Working in a school means I have the luxury of a nice long summer holiday. So anticiapting a 4 week block after the first 2 weeks away I decided to give the Crafty Creative kit boxes ago. I initially stopped the boxes as I didn't have anough time to use most of the things in themand try new things.
So yesterday, I thought I would have a go. I'm a massive dinosaur fan and so though the black and white print effect would look really cool as a dino skeleton.So here's a few photos of the process...
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| I used this tutorial on how to draw a T-Rex skeleton to help with the inital outline. |
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| Using the finest cuter in the kit I started to do the outline and smalled sections. |
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| Using one of the wider cutters, I dug out the rest of the gaps. |
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| Cover the lino with the ink. Having done a few prints it worked best with quite a thick layer of ink, though some of the effects were interesting with less ink. |
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| Place the paper on top of the lino, press down hard and give it a rub all over the picture area. Peel off the paper and Voila! |
I though I would have a go and print on to some decorated papers.
This one is from my Western themed Crafty Creatives box from AGES ago.
These two are from Craft Seller's papers selection.I thought the contrast between roses and dino might be quite interesting.
In the end i did quite a few black and white prints as well as these patterned ones. Not sure what I will do with them yet, but I think one of them might be destined for a wall somewhere.
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| I just liked this picture of the ink washing off the lino! |
