Wildflower Monoprint with Birds

CAS Mix Up is featuring a technique that I really enjoy but am not always successful with - stencil monoprints.  After a couple of false starts, I came up with a piece I was happy to use and I made this card:

I used this video from SCS for my technique.  I used three colours of Distress mini inks, randomly pressing them onto my TH wildflower stencil.  Then I spritzed with water and flipped the stencil over onto a piece of watercolour paper.  I pressed and blotted with a rag to soak up extra water and press down on the stencil to get the ink to absorb into the watercolour paper.  After removing the stencil, I let it air dry.  Once dry, I put the stencil back in place and randomly inked up a text stamp and pressed it through the stencil.

I had a piece of black cs that I'd sprinkled and spritzed with Magicals.  I die cut two birds from it and again twice more from plain black cs, stacking them up for some substance and dimension.  I added them to the stenciled image, along with a white heat embossed sentiment on a black cs banner.  I popped the panel up on fun foam.

Here's a close-up of the birds showing some of the colour and shimmer from the Magicals:

For CAS Mix Up, I have the required stencil monoprint technique, stamping of both the sentiment and some text, the use of Magicals, die cutting, and heat embossing.

Supplies:

Stamps - Memory Box sentiment, unknown small script stamp

Ink - Distress Bundled Sage, Dusty Concord, and Faded Jeans for the monoprint; Distress Weathered Wood for the text; ColorBox white for the sentiment

Paper - watercolour paper, black and cream cs

Size - A2

Accessories - Tim Holtz wildflowers stencil, Magicals, Papermania Sea Foam White embossing powder