Bolton House: Stencil Girl Blog Hop and Giveaway!

Thursday, July 20, 2017

Stencil Girl Blog Hop and Giveaway!

Hello and welcome to the StencilGirl Products and Imagine Blog Hop, DAY TWO!

For this hop I received three stencils: Jessica Sporn's Rain, Andrea Matus deMeng's Eve, a modern woman small stencil, Seth Apter's Techno Insiders Circle. It was so easy to use all three, actually it became an addictive process, I haven't been able to stop using them all month long! This is the project I chose to share today, it is called " Steampunked Namaste". It is part of an art journal of faces, she just has an elaborate head gear and flowers. I will make a series of faces like these and then bind all the pages together in a hand made journal.

The background gets its color from Fireworks! Craft Spray in the Lilac Posies color, sprayed over Seth's Techno Insiders Circle. Then I used the Techno Insiders Circle again on top of that with Fireworks! Desert Sand spray. The face is Andrea's Eve stencil. I evened out the skin tones with Jane Davenport's Paint Over Pens, using Unicorn, Beach and Starfish. Even the flowers in the foreground are a StencilGirls stencil designed by Mary Beth Shaw. On a separate piece of water color paper, I sprayed the Fireworks! sprays through the stencil then added additional shading by pouring some of the Fireworks! in a water brush and applying it where needed. When the flowers were dry I cut them out and adhered them with Tear It! tape. Here are a few close up shots of the background and the face.

To give her a "Steampunk" look I adhered cogs and gears with Imagine On Point Glue and a touch of the Iridescent Blue Creative Medium. By using the On Point Glue I can better isolate the areas where I want to adhere the glass glitter.

After applying gesso through the words on the Rain stencil, I allowed drying time, then I highlighted the words with London Fog ink and a small dauber.

Here is another very similar art journal page using the same stencils but in Fireworks! Craft Spray in primarily blues and greens. I used all the same stencils just differently.

What would a Blog Hop be without a GIVEAWAY?!! One special winner will receive prizes from both StencilGirl Products and Imagine, a $25 Gift Certificate from each.

What do you have to do to enter?

Just visit the blogs of the fabulous designers and comment for your chance to win. The more blogs you comment on the more chances you have. (One comment per blog, please)

You have until Sunday, July 23rd 11:59 PM Central Time to leave your comments.

The winner will be announced on the StencilGirl Facebook page and the Imagine Facebook page

on Monday July 24th.

Kyriakos Pachadiroglou

Renee Zarate ~ You are here

Elina Stromberg ~ Your next stop

Product List:

StencilGirl Products

Jessica Sporn's Rain, Andrea Matus deMeng's Eve, a modern woman small stencil, Seth Apter's Techno Insiders Circle and the flowers came from a stencil designed by Mary Beth Shaw

Imagine Products

Fireworks! Craft Spray- Lilac Posies, Desert Sand, Blue Hawaii, Tangelo and New Sprout

StazOn Jet Black ink

Memento London Fog ink

Blue Iridescent Creative Medium

Goosebumps Clear Texture Spray (on the lips and eyes)

Sheer Shimmer Spritz Frost

Tear It! tape

On Point Glue

Craft Mat

Palette Knife

Small dauber

Other Supplies

140# water color paper measuring 8 1/2" by 11"

Gesso

Jane Davenport Paint Over Pens

Bird nest stamp from Michaels

Fude Ball black pen

Prima Metal Cogs and Glass Glitter

Paper towels for blotting

Heat tool

Water Pens

Thanks so much for stopping by and leaving a comment. There is one more day of the blog hop so be sure and stop by tomorrow for the list of designers.

Hugs~ Renee