Hello friends!
Hope you are good!
Summer holidays are nearly over.....wow they flew by!
been trying to squeeze every last minute of this week......
its been really busy times......
been trying to squeeze every last minute of this week......
its been really busy times......
have you seen them??
Here's what they look like!
So here's some ideas as to how you can use them.....
they are now available from Art from the Heart here
The stencils are the size of a Ranger #10 tag,
you can use them with so many mediums
and I have to say I'm so loving the effects you get with them.....So here's some ideas as to how you can use them.....
1. Using an old store card spread some Gesso onto a heat mat
2. Next place the stencil on top of the Gesso and spread the Gesso through the stencil
3. The Gesso will seep through to the underside of the stencil, pick up the stencil and place onto a tag using the store card carefully burnish over the top of the stencil
(the Gesso will stencil onto the tag....remember to wipe clean your stencil)
4.When the Grsso is dry, use a blending tool and distress ink and blend over the tag
(I used mowed grass)
5. Take a wet wipe and swipe it over the tag.....the stencilled gesso will really stand out
(I also added areas of Gesso just with the store card, randomly on the tag)
6. When the tag was dry I used peacock feathers to the edges and sewed around the tag
7. Apply some black soot distress paint to your heat mat and using some cut and dry foam apply the paint through the layering stencil
8.To finish choose an image and stamp using Rangers Archival ink
(I'm really messy but If you don't like the idea of getting paint on your stencil just use black soot distress ink)
Dylusions
The second tutorial is using the new Dylusions Ink pad with distress inks.......
I love the backgrounds the ink pad creates and along with the layering stencil they work perfectly together!
1. You will need two dylusions inks, spray them into the foam of the ink pad
2. Take a tag and place on top of the ink pad, lift on and off until your happy with the background and dry with a heat tool
3.Take a blending tool and distress ink and blend the ink through the stencil (I used eye chart)
4. Take your chosen image and stamp in Archival ink
Batik Effect
This is one of my favourite techniques
1. Take the layering stencil and place over the top of a #10 manila tag, then using a blending tool blend distress ink (wild Honey) through the layering stencil
2. Remove the stencil (oops I forgot to do that in my photo!) Cover the tag in clear embossing powder,then shake off powders onto a scrap piece of card (dont worry if its not all covered in the powder.....it will still give a great effect)
3. Using a heat tool, heat emboss the embossing powders
4. Take a blending tool and blend over Walnut Stain distress ink all over the tag
5.Take a wet wipe and sweep over the tag to remove the distress ink from the embossed pattern
6.Place a scrap piece of paper over the top of your tag, then using a hot iron press
down, the heat will lift the embossed powders onto the scrap paper and leave a batik look on your tag
(remember irons are HOT!! so please be extra careful)
7. As before use cut and dry to apply distress paints through the stencil using cut and dry foam
( Alternately If you don't like the idea of getting paint on your stencil just use black soot distress ink)
8. Stamp your image using Archival ink
Are you still with me??lol
OK last one nice and easy.......
Distress Inks
1.Using a blending tool blend broken china ink onto the tag
2. Place the honeycomb stencil over the tag and blend another colour of distress ink over the top
(I used peacock feathers)
3. Stamp image in archival and repeat applying black soot distress paint through the stencil using cut and dry foam
Hope you found the quickie tutorials helpful
If you've not seen the Layering stencils then check out the links at the bottom of the post
I LOVE them and possibly NEED them all!!
As always feel free to leave a comment
great to know you popped by!
I've best get a wriggle on still Soooo much to do.........
got an exciting few days ahead....
off to pack!
bye for now
Kaz x