One Little Word 2016

Happy New Year to all of you!  I wanted to share my latest art journal page, documenting my ‘One Little Word’ for 2016 and using 5 different 6×6 stencils from The Crafter's Workshop.

These are the stencils I used below, after starting my background spread with several layers of watered down ink and Distress Ink.

Grey acrylic paint and dark teal circles applied with my fingers made a place for highlighting other stencils.

I used white modeling paste with this Mini Receipt stencil, but since the paint was still a little damp, it blended into more of the background. 

 Next, I added a dark contrasting mist and the 6×6 Repeating Pods.

 I added 2 different shades of light blue/turquoise acrylic around the edges and other areas in between the other stenciled areas. 

 Using similar colors of watercolors crayons, I added more depth to the existing background colors and over patterns in the stencils.

Finally, I added the number ‘1’ and the word ‘ONE’ with white StazOn Opaque ink. 

 I also used another modeling paste in ivory opalescent with some of the small circular stencils on top of the acrylic paint circles.

 Adding journaling phrases, a stamp and lots of white pen and ink doodling finished off my spread.

I wish you all an amazing day and thanks for stopping by the Blog today!

You can follow the links below to the stencils I used:

STENCILS Used:

TCW587s – 6×6 Doodling Template – Mini Receipt

TCW547s – 6×6 Doodling Template – Mini Repeating Pods

TCW502s – 6×6 Doodling Template – Mini Impressions

TCW555s – 6×6 Doodling Template – Art Deco Alphabet

TCW556s – 6×6 Doodling Template – Mini Art Deco Numbers and More

MERRY Christmas Canvas - The Crafter's Workshop

Happy Boxing Day stencil lovers!

I am sharing a little home decor project I made using a 14×14 canvas for my December post on The Crafter's Workshop Blog.

I started out by painting the canvas with a coat of watered down gesso.

I mixed red acrylic paint with modeling paste and used a wide palette knife to paint a loose circle on the canvas.

While the canvas dried I moved on to inking the pine cones and greenery.

I used a combination of silver ink and gold ink with all sizes of the 6×6 ‘Mini Pine Cones’ stencil.

I also used Versamark ink to heat emboss gold and silver glittered pinecones.  I inked a few of the greenery leaves with Distress Ink.

Then with lots of patience and a couple shows to catch up with, I fussy cut all of the pieces out leaving a small border around the inked images.

 

By now, the modeling paste had dried and I misted the ‘Geo Explosion’ Doodling Template onto the canvas to use as a guide for my wreath.  I cut a scrap of paper to mask the center off to make the width of my “wreath” smaller.
After the mist had dried, I used my hot glue gun to layer the pine cones and greenery onto the canvas.  I curled up the edges and used more hot glue to give it lots of dimension.
Finally, I inked a piece of cardstock using the 12×12 ‘Art Deco Numbers and More’ stencil to say “MERRY.”

I adore the font of this stencil, cutting the cardstock into a flag banner and inking and distressing the edges a bit.

Lastly, I adhered some ribbon onto the back of the banner and glued the entire piece to the bottom of the canvas.

 Thanks for stopping by the blog today!

You can follow the links below to the stencils I used.

STENCILS Used:

TCW515s – 6×6 Doodling Template – Mini Pinecones

TCW544 – 12×12 Doodling Template – Geo Explosion

TCW556 – 12×12 Doodling Template – Art Deco Numbers and More

Counting Today - The Crafter's Workshop Art Journal

Hi there crafty friends!  For my post today, I am sharing an art journal spread to remind myself about the importance of today & being thankful for it!  I really enjoyed this project because I just went for it without too much of a plan.

I used the 5 stencils below, but one of them I used both the 6×6 and 12×12 of the same stencil.

   

I started with lots of mists on top of the pages I prepped with gesso.

I used the music notes stencil around the edges with a yellow ink and white modeling paste with the Sequin Waste Bit stencil.

I added another layer of paint over the modeling paste to help it blend in and added some of the larger starburst pattern with a silver mist.  After finding my quote and printing it out, I was inspired to use the large numbers stencil using a finger dauber and chalk ink.

After adhering my quote, I stencil the three hearts with black archival ink.  I used several different black and white paint pens to add some definition and doodles around the spread.

Thanks for stopping by the blog today!  I hope this inspires you to make a fun project too!  Carpe Diem!

You can follow the links below to the stencils I used.

STENCILS Used:

TCW588 & TCW588s – 12×12 Moroccan Sun

TCW579s – 6×6 Mini Sheet Music

TCW556 – Art Deco Numbers and More

TCW567 – Complicated Hearts

Trick or Treat - The Crafter's Workshop Stencils { & Video Tutorial }

Happy Dia de los Muertos and hello my crafty friends!

This is the project I shared on The Crafter's Workshop on Halloween!

These are the three stencils I used below.

                   

The spider webs are so much fun and I decided to try something different!  Click below to see the process or HERE to go to my YouTube channel.

Using the large spiderweb stencil, I added embossing powder in metallic silver onto black cardstock, to really make my background pop.  I also used some white modeling paste with the smaller spiderweb.

I used a title cut from the Silhouette and misted it in orange.  I also added a couple layers of tracing paper under my photo to keep it light and somewhat transparent.

Several weeks ago I used a piece of this doodling template to use up some leftover modeling paste on a scrap of cardstock.  I used a strip of that at the bottom as a border.

I added some paint splatters, stitching and my journaling!

Thanks for stopping by the blog today and checking out one way to use this awesome web stencil.  Have an amazing day!

You can follow the links below to the stencils I used.

STENCILS Used:

TCW572 – SPIDERWEB
TCW2098 – SPIDERWEB FRAGMENT
TCW384 – WELL-ROUNDED