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
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loey
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“processing” the possibilities of those circuits! if used as layers will the route be “circuitous”?! my muse is feeling a kinship to overlapping neural circuits!!
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Tameko
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Fabulous journal page. Love the way you used the stencil with the embossing paste.
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Tricia
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This stencil makes brilliant backgrounds. Congratulations!
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Miriam Prantner
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Gorgeous page and I really love this stencil, it’s such a great size and the pattern is so versatile!
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Ann Jobes
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What a beautiful bright page that just pops off the screen! Congrats on your stencil design – it looks very fun to work with.
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Devin
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I absolutely love what you did with this stencils and all those bright colors!!! Thank you for sharing.
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Toni Leli
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What a great stencil — right up my Techie style!
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Sue Pompetti
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What a variety of beautiful images made with this very cool stencil!
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Carolyn Dube
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Love these circuit lines and dots! So perfect in so many ways! Love it here with all the bright colors!
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eSeN
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Oooh! I love the stencil and I love your page! So colourful and then a pop of elegance with the gold embossed stencil design.
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Ruth
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I’m a software developer and love this stencil!
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Nurse Ratchet
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This stencil is so versatile …fabulous art!!
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Kate
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I love the use of this circut stencil. The colors are amazing and I love the composition!
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Tecla
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Hi Nat, what a cool use and combo of mediums and of the stencils. My mother’s maiden name was Kaulbach. I wonder if we’re related. she was dutch. thanks!!
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Kay Wallace
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Since I am taking a class with Wendy Vecchi this weekend, I was especially interested in your use of her embossing paste and your oh-so-brilliant stencil! They work so well together to create both texture and interest! Love the result, Nat! Bravo!
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Julie G.
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Great journal page! Love this stencil. I work in a tech environment and when I see the CAD designs I see art :)
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Marjie Kemper
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How cool is that??? Love your page! Thanks so much for inviting me to play with your awesome Circuit stencil. But hey ~ who said you could use a hand? *wink*
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Caroline D.
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Beautiful page and the circuits look great with the colors over the gold embossing paste!
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Jane
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layers, layers, layers… and awesome color!… the shadows add a lot.
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angi eharis
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amazing! i saw this stencil and did not think too much, and of course after seeing what u did my head is spinning with endless possibilities! i want it! tx for sharing and inspiring, aloha, angi in hana
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Gayle Price
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Such a cool little stencil and I love how you have used it in combination with a metallic and those gorgeous bright colors.
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Sandy
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The WV Embossing paste is new to me. Bet that gold just glitters! Great stencil design. Thanks for sharing your techniques, Nat!
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Amie
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Nathalie, This is my favorite stencil so far. Just perfect for a bit of a tease towards all of the tech in our worlds. I am surprised to see you so active prior to the big move. Wonderful.
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Robin
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Love the circuit stencil. As an Imaging equipment engineer, I’d love to try these!
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Yvonne
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What beautiful color. So bright and vibrant. At first I wasn’t sure what I would use your stencil for but after being at the hop, I realized all the wonderful things that it would make. Love it.
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emilie
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Love this stencil – makes me think of all the energy and wiring in my head! As an artist and someone with bipolar, neural pathways really interest me. I would live to use this stencil to explore the pathways of my marination and creativity
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