Friday, August 17, 2018

StencilGirl Meets Emerald Creek


Hello and Welcome 
to Day 3 of StencilGirl's Blog Hop with Emerald Creek.
What a great match up!
 I like to give any product I am sent a thorough testing.
Which means I try a lot of things and make a lot of mess!


Embossing Powders for me to play with.


Here is one of my favorites from these last few weeks.


on a torn out sheet of sketchbook paper...
which I mounted on top of a black covered journal.


Simple and Masculine.



My second project started out with glass bead gel.
I wanted to see the depth and texture with the embossing powders.
Fun! 


I used the bee from the Fly Away Home Stencil.


I love how this little bee turned out!


This next one began on a little 3"x 5" canvas.
I used Dirty Sand Baked Texture in the middle.
 The Patina Oxide and Deep Sea Baked Textures are on the sides. 


Many layers later....
and some chipboard...
and some paint....


I love it! 

which just melted into the background
 but left a hint of texture on the edge of the canvas...
and the Journal Texture #1 Stencil on the chipboard.


It's perfect hanging on my art room wall.


My last two practice pieces aren't included in any journals or projects yet.
Maybe they'll be a tip-in flap for a future week in my planner...
or an ATC base... or a bookmark... or something? 


I love these blues.


And how about this Boho Butterfly!
The Deep Sea Baked Texture is the outline 
and I painted and shaded the wing colors with a variety of mediums.

Thanks for visiting today.


GIVEAWAY
One lucky winner will receive $50 in Gift Certificates to Emerald Creek
and 
StencilGirl® Products!
Enter to win by leaving a comment below.
Then be sure to visit the other blogs in the hop and comment to win.
The more blogs you comment on, the more chances you have to WIN!
One winner will be chosen at random from all blog comments!
(One comment per blog please.)
You have until Tuesday, August 21st at 11:59PM Central Time to leave your comments.
Winner will be announced on
StencilGirl® Product's Facebook page and Emerald Creek’s Facebook page on Wednesday, August 22.




See you next time!



Sunday, April 22, 2018

StencilGirl and ReSketch


Happy Earth Day!
Reduce. Reuse. Recycle. Rethink. Right?
Each team member was sent two ReSketch journals to play in.
Blank pages! What fun!


I started out playing with the little journal covers and went from there.


I decided to make a little traveler's type of notebook cover
to hold the two ReSketch journals.
The outside cover is Tangerine Kraft-Tex Paper leftover from a previous hop.
I sewed canvas paper to the inside cover.



I used my own Curlicue Wide Borders on the outside covers.
I stenciled it lightly with white gesso 
and used Acrylic Paint Pens to color it.
I embellished the loopy loops into flowers 
and made a nice graphic cover design.





To construct the dori....
 I used notes from a class I had taken on making an Artsy Dori.
Not quite like the original but I love how it turned out!
I decided to start the new year with gratitude and positive affirmations.
So I filled the pages.... alphabetically? LOL


























I love that little pink scribbly design (March 2015 Stencil Kit (4" x 4"stencil)).







There you go! That was fun!
I love my little dori!


And what would a Blog Hop be without a GIVEAWAY??!!!
One lucky winner will receive both StencilGuts
AND a 
Resketch Gift Pack !
What do you have to do to enter? Just leave a comment below.
Then visit these amazing artists’ blogs and comment for more inspiration and extra chances to win!

The more blogs you comment on, the more chances you have to WIN!
One winner will be chosen at random from all blog comments!
(One comment per blog please.)
You have until Wednesday, April 25th at 11:59PM Central Time to leave your comments.
Winner will be announced on
StencilGirl's Facebook page on Thursday, April 26th.
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See you next time!

Thursday, April 19, 2018

Good Things Happen When StencilGirl Meets Lindy's Gang


Welcome to Day 2 of this fabulous blog hop!
I have a confession....
I had never used Lindy's Gang Products until this hop...
And now I am on my third order from the company!
The Starburst Shimmer Sprays are my favorite!


Where have they been all my life?
(....insert dramatic crescendo music....)
Seriously, where?


You know I love making art journals.
Sometimes I don't even know I've started another journal
until I am most of the way done with it.


Here I was just having fun spraying those Starburst Shimmer Sprays 
and layering them to see how they mixed and blended.
And then it was...Yep, That's a book cover.

Here is how they started out.
My go-to Curlicue Floral as the base.


Then more layers and delicious shimmery drips.


Until we came to this!


Wow that was fun!

Then two more... but a little different approach.
I have some 12x12 deli paper that I layered and stenciled on.
I experimented with acrylic paints layered with the sprays.


 I used the X-12 and the Gridded stencils in the layers here.

When I was happy with the paper I glued it onto
some cardboard for book covers and proceeded from there.

I love the crinkly deli paper look!


My Green inside book covers are scrapbook paper cut and glued to fit.
Then some Starburst Sprays on top through the Curlicue Floral stencil.
The blue versions are acrylic paints as the base and a Krylon spray paint through 
the 9x12 stencil in the February 2018 StencilClub Kit.


There you go!
I admit I have a dozen projects going on using these
I highly recommend them!



GIVEAWAY
One lucky winner will receive both a $25 Gift Certificate to Lindy’s Gang
AND a $25 Gift Certificate to 
StencilGirl® Products!
Enter to win by leaving a comment below.
Then be sure to visit the other blogs in the hop and comment to win.
The more blogs you comment on, the more chances you have to WIN!
One winner will be chosen at random from all blog comments!
(One comment per blog please.)
You have until Tuesday, April 24th at 11:59PM Central Time to leave your comments.
Winner will be announced on
StencilGirl®'s Facebook page and Lindy’s Gang’s Facebook page on Wednesday, April 25.



Good Luck and see you next time!