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Thursday, September 19, 2013

Stencils + Watercolor

Recently I purchased some stencils designed by Ronda Palazzari for The Crafter’s Workshop.  I wanted to experiment with more artsy and mixed media techniques.  So Peppermint and I scheduled another video scrap chat on Google Hangout and we both crafted and showed each other our stuffs.

This was what I ended up making.
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For all of these cards, I used watercolors on Strathmore 300 Watercolor Paper, a silver Faber-Castell Pitt Artist pen, and a black Staedtler Lumicolor pen.

In most cases, I used watercolor with the stencil first.  Then I outlined the design with one of the pens to make it stand out more.
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I did these 4 cute designs that look like Instax photos.
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A closer look…
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For this cute camera I outlined the design with the Pitt silver pen.
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One of the cassette tapes from the Mix Tape stencil. 
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I had so much fun crafting and chatting with Peppermint that I didn’t realize we did it for three hours!
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We must do it again.

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11 comments:

  1. TechChick9/19/2013 8:52 AM

    What fun!! I love the items you made. Those colors are dreamy.

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  2. Unknown9/19/2013 10:53 AM

    I love this idea!!!!

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  3. Ann9/19/2013 11:10 AM

    Oh my goodness, those are fabulous, Christine! And I loved that you two did a long-distance scrap session. How fun. Keep up the great work.

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  4. Maureen Reynolds9/19/2013 4:32 PM

    Oh wow, a video art date! That's a fab idea.

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  5. gela9/19/2013 9:21 PM

    Peppermint and water colors!! What next glitter?! What a great way to scrap. I would like to be there when Peppermint has to reload her ATG. LOL.

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  6. LauraEva9/20/2013 7:57 AM

    wow--those turned out great! Question: what watercolors (brand/make) are you using?? And do you prefer that disk/pan to the crayons?

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    1. listgirl9/20/2013 12:41 PM

      I'm totally not a watercolor expert, lol. Just using the Artist Loft $5 pan from Michaels. I've never used the crayons.

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  7. Claire T9/24/2013 10:32 PM

    Love these. I don't know why I never thought about using water colours with stencils.

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  8. June K9/30/2013 6:32 AM

    So cool! TFS. I've never used stencils with watercolors. This opens up a whole new world for me. Thanks for all the links, too.

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  9. SweetyK10/09/2013 6:30 AM

    Thanks for Sharing this awesome idea. I have been thinking about getting this stencil set, but wasn't sure how to Incorporated it into my layouts etc. I love, love the watercolor technique!

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  10. Amanda10/25/2013 9:00 PM

    Very cool idea! I also love that you are using facetime to craft. Sounds fun. :)

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