Welcome to the latest Stencil Test Drive!  I’m working with Jessica Sporn’s Random Squares stencil.  The first time I saw this stencil, I knew I had to have it!  So many possibilities!  Be sure to stop by and check out what everyone did with this stencil!

• Diana Trout
• Seth Apter
• Corrine Gillman
• Kristin Dudish
• Jessica Sporn  (There’s a giveaway here…hint…hint)

I’ve been seeing the word vulnerable in all sorts of places lately so it was no surprise to me that it ended up in my art journal.  There is strength in knowing you are vulnerable and embracing all that it entails.  As woman emerged, she struck me as strong and the type who embraces her vulnerabilities.

Randomly stenciling with acrylic paint.

White acrylic paint and a touch of pink acrylic paint.

Inktense Pencils to outline her.

Water to spread the Inktense Pencils to add some color to her.   Silks to add a touch of shimmer.

The banner was made with sticky back canvas.

Stabilo pencil to add a touch of journaling. These pencils write so easily over any surface I’ve ever had in any of my art journals.

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In the comments, I was asked where I got the paper doll.  I have all sorts of paper doll books that I have amassed over the years but no idea which one this particular lady came from…  They are extremely affordable especially considering how many ways you can use them!  Here are links to a few different ones.

Linking up with Creative Every Day, Paint Party Friday and Art Journal Every Day.

A Gelli Plate is just like having your own private paper store. Using old scrapbook papers and dictionary pages with the Gelli Plate I unintentionally created a coordinating set of papers!  These papers sparked my art journal page for Artsy Fartsy.

Why did I have my Gelli Plate out?  Because it is time for another Artsy Fartsy challenge with Maria McGuire!  I get so excited for Artsy Fartsy, not only because I am arting but the excitement I feel when I know the posts will go live and I can click over and see what she’s created.  Love how we each follow the same guidelines but in our own ways.  Be sure to stop over and see what she made using the same 3 things.  The 3 things for this challenge were a Gelli Plate, any of the Catalyst tools, and any stamp by The Backporch Artessa.

Here are some of the prints I made.  There are layers of stamps from The Backporch Artessa, Kari McKnight Holbrook.  Her huge 8 1/2 x 11″ stamps are sturdy polymer that work well on the Gelli Plate, on polymer clay, with ink pads – anything I’ve tried them on they have worked.  You can check out my post and video here on using stamps with a Gelli Plate.  The dark blue layer of circles was created with Catalyst tools.  In the quick video I show you how I used it.

The faces on the top right of this one called to me so I decided to start here for an art journal page.

The face was too subtle for my mood today so I ripped out a bolder woman.  The dark blue behind her – well that was from the paper I used to clean my brayer.

She felt very royal to me but she isn’t the type of royalty that wears a crown so I put the understated crowns near her.

While printing the papers I used a top layer of silver Amsterdam paint and a stamp.  It left a very subtle shimmer that added to the mystery of her.

A white Stabilo Pencil (which writes easily on just about any surface) on the blue summed up what I felt about this woman. “Just because you can’t see my crown doesn’t mean I’m not royalty.”

Be sure to stop back on Thursday because it is time for another Stencil Test Drive with Jessica Sporn!  Test driving her random squares stencil will be Diana Trout, Seth Apter, Kristin Dudish, Corrine Gillman, and Jessica of course!

Linking up with Inspire Me Monday, Creative Every Day, Make It Monday, and Art Journal Journey.