Something to remember ! :)
Painted the background with white and gold gesso and stenciled on top
in red using my Park Blvd Stencil. In order to make the design pop more I layered the stencil back on top after the paint dried and traced the pattern inside the openings.
Love the red and gold although I am not really big fan of gold – like say with jewelry etc.
Here are some of the supplies I used for this spread:
Never hurts to have a little stack of cards ready to go .
I created this quick note using my new Central Avenue Stencil and Stabilo Wood Pencils.
I simply placed the stencil onto a blank card and rubbed lightly some different colors against the stencil. The pigments of the very soft woody pencils accumulated on the edges of the plastic of the stencil.
Using a slightly moist brush I brushed over the stencil grid, and blended the different colors together to get some nice color mixes as well.
The stencil needs to be wiped off with a rag or baby wipe so that any leftover pigments won’t be applied to a future project.
I dunked a black watercolor pencil into water and applied some scribbles and the sentiment to the card.
Love how dimensional the effect is doing this method.
Here are some of the supplies I used for this card:
Thank you so much Jill! Love that you are also love making cards to have on hand :)
I loved playing with my new and secretly new favorite Hamilton Stencil and tons of spray paints.
I pasted a piece of deli paper on top on which I had drawn.
I love how reapplying the stencil and spray partly with different colors and then repeating the process a couple times makes the pattern look so dimensional. It is my favorite thing about using spray paint.
Here are some of the supplies that I used:
I am really enjoying playing with watercolor and stencils – I love the way a stencil helps you for the design but I love the loose look of watercolor.
I taped down the Valley Road Stencil and then started coloring in the pattern with different colors. The trick is to be less generous with water which seems to be a bit counter intuitive when using watercolors :)
Lift the stencil and there you go –
So much fun!
Lately I wonder why I have wasted so much time in my live worrying about what other people think. I am glad I am at a stage where I move on :)
I used my new Van Vorst Stencil with green and teal Spray paint on a copper and gold painted background. I painted the lady with acrylic paint and gouache.
I love my new Van Vorst Stencil …the floral design makes me happy and green and blue on copper and gold always reminds me of old buildings ..hey you think I am weird? Well …LOL
Here are some of the supplies I used for this spread:
Interesting thought Nat. When I hit 40 I found I can’t much less about what others thought.
Once I hit 50 I must say that I pretty much don’t care at all what people think.
As long as I’m kind and not hurting anyone, I do what my spirit moves me to do.
Which includes singing in public and saying hi to all dogs that I meet on the street (much to the embarrassment of my teenage son).
A bit simpler art journal spread using my new Flower Maze Stencil with spray paint.
Ink sketch on deli paper and some writing.
It was a fast art journal spread to get some thoughts down. Not a bad thing when you are in a time crunch :)
Here are the supplies I used
I love the dotty, spotty, spritzy effect you got with the spray paint. And of course you used my FAVORITE hex shape! Does the paint clean up easily?
Lately I have fun making cards. I don’t like to spend a crazy amount of time on them but when I have no time for painting or art journaling it is such a fun way to spent some time with paint and ..never bad to have some of those handy :)
I taped an area of my new Flower Maze Stencil to make sure I just stencil inside the hexagon which kind of represents a flower for me :)
I used a cosmetic sponge and dabbed it in different colors of acrylic paints which were next to each other on a paint palette. The pouncing left some raised textured areas which I really love. I am such a sucker for texture :)
I used a black pen and outlined some areas and then wrote my Bday song around the flower. That was fun. Here is the card again
Now …let’s see who gets this card for the birthday – it is ready to go :)
Here are the supplies I used for this card:
We cannot become what we want if we remain to be what we are.
Using the new Star Struck stencil I dabbed a cosmetic sponge in different colors of acrylic paint and then pounced them through the stencil.
I sketched the lady and painted her using watercolor and gouache.
I really like how this turned out – I really have to do more with watercolor and gouache.
Here are some of the supplies I used:
That is a beautiful and thought provoking quote, and you have showcased it so well.
Thank you Shasta!
Today I am releasing 11 new stencil designs with StencilGirl Products and am over the moon to be able to share them with you finally! You can check them out now in my Online Shop. I’ve been playing with them for the past month and wow am I loving these new patterns.
Of course I love using the big ones as backgrounds in my art journal, but you don’t have to stop there with these guys. Here are a couple fun ideas to inspire you – I will show the details later this month:
Above the Exchange Place Stencil – loving it.
Art Journal Spread using Flower Maze.
For the small round ones, I created the samples below:
I hope those new stencils make you as excited as me :) Do you have any favorites???
Come and join me as I talk about the stencils and a few other exciting developments TODAY, September 6th at 2pm EST on Facebook Live:
Congrats! These are great. What did you use for the Central Ave card? Pan pastels?
Hi Stephanie- sorry for the late reply – I used Woody Stabilo Pencils with the stencil- I will show a step-by-step this coming week :)
Flower Maze and Star Struck if I must just pick one or two.
I appreciate you showing your samples since it gives me so many ideas on how to use them.
It’s so wonderful to see your success.
May you sell many new stencils!
Awe thank you Sue! Love those two too- …well I guess am biased LOL
I am totally in the same mindset as you with having a little stack of cards handy just in case you need to send something along. And I love making them, especially out of just found items in my studio. Love what you did here! Thanks for sharing!
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