Made By Janet

Hey Friends.

I am over on StencilGirl Talk 

with my column focused on journals and planners.

See You There!

StencilGirl and ReSketch

Happy Earth Day!

Reduce. Reuse. Recycle. Rethink. Right?

Each team member was sent two ReSketch journals to play in.

Blank pages! What fun!

I started out playing with the little journal covers and went from there.

Repetition Stencil

Timeless Stencil

March 2015 Stencil Kit (4" x 4"stencil)

I decided to make a little traveler's type of notebook cover

to hold the two ReSketch journals.

The outside cover is Tangerine Kraft-Tex Paper leftover from a previous hop.

I sewed canvas paper to the inside cover.

Fade Horizontal Stencil

I used my own Curlicue Wide Borders on the outside covers.

I stenciled it lightly with white gesso 

and used Acrylic Paint Pens to color it.

I embellished the loopy loops into flowers 

and made a nice graphic cover design.

To construct the dori....

 I used notes from a class I had taken on making an Artsy Dori.

Not quite like the original but I love how it turned out!

I decided to start the new year with gratitude and positive affirmations.

So I filled the pages.... alphabetically? LOL

Live Your Beautiful Life Stencil

May 2016 StencilClub Kit 4" x 4"

Military Style Stars Stencil

Jumbo Vintage Typewriter Alphabet Letters A-P

Woodland Blackbird Stencil

Fridge Poetry Stencil

Jumbo Vintage Typewriter Alphabet Letters A-P

Uplifting Words Stencil

Jumbo Vintage Typewriter Alphabet Letters A-P

Butterfly Journeys

Fridge Poetry Stencil

Jumbo Vintage Typewriter Alphabet Letters A-P

Let's Go 2 Stencil

Fridge Poetry Stencil

Jumbo Vintage Typewriter Alphabet Letters A-P

April 2018 StencilClub Kit

Jumbo Vintage Typewriter Alphabet Letters A-P

Repetition Stencil

Jumbo Vintage Typewriter Alphabet Letters A-P

Wildflower Doily Stencil

Curlicue Wide Borders

Seeds Stencil

Becoming Stencil

Jumbo Vintage Typewriter Alphabet Letters A-P

Fridge Poetry Stencil

February 2017 StencilClub Kit

Jumbo Vintage Typewriter Alphabet Letters A-P

Seaside Lavendar Mini Stencil

Fridge Poetry Stencil

Jumbo Vintage Typewriter Alphabet Letters A-P

I love that little pink scribbly design (March 2015 Stencil Kit (4" x 4"stencil)).

There you go! That was fun!

I love my little dori!

And what would a Blog Hop be without a GIVEAWAY??!!!

One lucky winner will receive both StencilGuts
AND a Resketch Gift Pack !

What do you have to do to enter? Just leave a comment below.

Then visit these amazing artists’ blogs and comment for more inspiration and extra chances to win!

The more blogs you comment on, the more chances you have to WIN!

One winner will be chosen at random from all blog comments!
(One comment per blog please.)

You have until Wednesday, April 25th at 11:59PM Central Time to leave your comments.

Winner will be announced on
StencilGirl's Facebook page on Thursday, April 26th.

Blog Hop Order

Mary C. Nasser

Tina Walker

Belen Sotelo

Debi Adams

Torrie Gass

Cindy Gilstrap

Kiala Givehand

>>Janet Joehlin<<

See you next time!

Good Things Happen When StencilGirl Meets Lindy's Gang

Welcome to Day 2 of this fabulous blog hop!

I have a confession....

I had never used Lindy's Gang Products until this hop...

And now I am on my third order from the company!

The Starburst Shimmer Sprays are my favorite!

Where have they been all my life?

(....insert dramatic crescendo music....)

Seriously, where?

You know I love making art journals.

Sometimes I don't even know I've started another journal

until I am most of the way done with it.

Here I was just having fun spraying those Starburst Shimmer Sprays 

and layering them to see how they mixed and blended.

And then it was...Yep, That's a book cover.

Here is how they started out.

My go-to Curlicue Floral as the base.

Then more layers and delicious shimmery drips.

Until we came to this!

Wow that was fun!

Then two more... but a little different approach.

I have some 12x12 deli paper that I layered and stenciled on.

I experimented with acrylic paints layered with the sprays.

 I used the X-12 and the Gridded stencils in the layers here.

When I was happy with the paper I glued it onto

some cardboard for book covers and proceeded from there.

I love the crinkly deli paper look!

My Green inside book covers are scrapbook paper cut and glued to fit.

Then some Starburst Sprays on top through the Curlicue Floral stencil.

The blue versions are acrylic paints as the base and a Krylon spray paint through 

the 9x12 stencil in the February 2018 StencilClub Kit.

There you go!

