Brrrrr it's cold!!!

Here on the east coast it is very cold.

Way too cold for me.

I will be living in fleece until Spring!

 

Keep warm and cozy!

 

 

 

 

Thank You Stencil Aliens!

My stencils aliens always seem to talk me into buying more stencils but they do help me keep my mojo going. The last couple of days I've been working on projects here and there and they are all in stages. I'm either waiting for them to dry or I let them sit a couple of days to decide if they are finished or just don't have time after work to finish them.  This is when my mojo disappears and hides underneath all the stuff on my floor or table but my stencil aliens always seem to find him.

If you haven't used any stencils or have them and don't know what to do with them, just grab some paper, paint, inks, and just start making patterns on paper. It's amazing how your mojo shows up. After playing on scraps of paper with acrylic paints I found I was using only three colors and love it; gray, black and white. I decided to to this journal page.

 

Here is a close up of the bottom of the page. I found some glass beads and decided to add them in for some texture. I love the way they look. I will definitely be using them again.

 

What gets your mojo going again?

 

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The Face with Stencils

Today I have a mixed media piece that I made on a 8" x 10" mixed media board. I love the way it came out. Lots of bright colors.  I used acrylic paints, paper and these stencils.

TCW408 Shattered Circles

 

TCW384 Well-Rounded

 

TCW413 Three-Quarter

 

As you can see on the profile stencil she has more hair but I decided not to use it. Once I finished the background and added her to the board I stopped working on it for a couple of days.  I found some great paper scraps that I used to punch circles and added that to her head. It sat for a couple days more until I knocked over some papers on my table and found a few pages of butterfly images. I think it's done for the most part. I will tweak it here and there and then I will frame it.

 

 

You can see all the paper circles here.

 

 

I didn't realize the butterfly on her neck had the same color combination.

 

 

You can see all the detail on the paper circles; lots of textures and I drew in the antenna on each butterfly.

 

Now to find a frame which will be hard to do because I don't want to flatten out the butterflies. I will post a picture of it when I'm done.

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The Crafters Workshop Blog - Guest Post

Today I have a post on The Crafters Workshop blog with a tutorial on how I made this ornament.

 

GO CHECK IT OUT!

 

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Challenge: 12 Tags of Christmas

I am almost caught up with Linda's 12 Tags of Christmas.  Here are my tags for weeks three, four, five and six.

Week Three - See Linda's Tag HERE.

Inspiration: Angel

Stencil aliens talked me into buying a new stencil. I was lucky they found it in the sale bin. It has wings and a heart on it but I just used one wing.

 

Week Four - See Linda's Tag HERE

 

Inspiration:  Poinsettia

 

This tag was made with modeling paste and spray inks then I added glitter glue to the middle of the flowers.

 

 

Week Five: See Linda's Tag HERE

 

Inspiration: Santa

 

I have the same stamp Linda's used but I can't find it. I must clean up my Christmas stamps. I decided to use this one instead.

 

 

Week Six - See Linda's Tag HERE

 

Inspiration: Cardinals

 

I love bird stamps and I don't have that many. I did buy this one last year and I haven't used it yet. I decided to stamp it and fussy cut it to add to the tag. I used one of Tim Holtz's new stencils, Stripes, with modeling paste then added gold acrylic ink and sprayed it with water. I love the way it looks. I may do more like this in the future.  Linda's sells all Tim Holtz's stencils in her boutique. Click HERE to see everything she has to offer.

 

I'm almost caught up with Linda!

 

Check out Linda's boutique to get your supplies so you can join in the challenge.

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