I adore using words in my art and art journaling so it is no surprise I designed Use Your Words for StencilGirl Products. This is not one stencil but really many stencils that can be used alone or together. I use this as one big stencil in my play but I also use just [...]

  I had a piece of messy playful stencil paper that I had just made that was calling to me. Before you ask, yes, the paper did talk to me. When the paint and paper talk I have learned to listen!   I captured how I made this paper and how I used it to [...]

StencilGirl Products and Xyron are playing together with a hop filled to brim with ideas for both stencils and adhesives!  While playing around in my art journal with Xyron’s adhesive dots I found Kleenex gave me just the look I wanted.   http://youtu.be/-uMdckmIdtk You can watch Xyron Adhesives and Kleenex on YouTube here.     [...]

    Words have become an important part of my life both personally and as a part of my art.   I chose  words and phrases for this stencil that captured the feelings that are important in my art and my life.  No surprise this one is called Words to Live By.       [...]

  This month’s stencil for Stencil Club are so peaceful and relaxing.  Jessica did a great job designing them!  The spray inks and glitter just called to me as soon as I saw her designs!  You can find all the details about Stencil Club here.  Now the button to join Stencil Club is right on [...]

  Let the fun begin a bit early for this month’s Colorful Gelli Print Party!  I am making texture plates on leftover cardboard for my playtime on the Gelli Plate this month.     The magic texture maker is Tulip Dimensional Paint. Those butterflies are so consistent thanks to a great Judikins stamp.  As the [...]

Outside of the studio, it had been one of those days filled with obstacles.  Ever had one of those?  I had hit the wall.  So I went into the studio to escape.  My mood followed me.  I was hitting the wall in there too.   So I decided if I was going to hit the [...]

Apparently, I only buy gift wrap for Christmas, baby showers, and weddings.  I needed to wrap a gift and could not find an appropriate wrapping paper so I made some!  This award ribbon, celebrating friendship, was supposed to go on a gift bag…after making this, I just wanted to put into my art journal or [...]

    Seth Apter has outdone himself with his stencils for StencilGirl Products!  There are so many possibilities in each and every one of them!  What I love about it is I can pick and choose the parts that I want for each project I am doing.  In the video you’ll notice how many colors [...]