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

#tbt - Unity Stamps { & video }

 Happy Thursday!  This is the third project and video in my #tbt Series!

Hard to believe I have made it three weeks in a row, considering how crazy our life is!?%&*
I did do something rather simple though...3 cards, all using Unity's Itty Bitty Stamps and some
older Valentine patterned papers from Crate Paper.

I made a video showing my process from start to finish.

Click on the video above or you can find it on my YouTube Channel HERE.

These were just a few of the Itty Bitty stamps I have, I think the images are so sweet,

the perfect size and one sentiment to go along with it.

I cut out some watercolor paper using the stitched rectangle die from Lawn Fawn and

then stamped all the images using StazOn ink.

I watercolored each image and used either Stickles or the Wink of Stella glitter brush to add some sparkle.

 I adhered each watercolored image onto a piece of paper from the 2012 Crate Paper Valentine collection.

I make all the cards I send to people, but I also enjoy giving sets of blank cards as the gift itself...

that way the recipient can have a handmade card available to give someone else.

Thanks for stopping by and have an amazing day!