Stencil Girl/PaperArtsy Blog Hop

I was absolutely tickled pink to be invited to take part in the PaperArtsy/Stencil girl blog hop. What a fabulous opportunity for me to combine my own stamps with some of my favourite Stencil Girl stencils. In addition to that, there is a fabulous giveaway!!!!! I hope you will join us and visit the blogs of all the very talented artists to be in with a chance of winning an awesome prize for yourself.

GIVEAWAY

One lucky winner will receive a $75 Gift Certificate to StencilGirl Products

AND a £50 Gift Certificate for PaperArtsy!!

Visit the fabulous designers from both teams and comment for your chance to win!

The more blogs you comment on, the more chances you have to WIN!
(One comment per blog please.)

You have until Friday, December 30th at 11:59PM Central Time to leave your comments.

Winner will be announced on
StencilGirl's Facebook page and PaperArtsy's blog on Sunday, January 1.

Blog Hop Order:

Dec. 21
Darcy Wilkinson
Kim Dellow
Mary C. Nasser
Gwen Lafleur

Dec. 22
Jo Firth Young
Lauren Hatwell
Kristie Taylor
Tina Walker

Dec. 23
Clare Lloyd
Lin Brown
Anna Friesen
Janet Joehlin

Dec. 24
Kay Carley
Emma Godfrey
Cindy Gilstrap
Karen Gaunt

Are you sitting comfortably? Here's my blog hop project.

I chose to use the following products on my  8" x 8"canvas board

Stencil Girl Stencils: L402 Verdant Moon, S372 - Brick Factory & S262 Rembrandt's Words.

PaperArtsy products: ELB29, ELB30, Mermaid, Caribbean Sea, Granny Smith, Snowflake, Hey Pesto Beach Hut, South Pacific and Gold Fresco Finish Paint

Step 1. Using a flat, wide paint brush, I blended together Mermaid and Granny Smith Fresco Finish Paint.

Step 2. Snowflake Fresco through the "Brickwork Factory" stencil created the perfect first layer on my coloured background.

Step 3. Once the Snowflake paint was dry, I used a baby wipe to apply a layer of Hey Pesto Fresco over the green areas of the canvas. This is a translucent colour and also my all time favourite Fresco!!!

Step 4. I repeated this technique with Beach Hut over the blue areas.

Step 5. More Snowflake, this time through the Rembrandt's Words stencil. My intention was to fill a few of the gaps. I also tinted this with Hey Pesto and Beach Hut.

Step 6. Next up....Orange Blossom Archival ink to stamp the circle of dots from ELB29.

Step 7. You can never use too much Snowflake in my opinion when creating layers. This time, I used the biggest stencil, Verdant Moon. I turned it on it's side so that it looked like a sunrise or sunset peeking over the top of a brick wall.

Step 8. Using a small paint brush and South Pacific Fresco, I created a shadow around the edge of the moon to soften the huge, stark expanse of white.

Step 9. I replaced the stencil to apply a layer of Gold Fresco on the brickwork. I like to apply the Gold over the Snowflake, it gives it a bit of extra pop. If I had applied the Gold over the blue and green background, several layers would be needed to achieve the same effect.

Step 10. With some scrap paper in place to protect my Gold brickwork, I applied Caribbean Sea Fresco to my grasses stamp with a small piece of Cut'N'Dry foam and blended a small amount of South Pacific around the edges of the stamp before printing on the canvas.

 At this point, I wasn't sure if the piece looked finished. I was pleased with how it was looking but felt that it needed some kind of embellishment.

Step 11. A strip of narrow Washi Tape and some painted trinkets added the finishing touches.