after hearing horrendous news, sometimes you can turn to art. And that's just what I did today.
Using a brand new product @ For Keeps Sake, this is one of Pam Carriker's designs distributed by Stencil Girl. We just received our package of Stencil Girl goodness and I took some time to play today.
Using Heidi Swapp paper, I placed the stencil and used Claudine Hellmuth Gesso on top of the stencil. A light touch allows the paper background to show through.
After the gesso dried, I used a Copic Multiliner and went over the entire stencil.
Using a combination of Distress Ink and Tsukineko Brilliance Inks, the image was colored in using a paint brush. NOTE: I spread ink direct from the ink pads onto a craft mat and watered it down a bit before painting the image. Both Brilliance and Distress Inks are water based.
You can find this stencil as well as other Stencil Girl designs @
For Keeps Sake Paper Arts & Rubber Stamps
4530 Lemay Ferry Rd - St. Louis MO 63129
Nancy...this is so pretty. Thanks for sharing. Thanks so much for stopping by my blog and leaving such a nice comment about my birthday album. Have a great week and a very Merry Christmas! <3 Candy
Posted by: Candy Colwell | December 17, 2012 at 08:15 AM
Love what you did with my stencil design, just beautiful!
Posted by: Pam Carriker | December 17, 2012 at 11:29 AM
Beautiful combination of text and image and pattern!
Posted by: Mary C. Nasser | December 19, 2012 at 04:03 PM
Such a soft , romantic effect. Thank you for sharing :D XXX
Posted by: Gina | January 04, 2013 at 02:35 AM
This is just so beautiful I love it. Thank you for sharing how you did it.
Posted by: Val Thorpe | April 03, 2013 at 01:59 AM