Opus had a sale on last month, and the deluxe screen printing set caught my eye. I've always been intrigued with printing processes and had no idea what screen printing was all about, but the instruction with the set were clear and I was ready for my first screen printing experience.

I printed off my profile picture black and white, with great contrast, and cut out the areas I wanted to show in colour with a craft knife, making a stencil. This stencil was placed beneath the screen.

The screen then was "flooded" with blue acrylic printing ink, spread out with a special squeegee.

Next step was the printing stroke, to push the ink through the netting onto the paper.

My very first screen print! I was hooked and printed off 12 more self portraits on heavy Stampin"Up card stock.

Cleaning up was a terrible chore though...ink everywhere!  

Perhaps I should stick with wax...??

The process is simple: smooth some colours on the encaustic painting card with the iron, use the lifting or edge-sliding technique to make interesting patterns. Then polish the wax.

Peel off one of the stickers, place on the painted card and cut around the sticker. You can then use this embellishment to stick on your card project with dimensionals (double-sided glue cushions).

Until Valentine's Day, February 14,  

I will add a sheet of heart stickers to every order over $25.00!

(as long as supply last,

one sheet per order) 

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Instructional DVD | ENCAUSTIC MONOTYPES:

Painterly Prints with Heat and Wax by Paula Roland

This instructional DVD Encaustic Monotypes by artist/instructor Paula Roland is now available in Canada in my online store.
It is CAD$45.00 + $ 5.00 shipping.

Follow this link to order in Canada.

When in the States, please order directly from Paula.

For orders in Europe, contact Karina van Vught.