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Wood-Burning and Puff-Painting with Stencils From "Scrapbooking" episode SCB-501

Project by Paula Hallinan.

Paula creates a vintage look by burning titles on pages. She uses a wood-burning tool and a decorative metal stencil to create a design, and then gives the design dimension by adding puff paint.

Scroll down for step-by-step instructions as well as some extra layouts made using these techniques.

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	Alternative Design
	Figure A
	Figure B

Wood-Burning with Stencils

Materials:

Heritage Handcrafts brass stencils: PRH-417 flower and leaf corner, XDAH-270 flower and leaf motif, XDAH-267 square knot
Walnut Hollow Creative Hot Marks tool for paper
dark-colored scrapbook paper
Paper Tex Paper (looks like handmade paper)
stylus tool
3M removable tape or drafting tape
glass surface or glass mat

1. Attach small cutting tip and plug in Hot Marks tool to heat up. Note: Use extreme caution while heating. The tool comes with a stand that should be taped into place and placed securely away from children or pets.

2. Place paper on glass mat or heat-resistant surface.

3. Place metal stencil on top of paper where cut-outs are desired. Tape in place with low-tack removable tape.

4. Hold the Hot Marks tool like a pen and trace the outside of the stencil design (figure A). The paper will "burn" away, leaving an open area. Continue tracing all stencil areas.

5. After all areas have been traced, carefully lift paper. If necessary, use stylus to push excess paper out of openings. The excess "burnt" paper will remain on glass mat, which can be wiped with a paper towel into the trash.

6. Place the "cut out" paper on a colored background to reveal the beauty of the design cut-outs (as shown in the finished page as well as the card in figure B). Then place photos to complete the page.

	Alternative Design
	Figure A
	Figure B
	Figure C
	For this extra project, Paula used the same technique as above with a mat board to make a frame. Use stencil XDAH-267 square knot and two colors of the metallic dimensional paint.

Adding Dimensional Puff Paint

Materials:

Heritage Handcrafts brass stencils: XDAH-251 double Celtic door, XDAH-243 church door, DAH-253 key border, PRH-413 flower border, PRH-412 flower medallion
Heritage Handcrafts metallic dimensional paint: bronze, gold, copper
Heritage Handcrafts mini squeegee or palette knife
craft stick or plastic spoon
3M removable tape or low-tack/drafting tape
double-sided tape
dark scrapbook paper
gold foil card stock
foam dots
heat gun

1. Place stencil on card stock or scrapbook page. We did the top border PRH-413 flower border stencil first and PRH-413 flower medallion stencil at center bottom second (figure A).

2. Tape in place on all four sides with removable tape.

3. Using craft stick or plastic spoon, place a spoonful of dimensional paint on the edge of stencil area.

(Tip: White dimensional paint can be tinted by mixing with any craft acrylic paint or refill ink. This should be done on a small plastic plate before putting it on your stencil.)

4. Using mini-squeegee or palette knife, scrape paint across the open areas of the stencil. Paint can be left thick for additional dimension, or scraped thin.

5. Remove stencil and tape from paper. Put stencil in water to soak. Then wash with dish soap and water. Dry and store flat. If you leave paint to air dry (about 20-30 minutes), it will dry dimensionally. If you sprinkle glitter on wet paint, it will stick. Add small embellishments (like jewels or charms) to thick paint while wet.

6. While paint is wet, heat with "heat gun" for extra dimension. Do not over heat. It will raise better in small areas of design (the really intricate design stencils are perfect for this technique). The larger openings tend not to heat evenly and will bubble. This is actually perfect for that old weathered look on the paint for vintage pages.

7. Allow paint to cool.

8. Repeat for other stencils. Paula made the key border using stencil #DAH-253 (figure B). She added gold foil paper to each side, cut the key border strip and attached them with double-sided tape.

9. The doors are done on separate black paper using stencils #XDAH-251 double Celtic door and XDAH-243 church door (figure C). After the paint was dry, cut out the doors and put foam dots on back to add extra dimension to the doors.

RESOURCES :

brass stencils, metallic dimensional paint, mini squeegee
Heritage Handcrafts
Website: www.heritage-handcrafts.com

Creative HotMarks heat tool
Walnut Hollow
Website: www.walnuthollow.com

GUESTS :

Paula Hallinan
President and Artist
Heritage Handcrafts
Website: www.heritage-handcrafts.com