stenciled jeans...

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...

checkmate?

add a stencil?

polka dotty?

or...

the alphabets?

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 

the alphabet stencil...

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

 the ornate dots overlay stencil?

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