Wish Flag - a Stencil Girl Post

I have a crazy cool project to share with you today! I've joined an incredible group of creatives led by the fabulous Tina Walker... our goal : to create WISH FLAGS!

Here is my set of flags:
(supplies at the bottom)

They are layered up, textured, marked, stitched, stenciled, dimensional flags of beauty. They make my heart sing & I love having them displayed!

Liquitex Gesso ——— https://amzn.to/2Q2AolS [ Amazon US ] ——— http://shrsl.com/1n51z [ Blick ]
Stencil Girl Clouds Stencil
——— https://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/stencil-Clouds-Stars-Valerie-Sjodin-p/l632.htm
Liquitex Heavy Gesso
——— https://amzn.to/2YlsTNk  [ Amazon US ]
Palette Knife ——— https://amzn.to/2Eg28ib [ Amazon US ] ——— http://shrsl.com/1n521 [ Blick ]
Amsterdam Acrylic Turquoise Green ——— http://shrsl.com/1ogsu [ Blick ] ——— https://amzn.to/2IVhCuw [ Amazon US ] Amsterdam Acrylic Prussian Blue ——— http://shrsl.com/1ogsy [ Blick ] ——— https://amzn.to/2IXBqxv [ Amazon US ] UmWowStudio Layered Stars ——— https://umwowstudio.com/100006.html UmWowStudio Man In The Moon ——— https://umwowstudio.com/chipboard/100402.html UmWowStudio Vintage Paper Pack ——— https://umwowstudio.com/vintage-paper-pack.html
Sewing Machine ——— https://amzn.to/2WdEZmE [ Amazon US ]
Golden Gel Medium Matte ——— https://amzn.to/2Kvv3CG [ Amazon US ] ——— http://shrsl.com/1n52c [ Blick ] Golden High Flow Shading Gray ——— http://shrsl.com/1ogt0 [ Blick ] ——— https://amzn.to/2XhhWg8 [ Amazon US ] Golden Fluid Acrylic Carbon Black ——— https://amzn.to/2Wt2o7W [ Amazon US ] ——— http://shrsl.com/1n51w [ Blick ] Paint brush & water ——— https://amzn.to/2VLm9mq [ Amazon US ] Ranger Heat It Craft Tool ——— https://ldli.co/e/djmrp3 [ joggles.com ] ——— http://amzn.to/2syrkfw [ Amazon US ] ——— https://ldli.co/e/z057q7 [ SimonSaysStamp ] ——— https://ldli.co/e/9zr15k [ Scrapbook.com ] Prima Marketing Turquoise String Graphite Pencil

Pop over to the Tina's Stencil Columb to see all the incredible flags!

Earth Day - be the CURE {Sustainable Souls}

Hello friends out there -- hope you're doing well this Earth Day ♥

I've always had a soft spot in my heart for Mother Earth and all her glory. I sometimes refer to it as my hippy heart... which I'm happy & proud of. I love the Sustainable Souls Project because this group of amazing artists is bringing to light some topics that need more presence in our communities. As of late there's been a lot of  controversy surrounding the validity of global warming, the harmfulness of fossil fuels & the other blights that are harming our planet.

They are real.

and we need to take a larger stand.

today a few of the artists have partnered up for an extra little round of art journaling using a stencil that was created from our Sustainable Souls Project logo (which I created♥). Thank you StencilGirl! Take a look around and see what everyone has done.

Here is my page:

you have to be the cure... 
...not just another patch.

It's a base of Canson watercolor paper and an insanely thick layer of modeling paste through the stencil. I use Blick Modeling Paste for this process because it's so damn thick. And when it's finished drying it has a sort of plastery feel to it instead of a hard melted plastic.

After it had enough time to dry I covered the entire thing in white gesso. I was a little nervous about having such varying bases.. the open parts of the watercolor paper & the plaster like modeling paste through the stencil. Then I used a Lindy's Stamp Gang MAGICAL & water to add some silvery depth to the recesses. I loved overflowing the page and having this sort of rainy drippy effect all over. It seemed appropriate for the message I wanted to convey. 

I then mimicked the magical process with a Stabilo Marks All. I'm a huge fan of this pencil and will probably send one or two of the owner's children to college. It is such a delicious dark grungy effect and really complimented the silvery magical well.

In all honesty I thought I was done with my black & white grungy page. So I set it to the side and started working on other things... then my brain went into overdrive and all of a sudden I needed a LIGHT shining through the dark desolate page. I grabbed my set of Brushos and got to work with Turquoise, Ultra Marine Blue & Purple. I haphazardly outlined my stencil shapes and drew the color into the background with water. We can, after all, make a difference if we just try. Why shouldn't my page have a little hope peeking through?

And last but certainly not least came what now may be the very most important part of the page. 

the message. 

I'm not sure where the words came from... and I think sometimes when you're working on a great piece the words sort of just fill your heart and spill out. I put down some patch like masking tape.. grungied it up with the stabilo pencil and then used my archival pen to scratch in my message. 

 It was stapled onto the piece as a more permanent resolution... as a sustainable way to move forward and keep working for the real cure.

Canson Watercolor Pad, 30 Sheets Princeton Catalyst Blades and Mini-Blades Blick Modeling Paste Flat Wash, 1" Liquitex Acrylic Gesso Ranger Heat It Craft Tool Soucolor 6 Pcs Water Brush Pens Lindy's Stamp Gang Magicals- Industrial Chic All Colored Marking Pencil Brusho Crystal Colours Set 12/Pkg 2 General Purpose Masking Tape Tiny Attacher by Tim Holtz Krylon K01306 Workable Fixatif Spray Clear

InLinkz.com

Art Journaling Class RECAP

Whoo!! we had art journaling class this past weekend with a whopping ELEVEN participants and some AMAZING art journaling!

I brought in a stack of 6x6 Amazing Crafting Products MOLD RUBBER printing plates and introduced the class to MONOPRINTING. We used good ol' craft paint in different colors, our printing plates, some cardstock and brayers. We also had stencils from UmWowStudio, The Crafter's Workshop and Stencil Girl, stamps from Viva Las VegaStamps!, Punchinella from Gauche Alchemy, Ribbons and Fibers from May Arts Ribbon and a slew of vintage laces, doilies and other bits to help us create one of a kind patterns in our printing.


After some instruction and demonstrating.. the class got to work and had fun creating their own prints. Here are some highlights:

And here are some prints of my own from the class time:

Let me know what you think of my prints! I'll be doing a video asap on a new technique I picked up -- can't wait to share it :)