there with me. I hope you are enjoying the cards and that
you will find something that may be helpful and or inspiring to you in your
crafting journey. This will be card
number three (3) of my Altenew Educator Certification Program (AECP) level III
projects. Card #3 is for the
Monoprinting class. Monoprinting or
another name Gel Printing uses as the name is implies Gel like shapes to
transfer different media like acrylic paint, dye inks, pigment inks to
different sub straits such as tissue paper, vellum, cardstock, etc. You can use other things such as stamps to
take your Monoprinting to the next level. You can purchase Gel pads on-line (Amazon) or
at places like Hobby Lobby, JoAnn’s, or Michaels if you are in the U.S.
I purchased a set of pads from Amazon last year but never
had an opportunity to use them. I was so
excited to see the Monoprinting class in the Altenew crafting class
library. This was my first time doing
Monoprinting; although I had seen it done many times on YouTube videos. I will say it was not as easy as I thought it
was going to be. I did several and I do
mean several practice prints before I got to one that I thought might
work. I found that I had difficulty with
colour combinations. A tip that was very
helpful was to graduate one colour or you could use the colour combinations by
Kristina Werner on Pinterest. She has
put together some amazing colour combinations.
After several what I called failed attempts, I decided to monoprint with
a monocolour (lol). Graduating one
colour was a little less anxiety provoking for me. Something to remember is your print
experience is greatly influence by the sub strait and media you use. Since this was my first attempt and not
going as I expected, I kept it simple with dye ink and card stock. I like the abstractness of the prints and
using stamps and other items to give the print further definition really helped.
I used a blue ink and graduated the colour starting with the
most concentration of ink at the bottom. I kept using what was on the pad until it was
nearly gone. I added droplets of water
and square stenciling in gold to give it a grunge look. After it was dried I used Altenew’s LeafCanopy stamp set add some leaves to the print.
I wasn’t happy with the print while I was creating, but what I learn
during the AECP classes was to keep going eventually something will come to you. I’m glad I kept going. In the end I manage to come out with
something I’m at least okay with. For me
what really made me like the card was the sentiment. I think using Altenew’s “A Note Of Thanks”
stamp from the Many Thanks Stamp Set trimmed in gold brought the card
together. Here are a few phots of my finished card.
Thank you for taking the time to visit. Card #4 coming up.
Joyce
