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What do you need to turn paper into metal? VerDay paint! This stuff is fantastic for creating a patina of old metal on anything you can paint. In the video you’ll see my explorations and how I turned the rusted paper into a quick card.
TenSecondsStudio sent several of these sets out for the StencilGirl team to play with and there’s a giveaway too! You can find all the details at the end of this post.
I could have been precise and perfect with my stenciling, but I decided to go loose and messy as I experimented around using 3 stencils, Verbage, Circles Layer Me, and Squares Layer Me.
Today, I’m making a card and you know how I detest measuring so that means my cards are always a little off. Frankly, even when I measure super carefully they are a little off so that’s why I don’t measure carefully. But I do like the look of it lining up and I’m sharing my quick and easy way to line up the card and the paper I’m attaching.
The Almost Oops…I’ve never had an almost oops before that I can remember. I thought it was going to be a very big oops…but it turned out to be a false alarm.
Here’s a close up of the brass with those wonderful bits of blue that appeared as the patina activated the wet paint. I can’t wait to play around with this paper in my journal.
I’m not a professional wire artisan but I am an art adventurer. That means I’ll jump in and do things I don’t know how to do and just to see what happens. That is exactly what happened with the wire. I have no idea if these are the “right” pliers and tools for this job. I just know they are what I have so I’m using them. My wire heart is a bit…imperfect…so that means it is perfect to me!
This is a blog hop, so there’s lots of inspiration for you and a giveaway too! Leave a comment here to win a 4-piece VerDay Kit of Reactive Metal Paint & Patina and a $25 StencilGirl Gift Certificate to one lucky winner! Want more chances? Leave a comment on each blog (but just one per blog) for more chances to win! But hurry, it all ends on August 21st @ 11:59PM Central!
After a day of play with one of my new stencils from StencilGirl, the ladders were left out on my counter. It’s a very good thing I didn’t put them away because when I saw them on their sides, suddenly I saw fences. So out came the PanPastels for fence play…would this be called fencing?
This play transported me to a field of fences, green grass and a magical tree. Since I had no idea where I was going when I started, there was an Oops or two. But I also found ways to work around that (the opportunities) and I’ve got it all in the video for you including how I sealed each layer!
See how I created a totally different look with this same stencil in a recent post here.
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!
Are you entered to win my 5 new stencils? It ends on Wednesday and you can find all the details and the giveaway here!
What is that dark place for me? It’s when fear is in control and sets off a tornado of emotions in my head. Emotions like anxiety, sadness, anger, and shame. Shame really likes to hang out with fear. One of the best ways I have found for myself to quiet that storm and climb out of the yuck and muck is through color. Something about playing with the rainbow makes me happy on a cellular level. The climb is what inspired today’s play.
You guessed it…I designed my Ladders stencil because of the symbolism behind it. The climb (real or metaphorical) means progress, growth, moving forward, and connection between two points to me. When I see a ladder, it reminds me there is a way. There is a path. It is possible.
Good thing that I had faith that things were possible when I was drawing those hands! You’ll see that they did not start out looking like hands and arms. I am so happy I had all the do-overs I needed. They took a couple of tries and I left it all in the video so you could join me for a chuckle!
This stencil is 3 in 1. Just a quick snip of the scissors and these 3 ladders will be free of the border and ready to be used individually or all together.
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!
Be sure to get in on the 5 stencil giveaway that ends soon! You can find all the details here.
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TenSecondsStudio sent several of these sets out for the StencilGirl team to play with and there’s a giveaway too! You can find all the details at the end of this post.
This is a blog hop, so there’s lots of inspiration for you and a giveaway too! Leave a comment here to win a 4-piece VerDay Kit of Reactive Metal Paint & Patina and a $25 StencilGirl Gift Certificate to one lucky winner! Want more chances? Leave a comment on each blog (but just one per blog) for more chances to win! But hurry, it all ends on August 21st @ 11:59PM Central!
You guessed it…I designed my 
