Taping Your Stencils or Turning a Mask into a Stencil

Hellooooooo!  Today I've got a fun and fresh new idea for you, prompted by a question a student asked me in class this past weekend.

As you can see from the diagram, you push colorant through a stencil.  A mask covers (or masks) an area and the colorant goes around it.  All of the Balzer Bits are masks.  However, a student asked me if there were a way to treat them as stencils.  I put on my thinking cap and came up with an idea.

Watch the video for the how-to:

Washi Tape Patterned Duct Tape 6x6 Tribal Triangles 6x6 Rug Stencil Scribbled Rose Bit Accented Star Bit Family Bit Star Circles Bit Ice Flake Bits Circle Face Bit Paint Strokes Bit Painted Cat Bit Liquitex Gesso Liquitex Basics Acrylic Paint Fiskars Amplify Scissors Palette Paper Cosmetic Sponges

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Here are the samples from the video:

And here is a scrapbook page I put together using my new taped-up version of the Scribbled Rose Bit:

Lots of yummy layers of stencils and stamps and paint and ink!

Epson PictureMate Bazzill Cardstock - Red Brother Sewing Machine LB6800 Deli Paper 12x12 Believe Script Stencil Scribbled Rose Bit Distress Ink Pads Archival Ink Pad: Black Washi Tape Patterned Duct Tape Cosmetic Sponges Layout Bond Paper Palette Paper Hand Carved Leaves Hand Carved Flowers Useful Stamps Circles Set Days of the Week Stamps Liquitex Gesso Black Gesso Avery Shipping Tags 2.75 x 1.375 Avery Tag 6.25 x 3.125 ATG ScanNCut CM250 ScanNCut Standard Mat ScanNCut Standard Cut Blade ScanNCut Standard Blade Holder Arc Crafts Wood Veneer 8.5x11 Foam Adhesive vintage typewriter Linoleum Cutter Speedy Carve Glass Mat

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And here's a peek at just the background right after I created it (you can see my fabulous taped stencil above it).

I'm really loving this new way of using my Bits!  So, thank you so much to the student who asked a simple question and opened the doorway to a whole new world!

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