Colorful Screenprinting

Originally uploaded by craftscout

So Mom and I are embarking on a new crafting expedition. Actually she’s already on the cruise, and I’m in my little dinghy frantically rowing to catch up.

Screenprinting.

I’m not exactly sure I’m going to be in love with this, so when the instructional DVD said, “If you varnish your screen frame before you tape it up, it will last through a good ten years of printing, otherwise it might last 5,” I thought “Five years sounds long enough.” If I fall in love, I will take the tape off and varnish. Easy peasy.

These are little $1 picture frames from Michael’s, sized for 4×6 photos. Perfect for using one of those fake little credit cards all of us crafters have hundred of for a squeegee. And the screen? The green is from Mom (of course), and the pink is remnants of curtains DD cut off so she could see out the window. Also pictured is my printing surface.

I also made a 12×12″ square frame out of cheap stretcher bars. No screen on it yet, as I need to have my DH locate his power sander so I can make one side flat. I love a project that involves power tools.

The blue tape is actually Duck tape, not painters tape. I wanted to make sure I could find my screens in a hurry, as we are planning on doing this with our Study Group, so there will be at least 20 other screens running around that day. I figure no one else is going to get this particular Duck tape.

Now to figure out what I am going to DO . . . .