Saturday, February 6, 2016

Easy Distress Ink Stenciled and Stamped Valentine Tags

Last year, I took a wonderful online class given by Marjie Kemper called "Inventive Inks."  I had accumulated lots of beautiful tags as I practiced her inking techniques.  


If you have some pretty backgrounds laying around, here's a quick project to make unusual Valentines.  (Somehow, my Valentines are always quirky, as you can see here.)  

First, over-stencil your backgrounds using a deeper version of the color you have underneath.  I did this with more distress inks, or you can use paint.  (I used my Hearts, Flowers and More stencil but you can use something in your stash.) 



Then, create some embellishments by stenciling or stamping using black ink or paint on music, book or ledger paper.  (I used motifs from my Coffee, Mugs and Love, and Teacups and Teapots stencils on old music paper.) If your paper is fragile, as mine was, first give it a coat of clear gesso or matte medium to strengthen it.



These motifs are from the Build a Villa collection at Rubbermoon.  I painted them with Peerless watercolors.  

Then, let your muse take over as you cut out your motifs, assemble, embellish, doodle and add words.  

You should end up with a stack of funky, quirky Valentines!


Have you made Valentines this year?  I'd love to see them so please leave a link in your comment! 


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12 comments:

  1. Love the tags, Jessica. The build a villa stamps are wonderful and your colors fab.

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    1. Thank you Jean! I so appreciate your kind words.

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  3. Delightful tags, Jessica -quirky and fun!

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  4. These really came out great and so you in each one. xox

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  5. Love these beauties! And thanks for the shout-out, Jessica.

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  6. Ah Jessica these tags are fabulous and I am so enjoying playing with cards and tags. I think because they are smaller than pages and less intimidating. Thanks for the Inspiration <3

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    1. Thank you Val! I hope you have as much fun as I did.

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