Hello! The Spring Card Camp at Online Card Classes continues, and today I’m sharing many cards that I made for day 9. Today’s technique – inking stencils, smudging and then creating another card with the monoprint!

Day 9 teacher is Channin Pelletier, and she used stencils and Distress Oxide Inks to create beautiful backgrounds.

In the past I created many cards using stencils and monoprints. However, I forgot about this technique and haven’t used it in years! 😱

So that’s another fun thing about the Spring Card Camp – even when the technique isn’t new to me, the daily lesson reminds me of it and inspires me to try it again 😍

I had so much fun, that I created seven cards! Let’s have a look at them:
(for easier linking, each pair has a title with its color combination)

Pink and Orange

This one is probably my favorite pair ❤️ I love the contrast between these two cards!

The stencil here is Dylusions Leaves by Ranger.

In her video, Channin recommended using a large die cut sentiment with the colorful backgrounds. The only one I have is the “Hooray” die by Concord & 9th, so I used it here, an on all the other cards as well.

I think each one deserves an individual photo as well, so here they are:

As you can see, on my first card I used white die cut (there are actually two die cuts adhered together for dimension), and on the second one I used black and white die cuts, to create “shading”:

Love them!!

OK, let’s move on to the next pair:

Orange, Yellow and Green

For these cards, I used the Bold Floral stencil by Hero Arts. I think it works great for colorful backgrounds:

For my stenciled card, because the background is so bright, I used again black and white die cuts, to make the sentiment stand out more:

I really like this card 🙂

I also really like the monprint card! Some flowers are still visible, while the others create an abstract pattern that’s very interesting.

Because the colors are so soft, I added some sequins for more interest:

On to the next!

Blue, Red and Green

For the last pair, I wanted to use brighter colors. The background and the print looked very pretty, but turning them into cards was quite a challenge! 😅

The stenciled background was so bright, that I felt it was too much for a standard A2 card. So I trimmed it to 4 x 4 “, and created a cute little square card:

I think it’s a great way to use bright and bold backgrounds, that might be too “overwhelming” in large sizes.

The monoprint background, however, was much softer, so I trimmed it just a little bit and created an A2 card:

Bonus Card!

My last card doesn’t have a “partner”. I created the monoprint from the stencil that I used to create the cards for day 6!

That circle stencil works great for monoprint 🙂

This is a fun technique! I had a great time playing with my stencils and creating backgrounds and monoprints.

By the way, Tim Holtz demonstrated this technique on one of his demos a few week ago. You can watch the replay on his blog.

As a final note, I’m submitting my cards to AUD Sentiments Challenge #249 – Birthday, and to Simonsaysstamp Wednesday Challenge – Flower Power.

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Stay safe and keep crafting! ❤️

– Michal