One of the things I like about the show is the variety of rubber stamps on offer. However, it seems the stencil is what everyone is into instead of rubber stamps. There seemed to be stencils on every stall I visited. Now I've been using stencils in my work for a number of years now so maybe I've been 'on trend' without realising it.
As most people know I have an affection for butterflies (and elephants) so I bought myself a couple of stencils in different style. Today I had a play with one of the stencils a pretty butterfly in 2 different sizes. The one I used fits neatly on an ATC size card (2.5inch x 3.5inch). For my canvas I've used a medium weight calico for 2 of the butterflies and an ATC size board for the other. The orange/red butterfly is watered down acrylic paint, I then used some light molding paste from Golden (I didn't have any grunge paste) I got the same effect as the grunge paste. The black and gold butterfly is on card board - ATC size I used the molding paste on this one to - for some reason the paste isn't as smooth as the one on the fabric but I like the difference between the two.
I'm going to try and embroider the butterflies when I have a free moment. I think they will look pretty cool.
I'm linking this to the Handmade Monday thread over on Handmade Harbour
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