art journaling, art stuff, gelli art, gelli plate, stencil | in On The Worktable, art stuff, art journal | Email Article | Permalink art journaling, gelli art, gelli plate, stencil | in On The Worktable, art stuff, art journal | Email Article | Permalink Friday, September 13, 2013 at 1:01AM I have been wanting to try to make my own stencils for awhile now and when I stumbled across this plastic at my local Wal-Mart I had to give it a try. I also needed a sharp knife, a cutting mat and a permanent marker. This is what I did if you want to give it a try yourself.
Step One: Draw a template with a permanent marker on cardstock. (you could use tracing paper too, but I had trouble with the pencil smearing as I was cutting) Place template under piece of stencil plastic and staple or tape the edges to hold in place.
Step Two: Place on cutting mat and slowly and carefully cut away all the parts you wanted REMOVED from your stencil.
Keeping the flowers all connected was a bit tricky so I actually ended up with two seperate stencils. One with two flowers and one with three. I sprayed it heavily so you could see the detail better.
Here I used the same stencil, rubbing paint over it instead of spraying it with ink.
This really wasn't as difficult as I thought it would be. I think I might give it another go this week.
art journal, art stuff, home made, mini tutorial, stencil, tutorial | in Home Made, art journal, art stuff, mini tutorial, tutorials | Email Article | Permalink Monday, September 9, 2013 at 11:53AM My stack of dye catcher sheets is growing again so I started playing with a few of them the other day. A few stencils, some inks and a little stitching and some pretty gift card envelopes are in the works!
Can't wait to see how these turn out!
embroidery, gift cards, inky fabric, sewing, sewing stuff, stencil | in On The Worktable, art stuff, sewing stuff | Email Article | Permalink Saturday, May 25, 2013 at 1:00AM The Chevron Pattern is hot right now! I love this fresh and funky motif and gravitate to it over and over again. No shock then, when I saw this Heidi Swapp stencil, and I had to have it! This pattern is modern and chic and just plain yummy when added to an art journal page.
I have spotted this pattern all over this week. A few of my favorites are these colorful bouncy balls, I found here, and these delicious folding step stools that caught my eye here!
I think I will explore how I can incorporate this new favorite pattern into my home decor. Stay tuned!
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