Artistcellar has done it again! They have released an inspiring new set of 4 stencils designed by Cecilia Swatton called the Kaleidoscope Series. I couldn’t wait to start creating with these! The four stencils are Trillium, Lily, Black Orchid and Sunflower. I have a love and fascination with Sunflowers so that’s the one I selected for my art journal page.
If you remember looking through a Kaleidoscope as a kid, you’ll love these stencils.
I started by layering a journal page with vintage dictionary pages using DecoArt’s DecouPage medium, once dry I spread on some Tim Holtz Distress Stain in Peeled Paint I then cut out a flower pot from a mono print I had previously created on my Gelli Plate, then added some more layers with other Artistcellar stencils; Infra and Quasi from the Quasi Crystals set, Star Coral from the Coral Series and cursive alphabet from Crafter’s Workshop.
I used the Sunflower stencil to create my flower using shades of yellow and orange to show depth and texture, just like in nature. When I removed the stencil, I added some more color to the edges to eliminate the square shape of the stencil. I added some more details to the center of the flower with the infra stencil in shades of brown and painted leaves around the edge of the flower.
This was a perfect time to also try these new products from Imagine Crafts. I placed the stencil back on the flower and sprayed the Fireworks shimmery spray in Dandelion. That gave the petals a really nice glow and shimmer. I then framed the flower pot with their Irresistible Pico Embellisher. These are very precise and great for free hand writing or framing.
Can you see the shimmer in the petals? I finished off the details with my Fude Ball pen to outline the petals and leaves. I added one more stencil, Mini Tile Texture with white modeling paste.
I used some black modeling paste with the Cursive stencil.
I’m loving how it turned out! Can’t wait to try the other stencils in the set.
Artistcellar is having a wonderful blog hop right now where you can win a set of these wonderful stencils. It’s not too late for you to visit these blogs, get inspired to create and have a chance to win.
October 25th – Lisa Cousineau, Artistcellar www.artistcellar.com/wp
October 26th – Effy Wild – http://effywild.com/
October 27th – Lisa Chin – http://somethingcleveraboutnothing.blogspot.com/
October 28th – Cheryl Sleboda – http://www.blog.muppin.com
October 29th – Paula Phillips – http://www.journalartista.com/
October 30th – Cindy Powell – http://cynthiapowell.blogspot.com/
October 31st – Cecilia Swatton – http://ceciliaswatton.blogspot.com
Have fun and good luck!
