Art journaling is all about capturing moments for me.  And sometimes, I want to get the date in there.  But there is a catch.   I generally dislike my handwriting so I’ve created a stencil that solves this issue for me, the Never Ending Calendar stencil in 4×4 and 6×6 sizes for StencilGirl. Plus, I have the flexibility to use all the techniques I can use with a stencil any time I want to embed a date in my play.

I like for my tools and supplies to do more than one thing for me and these stencils are no exception.  In the video below, you’ll see how to create all 4 of these looks.

Stenciling the whole thing gives me one look, stenciling just the months another, stenciling only one of the numbers inside the circle creates another look.  But I didn’t stop there…by combining the months of the 4×4 stencil with the number from the 6×6 stencil yet another look. And this is just the beginning- there are so many many possibilities with these for art journaling and memory keeping (boy, I wish I had these when I was scrapbooking all the time)!

Watch A never ending calendar stencil in an art journal with Santa on YouTube.

This art journal page has room for me to add some photos of the holiday and I probably will be journaling in the yellow on the calendar.  I have a huge holiday to do list…and farther behind than any other year before but seeing as how this is one thing I can check off the list you can see where my priorities are…art and play come before cleaning and organizing!

Here are the supplies I used. Some of these links are affiliate links which means I get a small percentage. It doesn’t cost you anything extra and you are helping me keep this blog and my videos ad free! Thank you- I don’t like ads any more than you do! The vintage Santa is from a digital kit by Sherri Drummond.  Not sure where it is available at this time but as soon as I find out, I’ll post it here.

Never Ending Calendar

Never Ending Calendar Mini Stencil

Art Journal

Cheap plastic snowflakes in the dollar store for only a buck each? Of course I bought all they had!  A giant size but they were a frosted clear plastic. They needed some color.  Lot’s of bright color.  This was my rainbow play for this week’s Let’s Play link up.

I could have painted them with a brush but there was a faster and easier way for impatient types like me.  Spray paints!  As a bonus, I used some big sheets of paper to protect the grass which became pieces of color happiness!

While I was out doing the snowflakes, the husband was hanging the wreaths on the windows.  What did he do to entertain himself?  He loved my eyes bugging out of my head as he leaned over the edges…of course, I grabbed the camera in between my looks of exasperation…

Then just some white thread and Command Adhesive hooks to hang them all around the room so now I have rainbow snow. Now you know what my play has been – I’d love to see what you’re making in this week’s Let’s Play link party!

Link up etiquette  

• If you see something you like, leave a comment on their photo or blog post and show some love – let them know they inspired you! 
• Share your recent play (any form of creativity is welcome) that hasn’t been linked up to a Let’s Play before
• Add a link back to to this post so that others can find it, be sparked, and join the fun!
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You can upload a photo or use a URL or Instagram.  Not sure how to find a URL or link up? Check out this page of Let’s Play FAQs.

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