Welcome to my 7th Stencil Blog Hop! This time I invited 4 wonderful artist friends to hop along with me and show case my StencilGirl Products Elephant March Stencil. It is a 9×12 inch stencil.
And I give away one Elephant March 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 September 18, 2013 – midnight EST.
Edited on September 23,2013: Congratulations Sharon Johnson – you win the Elephant March Stencil. Please contact me by October 10th, 2013 with your snail mail addy. -Nat
Here are my friends joining me this time :
Carolyn Dube wonderful artist and Stencil addict…give her a stencil and she does magic
Maria McGuire rocks the StencilGirl Talk blog and all kinds of beautiful projects
Marsha Valk Marsha my sweet and talented friend from the Netherlands
Jessica Sporn an amazing Mixed Media Artist and Illustrator who is soon an almost neighbor of mine ;)
WHY an elephant Stencil? I love elephants and we have a lot of family connections with elephants! My uncle Gerd used to work as a zoo keeper at the zoo in Wuppertal. His stories of the elephants always fascinated me the most. And as a little child my grandaunt Margot used to tell me the story of the Tuffi a female circus elephant who jumped out the famous monorail in Wuppertal into the river in 1950 (no elephant seriously hurt!). And I loved all kinds of stories elephant related…and Elephants can be represent so many things..memory, strength, mental strength, fun, intelligence. Need more reasons or an elephant stencil? Nope- LOL- ok…let’s continue on
Check out some samples here:
Here is what I created for today:
Loved working on this big canvas and applying layered stencils and collage elements and then spray paint – there is a lot of texture on this canvas.
So much fun how different all the elephants turned out
They make me really happy
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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 a wonderful day
hugs
nat
Comments (71)
Miriam
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Love this elepant ,it is can be customed my iphone case ,it is magic.
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Elina
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Love this elephant! I would love to use it on fabric – it would make a plain T shirt very special!
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Carmen Lucero
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The colors you used on the stencil are fab!! Just like indian fabric. Thanks for the chance!
Carmen L
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Karen
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Beautiful, elephants are my favorite animals. I have a collection.
Thanks for the give aways.
Karen
matthews.karen22@gmail.com
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Rachel Parris
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I am such an elephant fan! I love your stencil and would, of course, love to win it.
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Betti Zucker
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Elephants! Wow! Wonderful! and Indian print ones…. fabulous
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Pattyb
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love all of the different design elements in your elephant stencil! Makes it so versatile! Thanks for posting your work….love it! So hope you are enjoying your new home!!!!! and WELCOME HOME!!!! and oh yeah…thanks for a chance to win your stencil!
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susan reiser
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My favorite stencil yet! Maybe I’ll win something!, gfeat work, beautiful.
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Andrene
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I love all the designs within the elephant – great for dimension and texture! Another awesome stencil.
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marykay
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love this. love the morrocon feel and beauty of this piece. great stencil. I’d love to have it. thanks for showing us all this
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Cat
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Fabulous stencil. I love the elephant!
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Cindy J, Holland
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Thank you for that wonderful opportunity to win that great stencil! I like elephants, and this one is very detailed. That’s what I like most about it.
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Gunvor
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Love the stencil. Like you say, elephants are symbols for soo many things. And your canvas is absolutely fabulous! I love the bright colours and the contrasting dark back ground that looks almost like a starry night! BTW, my German teacher in High School (Frau Brauer) often told us about the Zoo in Wuppertal and the elephants so it’s a small world ;)
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Pat Upton
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I really love your elephants! Wonderful!
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Janis in ID
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Love your project. The raised trunk just exudes so much joy!!
How interesting abt your family’s connection with elephants. TFS!
<3 J
jwoolbright at gmail dot com
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Renee G
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I love your elephant stencil. I too have an affinity for elephants. They seem so majestic. I hope you make a few more. Thank you
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Melissa
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This stencil has my mind whirling with ideas
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Gillian Pearce
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I’m really surprised at how much I’ve enjoyed everyone’s use of this stencil. I’m not normally that keen on animals but this stencil seems to work really, really well.
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Jean
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Love, love, love the elephant stencil! Love the way you have used it. Big fan of elephants–Roll Tide!
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ionabunny
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Great colours, great sentiment, great elephant
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