Hi and welcome to a fun blog hop from the StencilGirl® CreativeTeam. We were charged with creating something gift worthy. I decided to work with some clay. I had fun with this new to me clay and I have a video of the process for you So once the clay had cured, I added several coats of dimensional adhesive to seal and add a gloss finish to the piece. I think it turned out pretty cool and that clay takes an impression really well. Once it cured it was time to add the embellishm

A big hello and welcome. Today I am excited to share how I met the August Dress It or Wear It Challenge from StencilGirl®️. There are so many ways this challenge could be interpreted and it is always fun to see what everyone does. Second hand shopping can be fun and I found a cute wire dress form at the junk shop. When I started thinking of ways to recycle it, I wanted it to serve a purpose in my studio. Now this wouldn’t have to be a dress form but the form did fit the chall

Hi did you enjoy all the June challenges? I was inspired by the ATC a day challenge when I was asked to do a post on the StencilGirl blog this month. Shel C and I had created ATC‘s every day in the month of June for our Facebook groups. There was a lot of participation and wonderful art being shared. You can use the #atcad2019 to find some of the postings on social media. So these are the ATC‘s I created for StencilGirl. You can check out my YouTube channel for the process vi

Wow, where does the time go? I can’t believe it is already the end of September and we are looking towards a busy fall. I’ve kept myself busy with all of the challenges and YouTube Creations that I can do along with a craft sale this week and a family visits this month. But wait, what I really want to do today is to share some on my projects with you. There are instructional videos for each one on one of my channels on YouTube. First up is this card creation using the wonderf

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Seems like a galaxy of color has opened up to me. The winter blahs are gone and summer is here. I am not typically drawn to pinks and blues, but these pieces happened in my studio. Above is watercolor on Yupo and below is a page from a journal. I wish you could see the shimmer from the metallic watercolors and the Nuvo paste. I have been working on a couple of prompt challenges. #thestencilfiedjournal prompts from Tina Walker and Stencilgirl Products and #WorldWatercolorMonth

I have been privileged to share my art with the talented crew at StencilGirl as a voice for stencil club in May and June. You can check out this months' video here or to see all the projects from the crew you can find the news from the blog at StencilGirl #Stencilgirl #DecoArts

Hi everyone, And let me tell you, I was having some fun with this. I am playing today with some ideas for the guys in my life. I found a clock I wanted to decorate for my son’s new apartment. Seth Apter"s Stencils and Baked Texture embossing powders really were the ticket to success. I think he is really going to like this. Would you like to see how I did this? Follow the link to the YouTube video provided. I hope you enjoy this and try making something for that special guy

Hola lovelies, are you celebrating today? I am and I want to talk to you about working with stencils that have repeating patterns. I have the May stencil club stencils designed by Andrew Borloz and can see so many possibilities using these designs. Just twisting, flipping or turning them can create so many interesting results. I started by playing on a tag and that quickly grew into a journal page. You can check out my playtime with this video. Happy Cinco de Mayo. If you wan

Have you ever discovered one of those art supplies that really captures your heart? Well that’s how I feel about alcohol ink. It has the vibrant color the attracts a second glance while it can still be subtle. Above are papers created by adding alcohol ink to papers through some stencils from StencilGirl products. I really love Seth Apter's designs for this process. One of the unique qualities of alcohol ink is that it works and non-porous surfaces. This opens a world of subs

Hi everyone and thanks for stopping by. I just spent a wonderful weekend in St. Louis with Seth Apter and Mary Beth Shaw. I will post some pictures of what I made but I also have an announcement to make. I will be working with Gina B. Ahrens in the year 2018 for her design team. If you haven’t seen Gina's work they sure and check her out she has wonderful items for sale in her Etsy store and I use her stamps and stencils regularly. So let me show you what I created in St. Lou