Pumpkin Fragment to Embellishment

There are lots of new stencil fragments from The Crafter's Workshop. 

Have you seen them?

What are they?

They are small stencils/masks cut into various shapes.

They are lots of fun to use.

Today I'm going to show you the Pumpkin Fragment.

I took the Core Basic 110 lbs. Paper by Core'dinations and traced the Pumpkin on the paper and cut it out. 

I used acrylic paints to color the pumpkin.

To add a background, I used deli paper, black acrylic paint and added a new stencil called Random Stars. 

Once it was dry I attached it to the back of the pumpkin.

Now I have a great embellishment for a card or scrapbook page.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

My Travel Art Journal

When I travel I always bring a small art journal and supplies.

No expectations of doing anything special.

Just something to play in on down time.

Here are a few pages from my last trip to Chicago to visit my daughter.

It was going to be only black and white but my daughter has paints and I couldn't resist.

The first thing I did was stencil my suitcase. 

I bought a new one that's easier to roll because of my sore shoulder.

Here are my art journal pages. I did add paint, modeling paste, gel medium on different pages before I left. I either added to them or I was able to start a new page.

As you can see I used scraps of paper, a few stencils, and I always bring a few stamps with me.

I also took some of rubber stamps with quotes and stamped them on deli paper. 

I also try to draw faces. They just make me laugh.

Paper towels torn into a heart for texture.

Plus I always bring my favorite white pen.

Wanted to see what this stencil looked like.

  

That's it for my pages.

As you can see I really don't think about how my page is going to look. 

I just start and finish.

Traveling with a journal can be fun.

Some day I will do a themed travel journal.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

A New Collage. I love it!

I'm so excited to show you my newest collage.

I finally finished it.

I usually complete the background and then it takes me quite awhile to figure out how I want the papers to look.  I even used a stencil on the page.

Here is a close up so you can see the stencil. 

I used the new stencil called North Star from The Crafter's Workshop.

I just used matte gel medium and didn't add any color to it.

I hope you like.

Please leave me a comment and let me know what you think!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Live In Color: An Art Journal Page

Have you seen all the new stencils from The Crafter's Workshop?

I'm having lots of fun playing with them.

I used the following:

Stencil: TCW484s 6x6 - Netting

Distress Paints

Stamp: Grandma's Needlepoint from Susan K. Weckesser Inc.

Flowers - Cut from paper called Live in Color from Susan K. Weckesser, Inc. 

The background was created with the stencil and distress paints.

I fussy cut the flowers from the paper and stamped and colored the little girl and attached it to the journal page.  The name of the paper is Live In Color so the title from the paper and used it for the page.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Bootiful Canvas: O'Hallows Eve

My DesignTeam piece is up on The Crafter's Workshop today.

Head on over HERE

to see what I created with the

Bee On Time Stencil (TCW489s)

and a brown canvas.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

I really appreciate you stopping by The Crafter's Workshop blog to see the finished piece!

Leave me a comment and let me know what you think.