Welcome to my second Stencil Blog Hop! Again I invited four wonderful artist friends to hop along with me and play with my StencilGirl Products Circuit Stencil which is a 9 x 12 Stencil
And I give away one Circuit Stencil!Comment her 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 August 6, 2013 – midnight EST.
Edited August 8, 2013: The winner is Dorothy McCarthy – Congratulations. Dorothy please email me with your postal address so I can get this stencil sent out to you 
, Nat
, NatEdited September 23, 2013: Although I tried hard to get the winner’s addy – I never heard back. I will do a new drawing from a different post soon as I am sure someone else will be happy to receive the stencil :)
Here are my friends joining me:
Stephanie Schütze who joined me last week already and did some amazing cards and a layout- I love her style!
Birgit Koopsen a close friend of mine, not only do I love teaching together with her…she is also super duper colorful in her work!
Marjie Kemper, I met Marjie in NYC a while back when I was teaching workshops- and she is doing amazing things on her blog – check her out!
Samie Harding – is a huge art journaler who also does a lot of fun videos on her art journaling.
I designed the Circuit Stencil because I do love technical signs in my work -I love when something is whimsy and then you can put some straight technical background to it. I also wanted to have a stencil which you can use as a background stencil but also to frame your work.
Check out some samples here:
Here is what I created for today:
It is a very simple yet colorful sparkling art journaling page :) I used Wendy Vecchi’s Golden Embossing Paste over the Stencil- simply scrape it over with an old credit card or hotel key card.
I let it dry and then used three different colors of Dylusion Sprays over it.
At some areas I dabbed the color off while still wet – so it got sparkly gold again, at some areas I just let the color sit and dry on top of the circuit pattern.
Next I used a water mister and laid out the Circuit Stencil over areas that weren’t covered yet with the pattern, spritzed over the stencil and used a rag to rub through the stencil. As the Dylusions get reactivated by water, you take off some of the colors and get a little Circuit Ghost Effect :)
Voila- a nice background that you can add photos, journaling, stamping etc. I simply used a little quote I liked, by Pablo Picasso – I love filling my art journal with quotes.
Here are the supplies I used:
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Now hop on over to my friends and check what they did
Have Fun
Nat
Comments (98)
Gill
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What a fabulous stencil – I love how you used it in your work!
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Cindy Becker
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I love this technique and the stencil is on my must-have list. My father was an electrician and I have an idea for a canvas with a photo of him and his father.
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Maria McGuire
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Oh Nat! Those colors just pulled me in! Love the embossing paste and all the technique! Of course your stencil is the highlight of the show :)
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Corrine
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Love all the color riot going on here and the way the stencil just comes on through with the embossing paste…gotta check out this gold paste….thanks for tip. xox
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Anne0904
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Die Schablone ist einfach genial. Ich liebe diese technischen Sachen in Kombination mit Farben. Toll.
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Tanya P.
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Wow, what a cool stencil! Love how you used it!! Your page turned out fabulous!
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Dorothy McCarthy
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I absolutely love this stencil!! My background is electronics and this looks awesome!
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nathalie-kalbach
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Hi Dorothy – you won the circuit stencil giveaway! Please email me your snail mail addy and I have it sent out to you :) congratulations!
Nat
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Mary C. Nasser
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Love learning about the gold paste and spray combination!
Such a cool technique…thank you for sharing it with us!
Your stencil designs are great!
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Andrene
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I said to myself….”self, is that bright pink on Nathalie’s page?!!” I havent noticed you to be a pink girl in the past but these pages are stunning!! Dylusion sprays definitely deliver vibrant gorgeous colors. I really like the gold embossing paste (dont have it – need it – thanks for enabling!). Most of all, I love your stencil – its one of my favorites!
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Laura Strack
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Love that stencil! Wendy Vecchi’s embossing paste worked very well, really like that affect. Thanks Nat for your beautiful stencil creations!
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Madeline Rains
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Wow. I really love this page – the quote, the colors and the stencil! And that embossing paste is so cool. The stencil reminds me of a subway grid as well which I love.
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Jen Matott
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Great stencil design! I have lots of ideas on how to use it! Awesome!!
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kristin
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love your stencil! looks like a great way to add to an interesting background!!
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Michelle V. Alkerton
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I love how your misters worked with the stencil. I’d love to win one :).
Stay inspired!
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Linda on the Prairie
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This stencil fits my process-oriented soul!
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Helen
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great stencil ! I do albums about amateur radio from time to time – for friends who are in this hobby – this stencil will be sooo good to make such backgrounds!
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nixiness
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I LOVE this stencil. If I don’t win one, where can I buy one?!
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Jean A Marmo
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Love this stencil! Love the hop seeing all the ways it was used!!
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Lissa
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Love the stencil. Reminds me of the old NYC subway map!
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Helmi
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Beautiful piece……thanks for a chance to win it.
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Birgit Koopsen
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This is sooo cool! Love it! Thanks for having me play along sweetie, you know I love your stencils :)
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clare
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great new stencil and love the technique you used. x
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Jeannette van Dongen
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I really love thuis stencil and would not mind winning one :)
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grace
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what a cool stencil you designed! The texture created with embossing paste over it is fantastic.
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Linda
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Hi Nathalie,
What a very super duper stencil. I thought it looks like a subwayplan. You made a very awesome journalpage. I love the colors of de Dylusions.
Lin
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