StencilGirl Meets Emerald Creek

Hello and Welcome 

to Day 3 of StencilGirl's Blog Hop with Emerald Creek.

What a great match up!

 I like to give any product I am sent a thorough testing.

Which means I try a lot of things and make a lot of mess!

Emerald Creek sent FOUR of Seth Apter's Baked Texture 

Embossing Powders for me to play with.

Here is one of my favorites from these last few weeks.

I used the Boho Mandala Circle 

on a torn out sheet of sketchbook paper...

which I mounted on top of a black covered journal.

Simple and Masculine.

My second project started out with glass bead gel.

I wanted to see the depth and texture with the embossing powders.

Fun! 

I used the bee from the Fly Away Home Stencil.

I love how this little bee turned out!

This next one began on a little 3"x 5" canvas.

I used Dirty Sand Baked Texture in the middle.

 The Patina Oxide and Deep Sea Baked Textures are on the sides. 

Many layers later....

and some chipboard...

and some paint....

I love it! 

I used the Sequin Grid Waste Stencil

which just melted into the background

 but left a hint of texture on the edge of the canvas...

and the Journal Texture #1 Stencil on the chipboard.

It's perfect hanging on my art room wall.

My last two practice pieces aren't included in any journals or projects yet.

Maybe they'll be a tip-in flap for a future week in my planner...

or an ATC base... or a bookmark... or something? 

I used the Gridded Stencil and Coffee Cup Rings.

I love these blues.

And how about this Boho Butterfly!

The Deep Sea Baked Texture is the outline 

and I painted and shaded the wing colors with a variety of mediums.

Thanks for visiting today.

GIVEAWAY
One lucky winner will receive $50 in Gift Certificates to Emerald Creek
and StencilGirl® Products!

Enter to win by leaving a comment below.

Then be sure to visit the other blogs in the hop and comment to win.

The more blogs you comment on, the more chances you have to WIN!

One winner will be chosen at random from all blog comments!

(One comment per blog please.)

You have until Tuesday, August 21st at 11:59PM Central Time to leave your comments.
Winner will be announced on
StencilGirl® Product's Facebook page and Emerald Creek’s Facebook page on Wednesday, August 22.

August 17

Debi Adams  

>>> Janet Joehlin <<<

Emma Ivemey

Katelyn Grosart

Vicki Garrett

See you next time!

Made By Janet

Hey Friends.

I am over on StencilGirl Talk 

with my column focused on journals and planners.

See You There!

StencilGirl and ReSketch

Happy Earth Day!

Reduce. Reuse. Recycle. Rethink. Right?

Each team member was sent two ReSketch journals to play in.

Blank pages! What fun!

I started out playing with the little journal covers and went from there.

Repetition Stencil

Timeless Stencil

March 2015 Stencil Kit (4" x 4"stencil)

I decided to make a little traveler's type of notebook cover

to hold the two ReSketch journals.

The outside cover is Tangerine Kraft-Tex Paper leftover from a previous hop.

I sewed canvas paper to the inside cover.

Fade Horizontal Stencil

I used my own Curlicue Wide Borders on the outside covers.

I stenciled it lightly with white gesso 

and used Acrylic Paint Pens to color it.

I embellished the loopy loops into flowers 

and made a nice graphic cover design.

To construct the dori....

 I used notes from a class I had taken on making an Artsy Dori.

Not quite like the original but I love how it turned out!

I decided to start the new year with gratitude and positive affirmations.

So I filled the pages.... alphabetically? LOL

Live Your Beautiful Life Stencil

May 2016 StencilClub Kit 4" x 4"

