Masking Tape Texture Technique

I enjoy finding techniques that create texture with supplies I already have.  The masking tape texture technique is one such technique.  I first learned this technique in sixth grade.  It is a technique that will work on paper, canvas, glass, 3-D items or anything else the tape will stick to.

Ingredients

Substrate - I used a shipping tape

Masking tape - I used both plain manila color as well as decorative Scotch Tape

Paint - In these examples I used acrylic paint but you can use anything that will adhere to the tape including shoe polish

Scissors

 1.  Apply tape to substrate.  You can tear them into pieces and apply them randomly like the picture above.  The tape can be applied in structured way such as below.

2.  Paint the taped surface.  Applying two differnt colors of paint can emphasis the texture more.  

 3.  This technique can be used as a background such as I did in the picure below or you can leave as is like the pictures above.

One Little Tag Craft Challenge. #262

Spray shipping tag with Dylusions spray in Lemon Zest and let dry.  Using Compass Stencil (Dina Wakley) spray Tangerine Dream Dylusions spray.  Let dry.  Stamp all images (Dylusions) with Archival Ink Jet Black.  Color bird with inktense pencils and activate with water.  

Soul man

Here is a quick and easy embellishment trick with stuff I am sure you have in your stash.

Ingredients
Masking tape
Non stick sheet or wax paper
Stamps The yard stick is from Ma Vinci, The clock is from Non Sequitur and I do not know what company made the stencil letter stamps.
acrylic paint (I used black)

1. Place strips of masking tape side by side on a non stick sheet.
2. Stamp images using black acrylic paint.
3. Let dry.
4. Peel off the tape and place on page. The word "soul" was printed on tape that was over lapping so I peeled it off as one big "sticker."

The rest of the page

The background was purple acrylic paint brushed on a page. Once dry super sparkle lumieres paint was sponged over it. Then images of yard sticks, clocks and rulers were stamped using lumiere hi lite blue and black.

The main image was stamped on a recycled tag using black permanent ink. The image is from After Midnight Stamps

Path to Self

This page was a lot of fun I will share the techniques later. The image of the woman is from After Midnight Stamps.