Patriotic Tag Using Gesso Resist Technique

In the mail last week I got some new stencils by Tim Holtz. I love these stencils. I wanted to create something special with them. Though it is not 4th of July I was inspired by the Stripe and Star stencils. So I created this tag below. Stencils are great. You can easily create patterns on surfaces using lots of different medium. Today we will be experimenting with using gesso as a resist medium. The reason I like using gesso versus white paint is that gesso has more grit to it creating more interest in the final piece.

Supply List:
Liquitex Gesso
Tim Holtz Layering Stencil; stars, stripes
Star punch or die
Distress Stain; chipped sapphire, festive berries, antiqued bronze, black soot
VersaColor; Pinecone
Patriotic vintage postcard
Various bits of vintage lace,net
Red dot ribbon
Star button or brad
The Ultimate Glue
Ranger non stick craft sheet
Foam applicator
Manila tag
Lightly moistened paper towel

Directions:
Take star stencil and apply gesso with a foam brush to half of the manila tag.

Repeat on other half of tag using the Stripe stencil. Let dry

Quickly apply Festive Berries Distress Stain to the Stripe surface of tag. Be careful not to get red on Star surface. Take a moist paper towel or craft sponge and wipe paint off the raised gesso stripes.

Apply the Chipped Sapphire Distress Ink to the Star stenciled area. Carefully remove excess from gesso area with a moist paper towel to reveal the white below. Dry.

Cut out image from copy of vintage postcard below. Cut out the number 4 with star punch or die.

Use Pinecone VersaColor cube to color edge of images and tag. Apply image to tag using The Ultimate glue.

Color the star button brad with Distress Stain in Antique Brass Gently apply a little black Soot to antique the surface.

Make a small hole at the bottom center of the card and place the star button brad in the hole.

Put red dot ribbon through the top hole of tag. Take the antique lace net and cut bits from the edge. Glue around the circle part of postcard image with The Ultimate glue.  Let dry.

Add more bits of antique lace to corners of tag. Place 4 from the postcard on tag.

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Winged School Teacher Tag Tutorial

I have been posting all week some beautiful cigarette cards of butterflies from 1932. I thought it would be fun to do a tutorial to show you how I use these winged creatures in my artwork. This is a spooky winged school teacher to use as a Halloween decoration.  My daughter thought she was extra spooky.

Supply List:
Ranger non stick craft sheet
Tim Holtz collection Stencils; Schoolhouse & Bubble
Manila tag
Tim Holtz Distress Paint; Broken China
Stickles; Fruit Punch
Inkssentials Collage Glue Stick
Wendy Vecchi Archival Ink; Orange Blossom, Watering Can and Red Geranium
DecoColor White Paint marker
VersaFine Cube; Pinecone
Ranger Cut and Dry Stamp Pad Foam
Sizzix Alterations Embossing Folder; Rulers
Vintage Lace
Light blue ribbon
Butterfly Image
Copy of old photo
Scissors
Cuttlebug Embossing/ Die Cutting Machine
Heat Gun

Directions:
First using the Schoolhouse stencil and the Broken China distress paint I stenciled the alphabet onto the Manila tag. Dry

The next step is to randomly add the three colors of Archival Ink to the surface of the tag using the Cut and Dry Foam. I used the Bubble stencil with the Geranium ink to add interest. The paint will resist the ink and the blue will show through. Next using my Cuttlebug machine and the embossing folder I embossed the edge of the tag. Carefully line it up to the edge.

I then took my Pinecone ink cube by Versafine and gently rubbed it on the surface of the embossed ruler image.use the white paint pen to highlight the edges of the alphabet. This will make it pop.

Next carefully cut out your image and the wings. Cut the lace to the desired length. Play around with the placement on the tag.

Take the leap and glue it all down using the glue stick. Add Fruit Punch Stickles to wings and red bubble stencil area.

Hightlight around the wings with the DecoColor white paint pen.  Put the blue ribbon through the hole at the top of the tag.

All the butterfly images can be found here at Clearly Vintage.  The woman image is below.  You can find lots of others around the site.

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Halloween Bracelet Tutorial

You gals inspired me after all your kind comments on my last tutorial. On Sunday I had a little time and put together another tutorial for this simple Halloween bracelet project.

