Hi Everyone and Welcome .
Amanda here and its my pleasure to be the host of our August Challenge here at a Vintage Journey. This month the chosen theme is
Stencil It!
There
are so many fantastic stencils available to us right now and so many
ways in which to use them we would like you to include some stenciling
in whatever it is you choose to create for this challenge. Don't forget
inks, sprays, paints, texture/embossing pastes and gesso are all stencil
friendly so be sure to have fun and embrace your stencils in your
vintage, shabby, mixed media, art journaling, industrial or steampunk
projects.
Our
sponsor this month is the very generous Country View Crafts and the
random winner will receive a £20 voucher to spend in store.There will
also be three pinworthy winners chosen by the Creative Guides who will
receive a pinworthy badge for their blog and an invite to be a Guest
Designer here at A Vintage Journey for a future challenge.
So lets see all the wonderful inspiring projects our Creative Guides have created for this challenge.
For my 'Stencil It' project I decided to reacquaint myself with my much neglected art journal and create a journo spread that has both striking imagery and a meaningful message about 'Self Doubt' using several stencils with various mediums- paints, inks,texture paste and gilding wax. Please feel free to head over to my blog for more details .
It's a rare project from me which doesn't include the use of a stencil somewhere, so I loved Amanda's theme. I've been playing with one of the newer Tim Holtz Layering Stencils, some DecoArt crackle paste and my favourite blues and browns to create this tag. Do come over to Words and Pictures if you'd like to see more.
A great theme but could I think what to create? - no! Ideas don't seem to be coming too easily at the moment so I decided to get my journal out and just play ...... this is what happened. If you would like to see how I got here please pop over to Addicted to Art.
I used multiple stencils (5 in total!) in the making of my mixed media plaque for Amanda's wonderful theme. I coloured through them, embossed with them, stamped through them and used texture paste, inks and paints - I was in stencil heaven! I have a few step by step photos on my blog on how I did it, hope you can stop by to take a look.
Tracy
Stencils play a huge part in my creative process so this challenge was perfect for me. I adore adding layers to my designs and Stencils make this process so easy. I have step by steps for my silhouette duo over on my BLOG if you would like to stop by.
Julia Aston
I pulled out several of my Wendy Vecchi stencils, combining them with two of her background stamps and some Idea-ology pieces to create my stencil project. You will find more photos and details on my blog post here. I hope you'll stop by!
Brenda
I had intended using a background made with stencil mono-printing as journal pages but they ended up as two cards. I love the fact that we can creatively start a piece with one idea in mind and end up with something completely different. Click my name above and you will be transported to Bumblebees and Butterflies if you want to see more.
I had intended using a background made with stencil mono-printing as journal pages but they ended up as two cards. I love the fact that we can creatively start a piece with one idea in mind and end up with something completely different. Click my name above and you will be transported to Bumblebees and Butterflies if you want to see more.
Julie
I love working with my stencils and decided it would be fun to incorporate them onto a canvas with masking techniques and stamping. Love for you to stop by my blog Juliz Design Post where I will show you all the ongoing stages .
Jenny
I actually had something of a plan in my head for this canvas, wanting to show how stencils can be used in layers with a variety of textures to create the perfect basis for the addition of a little colour and a scattering of embellishments. Find out how it came together (with a step by step tutorial for that background) on my blog.
I actually had something of a plan in my head for this canvas, wanting to show how stencils can be used in layers with a variety of textures to create the perfect basis for the addition of a little colour and a scattering of embellishments. Find out how it came together (with a step by step tutorial for that background) on my blog.
I think you'll agree our Creative Guides have certainly embraced their stencils and offered a wealth of inspiration .
Hope you will be able to join us in our 'Stencil It' challenge.
We look forward to seeing what you create
The challenge begins today and runs through to Thursday 1st Sept 2016.
Happy Crafting