Use Stencils!

Hello Monday and welcome friends to this week's challenge at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - USE STENCILS! Stencils are one of my favorite tools, and I love to layer them. This week, I used them a bit differently. 

I hope you are enjoying spring where you live, but here, I still have the heat on, it's raining...again, and there was snow in the mountains the other day. My daffodils are blooming and it is greening up, but I am looking for the warm sun, just like I was imagining the faces of flowers looking at the sun. 

If we could see the miracle of a single flower, clearly our whole life would change. Buddha

I headed to my BIG journal, used texture paste with stencils, then let that dry. Next, I applied a layer of clear gesso over it all. After it dried, I went in with the paint. 

In the working stage...

I wanted more texture at the bottom so stamped in some designs.

Then, I decided it looked too crazy so took it down a notch with whitewash. 

I used the scribble sticks around the faces, and over the stems and leaves. (I used an older set called Woodcuts for the leaves). I went over the faces with a Pewter Distress crayon, then added a few petals around two of the faces, and the quote. 

To give you an idea of dimension...

I had fun using my stencils in an imaginative way, turning the Moon Faces into flowers. 

I look forward to seeing how you use stencils this week! Come join in the fun, and one lucky participant will be drawn at random to win a $50 shopping voucher from our generous friends at Simon Says Stamp!

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Dina Wakley Moon Faces stencil

 

Dina Wakley Mini Favorites Stencil

 

Dina Wakley leafy media stencil

 

Dina Wakley Mighty Wave Media Stencil

 

Dina-Wakley-TEXTURES-Media-Cling-Rubber-Stamp

 

Ranger Dina Wakley Scribble Sticks 2

 

Ranger Dina Wakley Scribble Sticks

 

Dina Wakley Ranger WHITE acrylic paint

 

Dina Wakley Ranger EVERGREEN 1OZ Media Acrylic Paints MDQ53996

 

Dina Wakley OCEAN heavy body acrylic paints

 

Dina Wakley Lime Acrylic Paint

 

Dina Wakley MAGENTA Heavy Body Acrylic Paints

 

Dina Wakley TANGERINE Heavy Body Acrylic Paints

 

Dina Wakley LAPIS Heavy Body Acrylic Paints

 

Dina Wakley SKY Heavy Body Acrylic Paints

 

Dina Wakley Fuchsia Acrylic Paint

 

Dina Wakley Ranger Clear Gesso

 

Dina Wakley Ranger BLACKBERRY 1OZ Media Acrylic Paints MDQ53958

 

Dina Wakley LEMON Media Acrylic Paint

 

RANGER TEXTURE PASTE

 

Dina Wakley Ranger Media Brushes

 

Dyan Reavely Dylusions  Art Journal

 

Dina Wakley Palette Knife

 

Ranger HEAT IT CRAFT TOOL

 

Ranger - Tim Holtz - Distress Crayon - Brushed Pewter

 

Black Permanent Sharpie Marker

 

Simon Says Stamp Premium Dye Ink Black

                                        

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