Faux Tiles with Creative Art Textures

Create "faux tiles" with two colors of paint and papers, a gel plate and Creative Art Textures designs by Rebekah Meier.

Black Box & Black Book

The projects of this box and book were made to show how to print with the Creative Texture Plate and a gel printing plate. A single Creative Art Texture design and single colors was used for each project; Black on white, white on black.  A print was made for the 6 sides of the box and book covers, inside and out.  To give the printed pieces the look of glazed tiles, each print was embossed with clear embossing powder. 

The little black book is made from one die cut box design fits inside the finished gift box.  

NOTE: Beside the written instructions, there is a short video of approximately 4 minutes that covers the the printing on the gel plate, trimming the printed designs to fit the sides of the box, the process of embossing each design and adding the embossed squares to the box.  In the written instructions the Creative Art Textures will be referred to as CAT.

Material List

Creative texture stamps

Gel printing plate 

Acrylic paint - white, black

Brayer 

Printing paper

Sizzix Big Shot

Sizzix Die

Mat board - 3 sheets

Adhesive (sheet or spray)

Clear acrylic ruler

Paper cutter or rotary cutter

Clear embossing pad

Clear embossing powder

Heat tool

Extra Materials 

Scissors

Ribbon bias tape

Piercing tool

Scoreboard and tool

Paper for book spine and pages

Extra Materials

Black paint

Brush

Glue

Extender/paint

Optional: Mod Podge, glossy finish

Instructions

Printing the tile designs (Make 6 for the Box, Make 4 for the book)

1. Apply paint onto a surface (I used another gel plate). Use a brayer to spread the paint onto the gel plate used for printing with the Creative Art Texture.  
2. Remove the CAT from the plate and apply the paper square and make the print.  Repeat for each paper square. Repeat the process with both black and white paint.

 NOTE: The short video shows a small part of this process, found at the end of the post

Measure - Trim Printed Design Tiles

1. Using an acrylic ruler, find the center of the printed design image on each printed sheet, in both  directions and mark.
2. Trim all four sides with a rotary cutter and ruler to fit the measurements of the sides of the box. 

NOTE: The short video shows a small part of this process, found at the end of the post.

Embossing the Paper Design Tiles

1. Press the paper tile into clear embossing ink.
2. Sprinkle with clear embossing powder
3. With heat tool, melt the powder to coat the paper.
4. Repeat these steps 2 to 3 times to build the coating to look like a glazed tile. Repeat these steps for each paper tile.

NOTE: If using Mod Podge, glossy finish, use several coats of glossy Mod Podge to get a similar look. Allow time between coats to dry well. 

Making Box

1. Cut box from mat board (Two pieces will be needed for box, one for book).
2. If using white mat board, paint the pieces with black matte paint. Crease at folds and paint the edges. Dry.
3. Construct the box using glue or strong adhesive tape.
4. Add double-sided adhesive sheets, cut to fit each paper tile square.
5. Apply each square to a side of the box.

NOTE: Optional, a ribbon closure was made by using 4 lengths of ribbon. Poke a hole into the center of the bottom of the box. Thread the end of the 4 lengths through the hole, from the inside.  Knot the four lengths together (make the knot big enough so it will not pull through).  Draw up each piece of ribbon on each side the tie into a bow at the top.

Making Book

1. Cut one mat board with die once.
2. Measure and cut at the center of the middle square of the die-cut.
3. Paint with black matte paint if needed. Paint all edges and creases. Dry.
4. Glue the two cut pieces to form book. Use glue or strong adhesive tape. 
5. Cut a piece of black paper for center of the inside book to hold pages. Measurement is approximately - 6 1/2” x 3 3/4” (No wider)
6. Using a scoring board and bone folder, make lines for folds 1/2” apart along paper strip. Form an accordion folded inside binding for paper pages.  NOTE: Fold paper piece in half (this becomes the first mountain fold). Make 2 score lines from the center, both sides, each 1” apart. Turn piece over and make 1/2” score lines between the 1” spaces. The 2 ends will be a bit wider than 1/2”.
7. Glue the first and last 1/2” fold onto the inner edges of the front and back covers. 
8. Apply the finished paper tiles, same as the directions above for the box, to outside and inside of the covers.
9. Cut paper pages of choice to fit the book, gluing onto the accordion folds of the inside binding.

