WARNING...
this blog post may cause
an ADDICTION...
seriously my friends...
this is a 5 minute transformation...
I bought these jeans because I thought those 2 blank rectangles were screaming to be stamped or stenciled...
I grabbed jet black archival ink...
because...
archival inks are permanent when dry,
so these jeans can be washed
with no problem...
I had a hard time deciding
which stencil to use...
I felt that with the design already on the jeans, it needed to be a more graphic pattern...
the hardest part of this little project was deciding which stencil to use...
or...
here's the area on the left leg...
and now it's stenciled...
the alphabets won...
here's the blank canvas on the right leg...
and stenciled with jet black, using
the large portion of
I have this art "thing" about 3...
I'm sure you understand...
so the cuff looked like a perfect spot to add stenciled area #3...
since this area was smaller...
I used the smaller section
of the same alphabet stencil...
exactly what I wanted...
I thought about that bad 4 letter word...
IRON...
but I decided to blast the stenciled areas with the embossing gun to make sure the ink was 100% dry...
quick & E A S Y...
seriously this took me 5 full minutes!
Rick just snapped this...
remember the WARNING at the top of the post?
this is like the faux graniteware technique...
I REALLY
WANT to do more...
I just opened my closet &
spied the cuffs on some jeans...
they're blank...
I am seriously thinking of stenciling polka dots or the checkmate just on the cuffs...
or maybe I'll use
or maybe add a row of small hearts?
something subtle...
but they'll be customized & unique...
more ideas...
sew patches onto plain jeans,
then stencil them...
I think adding some stitching with the stenciling would be cool...
but I've got a million things on the TO*DO list...
maybe some day...
have a spot on something?
it's most likely ink in this household...
just stencil or stamp right over it!
make sure to use archival ink, so that the stamping/stenciling is permanent...
THANKS SO MUCH
for the awesome comments/emails
about my 3 new archival inks...
and embossing powders...
I got to show them to the ladies
at my class on Saturday...
they liked them too!
they begin shipping the week of April 27th
from Ranger, in New Jersey...
so they will be available SOON!
your local stores can order them...
just let them know what you would like...
the colored links will transport you to online shopping...
I hope you'll try stenciling on your jeans...
it's really super simple & fun...
and it's another way to...
make art!
wendy
22 comments:
Awesome! Can't wait to try this! I have some t-shirts that might rock some stencils too....
This is awesome Wendy! Love!
Oooooohhhhhh .... wheels turning ....
OMG, you stinker you⁄! Now what have you done to us? We'll all be ripping our closets apart looking for apparel to stencil - LOL!!!
Hahaha, wow, you so every where a change to create art!!! Love love it!!
This is ever so cool! I see a new fad beginning!!!
I am now glad for the many pairs of jeans I have in my closet!
So clever!!!
What a great idea! Your jeans look fantastic! This might be a dumb question, but, was it Tim's round pouncer thing you used to apply the ink through the stencil?
Your jeans look so adorable - loving that idea!
You're so talented.
Hilarious. Completely nuts and totally inspired!! You are genius :D
Great idea, looks fab!
I like that idea. I stamped on some jeans years ago and painted them. I still have some of those- the shirt and the vest I think. Thanks for a great class last Saturday. It was great to make art with friends.
heheteehee....I've been doing this to jeans sinse I was a young girl...but unfortunately did not have those great stencils of yours...now it will be even more fun to do this to jeans..shirts..bottom of skirts...T's...yes, goes on and on. Thanks for sharing! :) Love it!
Such a fun idea--I could do this on a baseball cap I bet! Thanks for sharing :)
Very cute!! What a great idea!!
OH my gosh, what an amazing idea!! I have to try this!! Thanks for the inspiration!! Have a great day :)
Lisa
A Mermaid's Crafts
OMG!!! I have to do this too!!! Brilliant idea and yes they were screaming to be stenciled! YOU ARE AMAZING!!!
So cool, Wendy. Never thought of stenciling on jeans...or any clothes for that matter. NOW, I will have to! Thanks.
Way Cool!!!!
Your artful one! Love it!
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