“The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.”
— Audrey Hepburn
Helllooooo & Happy Creative Team Thursday!
I was so excited
when I saw Jessica’s latest stencil - “Seven Hearts” by Stencil Girl - that I just had to play with it
in time for Valentine’s Day. The only challenge was what and where I was going
to use it. Since I had a few canvas pillow covers lying around (and a pension
for all things pretty and pink), a DIY Valentines pillow seemed to be the
perfect solution . . . .
I began with a nice coat of gesso that
was both scraped on with a palette knife and then smoothed out with a brayer.
Once dry, I followed up with several coats of acrylic paints and paint
splatters before starting in with my sweet new stencil.
Speaking of sweet, I’m learning that I just plain prefer to use an ink
pad with my stencils. Don’t get me wrong, I love playing with molding pastes,
spray inks, gessoes and other mediums, but when I want a crisp, sharp image,
permanent ink just does the job better than anything else. In this case, I love
how clear the pretty little hearts, scalloped edges and lettering come out when
a thick coat of ink is pressed onto the canvas with a simple
cosmetic sponge.
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In the meantime, you can watch my video on YouTube to see how I created this Valentine's Pillow step-by-step. Click here to watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ttHOY9Yp4BA
Kristin xo
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Thank You!
Always amazing and inspiring Kristin ❤❤❤
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DeleteThank you Marissa!! xo
DeleteThank you Sherry and thank you Jessica! xo
ReplyDeleteWow wow wow! I love this. And I've been using the ink with stencils too - ever since I saw you do it! xoxo
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