Supply List:

Americana Acrylic Paint, Snow White

DecoArt Traditions, Prussian Blue Hue & Carbon Black

Claudine Hellmuth Studio Multi Medium Matte

Steel Wool

Various foam applicators/ brushes

Stencil brush

Spellbinders Nestabilities, Circles

Bead Landing, Metal Cuff Bracelet (Michaels)

Ranger Non Stick Craft Sheet

The following pages were designed to be printed in 4x6 format on glossy photo paper. Halloween Images for Bracelet

Directions:
First dab a little of the Traditions Prussian Blue paint on the craft sheet and lightly pounce your foam pouncer into the paint. Tap off excess onto craft sheet.

Then pounce the surface of the metal bracelet with the Traditions Prussian Blue paint. What is great about this paint is that it easily covers the metal surface unlike some paints that bead up on metal. Let paint dry.

Then dab the Traditions Carbon Black on the craft sheet and follow the same steps. Take care to lightly apply the black in almost a translucent layer. I like to make the texture of the foam applicator appear on the surface. Creating almost a bubbly appearance. Let dry.
The next step is to take a small amount of the Americana Snow White and add a few drops of water to create a thin wash. Dip stencil brush into the wash. Use your finger to move the bristles creating white droplets. Hold the brush close to bracelet so droplet hit surface. Let dry.

Gently take steel wool an rub the surface here and there to create a worn look.

Using the appropriate circle die, cut out the image from the supplied PDF above. I used one slightly smaller then the surface so it would be framed by the painted background. Apply image to the surface using the multi medium matte. Cover the painted surface and image with the muti medium matte. If you want to retain the clear gloss of the image you can use a clear epoxy over the image area but I liked the distress look of the paint marks that matte medium creates. Let dry.

Admire finished project on your wrist.

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Halloween Coaster Tutorial

I am so excited to present my first detailed tutorial to you. Please leave a comment for me so I know that you have stopped by. I have had several requests to do a tutorial and thought this coaster set would be the perfect fun Halloween project. The group of images are from previous posts here on Clearly Vintage. I posted a PDF file of the images below or you can click on the Halloween label at the end of this post to see previous images I have shared.

What I love about this project is that it can be used as coasters or you can just make the box to put treats inside. You could also drill a hole in each coaster and use them as ornaments. You can even change the theme totally and use any vintage images.

 

Product List:
DecoArt Traditions Paint, Burnt Umber
Americana Paint, Buttermilk and Whispering Turquoise
Claudine Hellmuth Studio Multi Medium, Matte(gel, I use this instead of glue and to finish the project)
Liquitex Gesso
DecoColor extra fine paint pen,White
Versa Color ink cube, Pinecone
Tim Holtz Tissue Tape, Elements
Brown Raffia
Round Wood Box and 8 wood discs or as many needed to fill box (found at AC Moore)
Die or punch, round (correct size for your box and wood discs)
Various shape foam applicators
Paper towels
Ranger Non stick craft mat
Halloween images (see PDF link below)
One scrapbooking paper for reverse of coaster. I used a brown and orange dot from a MME Paper Pad.

Directions:
Print the images on your color printed Halloween Images PDF

Take appropriate size die or paper punch and cut out 8 images you would like to put on coaster and one for the box lid. At the same time cut out 10 circles from the scrapbook paper you will be using for the reverse side of the coaster. Mine was from My Minds Eye.

Gesso the wooden circles and box. Do not sand. Paint the coasters with the Whispering Turquoise paint. Let dry. Repeat on other side of coaster.

Pat the Traditions Burnt Umber paint onto the outside inch of the circle. With a moist paper towel gently rub the brown paint away exposing bits of the blue layer below. Let dry. Repeat on other side of coaster.

 

 

Take white paint pen and make random white dots along the perimeter of the circle.

Run the Versa Color cube along the edge of the Rounded Halloween image. Glue Halloween image to the front of the coaster using the multi medium matte. Cover whole top surface with the medium in order to protect the image. Let dry.

 

 

Repeat this process on the reverse side of the coasters. Using the scrapbook paper circles for the center image. For efficiency work on all eight fronts and then all eight backs at the same time. Paint the exterior of the box using the same process as the coasters. First paint box with the blue paint. Then apply the brown paint and remove excess with a moist paper towel. Apply random white dots with paint pen. Paint interior of box with brown paint. Let dry.

Apply tissue tape to the rim of lid.

Stain with brown paint and remove excess.

 

Apply image to lid and scrapbook paper circles to inside of box lid and bottom.

Accent around the image on lid with white paint pen.

 

 

Tie Raffia to exterior of box

 

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