https://youtu.be/UNhzUf9gX2U Can you use an ear of corn for gel printing? Why not! Anything I am willing to get paint on if fair game when it comes to printing! Just brush on the paint and roll it on the plate! Using something natural, like a dried ear of corn, creates an organic pattern on the [...]
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https://youtu.be/Z89cl38OaIs When you use a stencil you have options. You can use the entire stencil or just part of it. In the video, you’ll see how I take the Wrought Iron stencils I created for StencilGirl and build up layers using just pieces and parts of the designs. Having this option means you can get [...]
https://youtu.be/OQuPhq-XhDE What happens when I see incredible wrought iron while in Savannah, Georgia? I get the urge to grab a gel plate and make prints right there! The curves in the ironwork, the details mounted on those windows, it all just screamed gel print with me! But there are some impracticalities with this. First, I [...]
https://youtu.be/q0IZCy1DuGw Yup, I’ve been trolling the hardware store for printing goodies again! The moment I saw these shapes I knew I had to try them on a Gel Press plate! I was blown away by the prints these made and with just one layer! What are these pieces of wood that I’m using called? No [...]
https://youtu.be/iuptxdX8U2M Need a quick holiday card? Grab a stencil, some paints and your gel plate! The stencil I’m using is from StencilGirl Products. I’m using the tree, but this technique will work with any open shape for any season or holiday! Here are the supplies used. Some of these links may be affiliate links which [...]
https://youtu.be/s7CN26sdR38 Creating dimension and texture is easy when you’ve got modeling paste and stencils! It’s surprisingly like frosting a cake! Plus, if you’ve ever wondered what you can do with random backgrounds you’ve made, try modeling paste and word stencils. What’s in this video is just some of what you can do with modeling paste, [...]
https://youtu.be/nSyBNWRprCY Something I was wrong about, an old cookbook, and a pesky question I’ve asked for years all have something in common: my newest workshop, The Joy of Stenciling. You might be familiar with the iconic cookbook that my mother used a lot while I was growing up, The Joy of Cooking. That book was [...]
https://youtu.be/DnO1pwjFm0g I never expected my latest stencil to stir up so much controversy. But it did. I suspect that once everybody understands what’s going on with this word, they wont be quite so triggered. As a side note, it also created quite a few kind emails with helpful intentions! What is the word that created [...]
https://youtu.be/1nBL9rrzSXg Anything can be used to make patterns and texture in gel prints! This play is courtesy of not wanting to cook dinner and getting takeout. The cardboard/paper container is what is making all this pattern! In the video I share how to do it with 1, 2 or 3 colors of paint and using [...]
https://youtu.be/CfEbhFGfC4U Words are so versatile. That’s why they always seem to end up in whatever I’m creating. They can be a source of inspiration, a design element and add meaning. My latest word collection at StencilGirlProducts.com includes random phrases, sayings, sentences, and miscellaneous words. So I bet you can guess why this is called the [...]
