Welcome to my 7th Stencil Blog Hop! This time I invited 4 wonderful artist friends to hop along with me and show case my StencilGirl Products Elephant March Stencil. It is a 9×12 inch stencil.
And I give away one Elephant March Stencil! Comment here for an entry into this giveaway! And if you also comment on all the other listed blogs I will give you an entry into the giveaway for each blog you comment on–how cool is that! You have five chances to win it. Leave a comment on each of the listed blogs and on my blog and let us know how you like the projects and I will pick randomly one lucky winner. You have time to comment till September 18, 2013 – midnight EST.
Edited on September 23,2013: Congratulations Sharon Johnson – you win the Elephant March Stencil. Please contact me by October 10th, 2013 with your snail mail addy. -Nat
Here are my friends joining me this time :
Carolyn Dube wonderful artist and Stencil addict…give her a stencil and she does magic
Maria McGuire rocks the StencilGirl Talk blog and all kinds of beautiful projects
Marsha Valk Marsha my sweet and talented friend from the Netherlands
Jessica Sporn an amazing Mixed Media Artist and Illustrator who is soon an almost neighbor of mine ;)
WHY an elephant Stencil? I love elephants and we have a lot of family connections with elephants! My uncle Gerd used to work as a zoo keeper at the zoo in Wuppertal. His stories of the elephants always fascinated me the most. And as a little child my grandaunt Margot used to tell me the story of the Tuffi a female circus elephant who jumped out the famous monorail in Wuppertal into the river in 1950 (no elephant seriously hurt!). And I loved all kinds of stories elephant related…and Elephants can be represent so many things..memory, strength, mental strength, fun, intelligence. Need more reasons or an elephant stencil? Nope- LOL- ok…let’s continue on
Check out some samples here:
Here is what I created for today:
Loved working on this big canvas and applying layered stencils and collage elements and then spray paint – there is a lot of texture on this canvas.
So much fun how different all the elephants turned out
They make me really happy
Here are the supplies I used:
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Now hop on over to my friends and check what they did and comment for some changes to win the stencil :)
Have a wonderful day
hugs
nat
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Kris H
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LOVE the elephant in the room
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Julie G.
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I have ooohhhhd and aaahhhhd my way through the blog hop and at each stop have been amazed by the creations each has made. My immediate reaction to yours was to reach out my hand to feel the texture, it looked so beautiful!
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Maria McGuire
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This is SO beautiful Nat! I’m so glad you went BIG! Also, thanks for sharing about the elephant and the connections! I LOVE this stencil and had SO much fun playing with it!!!
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Mary Ann Wilkerson
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This stencil reminds me of batik printing. I love it.
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julie
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Love this stencil! i need strength right now! :)
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Maggie M
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All of your blog hop participants made wonderful art using your stencil. I’m very impressed:)
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Louise Kirby
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What a gorgeous lively and lovable stencil
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Jeane Walker Sliney
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I love elephants and I love your elephant stencil!
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Maggie M
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Love your elephant stencil, Nat. I could see using this stencil in my “Circus” art pages and much more. I’ve always loved the circus, especially the decorated elephants! Thanks for the stencil giveaway. I’ll be commenting on all of the blogs in hopes of winning this charming stencil:)
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marsha.
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I love this stencil… Wait, let me repeat: I loooove this stencil!!! I had so much fun creating with it! Your layered elephants are brilliant. It’s like they are floating in the night (we can start counting elephants instead of sheep ;-)) Also: I kind of hope you spray painted it somewhere in your neighbourhood… I’m by no means implying you would (or should) do such a thing! But it would make pretty awesome Hamburg street art…
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snap
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wonderful! i love elephants. thanks for the chance to win the stencil
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Amante del Papel
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There is a fantastic job!!! and your elephants are so lovely!
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Corrine
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More elephants is a good thing, they are such community animals and so loving, how could doing more with them be anything but great. xox
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Denise S
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Love it, the reds and yellows nice and bold. This is a great stencil. Thanks Natalie
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Gayle Kush
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I love Elephants. It is the only thing I collect. Do you have these available for sale?
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Bev
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What a gorgeous stencil – so textured and full of character! Love what you created with it!
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April Lopez
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If I won this stencil I’d make something for my dad. He loves elephants.
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Jenni
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loving the colours in this stenciled piece just so vibrant
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Barbara Poe
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Love the stencil! Love what everyone did with it. So different and yet so wonderful.
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Gerd Andersson
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Love your elephant as well as the art you made with her!
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Brenda
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I love the march of the elephants! they really pop against the black background. What a wonderful story behind your inspiration for this canvas and stencil.
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froebelsternchen Susi
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Dein Stencil ist richtog toll.. und er wurde hier überall schon so genial verwendet – ich komme grad von Jessica und Carolyn… und bin schon auf dem hop weiter!
liebe Grüße aus dem Waldviertel
Susi
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Jessica Sporn
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Wow – awesome canvas Nat! I loved playing with this stencil and am so happy you invited me to the blog hop! Now off to see what everyone else did. xo
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Sharon Milford
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Love the elephant stencil need to have one of them !!!
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Ursula
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Wenn das man nicht Colonel Hathi und seine Elefantenparade ist …… ;)) Töröööööö – und Guten Flug ;)
LG Ursula
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