Hope: Stenciled Background

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Hi readers! Happy Saturday to you! Today I’m glad to be back with guest designer Mona Pendleton (who is also on our Monday Challenge Design team). She’s showing us a couple cool tips & tricks on how to really get the most out of stencils!

Enjoy!

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Steps to create beautiful textured background.

Step 1: Create a background using a combination of Distress Stains.

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Step 2: Apply Gesso using a palette knife.

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Step 3: Apply texture to background using Texture Paste and a stencil.

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Step 4: Repeat Step 3, using a variety of stencils.

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Step 5: Randomly apply Distress Paint using a mini ink blending foam.

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Step 6: Randomly apply Distress Stain using your finger tip.

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Thanks for reading today and thanks to Mona for being our awesome guest!

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  1. This tag is amazing. I love all of the texture on the dress form plus the added buckle and ribbon. I also love the colors on this tag.

  2. Mona thank you for sharing how you created this pretty background. Clever way to mix different stencils… Love to use them with grunge-or embossing paste… Love the texture we can achieve that way ..
    Thanks for sharing your technique !!
    Hugs from Spain

  3. Fabulous tag! Love all the texture and color…so pretty! Thank you for the inspiration and wonderful tutorial!

  4. Thank you for the inspiration. It is a beautiful tag. I love stencils, and am trying to use them much more often.

  5. Beautiful! Loved seeing the steps used to create the tag! And I always appreciate the product list at the end – thank you for the wonderful inspiration!

  6. Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow! Love every little detail and the fact that you shared a step by step with us! I know I need to get some more Distress products and I wasn’t sure which to get until I saw this little beauty in my inbox today! I need some Distress Stains and Distress Paints plus those stencils – L.O.V.E. it! Mona thank you so very much! Karen xx

  7. Thank you so much for sharing a wonderful tutorial with us, the background you created with the stains, stencils and paints is beautiful. Anne x

  8. What an absolutely beautiful card! How did you get the distress stains to go on so light? I tried it and my colors were very dark.

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