Glue Gun Fun 2

I tried to post the pics of my walk to the beaver dam, but blogger was not playing nice, so.........this post I'd already written will have to suffice until blogger decides to be good.............


All the cards finally dried, and I laid the glue gun stencils onto the watercoloured surfaces.

It was fun choosing which stencil to use, and sometimes I changed my mind partway along......

 I wondered how the solid, thicker glue stencils would work in comparison to the sparkle glue ones

On some cards I used white acrylic with a bit of pink interference

On others, I used a white and gold blend



and on a few I used quinacridone gold and red oxide

I used a short bristle brush, and dabbed on the paint, pressing and pouncing over and around the stencils

 sometimes the stencil was clearly defined


and other times there was not enough contrast for the design to show clearly

this one just looked boring

this was a little unclear

I liked the soft gentle look of this one- sort of faded

the design showed up really well on the dark cards when I added white

and on the light cards when I added dark paint

 soft, but fading into the background

I added red pen to outline the design

It seems to define it well

 it made the cards look better

a black pen really helped to show the love

 I used red here and there

and I think these babies look better with the pen

This is my favourite one

Which one do you like the best?


What I learned:

- a thicker stencil is easier to use to pounce on the paint
- strong colour contrasts work better for a well-defined design
-holding down the stencils with a finger or two means that I will wear some paint
- the thinner glue stencils tended to move around more easily, and bounce with each pounce
- the stencils tend to stick to my fingers
- this was FUN!

I think I may just do this again.

Hope you've been having fun, too.



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Hugs from Suz