I admit I have a dozen projects going on using these

 Lindy's Gang Starburst Shimmer Sprays.

I highly recommend them!

GIVEAWAY
One lucky winner will receive both a $25 Gift Certificate to Lindy’s Gang
AND a $25 Gift Certificate to StencilGirl® Products!
Enter to win by leaving a comment below.
Then be sure to visit the other blogs in the hop and comment to win.
The more blogs you comment on, the more chances you have to WIN!
One winner will be chosen at random from all blog comments!
(One comment per blog please.)

You have until Tuesday, April 24th at 11:59PM Central Time to leave your comments.
Winner will be announced on
StencilGirl®'s Facebook page and Lindy’s Gang’s Facebook page on Wednesday, April 25.

April 19

Belen Sotelo
Cindy Gilstrap
Kiala Givehand
Torrie Gass
>>>>Janet Joehlin<<<<
Valerie Ouellet
Aga Baraniak
Sivan Amedi
Aleksandra Mihelič
Joanna Marquet
Phoebe Tonosaki
Caroline Parent

Good Luck and see you next time!

StencilGirl Meets Distress Crayons

Hi Stencil Friends!

It's Day 3 of the StencilGirl and Tim Holtz Hop.

Today we are featuring Distress Crayons.

I used the Distress Crayons, Stencils, Canvas Paper and Moleskine Notebooks.

First I took a large sheet of the canvas paper and started layering 

the Distress Crayons in a few shades of blues.

(Salty Ocean, Tumbled Glass and Chipped Sapphire)

I used my fingers, a dry soft cloth or the Ranger Ink Blending Tool...

Just to experiment with different tools.

I used my Curlicue Stencils... the Curlicue Floral, Curlicue Wide Borders,

and later on in the process I used the Curlicue Daily Border Starters and the Fly 6.

I made a nice soft textural base and did a light coat of gesso over it.

Mostly because I wanted to see what would happen.

Next I used that soft cloth and blended those blue Distress Crayons, 

as well as Cracked Pistachio and Picket Fence.

I loved the ghostly impressions of the Curlicue Stencils underneath.

I thought I'd like to rub some away, so I went a little darker and heavier

with more marks and more blending.

How do you like the canvas texture coming through too?

Yes! I love it!

I held the bird stencil down and with a DRY cloth softly rubbed the crayons away...

but not to the layer of gessoed canvas.

On the border I used a WET baby wipe which

 took more of the crayon away so it was almost to the gesso layer.

Huge Difference!

I played with the piece, subtracting the blues and adding some 

pinks and yellows in...(Worn Lipstick and Fossilized Amber).

Don't you love layers and layers of goodness!

I came to a place where I was happy with the colors and textures of my canvas.

Somewhere in the process of playing with this

 I had decided I was going to cut and glue and make book covers.

I traced the book on the back of the canvas....

Cut....

 And Glued.

Super Duper Simple!

I freehanded words for titles. It would be easy to stamp or stencil them too.

I tried a washi tape spine on one book, but it wasn't really necessary.

I've already given away the small journals.

I always keep one that size in my purse.

They make a perfect little gift for someone special.

Here's my bonus material!

As I was learning about Distress Crayons I watched YouTube Videos

and tried a few techniques in my Daily Journal.

I used Modeling Paste here...

I laid the crayon down heavy over the raised design and wiped it with the wet baby wipe.

I love how the purple crayon (Seedless Preserves) collects around the edges.

Again I used the modeling paste on parts of this green page.

I blended the Crayons (Peeled Paint)

along with green Distress Inks (Mowed Lawn and Shabby Shutters).

Then used the wet baby wipe to take away parts.

Fun.

This last one I used a heavy layer of white Distress Crayon (Picket Fence) 

and let it completely dry.

Since it was such a thick layer that took awhile!

I used this as a resist because I rubbed Distress Inks over it

(Seedless Preserves, Picked Raspberry and Victorian Velvet)

and the inks soaked into the background paper 

differently than the Distress Crayon design element.

I added some collage elements for a fun little page in my Daily.

Thanks for visiting today.

I hope all the projects the last few days has really motivated you to go out and PLAY!

GIVEAWAY

One lucky winner will receive a $50 Gift Certificate to StencilGirl Products!

Sign Up for The Scoop for your chance to WIN!

Then visit the blogs of Team StencilGirl and comment for MORE chances to win!

The more blogs you comment on, the more chances you have to WIN!

One winner will be chosen at random from The Scoop subscribers and blog comments!
(One comment per blog please.)

You have until Tuesday, October 24th at 11:59PM Central Time to leave your comments.

Winner will be announced on
StencilGirl's Facebook page on Wednesday, October 25th.

 

October 20: Distress Crayons 

Sherry Canino

Torrie Gass

Mary C. Nasser

Kiala Givehand

<<< Janet Joehlin >>>