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What’s the play for today? I’m going mixed media card making today with goodies from USArtQuest and StencilGirl Products for a blog hop! You probably know that blog hop means giveaway so be sure to check out the details at the end.
In the video, you see me make the very careful and precise background with the Perfect Pigment paints. Okay…not careful at all! And I wasn’t careful with the Duo adhesive through Mary Beth Shaw’s Little Eddy Rose stencil. And I wasn’t careful doing the leafing. Noticing a theme? I wasn’t precise in any way and had such fun playing!
The way the copper leafing shines against the matte finish of the paint is scrumptious!
The texture in the black paper was tactile heaven! I loved it on the edge so much that I just had to add a touch of it in the center. You’ve probably guessed by now that I didn’t cut those circles in the middle carefully… Here’s the whole set, ready to go!
Giveaway Details!
What can you win? USArtQuest decoartive papers (which are loaded with touchable texture) and Perfect Pigment acrylics plus a $25 StencilGirl gift certificate! Leave a comment here to be entered and if you want more chances to win, head on over to all the blogs in the hop and leave a comment there too! One comment per blog please. The giveaway closes on September 19th at 11:59 pm central time.
When I was invited to be a part of Wanderlust 2016…mixed media art journaling with a travel and adventure theme…I was over the moon! I love mixed media art journaling. I love all things travel. I love adventures. I love online workshops. Of course, I said YES!
What is Wanderlust 2016?
An online event
A whole year long journey
Videos from 24 guest teachers and 2 resident teachers. One every week (each one downloadable and with PDF instructions provided), 50 amazing videos, which will run for over 50 hours in total
Access to a forum with an amazing and friendly community, inspirations, challenges, discussions, galleries, workshops, giveaways and generous discounts from our partners
Early registration is now open…and at about $2 a class – it’s an outstanding value! But once early registration ends, the price goes up.
To say I am so honored to be a part of this event is an understatement. I am only 1 of the guest teachers. Who are the others?
Revealed so far are Kate Crane, Teresa McFayden, Rachel Greig, Beckah Krahula, Joanne Sharpe, Flora Bowley, Mystele, Andy Skinner, Finnabair, Birgit Koopsen, Lindsay Weirich and Magda Polakow! So many amazing creative people and there’s still more to be announced!
Follow the teacher’s reveals every day on Everything Arts Social Media. Every day somebody new!
Thank you Jamie and Kasia of Everything Art for bringing all these creative people together for Wanderlust 2016!
A stencil is a tool, just like a paint brush is a tool. That is one of the many reasons why I love stencils more and more each time I play with them. How you hold a paintbrush influences the type of mark you make on your paper. How you position your stencil influences the kind of mark you make too!
I stenciled once, then turned the stencil to do it again creating a totally different feel. The geometric lines and circles on my Solar System stencil was built for just this sort of pattern play.
In the video, you’ll see this all from start to finish and how to line up the stencil the easy way so that it can fill any size you need!
Touches of watercolors randomly in just some of the spaces.
Finishing up by tracing the circles to create a subtle finishing touch to the page. My hands don’t make perfectly round circles, so I used the stencil to do the hard work for me!
This was supposed to be a background…but I am enjoying it too much just as it is so it’s going to stay this way for a while!
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!
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When I was invited to be a part of Wanderlust 2016…mixed media art journaling with a travel and adventure theme…I was over the moon! I love mixed media art journaling. I love all things travel. I love adventures. I love online workshops. Of course, I said YES!
Thank you Jamie and Kasia of Everything Art for bringing all these creative people together for Wanderlust 2016!
