Hello crafters!
Today I am showing more Stencil Magic inspiration for our Country View Challenge held in the Facebook group. This time I have used stencils with foils...
Today I am showing more Stencil Magic inspiration for our Country View Challenge held in the Facebook group. This time I have used stencils with foils...
I applied DecoArt Black Gesso as the base for my page. When dry I collaged a printed image (freebie) to this background with DecoArt Decoupage medium.
I then used several stencils (Mini Stencils sets 28,35 and 39 all from Stampers Anonymous/Tim Holtz with Cosmic shimmer Flake and Glitter Glue. This medium allows foils, metallic flakes or glitter to be applied on top, any time after drying, so there is no need to hurry up. Washing the stencils immediately though is strongly recommended....
I used 2 types of foil, Stix2 foils which work with adhesives and Go Press foils which are designed to work with heat (think Hot Foil Plates) but also work with the glue. I used both types because I wanted to have the 2 shades of gold.
I added colour around the gold stencilled areas and to darken or lighten certain "lost" areas of the image, such as the eyes with pencils, water based pens and gel pen (I tried different medias with varying degree of success).
With the foil reflecting light and surrounding colours getting a picture that gives a good idea of what the page looks like in real life has been difficult so here are 2 other photos in different lighting, the first taken with the sun on the page and the second in artificial light at night,
With the foil reflecting light and surrounding colours getting a picture that gives a good idea of what the page looks like in real life has been difficult so here are 2 other photos in different lighting, the first taken with the sun on the page and the second in artificial light at night,
In hindsight I should have painted the back of the image behind the woman with white paint or gesso to get the areas to shine through, whereas with the black Gesso she looks a bit too dark and that's without considering her decidedly morose outlook...
Still, the end result gives a good impression of a centuries old painting, which I'm not unhappy with and I certainly had fun making this project.
Still, the end result gives a good impression of a centuries old painting, which I'm not unhappy with and I certainly had fun making this project.
To enter the challenge, hop on to our friendly group here and upload your project to the challenge album. You could win the FULL set of newly released Ranger/Tim Holtz® Distress Spritz 😲, yes you hear that right the FULL set... so what are you waiting for!!!
So much depth and interest Christine, beautifully done, thanks so much for sharing at Allsorts, And what a fab prize, I've been pondering on the new sprays but have most of the previous ones and not sure if they are much the same - or not.
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A superb journal page, love the stenciled design. Thanks for joining us at Allsorts this week.
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A beautiful, elegant creation. Thank you for joining in the Allsorts Challenge this week.
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It does look like an old painting - great effect with the gold. Thanks for sharing with us at Allsorts.
ReplyDeleteJ'aime beaucoup ton idée !!!! Et pour ta page, difficile en effet d'apprécier le rendu exact... Il y a des parties que j'adore. Peut-être que j'aurais rajouté encore une couche de couleur autre que avec les foils, pour contraster davantage... Mais encore une fois, impossible d'analyser vraiment en détails d'après photo seulement, surtout quand ça brille !
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You captured the gold beautifully, love how it brings out the design from each stencil always so effective. It does look like a very old painting, black and gold always works so well together.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing @ Creative Artiste best wishes in our July Mixed Media Challenge.. Tracey (DT)
A wonderful page, it reminds me of a Russian icon with the black and gold. The foiling works so well with the stencils.
ReplyDeleteThank you for joining in with our July challenge "Anything Mixed Media Goes" at Creative Artiste Mixed Media. Good luck! x
What a stunning page! Loving all the gold against the dark background, the shimmer and shine is amazing 😊. Happy and creative wishes! Hugs, Jo x
ReplyDeleteWow a stunning page. I love the black, much better than if you had lightened the background I think x
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