Hooray! Shrink plastic Chimp Charms are here! I’m just loving the new mini stencils!! Wait ’till you see what comes next!! Click here for step by step Shrink plastic instructions! craft you later…elaine!
How-to’s
So rather than watch tv last nite, I went to my studio for a few hours to make some prints. Earlier in the day I purchased some archival sheets of paper that are about 18″x24″, about $1.90 each. If you want to make some art for your walls rather than stencil your walls, this is a fun project. To do prints like this, you will need stencils, ink sprays, a stencil brush, cardboard, and scrap paper.
So I laid out a canvas tarp to catch any overspray and piece of cardboard to allow the paper to lay flat. I knew I would mostly be using my Stencil1 Sprays to make the print. These are fabric inks that are acid-free and archival. They are also non-aerosol! I had two very different concepts, one being a colorful explosion of stencils and the other more of an anti-war poster. What can I say, I’m a Gemini.
Archival print by Ed Roth of Stencil1
Archival print by Ed Roth of Stencil1
It’s a quick and easy process. I basically placed my stencils where I wanted them, masked out the areas outside the stencil so my overspray would paint my paper, I used scrap paper, and then sprayed lightly into the stencil area. When done with one stencil area, I carefully lifted the stencil up, still keeping it level with the surface so no excess paint on the stencil surface would drip onto my print. To get the excess paint off the stencil you can place a piece of paper on top of the stencil to soak up that excess paint, and in doing so you are also making a reverse print on that paper! That’s a tip from my gal pal Elaine.
As for the lettering in the banner in the war print, I did use a stencil brush and our Old English Stencil letters. What’s nice about doing lettering with the stencils is the mylar we use is semi transparent so you can see exactly where you want to align your type.
I proceeded to place stencils where I thought they would look nice, choose different colors, and continued this way. Creating your own composition is the fun part! Symmetrical or not, color choices, placement, it all comes from you.
So If you decide to make some poster prints using our stencils, please send us images and we wil post to the blog! Thanks!
Stencil 101 Now Available!!
Hey there! I’ve been a busy little b..working on my first fifty giveaways for the Petaluma Craft Mafia Holiday Craftacular..and, of course, I had to use the deer from the new Stencil 101 book! The size is perfect for tags and cards and papercrafty things.
a little red glitter and the deer is a reindeer!
I just painted some manila tags white with acrylic paint, stenciled over the top with the deer in a burnt sienna color..and sprayed the back with the Red Stencil 1 Spray. It looks fantastic over acrylic paints..I’ll be back to post more Holiday ideas using the Stencil 101 images!!- Elaine
Another book project! I decided to use the scissor stencil from the book. This is a smaller stencil so you have to cut it out to use it.
I have a punch of striped shirts from American Apparel that I’ve wanted to add design on top of for a while for a layered look. I decided to make the scissors sort of interact with the stripes as if cutting along a line.
and here’s my shirt! Crafty!
Today, I am stenciling a linen pillow case.I chose the antlered deer from Stencil101 for my project.
I ironed the pillow case to assure I had a flat surface to paint and placed the stencil where I wanted my proud deer to appear. Then lightly painted in the open stencil areas with fabric paint and a stencil brush.
Here’s my final result! A great gift for my friend’s Upstate home!
When I was done, I was very pleased with the clean up of the new stencils. They are made of varnished card stock so I wiped the paint off with a damp paper towel. Super easy! You can see the full step-by-step instructions in the book!