Daily

I finished off my 12th Daily on March 17, 2014.

Lucky number 13 began March 18.

I had been playing around with Mary Beth Shaw's Flower of Life Stencil

and knew I wanted it on one of my Daily covers.

I used a thick, cheap brand of Gesso and a scraper thingy.  

I love the dimension it left.

Yes. I could have used a heavy Gel Medium or something like that, too.

But I use what I have... and that cheap gesso isn't good for much else than this!

 I fiddled around with the lines in the Intersections Small Stencil 

by Michelle Ward to edge the design and frame the number. 

I thought the shapes and lines of both stencils complimented each other.

The dime store numbers stencil were traced with a gel pen and markers

and became dimensional with Crystal Lacquer.

I ended up changing the colors of it many times before I was happy with the look.

Posca pens and gel pens blended over the raised finish worked just fine. 

I played with the colors...inks, paints, drips, sprays....

I sprinkled salt to give it a mottled effect in places.

When I was happy with the finished cover 

I sprayed it with Krylon Matte Finish Spray. 

I don't usually finish that way but I LOVE the way it looks.

The inside cover is a mass of doodles and pen try-outs.

It was also a test site for the Chevron Small Stencil by Andrew Borloz.

My first Daily entry in the book was previewed here.

These were January 2014 StencilClub Stencils designed by Jessica Sporn.

I am also using some April 2014 StencilClub Stencils designed by Carolyn Dube.

Happy Arting!

I hope you are doing something creative every day!