Stencils Aren't Just for Cards

 Lately I have been on a fake plant kick. I just can't get enough fake plants. They are like cats for me. I brought one home and now I can't stop. LOL

Anyway, I was looking for some really cute pots to put them in and they were kind of expensive. So I decided to make my own using the new stencils from Tim Holtz and Stampers Anonymous. ?Here is a quick photo tutorial for making these very quick decorative pots.

 Start with some Idea-ology Collage Paper. This can be any paper you have. I just grabbed Botanical because it was close at hand. Then get the Distress Transluscent Texture Paste and while you are at it, get some Distress Embossing Glazes ready too. Choose a few stencils I used the three new stencils from Tim and Stampers for these projects in large and mini.

 

Put a thin layer of the Translucent Texture Paste through the stencil and sprinkle it with Distress Embossing Glaze immedialey after. Then let it dry naturally. Now you can use one color as I did here, or you can mix colors as I did on the smaller pots. For those I used Speckled Egg, Villainous Potion, Peeled Paint and Hickory Smoke. Once the texture paste is completely dry, you can heat emboss it and make it turn a cool glossy color that shows the text of the Collage Paper through it.

Put a layer of Picket Fence Distress Paint on the pots you are going to decorate. Let it dry.

 

You need to trim the embossed Collage Paper into strips as wide as the lip of the pots. Then apply it to the lip with Distress Collage Medium. It should look a little like tile work on the lip of the pot.

I loved how it looked when I was finished, but I wanted it to feel a little less shiny, so I added a watered down coat of Picket Fence Distress Paint to the pots and gently wiped it off the embossed areas so the color, texture and print showed through but it was a tiny bit muted.

 

To finish them off, I added some floral foam in each pot, covered it with moss and and added a fake plant or succulent. I have these on my bookshelves tucked in with  books and bits of my art work.

 

I am loving the new plants and how they add a bit of fresh, greenery to my home without all the work and without being a hazard to my cats.

 

 So now my new plant collection is on par with my cat collection. 😁

 

I do hope this tutorial sparked some ideas for using stencils, texture pastes and Distress Embossing Glazes for more than papercrafts.

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Have a crafty day!

Tami

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