Tuesday 6 July 2010

Inky!

It's been a while since I've been inky fingers...........and I've had this idea in my head for some time, ever since I bought this Sizzlits Stencil alphabet. I cut random bits of coloured card and used it to stencil letters with gesso onto hand painted papers....

I didn't like the result but did like the stencil bit with the gesso on!


So I spritzed with Adirondack colour washes and Glimmer Mists......It still needed something so I stamped with black Stazon ( Hero Arts stamps) and added text underneath... some plain and some coloured.

Still something lacking............... so I stitched each one in gold ....

Then stuck them all to a 12x12" canvas........the edges were a bit bare so............ they got covered in text!
Finished!

13 comments:

LME said...

It is lovely I have sizzix stencils I will have to have a play.

Sid said...

Ohh fab canvas, seeing how your theme developed is very interesting !

Anonymous said...

love how this piece came to be...still wishing I could think out of the box like you!Maybe one day,ay lol

Jacqui Chimes said...

Great Result

Sarah Anderson said...

Very yummy Gail! I love it, would look fab on my wall ;)

Tinkertaylor said...

So glad you persevered it's a fab canvas. I would have flung it after the first attempt! G&S?

Deb said...

Brilliant idea! Thanx for sharing with us. *goes to search for the Sizzlits dyes*

GlitteryKatie said...

Gorgeous!

Minxy said...

Great seeing the progress of the piece and the end result is just stunning :)

Shannon said...

WOW!!! This project is awesome!! I love how you made those stencils into such a wonderful piece of wall art for any home to have, unfortunately it's just not my home (I want it so bad). This is really wonderful, what a great, ingenius idea.

Betzie said...

I soooo love this creation!!! Very inspiring...we love all the same things!

Angelnorth said...

This looks fantastic, nice to see the evolution too!

Debra said...

I'm a bit of a sucker for the alphabet so this canvas is just up my alley. Love it! I think I need to follow your blog...