StencilGirl and Etchall Hop

Hi Stencil Friends.

Here we are at Day 2 of the StencilGirl and Etchall Hop.

In an effort to "reduce, reuse & recycle"

I looked around my house for objects to etch 

using these Etchall Products for our current Hop.

I found vases and glass frames galore... all possibilities....

 but settled on this broken white mug.

I cut the stencil to fit the size of the mug.

Following the directions on the product labels was pretty clear and easy.

Adding color to the etched design was not hard either.

The etching creme took the shiny glaze off leaving a rougher matte surface.

 I experimented with pens and different markers.

Fabrico Markers, Pitt Pens and Sharpies are what I liked using best.

Then I kept adding layers of color till I liked the finished results.

Voila'! A pretty pen holder for my art desk.

GIVEAWAY
One lucky winner will receive an etchall® Glass Etching Bee-ginner Kit,
reposition/reuse stencil spray
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, March 20th at 11:59PM Central Time to leave your comments.
Winner will be announced on
StencilGirl's Facebook page and etchall’s Facebook page on Wednesday, March 21.

Today's Hop List

March 15
Belen Sotelo
Cindy Gilstrap
Kiala Givehand
Janet Joehlin
Anita Scroggins
Erin Reed
Candy Rosenberg
Susie Bentz

 Thanks for Hopping along with us!

StencilGirl Meets Emerald Creek

Hello Stencil Lovers!

It's Day 3 of our StencilGirl and Emerald Creek Blog Hop.

There has been some fabulous art presented.

I picked 4 different embossing powders for my project.

I cut some cardboard roughly to book cover size

 and played with layering and textures for awhile.

It needed more color so I used copic markers

 on top of some of the embossed areas which made for Great Pops of fun!

I love this one... using the Bullseye Stencil and 

both the positive and negative impressions of the What's The Point Stencil.

One of the cardboard bases had a crackle paint texture from a previous playtime.

I thought how cool it would be with snowflakes for contrast.

Again, I tinted some of the white embossed snowflakes with copic markers.

I love the pastel snowflakes on that deep blue background.

The What's The Point Stencil is in there too.

I used the Planner Winter Symbols 6 stencil for the snowflakes

and a white Sakura Glaze pen for writing the words.

I poured the embossing powder over the inked words when they were wet,

 then heated it...not sure if it would work. But YES it did!

Another one...

Using Curlicue Wide Borders this time and just playing.

By this time I saw the endless possibilities of colorizing the embossed design 

so I only used the white embossing powder and then colored with alcohol markers

as well as the Tombows and Pitt markers I regularly use.

I used spray fix on the finished covers and then did a coat of

Liquitex Matte Varnish.

I bound these into little art journals with watercolor paper cut to size, 

book tape and waxed linen thread.

Even the binding has the Repetition Stencil on it.

The inside covers of the books have their own unique flair.

I cut decorative scrapbook paper to size and did a quick stenciling over that.

There you go.

Lots of play and lots of fun!

What wonderful gifts these will make this holiday!

Thanks for visiting my blog today.

GIVEAWAY

One lucky winner will receive a $25 Gift Certificate to StencilGirl Products

AND a $25 Gift Certificate to Emerald Creek!

***AND Seth Apter is giving away his original artwork created for this hop, too!!!***

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, December 19th at 11:59PM Central Time to leave your comments.

Winner will be announced on
StencilGirl's Facebook page on Wednesday, December 20th.

 

Blog Hop Order

December 13

Seth Apter

Mary Beth Shaw

Kim Evans

Vicki Evans

December 14

Gwen Lafleur

Mary C. Nasser

Julia Chupik

Claudia Neubacher

 

December 15

>>Janet Joehlin<<

Tina Walker

Diana Hetherington

Karen Bearse

Fun Snowman Banner with a Stencil

Hello Stencil Lover's!

Here's a fun little winter project for you!

The happiest thing about snow is snowmen.

In Particular, THIS Snowman, from StencilGirl Products.

And THESE Snowflakes, from the Planner Winter Symbols Stencil

I wanted to make a winter banner so I started 

with a pale blue cardstock and a plan. 

I repeated the snowman and snowflakes on several sheets of cardstock

with ink, paint, markers and Liquid Pearls.

I cut out the banner shape leaving room for a fold over space.

I glued each banner flag over a length of twine

and tied lace and ribbon in between for fun and texture.

