HLS Stencil Monoprint

Over at Happy Little Stampers there is a new CAS challenge entitled

Stencil Monoprint!

This was a new technique to me and I looked at a couple of video tutorials to see what to do. It was great fun and vastly different effects can be achieved by using different mediums with basically the same process.

For this one I used a stencil from Stamplorations and inked it randomly with Wild Honey, Vintage Photo and Fossilised Amber Distress inks, spritzed it liberally with water, then took a print from it with absorbent card. dabbing away any excess water with a paper towel. I was really pleased with the result.

The little bird is from Technique Tuesday and the sentiment from Apple Blossom Craft Collection.
This is also for Stamplorations and CAS Mixup
                  

Here I used the same stencil with Wilted Violet, Picked Raspberry and Spun Sugar inks. Rather than inking through the stencil, you are actually using the stencil to stamp with!

The sentiment is from Crafter's Companion and the flower from Sizzix.

Here is another stencil from Stamplorations, I used Acrylic paints for this one together with a Gelli Plate. I used red, orange and yellow and then brayered them over the surface of the plate, placed down the stencil and took a print from it.  The sentiment is again from Crafter's Companion. I took several other prints too and particularly like this next one.

I love the effect of this one, although it's not terribly CAS, but I think that the print from the Gelli plate once the stencil had been removed is super. The colour where the flowers were, was removed taking other prints with the stencil still in place.

Butterflies from All Occasion Dies, sentiment from Tattered Lace and Winnie And Walter.

Needless to say, I have a few other incarnations which will be used at some point in the future.

This challenge is sponsored by

Tutorials:
Stencil Monoprint by Lee-Anne Cross (6:50)

Stencil Monoprint using a Gelli Plate by Shery Russ (1:26)

Happy Little Stampers Birthday month long celebration

Prize for each challenge this month is 

$30 gift certificate to the winner
$10 gift certificate to each of our Favourites

I hope you'll have a go at this technique, you'll certainly get more mileage from your stencils!