Madagascar Earrings
Number of Layers: 2
Dimensions: 3/4" x 1 3/4"
Stamp Credit:
Impress Me/
Designed by Sherrill Kahn
www.impressmenow.com
Art Materials:
- Canvas White PolyShrink™
- Chalk pastels
- Crafter's Ink, or Fabrico™
- Ultra Thin Bond, or E-6000™ Adhesive
Artist:
Kit Zimmerman
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Method:
Sand Canvas White PolyShrink™
in a crosshatch pattern until there are no shiny spots. Cut two
pieces, running the same direction, somewhat larger than the
central image you'll use for the top layer. Rub chalk pastels
into the two piece in pale natural tones. When inking the stamps
to make the impression, ink the entire stamp with one color,
then choose another color and ink just the edge of the stamp
for variegated hues.
Holding the stamped pieces by the edges, cut out, leaving a border around the images. Be careful not to smear the ink. You can leave a little tab for holding the piece that you trim off last.
Cut 2 more pieces from the PolyShrink sheet, running in the same direction as the first two, that are at least 1/2 inch bigger than the trimmed top layer images at their broadest points. You can draw out the size you think will be best on paper first and then check the proportions against the trimmed top layer pieces. Be sure to allow a little extra room for punching the holes for the earwires. Round corners with a corner rounder or scissors.
Rub chalk pastels into the cut pieces and stipple lightly with ink. Use a fairly dry pad to ink up the stipple brush. Finish the back layer with random stampings of several different images. Punch the holes for the earwires. Shrink all 4 pieces, glue the layers together and attach earwires.
Tip: Experiment with different colors of ink and pastels on scrap PolyShrink. Colors sometimes look quite different together after shrinking. Also notice how much the pastel colors deepen after shrinking. Light applications of pastels are often best.
Please Note: This page is proportioned
for trouble free printing.
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