Sunday, December 15, 2013

Hot Glue Gun Stencils...

Who knew? Well apparently a few people judging from the You Tube videos available HERE, HERE, and HERE... but it was a new technique to me so I tried it this weekend!

You need:

tools for project

a hot glue gun and a LOT of glue sticks, some parchment paper or a craft mat (I used 2 pieces of parchment paper),and I used a brayer to press down as it gets hot and hard on my hands to press the glue flat.

then for the printing you need:

yellow layer

a gelli plate, acrylic paints, and a brayer to spread the paints as usual, paper to print on.

You can follow the technique in any of the videos above, but basically, you lay down a design on the parchment paper using the hot glue gun, immediately press the other parchment on top of it, flatten it (for the gelli plate I found this is needed), then when the glue has cooled, lift it away from the parchment and you have your stencil!

Here are a few I did today:

blue

Primary set (a la Jane Davies above), yellow layer first, then red, then blue.


yellow-orange-green

Yellow first, then orange, then teal, with a wash of part yellow-part gel medium to soften it.


olive-magenta print

Olive green and magenta, with a softening overcoat of gel medium mixed with transparent iron oxide (Golden)


and its reverse ghost print (my favorite of all these I did today):

olive-magenta ghosts


These are mostly tests, although there are parts of them I like and might tear or cut up to use in my journals or other art. When Leslie and I get together again after Christmas we are going to play with this technique more. I can't wait to see what she comes up with!



Linked to:
Colorful Gelli Party
Mandarin Orange Monday
Creative Every Day

9 comments:

  1. I agree about the last one. A winner! The colors glimmer. Thanks for sharing.

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  2. I agree! And a great post for MOM!

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    1. Thanks! And thanks for stopping by the blog for Mandarin Orange Monday!

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  3. I'll have to try.
    otherwise: I agree :)
    Have a nice day.
    Mormor

    http://www.starbear.no/mormor/2013/12/15/mandarin-orange-monday-72/

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  4. These are beyond beyond beyond wonderful! So glad you shared these!

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  5. This is so cool. I am going to have to try it!

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  6. Love the development .... beautiful colour and texture. Thank you for sharing on MoM:)

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  7. What an interesting idea for some great artistic effects! The colors and textures are amazing.

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