Military Style Stars Stencil

Jumbo Vintage Typewriter Alphabet Letters A-P

Woodland Blackbird Stencil

Fridge Poetry Stencil

Jumbo Vintage Typewriter Alphabet Letters A-P

Uplifting Words Stencil

Jumbo Vintage Typewriter Alphabet Letters A-P

Butterfly Journeys

Fridge Poetry Stencil

Jumbo Vintage Typewriter Alphabet Letters A-P

Let's Go 2 Stencil

Fridge Poetry Stencil

Jumbo Vintage Typewriter Alphabet Letters A-P

April 2018 StencilClub Kit

Jumbo Vintage Typewriter Alphabet Letters A-P

Repetition Stencil

Jumbo Vintage Typewriter Alphabet Letters A-P

Wildflower Doily Stencil

Curlicue Wide Borders

Seeds Stencil

Becoming Stencil

Jumbo Vintage Typewriter Alphabet Letters A-P

Fridge Poetry Stencil

February 2017 StencilClub Kit

Jumbo Vintage Typewriter Alphabet Letters A-P

Seaside Lavendar Mini Stencil

Fridge Poetry Stencil

Jumbo Vintage Typewriter Alphabet Letters A-P

I love that little pink scribbly design (March 2015 Stencil Kit (4" x 4"stencil)).

There you go! That was fun!

I love my little dori!

And what would a Blog Hop be without a GIVEAWAY??!!!

One lucky winner will receive both StencilGuts
AND a Resketch Gift Pack !

What do you have to do to enter? Just leave a comment below.

Then visit these amazing artists’ blogs and comment for more inspiration and extra chances to win!

The more blogs you comment on, the more chances you have to WIN!

One winner will be chosen at random from all blog comments!
(One comment per blog please.)

You have until Wednesday, April 25th at 11:59PM Central Time to leave your comments.

Winner will be announced on
StencilGirl's Facebook page on Thursday, April 26th.

Blog Hop Order

Mary C. Nasser

Tina Walker

Belen Sotelo

Debi Adams

Torrie Gass

Cindy Gilstrap

Kiala Givehand

>>Janet Joehlin<<

See you next time!

Good Things Happen When StencilGirl Meets Lindy's Gang

Welcome to Day 2 of this fabulous blog hop!

I have a confession....

I had never used Lindy's Gang Products until this hop...

And now I am on my third order from the company!

The Starburst Shimmer Sprays are my favorite!

Where have they been all my life?

(....insert dramatic crescendo music....)

Seriously, where?

You know I love making art journals.

Sometimes I don't even know I've started another journal

until I am most of the way done with it.

Here I was just having fun spraying those Starburst Shimmer Sprays 

and layering them to see how they mixed and blended.

And then it was...Yep, That's a book cover.

Here is how they started out.

My go-to Curlicue Floral as the base.

Then more layers and delicious shimmery drips.

Until we came to this!

Wow that was fun!

Then two more... but a little different approach.

I have some 12x12 deli paper that I layered and stenciled on.

I experimented with acrylic paints layered with the sprays.

 I used the X-12 and the Gridded stencils in the layers here.

When I was happy with the paper I glued it onto

some cardboard for book covers and proceeded from there.

I love the crinkly deli paper look!

My Green inside book covers are scrapbook paper cut and glued to fit.

Then some Starburst Sprays on top through the Curlicue Floral stencil.

The blue versions are acrylic paints as the base and a Krylon spray paint through 

the 9x12 stencil in the February 2018 StencilClub Kit.

There you go!

I admit I have a dozen projects going on using these

 Lindy's Gang Starburst Shimmer Sprays.

I highly recommend them!

GIVEAWAY
One lucky winner will receive both a $25 Gift Certificate to Lindy’s Gang
AND a $25 Gift Certificate to StencilGirl® Products!
Enter to win by leaving a comment below.
Then be sure to visit the other blogs in the hop and comment to win.
The more blogs you comment on, the more chances you have to WIN!
One winner will be chosen at random from all blog comments!
(One comment per blog please.)

You have until Tuesday, April 24th at 11:59PM Central Time to leave your comments.
Winner will be announced on
StencilGirl®'s Facebook page and Lindy’s Gang’s Facebook page on Wednesday, April 25.

April 19

Belen Sotelo
Cindy Gilstrap
Kiala Givehand
Torrie Gass
>>>>Janet Joehlin<<<<
Valerie Ouellet
Aga Baraniak
Sivan Amedi
Aleksandra Mihelič
Joanna Marquet
Phoebe Tonosaki
Caroline Parent

Good Luck and see you next time!