Faux Linen?
 

How do you do the faux linen technique? Thanks for any suggestions!

It is one of the Technique Junkie techniques for this month. Go to Patstamps.com to see examples. You have to subscribe to get the directions for the techniques.

While I'm not really "into" techniques, I subscribe to Pat's Technique Junkies newsletter and I do so to keep up with what's goin' on out there.

Even if I don't try but half the techniques, this little newsletter of Pat's is a great resource because it's entirely technique based and jam-packed in each issue--no ads, just great information and photos of finished samples using each technique.

There's also an online bonus technique AND gallery exclusively for subscribers only!!!!!!!

Totally worth the $16 annual fee for a subscription. I highly recommend it. :D

I've been thinking about signing up--but that toothpaste embossing thing just freaked me out! :shock: I will rethink though--it sure looks cool!

I used to say I'd stamp on/with anything . . . :roll:

However, over the years, I've drawn the line on several items:

No food (I once invested a butt load of $$$ into making stamped lollipops, chocolates, etc. Yeah--stamping DIRECTLY on the food item--I've NEVER actually done it--too time-consuming, and I hate cooking anyway! And that Carmelized Condensed Cream?????? NO WAY!!!!!!! Yuck! What a mess!)

Toothpaste (just grosses me out, but hey, different strokes . . .), I'm with you on that one.

Maybe some day I'll get bold and try them . . .








Naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah. :roll:

So we have to subscribe to this newsletter in order to learn this technique??? The only people who know how to do it are subscribers?

Karen

A lot of the techniques have been shared. "Floored pearls" and "smackin' acetate" are ones I think of right off the top of my head. I was just at a convention where several techniques were demonstrated, and the demo took credit for developing them. HMMM The subscription is really worth it if you are interested in learning new things.

No, I'm sure you can find it in a magazine or perhaps online somewhere if you did a google search?

What's nice about Pat's newsletter, is there are some techniques that are cutting edge, some that have been around for a while, but they are all (written step-by-step by Pat, of course, not copied from copyrighted articles, etc.) and are conveniently located in a publication that is specifically geared to exactly that: Techniques. Nothing but techniques.

Pat created Technique Junkies because if you tried to search for them in various magazines and back issues, etc., it could take a looooooooong long time to find what you're looking for . . . She was wishing there was a publication dedicated to techniques and could not find one on the market, so she wrote and developed her own!

It's an incredible resource--and a great value--one yr. subscription is only about $17, if I remember right! I keep mine in a 3 ring binder with page protectors--when I wanna look up a technique: WHAM! Right there at my fingertips! Waaaaaaay awesome!

She also produces a CD ROM version that has an entire year's subscription on it + BONUS Techniques + Bonus gallery samples!!!!!!!! I'm thinking I may get those, too, as I discovered her newsletter a year or so after she'd started publishing it.

HTH!

Mkkimber has a great sample and a description in her reply here:
http:////www.splitcoaststampers.com/...cat=all&page=1

I love the look of the jeans stamp--wouldn't it be great if they made a linen background stamp too! Then we'd have the great look of the Bazzill cardstock without the texture that sometimes gets in the way

Oh, MAN! You are so right!!!!!! I actually bought the Fiskars brayer that has a "weave" texture expressly for this purpose! It's the only reason I wanted the darn thing. Covers the entire card front as you roll up the paper!

I have been wishing forever for a linen stamp--we GOTTA put in requests to SU! for this! The more requests they receive, the more likely they will do it! :D

how do we ask SU for a product like the linen background stamp? Is there a "right" place to make suggestions?

There should be a link to contact the company via the SU! homepage.

You can also call toll free at 1-800-STAMPUP

The more the consumer puts in a request, the more likely to get results. They do listen to demo'rs, but we are only a force of around 30,000 and unless we are ALL requesting the same thing, it doesn't make a dent in the suggestion box . . .

:shock:

re: faux linen
 

Ang.....thanks for answering Momma's question directly. It also helped me out as well since i was thinking you had to use a brush like you do for real walls.

Hoping somebody sees this question down at the bottom here... but what grit sandpaper do you use for this technique? Is it better to use a fine grit or a coarse grit? TIA.

100 grit or coarser?

I used the sanding cube I use for polyshrink and it was TOO fine and yielded unsatisfactory results. Didn't have anything else on hand . . . :(

I've done this technique before but I used it on "Matte Photo Paper" and had great results. As far as what type of sand paper to use, I used the finest one there is for the photo paper. I'd almost think you'd want to use something a little rougher for the glossy paper because you want the look of distress. Make sense. I guess I should keep my lips zipped (or my fingers off the keyboard) if I can't give you an exact answer. Sorry.

Hugs,
diane

This sounds very cool! I have the canvas stamp but this means i could play some more ;) I'm off to look through DH's cabinets in his workshop for some sandpaper SHHHHH ;)