NOTE: Optional, add ribbons for a closure, glued into,place before adding front and back tiles. 

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Show Some Love

Start with this booklet filled with a nice variety of techniques and add some Fabric Elements™ by Rebekah Meier and you can end up with something fun and pretty to display in your home or give to a friend.

This burlap banner combines several techniques found in the booklet.  I used a number of the products in the Fabric Elemens™ collection developed by Rebekah for Fabric Editions.

Materials used for this project include - Burlap Banners, Pink Dot, Waffle Muslin, Wool Felt, Tissue Pack, Stencils and Lace Trims, plus paints and gel medium.

Rebekah Meier Stencils by Crafter's Workshop Blog Hop

What a pleasure to participate in this challenge with a very talented group of designers chosen by Rebekah to showcase her new stencil designs by Crafters Workshop.

The Crafter Workshop Stencils can be purchased from Bluemoon Scrapbooking.  We were sent four  6" x 6" stencils from this new line: Ring Doily Stencil,  Stain Glass Stencil, Byzantine Stencil and Rosetta Stencil.

Once receiving the stencils,  the hard choice was - "what should I do"?

Though all the stencils can be used together, I chose to showcase two stencils individually in two different projects.

Some time ago I was lucky enough to take part in a week-end workshop with Magdalena Muldoon.  I became interested in metal embossing.  During the two day workshop we were shown several ideas in working with metal.  One process was embossing with stencils.  After seeing the designs in Rebekah's stencils I thought it would be fun to work one of the stencils into a metal embossed design.     I chose the Stain Glass Stencil to work with for this project.  The metal piece I created was then used for a cover on a simple album.  The stencil design was traced onto a piece of metal with a metal tracing tool.  The design was refined by using a variety of metal embossing tools.  Once the design was embossed into the metal, I filled in the raised designs on the backside.  This is done with spackling paste or anything that will harden to hold the raised part of the design in place.  Because I had a small area to fill, I used Plaid® Royal Coat Dimensional Magic™.

To give the piece an antique look, the embossed image was cover with Black Soot Distress Paint and then wipe off with a paper towel.  The paint will embed itself into the embossed areas.  If needed, more paint can be added and rewiped.  To add a little accent, some Perfect Pearls was brushed over the image. The use of the stencil did not end with the metal cover.  I took a piece of solid fabric and used the stencil, along with Tim Holtz Distress Stain Bundled Sage.  I simply took the stencil and while holding it in place, I rubbed the Distress Stain over it.  The process was repeated over and over across the piece of fabric by overlaying the stencil and applying the Distress Stain.   The result of this process gave the fabric the look of batik that looked amazing on the fabric.  The fabric was than used to cover corrugated and chip board to create the album.  Add some binder rings to hold the album together and embellish with a variety of ribbons or cords tied to the rings for a finishing touch.

So I just couldn't stop and wanted to play with the stencils and paints.

Finding a canvas bag in my stash of items I thought it would make a great surface to repurpose.  The image on the bag was coated with two coats of white gesso.

For the bag, I used the Byzantine Stencil.  I began in the center of the bag by applying a layer of  US ArtQUest Heavy Artist's Cement.  Spread a layer over the stencil with a palette knife.  It is alright for it to be an uneven layer.  Lift and clean the stencil off with water.   Allow this to dry very well before continuing.  Using two colors and acrylic paints of choice, the stencil was held in place in the four corners and paint is applied over the stencils.  To add a bit more texture, the stencil was partially placed in any open areas and more heavy artist cement is added.  Once this dries, brush or sponge additional paints to add more color.  Black fabric was die-cut using Tim Holtz Wordplay die by Sizzix.  The letters were glued to the bag and the entire stenciled area was coated with a Sealer.  This repurposed canvas bag will now be added to the collection of reusable bags that I use for all my shopping needs.

I thank Rebekah for asking me to be a part of this blog hop and having the chance to work with her stencils.  I also look forward to seeing all the other projects the others will be sharing here.  I'm sure there will be inspiring and creative ideas flowing here.

Follow all the links to all the other blog posts to get inspired.   Answer Rebekah's question by leaving your comment on her post - you may be lucky enough to win her new stencils.


   

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