Packing Tape Stencil Play

Hi folks first off my apology for the quality of this photo. Photographing gems and glitter can be problematic.

Doing packing tape transfers has been around for decades. However, using them with stencils was new to me. It is really simple to do. You just need to make sure that the packing tape is down securely in the stencil areas. I took a grungy piece of wrapping paper I was going to throw out to try this. Being frugal I didn't toss it. Lol! I even kept the wrapping paper backing which came off in one piece to use at a later time.

After soaking my packing tape and peeling the backing off the gift wrap I used a clear glue to adhere it to a scrap of glitter card stock. Because the card stock is white core I inked the edges with Forest Green Stazon ink. I was not sure what I was going to do for the center of what looked to me like a flower and decided since I'm hand delivering to use some of the many gems I have. I mail most of my cards so don't use them often. Laying on my work table was a bunch of coffee filters I used for my photo print play. I saw this one and thought it would be perfect.

Some stencils will work better than others. Simple stencils are the best.  I can't wait to try my circle stencil with some polka dot wrapping paper. Only bad part of discovering this technique is I might be tempted to save more wrapping paper. As well as pick up free magazines at the library. ;-)

Wishing you Happy Frugal Crafting till we meet again!