And by "she" I mean ME! I'll get to that in a minute, but first...
I really hadn't ever thought about cutting my own stencils out before, but I DID tell myself that ONE day I'd like to try my hand at carving my own stamps for the making of fabric.
In March Michelle started part one of the challenge in her Cut It Out post- carve your own stamps. I missed that crusade due to the making of The Pink Artist Doll though I still went out and ordered the supplies.Staring at a new block is no different from starting with a blank canvas. I had no idea what I was going to do so with it being my first CARVE I decided to free-flow it. Don't ask me what MINE is (the one on the left) I went with my mood- someone care to Freud me? -smile-
Jeff on the other hand seemed to have
a better handle on his outcome,
I love the EYE he carved:
The carving block packaging read, "cuts like butter" and they were right. The stencil sheets were a very different matter [for me].
Alright so this was also my FIRST attempt at making stencils
and just like any other situation I always opt to learn by trial & error opposed to reading the directions first.
Someone knock me in the head for not reading
Michelle's advice early on:
GPP Street Team: CRUSADE No. 19 ~ Cut It Out: II
It surely would have saved me from over thinking the design
and from cutting into places I wasn't s'posed to.
Live & Learn.
Collage sheet/background by Lisa Kaus
Here is where I started to stray...
I scanned my sheet of "stenciled figure"and printed it to cloth:
Stamped our new rubber stamp designs to fabric:
Finished the edges with a zigzig stitch:
And I now have three vrry kuhl cloth sheets waiting to be embellished:
But, those sheets will have to wait for a rainy day
because somewhere between stencil making & carving
I started to play in Photoshop using the STAMP option:
EUREKA! moment happened!The stencil cutouts I made and the use of Photoshop opened
the door to my playing with and making paper dolls!
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So you see I may have strayed off topic just a little bit
when incorporating the STAMP option from PS,
but I'm guessing Michelle won't mind at all...
it's because I tried my hand at stencil making and carving
that I created the day away with Frida Kahlo and Linda Evangelista- both fond of very BIG shoes and both ready to break out into song.
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Big fat THANK YOU to Michelle for extending
this months crusade to TODAY,
I might have missed the opportunity
if she hadn't. :)
