The twelve butterflies are the leftovers from my previous butterfly canvas artwork! Instead of keeping the canvas plain white, I decided to practice the Gelato Drip Technique! Hmm, it worked out quite well!
I thought I could enter this project to Simon Says Stamp’s Current Challenge-Paste. I used stencils to make these 12 butterflies, and some of them used Embossing Paste and Gesso. They definitely all look textured! The following are some close-ups of them!
I think now I am addicted to not only stencil art but also Gelato!
這12隻蝴蝶是上一份蝴蝶帆布作品剩下的，這次Helen不想讓背景一片純白，想玩一玩現在很夯的流水技法(Drip Technique)。只要是水性顏料都可以玩這種技法，而這次Helen使用的是Gelato。要讓顏料順利往下流，訣竅是必須在卡紙或畫布上先塗上一層Gesso，等Gesso乾了後，才能塗上水彩或Gelato，然後噴水，就能順利產出如流水般的背景了！
I have been addicted to Stenciling Art since last year and have been unable to stop!
I have recently utilized twelve stenciling techniques and come up with this butterfly canvas artwork! Oh, I really love it!
I also managed to make twelve tags which correspond to the twelve butterflies so that I will not forget how I made each butterfly!
自去年起Helen迷上型版藝術，到現在還欲罷不能！前陣子決定彙整十二種型版技法，每一隻蝴蝶運用一種技法，並把蝴蝶貼在仿麻畫布上，再用畫框裱起來，嗯！真的很像一件藝術品喔！
運用的技法及媒材如下：
1.浮雕膏烙印技法 (浮雕膏與復古染色劑之運用)
2.浮雕膏與復古染色劑混合技法 (浮雕膏、復古染色劑與滾輪之運用)
3.位移技法 (復古印台之運用)
4.復古印台與水(Finger Flicking Technique) (復古印台之運用)
5.復古印台與水(Water Stenciling Technique) (復古印台之運用)
6.復古壓克力彩直接上色與抗色技法 (復古壓克力彩與復古染色劑之運用)
7.仿金屬技法 (型版壓凸與復古壓克力彩之運用)
8.燙凸抗色技法(浮水印台與復古染色劑之運用)
9.仿皮革技法(凸粉之運用)
10.復古裂漆與復古壓克力彩混合技法(復古裂漆與復古壓克力彩之運用)
11.Gesso抗色法 (Gesso與復古染色劑之運用)
12.Gesso與復古壓克力彩混合技法 (Gesso與復古壓克力彩之運用)
完成12隻蝴蝶，也同時完成12張技法標籤，耶！收穫豐盛！
以上也是Helen在好心藝二月及三月份的課程內容！
This card was inspired by Kristina Werner in Day 2 of the Stenciled class. For me, it is a twist of Emboss Resist! How easy and fun!
I will also enter this card to Hero Arts' new challenge – Birthday Challenge (the category of Rainbow of color birthday cards or party decor) and Simon Says Stamp’s ANYTHING GOES WITH TWINE OR STRING Challenge!
Card Details
The stencil is by Stampers Anonymous, Tim Holtz Collection and the text stamp is by Hero Arts.
I am still catching up with the homework of the Stenciled class. I realize there is no way to finish and practice all the techniques covered, as the class will finish tomorrow. I therefore combined three techniques in one card!
The first butterfly used Embossing Powder over Embossing Paste. The second butterfly applied Double Stenciling technique. The third butterfly applied Translucent Paste over Distress Inks. The subtle misting background was done using Marker Spritzer which is an extremely old toy!
今天沒安排任何活動，除了睡飽、並和兩個寶貝Face Time聊天外，就是要玩印章和顏料來犒賞自己！這張卡的三隻蝴蝶分別用三個技法完成，真過癮、也挺有成就感的！
卡片說明
1.蝴蝶形狀出自自製型版，由Memory Box刀模壓出。
2.印章和文字刀模出自Simon Says Stamp。
3.第一隻蝴蝶是先抹上白色浮雕膏後，在灑上凸粉，等了半天後(等浮雕膏乾了後)再用熱風槍熱凸。據專家的說法，若未等浮雕膏乾就直接熱凸，會讓浮雕型狀產生不規則形狀。
4.第二隻蝴蝶是先在蝴蝶縷空部分用復古印台上色，接著放上第二片型版，再用復古印台上第二層顏色。
5.第三隻蝴蝶是先在蝴蝶縷空部分用復古印台上色，接著放上第二片型版，再抹上透明浮雕膏，等乾了後就會產生像透明凸粉加熱後效果！
We are having the Chinese Lunar New Year Holidays which is the most important holiday in pan-Chinese world, like Christmas in western world! So I have been extremely busy and hence quite far behind in terms of catching up the Stenciled class!
Here comes my second take – Stencil over Stencil with Ink Blending! I must say it is another easy and no-failure technique! Again I kind of like what I came up with! Ha!
整個一月份忙碌異常，除了公務上忙上年度考核、今年度新預算和績效制定，又多了農曆年，因此整整半個月完全無法摸印章、玩顏料！儘管如此，Helen還是又報名網路課程Stenciled，就算沒時間跟著做，看看人家在玩什麼，讓自己溫故知新，也是挺有趣的事！
今天正好有點時間，趕點進度吧！這張卡是明信片卡，也就是單層卡，運用的技法有遮蔽技法、仿繡線技法和Shift Stenciling！
Card Details
1.The stencil is by The Crafters’ Workshop and the stamp is by Hero Arts.
2.Techniques applied are Masking, Shift Stenciling and Faux Stitches.
