All my Christmas cards have been printed and posted, so I can now reveal how they were made.
Using white gesso, I printed my image onto Frisk Black Pad paper. As I intended to cut round the figures I didn't bother to clear away all the excess lino (particularly round the heads). Once dry, the prints were randomly coloured with acrylic inks, plus a bit of gold splatter. More detail was added with gold and silver gel pens before the images were cut out and glued to A6 card blanks. A computer printed insert included the seasonal greeting and our address.
I produced about 24 hand-printed cards, but still needed a few more. As time was getting on, I finished off with a computer printed version to which I added the gold and silver gel pen details for a bit of sparkle.
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| Lino print - white gesso on black paper, with acrylic inks added when dry |
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| Design layout, lino block and some of the finished cards |
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| Close-up of the finished image - "Three Kings" |
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