Welcome to my 4th Stencil Blog Hop! This time I invited four wonderful artist friends to hop along with me and show case my StencilGirl Products Typewriter Stencil. It is a 6×6 inch stencil.
And I give away one Typewriter 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 August 20, 2013 – midnight EST.
Edited on August 21, 2013: The winner is Lura Brown, Congratulations. Lura, please email me with your postal address so I can get this stencil sent out to you 
, Nat
Here are my friends joining me this time :
Martha Richardson: I know Martha now for some time- we worked together on a design team and she always blew me away with her amazing projects.
Maria McGuire: She is rocking it now for several blog hops- she is awesome!
Corrine Gilman: I discovered her because she is a member of the StencilGirl Creative Team and boy do I love her work – it is so beautiful!
Michelle Hernandez: Michelle is an awesome scrapbooker who makes me laugh a lot with her humor and who I finally had the pleasure to meet this summer in NYC
I designed this stencil because I love typewriters. When I grew up I had this gigantic old office typewriter from the 40s which I used to write my first novel on. The novel never made it to more then 11 pages, when it was replaced by a new idea- but anyway- I loved my typewriter. I am also one of those people that learned proper blind typewriting and I am quite quick and good at it – LOL. I bought a nice old one at a flea market and it must weigh a thousand pounds. There is a lot I connect with typewriters: vintage, office, notes, letters, work, messages….
Check out some samples I did already here:
Here is what I created for today:
It is a crazy art journal page ;) I do love to use random pages in my art journal and scrape off leftover paint, try out on an small area a little technique and often times I get this huge dimension and depth in a background which is ready to finish. I used the typewriter Stencil with some acrylic paint that stenciled through onto some marbleized paper.
I cut out the typewriter – added a slid through which I put a piece of canvas with with a “note to myself” tag and then mounted it on small 3D Foam Pads. The journaling reads “Seriously don’t take others or yourself too serious!”
I also love using the typing keys of the typewriter by itself for mark making -and you can see I did it throughout the spread but also around the pages as a frame.
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 Fun
Nat
Comments (57)
Gillian
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I particularly like the stencil used on the marble paper. Lovely effect!
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Barb
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Love the idea of a typewriter stencil. So many possibilities… as you have demonstrated! Yes!
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Jan
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Great imagery! Love all the colorful backgrounds and that stencil is fabulous! So fun!
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Gill
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Fabulous!
I love typewriters too!
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Kate
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Love your awesome journal page. Great use of that typewriter stencil. your style is very unique! Love it!
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Maria McGuire
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I love your crazy journal page and all the luscious layers of color! Thanks for having me hop with you again!
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Valerie Gilreath
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I love this stencil! I, too, love old typewriters and learned to blind type in school (and it has served me very well into the computer age). I even have two old typewriters as decoration in my home office, though, sadly, neither of them work properly anymore. I can imagine so many fun pages with this typewriter image. Thanks for the chance to win!
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muriel
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All of your projects with this stencil are so awesome and unexpected! I am a total fan!
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Kay Wallace
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Corrine sent me, Nat, although I have known you for many months! ;-) You have rivaled Corrine here with your versatile use of this wonderful stencil! Love the slide you created!
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Nurse Ratchet
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All the creations with this stencil are amazing!! It is much more versitile than imagined!! I, too, learned to type in a typing class where the typewriter keys had no letter designation!! I will have to figure out how to comment on other blogs!! So proud of you, Nat!!
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Brigitta
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Hi Nat,
You already know that I love this stencil, so I’ll definately be bloghopping and leaving comments.
Keeping my fingers crossed!
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Devin Sherwood
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I love what you did with this stencil and the beautiful colors!!!
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audrey
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Love this stencil! I actually miss the old typewriters. There is something special about some of the old “manual” items as opposed to the new technology. Your journal pages are stunning!!
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Martha Richardson
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Genius idea with the feather slide…your page makes me smile ;)
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Denise
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I am looking forward to giving stencils a try! Beautiful colors!
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Sherri Sinclair
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I so love this stencil.
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Madeline Rains
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I too started out typing on a typewriter and have been looking for one for ages. I just found one last month and have been loving it so this stencil would be wonderful to have.
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Judy Shea
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I would love to get my hands on an old typewriter. The mark makings give me goosies… and the colors?.. well fuhgedaboudit. Hoping to hop with your as soon as I move and settle in, as I know you have a big move coming up, too. But I can’t imagine moving to a new country.
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Gunvor
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Awesome art work, as always! I love the colours and the layering – so cool. Thanks for sharing!
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Carolyn Dube
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Love all the layers of color and pattern! Those keys make the best marks! What a fabulous stencil you’ve drawn!!
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Snap
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This is just too much fun! Love this typewriter stencil!
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Jessica Sporn
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This is such a cool stencil and I love your crazy art journaling page. Brilliant to cut that space and slide in your tag. LOVE it! Off to visit everyone!
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Corrine
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You are so sweet thanks for the lovely intro. Your projects are so colorful and I love color…The typewriter was so fun to work with and I too learned to type on one of those huge old typewriters and it was such a blessing to be able to type fast and accurately…..I look forward to working with you again….Off to check out the other gals. xox
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Sofia
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Hi Nat, I love your work, and loooovvve your stencils. Hope to win one. Is there somewhere in Europe a place to purchase them, to avoid the high shippingcosts from the US? Like to hear from you. Sweet and inky regards!
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Lisa ;P
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Michelle sent me here….Love the typewriter stencils and ALL your stencils are awesome, very different. Thanks
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