I'm having a go at a technique I've seen used by a lady on Facebook, but- wisely, as it turned out- I decided to have a practice at it in a journal first. I've used this journal a lot for trial runs/practice stamping, and it's useful.
Linking at Julias place, The Stamping Ground, as always.
I'm using my good old Adirondacks- I think what everyone used before Tim and Distress!
Anyway, the stencil I cut on my Silhouette, using OHP film. I got a great deal on a couple of 100 packs when our local Staples was closing down, and it's great for making your own stencils, either with a digital cutter, or dies. Although I find with the dies, they cut best if you're using the Precision Baseplate for Intricate dies. Probably because dies don't actually cut through material, they crush their way through it, and that doesn't work so well with the film.
Anyway, got my base inking down, so the second part is adding in more colour, like this, using a circle mask.Not happy with it, needs more practice. And I'll watch her video again tonight, lol. Link for that is HERE, if anyone wants to see it done properly. 😃 She also has a link there to the blog she first saw it on.So, what else has been going on. Some Bleeding Art Tissue over the weekend, for starters.
Made up 4 or 5 sheets, using various colours. Brilliant for making random backgrounds. I got mine from Amazon, Not expensive, and you can use the pieces more than once, although they will start to get paler after about the second use.
I want them to stamp some Woodware Bird stamps on I bought back last year.
What I've done is make use of that OHP film again, and stamped the images onto that, so I can move it around on my background to find the sweet spot.
This is one of the Quirky Birds, I've a second, and also an owl. Speaking of Woodware stamps, got these in sales online this week. Reckon the Butterfly will work on this background too.
So, that Untidy Edition bit? Well, over the weekend was the latest Christmas Card Club Challenge,(post below), and my desk from then ties in really nicely with this weeks And Finally. Bit like an explosion in a craft factory.
Inks, stencils,stamps,paper masks- notice the moon mask stuck to my craft tidy, so I didn't lose it?
So here it is, this weeks And Finally....................................
Plenty of potential for fiasco on that desk, I reckon!
Oh, just remembered this- You probably know by now that Google + is finally being withdrawn. If you want to check out what you may need to do with your Blogger settings, I'll share THIS BLOG that one of the CCC ladies posted. She gives clear info, with pictures on any settings you may need to adjust.
