Zombie Prints with the Backfill Printing Technique

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I TOLD you I was not done with Halloween, and it was up to you to believe me or not, but if you didn't believe me, you're going to be pretty embarassed today!

We are having an unseasonable cool spell which is enhancing my spooky feels. 

I wanted to share a super fun Gel Press technique I call backfilling. It lets you get a layered print with a stencil with a single pull. 

I used it with zombie stencils for a print that I have matted and framed in my craft room - I just love it - it has a Thriller Vibe.

Here's the video for this, and the second print is below!

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Using that same technique, I created this print with this stencil, which I will probably use in my art journal. I love this look, and I actually have a way to do this that reverses this. I'm thinking about having an online stenciling retreat in late October, so that might be a part of that if I can pull that together!

Let me know if that's something you'd be interested in! 

Have a great week. Loveyameanitbye.

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Faux Tile Fall Card

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Today I revisited an old favorite technique on my Facebook live - faux tile! This is such a fun and easy technique. I will have the video in the next little while with some other samples. Today I thought I would try it with black, white and grey with this beautiful fall-themed set.

It's so beautiful here right now - we don't have "fall" like most of you do, but anything under 90 makes us giddy this time of year, and it's just been a gorgeous week. 

For me, fall has an excitement about it that spring doesn't have. I guess I have a little TS Eliot in my brain - because while spring can be fun for a gardener like me, here, it means you're going to be sweating for the next ten months and getting bitten by bugs. So it's the reverse here - spring is an ENDING and fall is a beginning. 

I never realized that before. 

So here's to beginnings! After stamping the images from this stamp set on the background in black, I stamped one leaf in yellow, orange and red, and then added black dots. I glued that on top of the same image in black. The sentiment is from the same set, and I added some City Lights Sequins. 

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I'll be back with the video for this soon, with two alternate ways to finish it!

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Clarence is a STAMP!

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I'm so super excited about how many people have fallen in love with little Clarence, my pet squirrel!

He came by yesterday for a few peanuts, and I didn't have the heart to tell him today he was going to be famous, because I knew it would disrupt his routine - but here we are!!

My sweet friend Mary Ann made him into a stamp and stencil combo! The stencil is a layering stencil that I've literally never seen anything like! She's tried so hard to have me feed Clarence fruit, veggies and other nuts, but at the end of the day, Clarence loves peanuts, so she created this amazing stencil to go with the Clarence stamp set! I love it all so much.

There are a few Clarence sets actually, but I'm bringing you the coffee version today.

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Here's my little buddy - with the signature white floof in his tail!

Don't be too squirrely this week

Loveyeameanitbye.

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