Did you have a chance to play this week in celebration of National Scrapbook Day? I love all the challenges that get posted around the world - they tend to push me out of my comfort zone so that I try new things (or at least experiment with products and techniques I rarely use. Silkscreens are a great example.
I have a few silkscreens - mostly from Studio Calico kits - but I rarely use them. I love the thought of them and I love the look you get, but I'm not very confident with them. And I rarely want to take time to let a project dry.
But this weekend, I got those babies out - twice. I use done with acrylic paints here and it was super easy. I figured out approximately where I was going to put my photo and then laid the silkscreen down next to it. I put little dabs of color theory blush crush and 24K paint on the silkscreen and then smeared it around so the colors blended and I had a random mix of pink and gold. The only problem I had was that my silkscreen was small and I had to reapply it several times to cover enough of the background for the look I wanted.
The second time I got out my silkscreens, I used them with watercolors. I used a small piece of watercolor paper and adhered my silk screen. I then applied different yellow, orange and pink colors across the silkscreen to create a title block for a simple grid layout.
Oh - and those clouds - a stencil with gesso. And I painted that veneer butterfly. I was using those supplies. Now the trick is to keep the momentum going.
So did you try anything new this weekend? Link me up. I'd love to see.
Thanks for stopping by.
I have a few silkscreens - mostly from Studio Calico kits - but I rarely use them. I love the thought of them and I love the look you get, but I'm not very confident with them. And I rarely want to take time to let a project dry.
But this weekend, I got those babies out - twice. I use done with acrylic paints here and it was super easy. I figured out approximately where I was going to put my photo and then laid the silkscreen down next to it. I put little dabs of color theory blush crush and 24K paint on the silkscreen and then smeared it around so the colors blended and I had a random mix of pink and gold. The only problem I had was that my silkscreen was small and I had to reapply it several times to cover enough of the background for the look I wanted.
The second time I got out my silkscreens, I used them with watercolors. I used a small piece of watercolor paper and adhered my silk screen. I then applied different yellow, orange and pink colors across the silkscreen to create a title block for a simple grid layout.
Oh - and those clouds - a stencil with gesso. And I painted that veneer butterfly. I was using those supplies. Now the trick is to keep the momentum going.
So did you try anything new this weekend? Link me up. I'd love to see.
Thanks for stopping by.
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Great pages! I love the design of the top page with the clustered flowers and rosettes off-setting the printed + signs scattered on the other side of the page. Pinned!
ReplyDeleteThanks Ashley - it was a fun layout to put together.
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