is a saying that I really love..it is basically saying “not my problem” and often times the monkeys definitely are not mine ;) As you can see I used my Elephant Stencil for Stencil Girl Products – which just makes me happy. Also lots of spraying and layering on the background
with a finish of Liquitex Pouring Medium which gives it a nice glass like finish. Love the stuff.
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have a gorgeous day without any monkey business ;)
hugs
nat
Welcome to my 6th Stencil Blog Hop! This time I invited 5 wonderful artist friends to hop along with me and show case my StencilGirl Product What’s The Point Stencil. It is a 9×12 inch stencil.
And I give away one What’s The Point 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 September 3, 2013 – midnight EST.
Here are my friends joining me this time :
Jamie Dougherty: my wonderful mixed media artist friend from California- check also out her latest painted skateboards…too die for!
Carolyn Dube: who rocked the StandUp Bass last week already!
Andrea Gomoll: my super talented German friend from Berlin – we taught and organized a couple workshops together and she is one of my old Craft Mafia Gang Memberfriends;)
Marsha Valk: from The Netherlands who does AMAZING projects and photos and who I know pretty long now too :)
Maria McGuire: Let’s see what this talented lady does this week- she always surprises me with out of the box and cool projects!!!
What’s the point about this stencil? Man…there is never enough dots- LOL. I love dots – and I use them all the time to tie things together – and I love the possibility of a nice background with it. Check out some samples here:
Here is what I created for today:
I played a bit in my art journal -first creating a background with PanPastels.
Then I placed the stencil on top of the panpastel background and used an eraser through the stencil.
Here you can see how this erased the panpastel through the stencil. I fixated the background afterwards.
Then I added some old sewing pattern paper on top here and there and blended that in with some acrylic inks- as you can see..this lets the dots still shine through.
After spicing it up a bit here and there with stamps I used some Heavy Body Paint and applied this for texture over the Stencil too.
So much fun to layer it with different media to get some depth on an art journal page
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 a wonderful day
hugs
nat
It’s amazing, hugs
So simple..and so cool..lots of uses..Thanks!
This is really a super stencil. Love your piece.
Great project, Nat – love this stencil and the colors!
Love the layering you created with your stencil. The bright colors are right up my alley!
I agree! There are never enough dots!
Wow! I so LOVE this stencil. Thanks for a chance to win it and for sharing how you used it to create your journal page. Awesome techniques. I like the use of the Heavy Body Paint. Crossing my fingers!
love these circles, especially everything you did with them! tx for the chance to win them, aloha, angi in hana
Nat – Would LOVE to win 1 of your stencils!! And we can never have enough DOTS in our lives!
DOTS of love!
Grandma Nancy Sapp
I love the way you used the What’s the Point stencil on your journal page! And, the color are awesome! Now I have to own this one as well. If you keep introducing me to more stencils, it’s going to start taking a serious bite out of my paycheck!.
Super!
Love the bright colors! Question: did you use fixative to set the Pan Pastels before adding paint? I rarely incorporate Pan Pastels because of the mess, although I love them. I’m inspired to use them!
Very cool design Nathalie! Love your colors and how to you add splashes of color.
Take care and STAY POSITIVE!
Sorry for THE weird comment. Autocomplete made THE stringent words …
Love THE work you did urinegewogen thuis stencil! Hope to win one ….
Love THE work you did urinegewogen thuis stencil! Hope to win one ….
Love the look of that super heavy body paint. I’ve never seen it before. Looks perfect for stencils.
I’m just starting out with stencils. Love this one!
Love it! You can never have enough colors or stencils!
Love it! You can never have enough colors or stencils!
Ready for one more new stencil? My new 9×12 inch Arabesque Stencil that I designed for StencilGirl Products is in the house :)
I love background stencils- and I wanted one that is swirly but also a bit grungy…and this is what I came up with.
I had lot’s of fun turning this into a little spanish themed art journal page while teaching in Madrid :)
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huge hugs
Nat
Are you ready for the 2nd photo of the Second Round of Whatevers? If you missed what the Whatevers is all about or want to see all the past photos and takes…check it out here.
Click here to see what Cat, Vicki, Martha and Cuchy made out of the photo and which story they tell.
Here is my take:
Journaling:
He was good, really really good. No wonder he became the mayor of Stompville. He was able to manipulate people so they’d believe everythin g – like that they meant the moon and the sun and were the only ones!
