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)
Carmen Lucero
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Such a vibrant page – love how the typewriter stencil in black just makes it that much striking!
Carmen L
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Deleted User
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Love this stencil- it would go well with Vintage Communication set of stamps I have. Love all your Journal pages too!
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tamiko mccurry
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Love ur work!! Love the multitudes of colours and layers.. Never had any stencil girls stencils.. this would be great first one!!
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Jone Johnson
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I am a stencil addict & really love “Stencil Girl” stencils. I’m from the generation that actually used typewriters & took typing classes in High School ( no self-correcting like word programs theses days ). I think this would be fun to use in journaling about those early days in my life. Your are soooooo colorful. Hope other hoppers have good ideas.
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Barbara K
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I love old typewriters. Such fun! I love what you did with this stencil – great colors! And the feather is fantastic.
Thanks so much for the give-away
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Monica Lowrance
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Wow you make me want to go get a typewriter.
This is an awesome stencil.
You did a great job.
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Andrene
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Another fabulous stencil :) I too remember the old typewriters…which I had been smart enough back then to keep one! Your page is awesome as usual – full of color and texture. It doesn’t get any better than that!
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Jane
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I love the typewriter.. all the layers.. all the colors
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Nancy Lee
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Love the colors and the layers. The feather in your cap…er…typewriter is great!
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Linda Kittmer
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Nat, this is such a fun stencil! I love your bright colours and all the fabulous texture!
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Jean A Marmo
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Such a cool stencil! I LOVE seeing it used so many different ways!
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Laurie Kahn
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❤ The new stencil. Reminds me of my antique typewriter that I use in still life’s for my students.
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Linda on the Prairie
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That which is old shall be new again. I learned on an Underwood that could anchor a cruise ship. This stencil offers so many possibilities.
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Michelle
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I totally love vintage typewriters too! i have a bunch of typewriter font stamps but naturally i left them all in storage for my big move. regret! regret!
I LOVE this project Nat! The color is amazing!
I also love how you used the keys to make punchinella type marks. Beautiful layering!!!
I have an old typewriter I rarely use because it’s so clunky. I regret getting it because the dude who sold to me was sooo shady. I bought 2 others and had to fight with him to exchange them because they all had rust and stuck key issues. The guy tried to tell me mechanical stuff doesn’t break like digital stuff does. Huh? Do i look 8 years old? i learned to type on a typewriter not an ipod! lol! if i knew he was gonna be so untrustworthy i would have never bought from him!
Anyway at least the one I have now works. I hear Salt Lake has great vintage shopping so I’m crossing my fingers I’ll find a baby blue Vulcan brand typewriter here- that is my dream machine!
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Denise Spillane
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Oh I love typewriters too. Very intimate to our writing. But I never got fast. I have two old ones I need to dig out. Thank you for the hop and inspiration!
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Christi Conley
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I, too, love old typewriters – If I had the money (and the room!) I’d collect them. This is a GREAT stencil & looks fab on your beautiful journal pages.
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julie
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Love the colors on this page. I too learned how to type on an old typewriter – wish i knew where it was today. Thanks for the opportunity for the giveaway. Love the way you used the keys by themselves for the edges.
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Melissa`
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Oh this is a great image. So retro and reminds me when we use to play office as a kid
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Sandra Strait
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What beautiful journal pages. You really know how to get the most out of a stencil image!
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Gerd Andersson
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The typewriter stencil is so cute! Still remember my old typewriter. Love your journal page!
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angi eharis
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you used a great combination of goodies to get your gorgeous typewriter! tx for sharing, aloha, angi in hana
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Julia
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Love, love, love the note to myself with the feather! The whole page is just delicious!
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Patricia Q
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Ooh, that typewriter is grand! All of the projects gave me some good ideas and I thank you for bringing the typewriter back to the future!
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Deborah Kind
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I love this stencil…I learned to type on the old machines….boy sure wish I would have kept the one I had at home…..thanks for the chance to win this stencil…stencils are sooo much fun….I was just introduced to them in June at a class I took and I bought 3 immediately to play with. Thanks again
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Chandra
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I like how you used the keys as a boarder very creative! The colors are so vibrant and playful your stencil is very cool. I used to type on an old black typewriter as well. It was the highlight of visiting my Dad and Stepmom in the summers. I have to get some stamps of the typewriter keys, I think those would be fun in journaling. Happy blog hop!
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