Gift Tag using Pocket Stencils

It is Tuesday so it must be STENCIL DAY!  I decided to make a tag today, they always come in handy.  I cut my own tag out of 140# water color paper, trimmed the top edges and punched a hole in the top center.  The finished tag measures 4" by 10".  A short tutorial follows.

After cutting the paper I trimmed the top, punched the hole and painted on a thin layer of gesso.

When the gesso was dry I sprayed some Dylusions in blues and purple onto the tag.

I painted on another thin layer of gesso and allowed it to dry.  I inked up a Wendy Vecchi stamp with StazOn Jet Black ink and rolled it on a few areas of the tag.  Using the TCW Circle Regiment stencil and a cosmetic sponge I applied Dina Wakley's new acrylic paint in the Blackberry Violet color.

 When the Blackberry paint was dry I applied gesso again using another TCW stencil called Corn Flowers.  I set this aside to dry.

I keep saying how much I love Artistcellar's new word stencils and they found their way onto this tag as well.  I used the words from Creative Words and Virtues Words.  This time I stenciled the words with a Memento marker in the color called Grape Jelly.

To finish off the tag I distressed the edges with StazOn Claret colored permanent ink and added a little more stamping with a Dina Wakley script stamp using the black StazOn ink.  The ribbons on the top make it look festive.

It is fun to use your stencils to get different effects.  There are no rules as to how many layers of stencils you can stack onto a project, you just end up with more depth and texture.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I'll be showcasing more stencils and different ways to use them next Tuesday.  Take care ~ Renee xxx

Two days with Wendy Vecchi!

Well, last weekend I had the opportunity to take classes with Wendy Vecchi locally at Ink About It.  What an intense and fast moving two days those were!  I wanted to share some of the photos with you and say that if you ever get a chance to take classes with her you should do so.  She really packed a lot into two days.  Here are some of the highlights.  (All the samples shown were made by Wendy).

Great classes with some great people!  It was fun and informative.  It took me all week to recover from having too much fun, if that is possible.  Have a great week, talk to you soon. ~ Renee