I used my Oldtimer Stencil with StencilGirl Products and sprayed on Watercolor Paper. Then I traced a little bit with an ink pen, cut the car out- cutting off also the top of the car. I colored in the white spaces of the car with Derwent Artbars. I applied the three behind the car. Fun – It looks a bit comic style- collage ;)
And here is the photo of this month’s Whatever for you:
Here is how it works
Nat
So excited about my new 9×121 inch stencil called Elephant March that I designed for StencilGirl Products (and yes- the art journal page is called elephant waltz ;) )
I do love elephants and I had such a blast creating this stencil. I also wanted the pattern of the elephant blanket to be possibly used just as is – so it is like a two in one stencil.
You can also get a peak at another stencil I just released in the background ;) but more about it later.
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I hope you like the Elephant March
huge hugs
Nat
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
Love this stencil!! Your project is gorgeous as always!
Awesome stencil Nat!
Thanks for another blog hop and more versatile stencils! I love this one – soo cool!
Great stencil. Love how you used it. So much better than crackle paste which often doesn’t work. thanks for sharing.
This is a great stencil. Love the texture you can create with it!
Thanks for sharing and thanks for the give-away!
This is one of the coolest stencil designs. Love it! Fondly, Tami
What an awesome stencil you created. I can imagine so many uses for it. Thanks for sharing your art with us and for the inspiration. And also for this blog hop and the giveaway. I’d love to win. Crossing my fingers!
Awww! stunning artistic signs…love the moss and all the natural way used…Thanks for the opportunity, Nat.
Great project! Love the stencil!!
Very cool stencil and project!
Great stencil, would love to give it a go and try some of these great techniques.
Me ha encantado el trabajo que has hecho con este stancil.
Love the crackle stencil. It can be used so many different ways. Can’t wait to get one to play with
oh!la!!!!!!!!la!!!!!!!!!!!! j aime j’aime j aime !!
voilà exactement le stencil que je cherchais pour mes travaux artistique( ils ne sont pas sur mon blog)
et que de merveilleuses creations
bravo!!
So happy you designed some stencils, Nath! The best ideas come from within! Thanks for the chance to win it!!
Carmen L
Great stencils, N! You project is fun and I am glad you translated for us.
What an awesome stencil…!!!
Awesome crackle stencil! I love the texture you have created with this.
I love this crackle stencil !
Me ha encantado el fondo!! y el musgo le da un toque natural increible!!! Espero tener suerte con el stencil, ya que me quedé sin él en el curso ;) besitos
I love the look of the stencil
I love this stencil, these 3 canvases are amazing, love the colors and the moss too!
Woo hoo…enter me to win this cool new stencil please Nat!
Ou yummy texture, pick me! Sanna.
lovely! i think this crackle stencil is so versatile.
Today is the day of my exhibition – hahaha- you are probably as excited as I am just because you cannot hear the word anymore ;) Well – bah…don’t be too happy I will still post about it ;)
So this is the last canvas in a trilogy I created – I showed you the other two before here and here. The water tower is a very prominent landmark of my hood. It is set in a park and I can see it from our deck and our sleeping room window. I love this old building. They turned it into a 5Star hotel – which caused lot’s of protests …building wise I have to say though they did a really good job inside keeping lot of the old architecture. Otherwise it would have been awesome if this was turned into public space since it is in a public park…but Oh well ;)
Wish me luck !
Nat
Welcome to my second Stencil Blog Hop! Again I invited four wonderful artist friends to hop along with me and play with my StencilGirl Products Circuit Stencil which is a 9 x 12 Stencil
And I give away one Circuit Stencil!Comment her 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 6, 2013 – midnight EST.
, Nat
Here are my friends joining me:
Stephanie Schütze who joined me last week already and did some amazing cards and a layout- I love her style!
Birgit Koopsen a close friend of mine, not only do I love teaching together with her…she is also super duper colorful in her work!
Marjie Kemper, I met Marjie in NYC a while back when I was teaching workshops- and she is doing amazing things on her blog – check her out!
Samie Harding – is a huge art journaler who also does a lot of fun videos on her art journaling.
I designed the Circuit Stencil because I do love technical signs in my work -I love when something is whimsy and then you can put some straight technical background to it. I also wanted to have a stencil which you can use as a background stencil but also to frame your work.
Check out some samples here:
Here is what I created for today:
It is a very simple yet colorful sparkling art journaling page :) I used Wendy Vecchi’s Golden Embossing Paste over the Stencil- simply scrape it over with an old credit card or hotel key card.
I let it dry and then used three different colors of Dylusion Sprays over it.
At some areas I dabbed the color off while still wet – so it got sparkly gold again, at some areas I just let the color sit and dry on top of the circuit pattern.
