Hi everyone. Happy Thursday. Today I want to share a tag I made for Valerie's Anything Goes challenge over at Tag Tuesday.
The other day I was going through my stencil bin and came across a few of the old brass stencils. I don't know if you remember them, but they were meant to be used under a light box with a probe like tool or a needle, depending if you wanted an embossed design or a punched design.
I decided to see if I could get any design from my brass stencils, and if not, I was going to pass them along to someone who may want them. First I tried using one in my die cutting machine to see if I could get an embossed image, but the minute embossing that happened basically meant that wasn't going to work. Then I decided to try some stencil paste, and guess what? That worked. I was able to get even the smaller openings to show up. I then stenciled this quilt look design a few times on some colored background papers.
And if you try this for the first time, I just recommend you was your brass stencils under the faucet because if the stencil paste dries in any of the little openings, your stencil won't work next time.
The images have since dried, and Valerie asked for tags with the theme of anything goes, so I decided to use one of my stenciled pieces on a tag.
I stamped this small alphabet image several times in light pink ink; then I took my stenciled image and cut it out of the part of the sheet of paper where I had stenciled it. I wanted to amp up the color a bit (since the stencil paste was pale pink), so I rubbed some brighter pink pigment ink over it and dried it.
I outlined the edge of my tag with black ink, outlined parts of the stenciled image with a Sharpie, and stamped my quote in black ink. Then I also added a small half pearl to my tag. I also added some white paper lace trim along the bottom.
And yesterday I shared the ring around the moon, today I'll show you last night's moon and a view in my backyard just before it was pitch dark.
Have a great day or rest of your day.
13 comments:
Your backyard looks great at night!
Seriously? That moon is a heart? Wow -- I love it! And your art today, too.
Your stenciling is really neat.
Love the tree silhouettes in your backyard and the tag looks fantastic. So great that you thought of a different way of using the stencil and it worked. I love those moments.
-Soma
Really awesome tag with that design! I still have some brass stencils in my stash! LOL It looks great with your paste! the moon as a heart...very wow!
what a beautiful tag, i love the poem and i love the beautiful fabric like pattern at the bottom. thanks for linking to tag tuesday! xo
This is a lovely tag!
Oh, I need to get creative again, too. Once I have the tax-thing done (started yesterday and there were problems).
Wow on the moon! Have a great day (How come I am always one day late, "lately"?) hugs...
A lovely Tag, I especially love the quote.
Thank you so much for sharing with us at Tag Tuesday x
I like your tag and photographs.
All the best Jan
Oh a heart moon, cool. And I like your tag and quote. The stenciling turned out great. I have some very old brass stencils I've never used...I have too many stencils, lol. xoxo
Great tag - and thanks for the idea of what to do with my brass stencils.
love the night time photos - wow, that moon!
Hugs, neet xx
Now that's a brilliant idea Erika and I think I might have a few of those somewhere. I do love your gorgeous tag! Thanks for the inspiration and thanks for playing along with us at Tag Tuesday!!
This is very pretty, and clever. I love the way you created this tag, and the way it turned out. I have an old stash of these brass stencils, and believe I have that very one! I'll remember this next time I decide to pull them out! 🥰
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