Tack 'N Peel and Found Objects
To Make Background Papers
Heather Taylor is the multi-talented webmistress of
Oriental Stamp Art, designer of many of the stamp
images you find on Art Neko, but most importantly
the busy mom of a very precocious four-year-old.
Despite having just moved to a beautiful spot on the
Oregon coast, with all the havoc that goes into
moving, she graciously prepared this project for our
first newsletter. This project demonstrates using
Tack ‘N Peel together with everyday objects
available to anyone to make unique background
papers. Heather made some background papers
and used those papers together with her Bamboo
Sun Moon stamp to make the lovely card shown
here to the right. |
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Use found objects together with Tack ‘N Peel,
acrylic blocks, rice paper and a variety of inks
to create unique background papers like the piece
shown here on the right.
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The paper above was made using some spiral paper
clips and bits of ferns and grasses from Heather's
garden.
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Step 1
If you don’t already have blocks covered with Tack
‘N Peel, remove a sheet from its packaging. Mark
off a piece the size of the block you will cover and
trim it to size with scissors or a craft knife. |
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Step 2
Peel off the yellow backing from the adhesive side
of the cut and sized piece of Tack 'N Peel. Smooth
the film onto your block, moving from one side to
the other to avoid bubbles. If you end up with any
bubbles, hold it under water, detach the film and
smooth it down again, Discard the yellow cover
from your cut piece of Tack ‘N Peel. |
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Step 3
Remove the transparent liner from the top of the
piece of Tack ‘N Peel now attached to an acrylic
block and set the liner aside. You will use this liner
to cover the Tack 'N Peel when finished stamping
to protect it from dirt and dust, extending the use
between cleanings. |
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Step 4
Place objects you will use on the Tack ‘N Peel
surface of your block. Heather used spiral paper
clips in this step of her example. Look around the
house and yard to find things for experimenting. |
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Step 5
Ink up the items on your block and stamp onto
paper. Heather used rice paper and Versamark ink
at this step. The stamped images were then
embossed with clear powder and then spritzed with
diluted Ranger Colorwash Butterscotch, Stream and
Bottle inks and again with water and set out to dry. |
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Step 6
The paper clips were then removed from the Tack
'N Peel and replaced with bits of grasses and ferns.
These were inked with Brilliance ink and
overstamped on the paper. Rinse off the plant
material from your block soon after finishing and
recover your block with the transparent liner saved
when applying the Tack 'N Peel to a block. |
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Step 7
Here is a closeup of the resulting background paper
made with this technique. Thank you, Heather, for
submitting this project. |
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