How to Make a Monoprint

Monoprint Means "One Print", But Here's How to Get Two Prints in One

Remember the chewing gum twins, "Two, two, two sticks in one"? Well, I set out to make a monoprint - which means one single print - and ended up with two!

The idea and the card design came from the Jessica Sprague Hybrid Cardmaking Class I'm taking; but I changed up the monoprint directions a bit.

That's my finished card above. The green background paper "monoprint" was stamped with a lovely Flowering Frenzy Photoshop brush by Jason Gaylor at Design Fruit, then cut out and mounted on cardstock.

Monoprint Materials

• A scrap of lacy fabric like that pictured above;
• Acrylic paint;
• Paint palette or dish for thinning the paint;
• Water;
• Flat artist's paint brush; and
• Two sheets of watercolor paper.

How to Make The Monoprint

Thin a bit of paint to watercolor consistency. Brush vertically and horizontally over the paper. It's a nice effect to leave some white areas. Let dry completely.

Lay the lacy fabric on top of the clean sheet of paper. Use undiluted paint to thoroughly paint the fabric.

Lay the dry painted background paper upside down atop the wet fabric, line up the edges of both pieces of paper as you lay it down. Be careful not to move it once the top paper touches the paint-covered fabric.

Gently press down on the top paper where you want the lace design to transfer to the green background paper.

Lift the top paper and set aside to dry. You can see the green-on-green background in my finished card. That's print #1.

Carefully peel up the lacy fabric to reveal the second print. Let dry.