Next I used a water mister and laid out the Circuit Stencil over areas that weren’t covered yet with the pattern, spritzed over the stencil and used a rag to rub through the stencil. As the Dylusions get reactivated by water, you take off some of the colors and get a little Circuit Ghost Effect :)
Voila- a nice background that you can add photos, journaling, stamping etc. I simply used a little quote I liked, by Pablo Picasso – I love filling my art journal with quotes.
Here are the supplies I used:
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Now hop on over to my friends and check what they did
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Nat
“processing” the possibilities of those circuits! if used as layers will the route be “circuitous”?! my muse is feeling a kinship to overlapping neural circuits!!
Fabulous journal page. Love the way you used the stencil with the embossing paste.
This stencil makes brilliant backgrounds. Congratulations!
Gorgeous page and I really love this stencil, it’s such a great size and the pattern is so versatile!
What a beautiful bright page that just pops off the screen! Congrats on your stencil design – it looks very fun to work with.
I absolutely love what you did with this stencils and all those bright colors!!! Thank you for sharing.
What a great stencil — right up my Techie style!
What a variety of beautiful images made with this very cool stencil!
Love these circuit lines and dots! So perfect in so many ways! Love it here with all the bright colors!
Oooh! I love the stencil and I love your page! So colourful and then a pop of elegance with the gold embossed stencil design.
I’m a software developer and love this stencil!
This stencil is so versatile …fabulous art!!
I love the use of this circut stencil. The colors are amazing and I love the composition!
Hi Nat, what a cool use and combo of mediums and of the stencils. My mother’s maiden name was Kaulbach. I wonder if we’re related. she was dutch. thanks!!
Since I am taking a class with Wendy Vecchi this weekend, I was especially interested in your use of her embossing paste and your oh-so-brilliant stencil! They work so well together to create both texture and interest! Love the result, Nat! Bravo!
Great journal page! Love this stencil. I work in a tech environment and when I see the CAD designs I see art :)
How cool is that??? Love your page! Thanks so much for inviting me to play with your awesome Circuit stencil. But hey ~ who said you could use a hand? *wink*
Beautiful page and the circuits look great with the colors over the gold embossing paste!
layers, layers, layers… and awesome color!… the shadows add a lot.
amazing! i saw this stencil and did not think too much, and of course after seeing what u did my head is spinning with endless possibilities! i want it! tx for sharing and inspiring, aloha, angi in hana
Such a cool little stencil and I love how you have used it in combination with a metallic and those gorgeous bright colors.
The WV Embossing paste is new to me. Bet that gold just glitters! Great stencil design. Thanks for sharing your techniques, Nat!
Nathalie, This is my favorite stencil so far. Just perfect for a bit of a tease towards all of the tech in our worlds. I am surprised to see you so active prior to the big move. Wonderful.
Love the circuit stencil. As an Imaging equipment engineer, I’d love to try these!
What beautiful color. So bright and vibrant. At first I wasn’t sure what I would use your stencil for but after being at the hop, I realized all the wonderful things that it would make. Love it.
Love this stencil – makes me think of all the energy and wiring in my head! As an artist and someone with bipolar, neural pathways really interest me. I would live to use this stencil to explore the pathways of my marination and creativity
It is been crazy busy the last couple weeks and it will be even more with the move soon. One of the things that keep me sane though is that I really make an effort to do at least something for five minutes in my art journal every day or sketch. I know …not much – but somehow it makes me feel really happy to have this “who cares of the outcome- I need this” time
For this page I just real quick the Pam Carriker liquid pencil – so much fun to get this dimension with it. I had before just use the access on my StandUp Bass Stencil with Black and my Crackle Stencil sprayed with White Liquitex Professional Spray on the pages and then used watercolor over it. I love how the white crackle resisted the watercolor and also how the crackle pattern got combined with the StandUp Bass. I cut out the third image from paper and layered it on. I like this really simple page- It made me think of some more possibilities of using different media together and combining stencil…so five minutes well used I think ;)
Here is what I used on one spot:
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Have a wonderful day
Nat
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Tamara
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Looooooooooove it :-) This is my current quote of the week (every week actually) and I used it in my journal a while ago. Yours is so much nicer though…although the elephant might even cause more havoc than monkeys.
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I see many signs that say “don’t make me get the flying monkeys” (in reference to the Wizard of Oz)…I haven’t heard this quote that you used but I like it. How did you get the idea to make an elephant stencil?
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Kirsten Alicia
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I love that. The background is fantastic.
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Amante del Papel
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Is fantastic, i love it!
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Jean A Marmo
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Such a cool elephant!
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I looooooooove your background! The colours and the depth in it. I have had Pouring Medium in my stuff for several months now but I still haven’t tried it. I must absolutely do it now.
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