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Stencil Style

By Norma Broom

Materials Required:

Off-cuts of card for backgrounds in various

colours and shapes.

Dreamweaver stencils:

Morning Glory/Hummingbird and

Butterfly/Music Notes.

Masking tape.

Gouache in various colours.

Small stencil brush.

Holographic paper slightly larger than offcut.

Peel off stickers.

Tracing paper and a pencil.

P. V.A. Craft Adhesive: PVA01.

Card mount: DEC3U, White.

To Make The Cards:

Stencils are quite expensive to buy and I like

to get the best out of mine by mixing and match-

ing areas from different stencils as well as using

the design as it comes. All of these designs were

made using the Glory/Hummingbird stencil

with the butterflies from the Butterfly/Music

stencil added to some of them.

The designs are not embossed so you don’t

need a lightbox or an embossing tool. Place the

card beneath and the stencil on top, hold in place

with masking tape to prevent the stencil moving

whilst you work.

I use gouache to paint my stencil cards but

other media are available. It is important to use

a stencil brush as they have stiff bristles and the

golden rule for stencilling is to use an almost dry

brush with very little paint on it. To this end I

keep a permanent palette with dry patches of

gouache on it – topping up the various colours

where necessary when I finish working. This

ensures that next time I have a nice dry palette

ready to use.

Add just a tiny drop or two of water to the

dry colour on the palette and then pick up a little

on an almost dry brush, dab off any excess onto

a paper towel. Hold the brush in an upright posi-

tion and dab onto the surface of the card thus

obtaining the stippled effect.

Always begin each area with the lightest

colour and then add the darker ones. In this way

it is possible to mix colours on the paper. I find

that applying at least two, and usually three or

more, shades one over the other, gives depth and

variation to the work. To this end I keep a fairly

extensive palette on the go with several hues of

the same colour. In the case of green for example,

I would have: yellow green, olive green, dark

green and viridian.

Masking tape is the stenciller’s best friend.

Apart from holding the stencil in place while you

work, it is very useful for temporarily masking

out closely adjacent sections and/or edges, par-

ticularly when working on small, detailed areas.

Before using masking tape on your work, tear

off a strip and stick it to a cotton tee shirt, jeans

or even onto the palm of your hand first. This

lessens the adhesive effect and helps prevent

the tape marking the card.

Always wash stencils between uses as dry

gouache re-activates itself on contact with a

damp brush and you can end up adding colours

you don’t want. Gouache dries quickly and it is

a very simple task to clean your stencils and

brushes with water and a little soap.

Aligning areas from different stencils can be

difficult as they are not see through. My solution

is to stencil the first part as normal, then roughly

stencil onto tracing paper just the part I wish to

use from the second stencil and draw around the

outer edge of it. This traced paper can be placed

over the stencilled part of the design and posi-

tioned perfectly. Then simply place the stencil

over the tracing aligning the outer border before

carefully slipping the tracing out.

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