Hi everyone, I have a fun technique using coffee and stencils for you to check out.
There are a few you tube videos out there showing you how to stain paper with coffee and using the wet coffee to imprint the stencil image on the paper. The coffee creates a beautiful aged look and now I have all these backgrounds ready to use in my stash.
I used two types of paper the first was the off white packing/wrapping paper which comes as filler in some packages, I think this is my favourite. The prints on these were more like an aged distressed piece of paper. The second was some hand made paper which is a lot thicker and also pulled out more of the colour from the coffee stain and looked more like a dark inky colour as you will see below.
To create the stain I used a couple of tablespoons of instant coffee mixed with hot water. I put it to one side to go cold. I made about a cup of coffee which was way too much and ended up throwing most of it away, half a cup would have been plenty.
I used a foil tray and poured some coffee into the bottom.
I dipped the paper in so it was completely covered front and back.
Using one of my crafting Teflon mats I lay out the pieces of paper and placed a stencil over the paper. I left them until they were completely dry.
Here are some of the thinner paper prints I made, aren't those colours gorgeous and just look at the stencil detail
Card #1 is the thinner paper. I used a Carabelle clock stencil, some Andy Skinner Stampendous and Stampers Anonymous stamps.
Card #2 is the hand made paper, look how much coffee colour was picked up and the detail on the stencil really shows through. It's so neat how the solid part of the stencil creates the lighter part of the print. The stencil is a Rebecca Baer design,
You will be seeing a few more of my backgrounds over the next few weeks.
Card Recipe
Stamps: Stampendous, Stampers Anonymous
Paper: Hand Made, Packing Paper
Ink: Versafine Clair, Ranger Distress
Accessories: Coffee, Stencils
Techniques: Coffee Staining, Stencil
