A Handmade Fairytale

Step 2 Prepare the cardstock

I use Walnut Ink but you can use water with a couple drops of acrylic craft paint, add some metallic for extra awesomeness. Lay out your sheets of paper and spray them (not on your self healing mat, you don't want paint on that), complete one side at a time. They don't need to be completely dry before using the stencil so damp is ok. Lay your stencil out centered on each page and hit it with another layer of spray. It really doesn't take a lot extra to show a decent void of design. Once you are finished with this side, turn it over and repeat. I wipe off the stencil every few pages or the liquid acrylic will build up and then run all over a page. Since it's about to be written on I'm ok with some messiness and runoff.

How many pages do you need? That's a good question, this depends on the length of your fairytale and the size of your handwriting and illustrations. I usually do a batch of 12-18 sheets of cardstock and then write out and illustrate 2 pages at a time.