Today I am pleased and honored to be part of my Creative Girlfriend Rebekah Meier’s 1st Blog Hop for her Brand New Stencil Line with The Crafter’s Workshop.
These stencils are wonderful and I am happy to say that they work beautifully with my line of Crafter’s Ink from Clearsnap. I created this Art Canvas for my studio by stenciling, stamping and inking it up!
Here’s how I created it:
I started by painting 2 canvases from Canvas Corp, (one 8″ x 10″ the other 5″ x 7″) with Berry Iridescents from Earth Safe Finishes.
I used Crafter’s Ink in Aquamarine, Lilac and Bark with Rebekah’s Rosetta and Stain Glass Stencils, layering with Earth Safe Finishes Gesso and more of the Berry Iridescents covering up a bit of the stenciling in the process. I also heat set the Crafter’s Ink once I was happy with placement, the cool thing about this ink is that if you ink something up and do not like how it turned out just take a baby wipe and remove it before heat setting….now that is cool!
I stamped out “Create ART” and “Every Day” with EZ-De’s 2″ Flourish Alphabet Stamps onto tissue paper to fit the canvases with Bark ink and heat set.
I applied the stamped tissue paper to the canvases using Earth Safe Finishes Decoupage bringing the tissue paper down over the edges of the canvases, let dry.
I stenciled in several move places onto the canvases to give more depth. Then I put the two canvases together and stenciled over the two two of them where they would meet when hanging for a continuous pattern, heat set.
I had these great metal photo corners I wanted to use although they were different colors….
So the solution was simple, I used Crafter’s Ink in Berry to color the photo corners, then I heat set, applied some Berry Iridescents on the top to highlight and added some Crafter’s Ink in Bark to the edges and heatset again. Then I glued them onto the corners of the canvases with Beacon’s Adhesives Quick Grip.
I also stenciled the sides of the canvases and inked up the edges.
I drilled holes into the bottom of the “Create ART” canvas and added eye screws then I drilled two holes in the top of the “Every Day” canvas added open ended eye screws so that they will attach easily to each other.
I hung them onto the wall using VELCRO® Brand Removable Picture Hangers…
Layering the stencils and using several colors of ink gave this project depth and I loved how it turned out
great showcasing of the stamps
Thanks Ava!
I love what you created with these stencils! I wasn’t aware of Crafter’s Ink and heat setting the ink so it doesn’t smear. I love learning about new products and techniques. I just love the end product and hope to create something like it for my own craft room.
Thanks Denise I am glad you like the project and I agree I learning new techniques too!
Hi There Ann! I’m tour your blog from Rebekah’s blog hop 🙂 The stenciled canvases are soooo neat! I love how the tissue paper just disappears…I haven’t worked on a canvas (yet), but this post is giving me the inspiration to do so 🙂 Great Project! Thanks for sharing! XOXO-Shari
Thanks Shari, I’m glad you like the project and would love to see what you come up with….
Wow!! What a GREAT project. Thanks for walking through the step by step process… I NEVER would have thought you stamped those letters on tissue paper first! AWESOME technique!
Thank you so much Charity….I appreciate the kind words and I am glad you liked the project!
Great project Ann and your Alphabet stamps work so well with Rebekah’s stencils. How nicely the Earth Safe Finish paints coordinate with your inks.
Thank you Madeline I’m glad you like it:-)
Ann I love it! I am glad you showed that you can use the stencil as a partial design.
Your stamps and paint rock!
Thanks Rebekah, your stencils are awesome…..thanks for asking me to be part of the hop!
Awesome plaque, great technique.
Thanks Lisa! It was fun to create!
Your canvases turned out great! I love how you used different stencils to create the background with depth and interest, truly lovely!
Thank you so much Sue…I’m glad you like it!
Gorgeous Design. Love the effect.
I love these combined canvases and this sentiment is so fitting. Great project Ann.
Thank you Cheryl!
Your project turned out so cute! Looks like fabric.
This would make beautiful fabric….thanks Denise!
Great project! thank you for sharing it. I tried the link provided but it said that ‘I didn’t belong…” ??? oh well, thanks, -con
Hi Con, I am glad you liked it….not sure what link did not work for you, I am sorry it didn’t work.
I love these 🙂 I’ve got a major canvas project in mind, got all the supplies just haven’t plucked-up the courage to start yet – I’m feeling quite inspired now by your great work.
Thanks Joanna….I would love to see it when you are finished. Working in mixed media is always so much fun as there are no rules….
This is lovely.
I love the canvas you created. The colors are so pretty!
Thank you so much…..the blending and layering created for a great color on this….
Awesome wall hanging! Love the colors and these new stencils are awesome! Thanks for sharing.
Katie B.
Thank you Katie, I am glad you like it!
Absolutely cool,never tried this before.Love this alot