Monoprint Christmas

Good Morning.

Meet today's card.  

Simple monoprinted background and one of my favourite snowflakes.

To begin, I wanted to use a stencil to create a Monoprinted background.  I love the way the printed backgrounds look and you can make them in a short amount of time which is great for this busy time of year.  

For those of you that have never done a Monoprinted background before, you ink the back of you stencil with some kind of waterbased ink, spray with water then press onto your paper.  Its a great way to also get a different look to your stencils and give it more of a watercolour look.

When the bkg. was dry, I placed the piece inside my Misti and stamped the sentiment.

I die-cut the snowflake, glued it in place and added a blue gem to the center.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

 Allsorts- INSPIRED BY A WINTER THEMED SONG

(Let it Snow)

 Crazy 4 Challenges- CHRISTMAS or WINTER

Crafting With Friends- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps-  Christmas Cheer (Technique Tues.)

Inks- Memento black; Salty Ocean, Peeled Paint, Wilted Violet DOX (TH)

Paper- heavy white

Accessories and Tools- Misti; Harlequin stencil (TCW); snowflake die (SSS); Cuttlebug;

blue gem; Mister (TH)