Here’s the latest project from Tracy Hickman aka @Anonymous.palette.
We hope it inspires you to use our stencils in your mixed media projects.
Tracy used our 2 layer sugar skull and our Mum stencil.
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This is another beautiful post from artist Tracy Hickman aka @anonymous.palette on Instagram.
“Day of the Dead and DEAD of the Day” These pages were so fun to make. Totems of sorts started by collating vintage tickets and ration stamps on a white gesso background over altered book pages. I collaged two tea bags on top of these elements to soften the colors and get some grungy business going. I next used the Thatched Repeat Pattern Stencil (11″x11″) in a cascading vertical layout and sprayed Distress Oxide Spray from Ranger through the cutouts. After heat setting, I used a little bit of white gesso to feather in and create a cascading pattern.
I next used Y Repeat Pattern Stencil (8.5″x11″) and sponged white gesso through in another cascading V shape starting at the top. This Sugar Skull, Sugar Skull – 2 Layer, I turned it upside down and spread Ranger Texture Crackle Paste through with a palette knife. An important stop using this crackle paste is to let it dry naturally. I then used a series of distress oxide sprays From Ranger (cracked pistachio, fired brick, and mermaid lagoon) to color and highlight the cracks in the sugar skull. I placed that same stencil back on top and sprayed white Sugar spray paint from Ironlak so the pattern could jump out. I next painted a spray ink from Lindy’s Gang, black orchid silver, Is the background of the skull to contrast the features.
Two skulls needed two skeletons so I spread Modeling Paste from Golden through the Skeleton Stencil -Small (5.75″x6″) onto a thick black matte paper. Small pair of scissors cut these perfectly detailed skeletons out and they were a collage and to the sugar skulls.
I used two teabags with vintage stamps, (a trick or treat bag on the left and a noose for the hangman on the right 😉
I reinforced the layering and contrast at the top of the pages with a few stamps from Seth Apter and PaperArtsy (EM54 and a small circle grid stamp) and embossed using clear embossing ink from WOW! And Baked Texture Powders from Seth Apter in Eclipse and Sedona.
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If something is stencil-related, my friends and family tend to point these things out to me. Well, my brother Joe emailed me a link to Vecco, asking me if I had heard of it. Vecco, an SC Johnson company, are the makers of a stencil and spray colorant used to customize rugs. Yes rugs, it’s pretty genius. Briefly, you spray the stencil designs on, if you like what you made you spray a sealant, if you don’t you vacuum up the design and try it again. And the stencils are an absorbent material, reducing dripping. Watch the video for details. Well, I liked the product so much I emailed them and they knew and loved Stencil1 as well. A relationship was born! We created a few fun videos together, posted below, and we created some limited edition custom Stencil1 kits with some of my favorite designs! In the videos you will see my houndstooth and antlered deer stencils being used, aka the Huntley Stagsworth Welcome Kit. We made some other kits as well, Drop the Beat for the music lover which has my cassette and headphones stencils in it and the Dia de los Marvelous Welcome Kit, which you can win! This kit has my sugar skull design and some skull silhouette shapes. The kit comes with the two stencils, two color sprays, the color sealant, and a welcome sized rug (18″x30″).
So, what do you have to do to win? Start by commenting below on the blog post why you want the Dia de los Marvelous Welcome kit. Next, here’s a link to my pin, just REPIN IT TO WIN IT. Make sure to comment below first! This contest ends March 21,2013.
Vecco video about me, I think my dog Larry steals my spotlight, right?
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