Birds and Birdcages

Hi, Anneke here with another guest designer post.

 I was totally surprised when I discovered a gel printing plate in the package Kim sent me. Such a plate was on my wish list, lucky me :) 

So last week I started monoprinting for the first time. So much fun to do! In no time I had a bunch of backgrounds ready. Such a great technique and super easy to do! 

I used the 6x6" plate, it's available in the eP shop.

HERE

There is a step by step video tutorial over there as well.

CLICK

Today I show you the cards I made with the prints.

Used a masking technique for the birds.

Bird Stamp: Donna Downey by Prima

Stencils by The Crafter's Workshop

 'Mini Circle Grid' & 'Mini Art Is'

Here I put some circles in the paint before printing.

Stamped the birds on the back of a gelli print and cut them out.

Here I used the same masking technique as for the first card.

For the following cards I used the Claudine Hellmuth Studio Stencil 

'Fly Away'

Made 'happy birthday' with a label maker. Used a transparent strip.

The tiny birds were made with the 'Resting Birds' die by Memory Box.

Printing layer over layer adds interest to the backgrounds

For this background I put a stamp in the paint before printing.

'Starburst Lace' by Hero Arts

Here I did some stamping on a gelli print. The stamp at the bottom is from the 'bordering on the edge' set by Dylusions

'Happy' is a Darkroom Door Stamp out of the 'Whimsical Words' set.

Hope you enjoyed it. 

See you next week for my final post!