Casting Call is this month’s challenge over at the Street Team crusades and it’s all about paper casting which ANYONE can do! All you need is paper and water and something to mould your paper on(to). It really is that simple – the hard part is leaving them overnight to dry out!!
These are all using rubber stamps and foam stamps as moulds – I used the tissue method (impatient!) and experimented with toilet tissue (the best), napkins/serviettes (disappointing) and kitchen roll (okay). I wasn’t sure how many layers to use, so I experimented with that too! The napkins were tricky because they were so thin and I really thought they’d be more fun to use because of their colours… but the tissue was really good and to add a splash of instant colour, I tried a drop of food colouring onto the wet tissue. You can see the results here:
And here’s a close up of the foam word stamps… nice!
I really enjoyed this, despite the fact that’s it’s very clean fun! It’s so satisfying to make things that are unique to you and I have already been inspired by the results of the other Crusaders who’ve done this. I must add some colour to the pale ones and use them in my projects this week. Hopefully, this won’t be quite as addictive as my ongoing love affair with stamp-carving!
If you want to have a go yourself, just click on the button at the start of this post – it’ll take you to Michelle Ward’s excellent tutorial and her “wow-factor” art! Awesome! Enjoy!
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Michelle Ward
/ May 19, 2008Rosie – I’m cracking up that you stayed clean this time. The casts look fabulous. Great idea to add dye. You’ll have to show us how you use them. Thanks for taking on the challenge and encouraging others – as you said ANYONE can do it, and they have all they need too.
Kimbo
/ May 19, 2008These are great ! I especially love the word stamps ! They worked so well. Here’s to good clean fun ! (At least some of the time ! 😉
Cheers,
Kim
Julie Prichard
/ May 20, 2008WOW! Look at all those- they look fantastic!!
Altered Route
/ May 20, 2008What fun!! Thanks for the tips!
Connie
Annapurna
/ May 20, 2008I have got to try this one for sure. Looks like fun.
Susann
/ May 20, 2008You wrote: ‘And here’s a close up of the foam word stamps… nice!’
I wouldn’t say ‘nice’: They’re soo great!
And thank you for your comments on my blog, too. I think I blushed this time 😉
JeriAnn
/ May 21, 2008The casts look great and I also love the ones made from word stamps. So cool!
Maralena
/ May 22, 2008How colorful. These turned out really neat. You made a lot! You must be stocking up for some serious art! 🙂
momto6
/ May 24, 2008I want to find those foam stamps! I love the way they turned out. Great job!! – Nicki
Ursula Clamer
/ May 30, 2008These look great and it seems like you had a lot of fun, even if it was clean!