No snow in my yard yet...but I'm ready!

My grand babies will love it!

There you have it! 

Enter the StencilGirl Give Away to WIN!

Comment by midnight CST in the USA on November 8^th 

and we’ll randomly choose a $25 StencilGirl Gift Certificate winner. 

The more blogs you comment on, the more chances you have to win. 

Winner will be announced on our Facebook Page on November 9^th.

Hop Artist List

Karen Gaunt

Tina Walker

Torrie Gass

Cindy Gilstrap

Sherry Canino

Sandee Setliff

Kiala Givehand

<<Janet Joehlin>>

Belen Sotelo 

Louise Nelson

Debi Adams

Carol Baxter

StencilGirl Meets Distress Crayons

Hi Stencil Friends!

It's Day 3 of the StencilGirl and Tim Holtz Hop.

Today we are featuring Distress Crayons.

I used the Distress Crayons, Stencils, Canvas Paper and Moleskine Notebooks.

First I took a large sheet of the canvas paper and started layering 

the Distress Crayons in a few shades of blues.

(Salty Ocean, Tumbled Glass and Chipped Sapphire)

I used my fingers, a dry soft cloth or the Ranger Ink Blending Tool...

Just to experiment with different tools.

I used my Curlicue Stencils... the Curlicue Floral, Curlicue Wide Borders,

and later on in the process I used the Curlicue Daily Border Starters and the Fly 6.

I made a nice soft textural base and did a light coat of gesso over it.

Mostly because I wanted to see what would happen.

Next I used that soft cloth and blended those blue Distress Crayons, 

as well as Cracked Pistachio and Picket Fence.

I loved the ghostly impressions of the Curlicue Stencils underneath.

I thought I'd like to rub some away, so I went a little darker and heavier

with more marks and more blending.

How do you like the canvas texture coming through too?

Yes! I love it!

I held the bird stencil down and with a DRY cloth softly rubbed the crayons away...

but not to the layer of gessoed canvas.

On the border I used a WET baby wipe which

 took more of the crayon away so it was almost to the gesso layer.

Huge Difference!

I played with the piece, subtracting the blues and adding some 

pinks and yellows in...(Worn Lipstick and Fossilized Amber).

Don't you love layers and layers of goodness!

I came to a place where I was happy with the colors and textures of my canvas.

Somewhere in the process of playing with this

 I had decided I was going to cut and glue and make book covers.

I traced the book on the back of the canvas....

Cut....

 And Glued.

Super Duper Simple!

I freehanded words for titles. It would be easy to stamp or stencil them too.

I tried a washi tape spine on one book, but it wasn't really necessary.

I've already given away the small journals.

I always keep one that size in my purse.

They make a perfect little gift for someone special.

Here's my bonus material!

As I was learning about Distress Crayons I watched YouTube Videos

and tried a few techniques in my Daily Journal.

I used Modeling Paste here...

I laid the crayon down heavy over the raised design and wiped it with the wet baby wipe.

I love how the purple crayon (Seedless Preserves) collects around the edges.

Again I used the modeling paste on parts of this green page.

I blended the Crayons (Peeled Paint)

along with green Distress Inks (Mowed Lawn and Shabby Shutters).

Then used the wet baby wipe to take away parts.

Fun.

This last one I used a heavy layer of white Distress Crayon (Picket Fence) 

and let it completely dry.

Since it was such a thick layer that took awhile!

I used this as a resist because I rubbed Distress Inks over it

(Seedless Preserves, Picked Raspberry and Victorian Velvet)

and the inks soaked into the background paper 

differently than the Distress Crayon design element.

I added some collage elements for a fun little page in my Daily.

Thanks for visiting today.

I hope all the projects the last few days has really motivated you to go out and PLAY!

GIVEAWAY

One lucky winner will receive a $50 Gift Certificate to StencilGirl Products!

Sign Up for The Scoop for your chance to WIN!

Then visit the blogs of Team StencilGirl and comment for MORE chances to win!

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

One winner will be chosen at random from The Scoop subscribers and blog comments!
(One comment per blog please.)

You have until Tuesday, October 24th at 11:59PM Central Time to leave your comments.

Winner will be announced on
StencilGirl's Facebook page on Wednesday, October 25th.

 

October 20: Distress Crayons 

Sherry Canino

Torrie Gass

Mary C. Nasser

Kiala Givehand

<<< Janet Joehlin >>>