Spinning Sun

Hello! Today’s card uses acrylic paint as a resist with one of the February release stencils from A Colorful Life Designs. The Spinning Sun stencil is a 6″ x 9″ stencil, so you can make two card panels at once, if you like. I was using the stencil during a gel printing session and had an idea on how to use one of my plainer prints.

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I was working on my 8×10 Gel Press Plate. I added Hansa Yellow to the Plate, laid the Spinning Sun stencil on top and used some copy paper to pull the paint from the open spaces of the stencil. That’s what I worked with today. The print was fine, but I typically prefer more layered, interesting prints, and the one I had just pulled was just the first to start to get my actual final print where it needed to be. But of course, I didn’t want to ignore this first pull.

I decided to experiment to see if ink blending on top of the dried acrylic paint would act as a resist. I grabbed Aged Mahogany, Saltwater Taffy, Carved Pumpkin, and Crackling Campfire Distress Inks and blended them in that order on my panel. The Hansa Yellow got a little dirty, but I love the look. The ink really got into all of those teeny areas where there wasn’t any paint, and made that sun really stand out.

I chose some patterned paper from Echo Park to mat my focal layer…it’s a fun tone on tone chevron that I though looked good with the stencil. But, I wanted shine. Literally and figuratively. I grabbed my Starry Colors watercolors from Kuretake and used #903 on my card base. I also grabbed Echo Park’s Rainbow Shine Die Set (It’s on sale right now!) and painted the word with the same color after die cutting it twice from white cardstock. Now I had all the shine I needed.

Ink blending on top of a monoprint like this is such a fun way to step things up! Often times, those first pulls are just ways to remove paint, and aren’t really meant to be anything spectacular. But this is a way to make the really interesting! I hope you’ll give it a try. Please be sure to visit A Colorful Life Designs to see the many, many stencils they have to offer. You can use my code, AlFan10 to save 10% off of your regular-priced purchase. Then, show off your creations in the A Colorful Life Designs Fan Group on FB. Thanks so much for stopping by. Have an inspiring day!