Another Crusade, another great learning experience!! I've never tried my hand at making or using stencils so this was a great way to begin. After going to Hobby Lobby for the stencil material, Hotmark tool, and picture glass, I sat down on the floor of my sunroom to cut stencils. Lots of great light and I didn't have to worry about the kiddos getting near the hot cutter or it flying off my desk (I am a terrible klutz). Cutting the stencils was easier than I thought it would be, thanks to the great instructions Michelle gave. Wheww!! I didn't realize it would be so stinky! The smell of burning pastic, gackk! I should have known better. Melting plastic gives off all sorts of noxius fumes, no wonder my asthma acted up. Next time I'll have better ventilation or a mask.
Here are a few pics of my foray into stencil land:
After seeing Michelle's flame stencils, I just had to make a set of my own <G>. Here are the journal pages I made with my new stencils:
Watercolor using the bottom flames stencil in the previous pic.
Watercolor and charcoal. The top flames stencil used twice, plus a firebird and tall flame stencil.
My favorite. Watercolor on crumpled, singed masa. When I pasted it into my journal, the stark white journal paper surrounding it was rather jarring. I rubbed some pastel on the journal paper so it blended better with the paste-in.
Colored pencil on pastel. I went back and reworked almost all of the images, but this one needed the most tweaking. I think the original's lines were too thin and needed to be made larger in the stencil for a pencil to fit into them easier.
WOW!!! Look at all these terrific stencils – so YOU ms. ffyrebird! Loving how you did all your pages too! I’m so pleased to see you are really running with this one – a new trick, a new tool. *high five* Thanks for sharing with the team.
Wowie zowie! When I first saw the stencil, I thought it was a face – some sort of of laughing goat with eyelashes and spooky things [which ithought was pretty cool] and now I see it is a phoenix – even cooler. Lovely variations
Wow, those are awesome. I think your favorite is my favorite too. They all turned out beautifully, though.
Wonderful stencils, one and all, and they made great pages! Some plastics are stinkier than others, I’ve found styrene to be especially smelly! 🙂
These are amazing! I just love the designs and colors.
OMG! I love your ffyrebyrd… it’s fabulous. You have more patience than me – although I haven’t bought the tool yet, but I’m saving up!!!!
WOW!! Your flames are really AWESOME looking!