Houses Stencil Blog Hop

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Video tutorial using a stencil, stamp, spray inks and Silks by Carolyn Dube

What roller coaster ride my muse took me on today! I had a great idea to get me started- to use the blotter paper from my counter top with Jamie Fingal’s House stencil from StencilGirl Products. That part worked very very well…

And I was very happy with it.

I used Silks to color it in. That went very well too.

Then the adventure began. I was going to use some fabric with it..I was going to use a dark green background…I was going to make a card…I was going to use tissue paper…well you get the idea.

I left it all in the video so you can see my winding path from start to finish. It was just one of those days. Ever have one of those?

This roller coaster had some really high points for me too. This stencil is like having a zillion stencils in 1! The patterns in this, the different buildings- so much in one stencil. Playing with Kari McKnight Holbrook’s Corinth stamp in the background made it so much more interesting. It was very subtle and that is out of my comfort zone- but I really like the result.

Thanks for stopping by! You can win Jamie Fingal’s stencil by leaving comment on this post AND you have 7 chances to win because every person can leave a comment on every blog in the hop! Woo Hoo!

Corrine Gilman

Carolyn Dube – you’re here!

Maria McGuire

Linking up with the fun at Paint Party Friday!

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Nathalie Kalbach’s What’s The Point Blog Hop

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Step by step art journal page using Nathalie Kalbach's What The Point Stencil from StencilGirl Products by Carolyn Dube

What’s the point? Fun and play is the point! I’ve got Nathalie Kalbach’s stencil in my art journal today. This is one versatile stencil for getting color into my art. This stencil can be found here over at StencilGirl Products.

I’ve layered 2 colors with the stencil for my base layer.

A bit more color and a touch of white paint.

Added some stamps from Dina Wakley. Love the attitude on the woman!

Some die cut Gelli Prints using the chip block alphabet die from Tim Holtz. This is my new go-to letter!

Then a bit of color added to the stamping. More color is always better!

A bit of pen work on the letters and edge and I’m happy with it!

Thanks Nat for inviting me to play! Be sure to stop by and check out all the other wonderful goodness created by these talented people! And every blog in the hop you comment on gives you another chance to win Nat’s What’s the Point stencil!!! That gives you 6 chances to win! She’s randomly choosing a winner on September 3rd at midnight EST.

Nathalie Kalbach

Jamie Dougherty

Andrea Gomoll

Marsha Valk

Maria McGuire

Linking up with Art Journal Every Day!

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Messages from the Universe

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The universe sent me a message or two this week while I was at CREATE taking classes and helping out at the StencilGirl booth. There are some amazing new stencils coming! And I’m going to listen!

Friendship is inspiring. Meeting such wonderful internet friends in person and making new friends touches the soul. The creative energy is so contagious. Laughs and creative ideas flowed freely all week!

Daily journaling of some kind has always been something I wanted to do but never seemed to get around to making a habit. Seeing Janet Joehlin’s journals in person was pure inspiration for me. Check them out on her website here.

Laughter and play is not just for little kids- well, we did act like little kids at times and it was such fun! I need to do it more often!

Take time to experiment and leave the comfort zone. I took several classes that were outside my usual play and it felt great!

I get back and find more inspiration waiting for me at August’s Colorful Gelli Print Party! Have you seen the latest ideas? As soon as I post this, I am going to play on my Gelli Plate!!

Click on the artist’s name to see their post! You can see all the entries for this month’s party at August’s Colorful Gelli Print Party! There is still time to get in on August’s party and on Sunday the September party will be here!

http://scrappystickyinkymess.wordpress.com/gelli-plate-play-2/gelli-recipe-cards/

Mary Anne is making recipe cards for Gelli Printing ideas. This post shows you how to do it and there are links in there to other cards she’s made! And you can make your own and share it like she did!

http://tracywoodsford.blogspot.com.au/2013/08/gelli-beads.html

Tracy made beads from her Gelli prints to create this amazing necklace! She’s got even more beads to check out!

http://butterfliecrafter.blogspot.be/2013/08/birthday-calendar-month-augustus.html

Butterfliecrafter made vibrant flowers for her calendar with Gelli prints!

http://froebelsternchen.blogspot.co.at/2013/08/art-journaling-has-no-rules.html

Froebelsternchen played with her print to make a fun art journal page!

http://scrappystickyinkymess.wordpress.com/2013/08/18/gelli-print-2014-cd-calendar/

Mary Anne has a great tutorial on making a calendar with Gelli prints! This has me thinking about Christmas gifts- December will be here before I know it!