Welcome to my third Stencil Blog Hop! This time I invited five wonderful artist friends to hop along with me and show case my Stencil Girl Products Crackle Stencil – size 9 x 12 inches.
And I give away one Crackle 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 six 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 13, 2013 – midnight EST.
Edited on August 14, 2013: The winner is Neija, Congratulations. Neija, please email me with your postal address so I can get this stencil sent out to you 
, Nat
Here are my friends joining me:
Carmen Sanchez – aka Cuchy : Cuchy who lives in Madrid and I have been organizing our Art Mesa Mixed Media event in Spain for the third year already and I do love her as a friend and super talented artist too.
Cat Scanlon : one of my oldest artist friends who has released lots of wonderful products lately and wrote two amazing books on Mixed Media in the past too.
Marjie Kemper : Who does stunning work and blew me away already last week when she posted her take on my Circuit Stencil
Louise Nelson : My friend from Australia who has a stunning style in scrapbooking – and who has a wonderful soul too!
Maria Mc Guire: super talented and an ongoing never ending source of ideas and inspiration who also runs the Stencil Girl Talk Blog .
When I was thinking about my stencil designs – I thought about the stencils that I would love to own – and the Crackle stencil idea has been in my head forever! I wanted the closest possible pattern to real crackle effects and also in smaller sized cracks or bigger ones- so that is why there the stencil is 9×12 inch – which gives you lots of options.
Check out some samples here:
Here is what I created for today:
I created these three canvases for the hallway of the place where my exhibition took place last week. The writing is from a German song by Hildegard Knef and it could be translated into:
“I need a change of scenery”, said the birch tree and set off at the crack of dawn
I used the Crackle stencil throughout those canvases in it’s most simple use – with some Liquitex Modeling Paste spread over.
I love the simple texture effect you can archive with it. I had used my What’s The Point Stencil underneath with some heavy gesso directly on the canvas, then spray painted with Liquitex Professional Spraypaint, added the texture with the Crackle Stencil and applied a birch tree panel, some moss and a sprayed tree branch to the canvases.
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 (108)
Jean A Marmo
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Done hopping! Love seeing all the different ways the stencil was used!!!
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Gaye
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Crackle and texture go hand in hand. I love the varied sizes you have designed on one stencil!
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Jackie
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Totally digging this stencil Nat! If I did not say it before- congrats on your line with stencil-girl!!! awesome! “)
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Cecilia
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I love this texture effect!! Thanks for sharing!!!
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Nancy
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What a nice idea to have a little outdoors indoors with the touch of nature.
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Lura Brown
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oh nat, you just keep on making such irrisistable things. i love the blog hops, i get to see so many new peoples art and of course best of all get to have chances to win awesome stencils. this one is for sure a must have, so many fab ways to use it. hope to see you again this jan at CHA. xoxo
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Cindy Connell
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I love the three panels and the fact you placed real bark and moss on each! Right up my alley! Thanks for the chance to win your ultra fun stencil! Hugs!
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Melva Bates
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How I would like to try this great stencil out with my gelli plate.
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Gillian Pearce
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I love the different sizes in the stencil. So versatile. I could really do with a good background stencil.
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Helen Campbell
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I love the texture of the piece, and the addition of actual birch to give it authenticity. Thanks for the chance to win the stencil!
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Susan Stimson
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I love the new stencil and how you have used it in your designs. Thanks for the chance of winning it.
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Marjie Kemper
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Oh wow these are gorgeous canvases! Love the stenciling and the nature parts… gorgeous!
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LynneJ
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ooh-loving this stencil and the way you’ve used it! I’ve just recently really gotten into stenciling with texture paste and have become addicted to it! thanks for the chance!
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Kathy P
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This is my fave new stencil of yours, Nat! Love how it looks with the dimension, and great pattern!
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Andrene
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Back again – I have a question. At least 2 of the wonderful ladies on your hop used impasto. I know you have used it in one of your online classes too. Its a medium that I would have to order online and all the different brands gets overwhelming. Any recommendations?
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Kate Gallegos
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LOVE the crackle stencil-can’t wait to use it!!
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esther cohen
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cool stencil, would wonderful to have it to play with!
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Susan Samuel
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Love the use of the liquitex to produce an extra dimension to the page.Using it sparingly at different positions all over the page can lead to many different effects.
Susan S
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Christine Kiehl
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Far out projects with a coolio stencil! What a neat treat it would be to win one of my own!
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Maria McGuire
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A MUST have stencil–I have crackled EVERYWHERE :) Love your canvas’ and the texture you created. That POP of moss–LOVE it! Thanks for having me hop with you again Nat!
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Denise Spillane
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Great stencil, I enjoy the inspirations.
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Andrene
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Beautiful canvases! I adore this stencil and hope I win it :) After your hops are over I will definitely be doing some stencil shopping!
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Valerie Gilreath
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Very cool stencil. I really like the organic shape. Thank you for giving us a chance to win one.
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Melissa
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Awesome…..I don’t have enough time to try all the great techniques before another great idea is posted. Not complaining….just need to get to my studio soon!
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Catherine Scanlon
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I love how this turned out — THANK you for asking me to be a part of this! xo
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