This paper cutter is too old and dull to cut, but I used it just now for scoring card stock.
It looks like it has a light, and luckily, I took the batteries out before I stashed it.
It also came with interchangeable blades, and I’ve seen them, somewhere. I guess it made too much sense to store them with the cutter.
I also scrounged for card stock!
I finally finished this little experiment. I cut a photograph of pretty wallpaper from a magazine. Then, I ran it through an embossing folder. My first failure was debossing the pretty side instead of embossing it. The second was rubbing that side with magenta paint. I got it too thick in places and it filled the spaces left by the embossing folder.
Still, I think this technique has promise, with a lighter hand with paint, and a right-side-up embossing folder!
#the100dayproject2024 #fix,finishandfind Day 49
I cut my first, “all over” patterned stencil tonight!
I licensed the image on shutterstock.com as part of my monthly subscription. I used Yupo and my Scan N Cut.
Intricate patterns take a long time to cut!
#the100dayproject2024 #fix,finishandfind Day48
Pulled with ArtSmith acrylic in medium magenta on copy paper
Inspired by Patricia Carmichael of PM Artist Studio’s use of a Marie Calendar pot pie box, I decided to try cutting a stencil from a washed piece of Phillips crab cake box.
I used my ScanNCut, and lengthened the blade a notch (5.) It worked beautifully, both the cutting and the printing.
But then the paint dried on the blank side of the box, and it puckered, making the stencil bowed and pretty useless. Maybe, I could wash the paint off, immediately, or maybe I could put the dried stencil between heavy books.
I’d still call it a success, for stencils you only need to use once!
I got new embossing folders! My favorite is this geisha.
Next time, maybe I’ll try a make-up brush and mica powder.
I had copied several Japanese family crests, or Kamon, to turn into stencils for gel printing. I found them at Encyclopedia Japan.
I printed this one to make a large stencil.
I realized that I needed to connect the round circle to the white areas, or my Scan N Cut would cut the entire outer circle in one piece and would leave me the insides as a round stencil.
I got out my white Posca acrylic paint pen and a ruler. I made several white marks across the outer circle before I scanned it. I had to go over them several times, letting them dry between. It looked like this:
I scanned this image into the machine and saved it. I removed the image and added a sheet of thin Yupo plastic paper to the cutting mat.
I pulled up the saved image and began cutting. I realized I had misjudged the placement of the image and the cutting knife went off the Yupo. I hit the Stop/Start button, and removed the mat. It appeared I had enough uncut Yupo to cut the stencil. I could even turn the mat around and start again! But First, I had to adjust the position of the image in the machine. The display screen is very small.
This is what I got:
I was able to cut the bottom off:
#the100dayproject2024, #fix,finishandfind Day 47
One of the special features of the Brother Scan N Cut is a built in scanner! One of the functions is scanning images to saved data that can be recalled at another time. I practiced that function yesterday and today. These are some of the images I scanned and saved as cutting files:
#the100dayproject2024, #fix,finishandfind Day 46
I found where I had buried my new 5×7”gel plate! I got it out if the package and put it to work!
New gel plates are oily, so I expected bubbles in the paint.
I let both layers dry before pulling them. I used copy paper to pull, and a new brayer to paint! I am well pleased!
#the100dayproject2024, #fix,finishandfind Day 45
I have decided to extend my challenge tag to, “fix, finish and FIND!” Look what I found, yesterday!
This is a Carol Doak paper piecing box that I do not have! I found it in a thrift shop in Matthews, NC. $2! It’s in new condition and still has its CD of patterns in adjustable sizes.
I also found this:
Despite the title, there’s really not much else worth harvesting. I still thought 3 prints were worth the money. I feel a triptych coming on!
#the100daychallenge2024, #fix,finishandfind, Day43
Tonight, I tried combining images to form a “scene” with my stencils. One boat, though, sailed too far down stream! I can fix that by moving the stencil slightly when I print.
#the100dayproject2024, #fixandfinish, Day 42