The Mixed Media Monthly Challenge Blog: stencils

Sunday, January 1, 2017

Mixed Media Monthly Challenge #32 - Put a Stencil on It

Welcome to the Mixed Media Monthly Challenge #32

"Put a Stencil On It"

(create a project using a stencil)

***please remember to add this graphic to your blog post***

Our January Sponsor & Guest Designer is Mary Beth Shaw of StencilGirl Products!!

Mary Beth Shaw is author of Flavor for Mixed Media and Stencil Girl, is a columnist for Somerset Studios Magazine and a Golden Artist Educator. She is the founder of StencilGirl Products, LLC. Having hand-cut her own stencils for years, Mary Beth Shaw dipped her toe into the stencil design business in 2010 after her students asked if they could purchase some of her designs. She had a half dozen stencils cut to sell and voila! Before she knew it, StencilGirl Products was born. Today StencilGirl Products sells more than 900 stencils designed by a team of talented artists. StencilGirl Products cuts stencils the old fashion way, one at a time right here in the USA. StencilGirl is a family-owned business that includes Mary Beth, her husband John, and son-in-law, Frank.

~Mary Beth is offering the lucky random winner a $25 gift certificate to the StencilGirl Store.~

Check out these gorgeous creations made by
Mary Beth using her StencilGirl Stencils.

And now for a big announcement. We would like to welcome Lynne Forsythe to our Design Team. Lynne is an amazing Mixed Media Artist and we are thrilled to have her join us. Please be sure to welcome Lynne.

Lynne Forsythe is from a small town in Northern New Hampshire and has been creating since she was a child. Lynne discovered paper crafting about 10 years ago.....and has have never looked back! She loves trying new things, then sharing them with anyone who will listen. Lynne likes to remind people that it’s good to step outside of one’s creative box.” She is known for her love of color, and will color anything she can get her hands on. If she was to classify her style, it would be Distress meets Shabby and ALWAYS has flowers!

Lynne has been published in several magazines and currently designs for Canvas Corp Brands, UmWowStudio and Yvonne Blair Designs/Impression Obsession. Lynne has also created numerous video tutorials and has taught extensively across the United States.

And now for some inspiration from our Design Team...

DONNA

KAREN

LISA A.

LISA H.

CLARE

LYNNE

MELANIE

ASTRIDCHRISTINE

Make sure you visit each designer's blog and leave some comment love for them... we LOVE hearing from you all!

Please follow these rules to be eligible for placements and prizes. Entries not following our rules will be deleted.

* You must use our challenge graphic in your challenge post.
* You must comment on at least 3 design team member's blogs.

* Your post must link back to the Mixed Media Monthly Challenge post
* Add a link to your direct post, not your entire blog, a YouTube Video or a Pinterest Board
* You can combine with up to 4 other challenges.
* No Backlinking (linking a project completed before the start date of our challenge) allowed! Any back-linked entries will be deleted.
* You can enter up to 5 times, create whatever you want, and HAVE FUN!

You have until 11:55 pm EST on January 31st to enter!

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Friday, August 1, 2014

Mixed Media Monthly Challenge #3 - Stencils with Modeling Paste

Welcome to the third Mixed Media Monthly Challenge - Stencils and Pastes!

We are thrilled to have you with us for our third challenge!! We are so lucky that the awesome store Eclectic Paperie is sponsoring our challenge this month. They are generously offering a $25 gift card for our Random Winner!!

Here's a little more about the Eclectic Paperie:

"We create and craft because we're seeking to express ourselves, to capture some of that inner fire and put it out into the world, and through that expression we unite with others. The spirit of eclectic Paperie grows out of this principle; we're committed to not only delivering a wide range of paper crafting products for mixed media, stamping, and scrapbooking but we support and encourage the greater importance of providing education, inspiration, and creative growth. Acquiring your craft materials from us becomes just another flowing step in the process of creation - we want to not only supply the raw materials of your creativity but to actually encourage and participate in sharing your creative acts. We view you not only as a customer, but as a partner."

Hello, Lynn K. here to welcome you to the August Mixed Media Monthly Challenge. For this month I’m challenging you to use thick mediums or pastes through stencils to add texture to your art. You can use modeling paste, gel mediums, super heavy gesso, texture paste, embossing paste or any thick medium that will add dimension to your work.

I started with a 6x6 canvas and used a stencil and modeling paste to create a dimensional, textured background. The stencil I used is one of my favorites by The Crafter’s Workshop. It’s called “Art Is” and it measures 6x6 – perfect for my canvas. I scraped modeling paste through the stencil with a palette knife – the thicker you apply the modeling paste the more dimension you achieve and the longer it takes to dry!

Next I applied a combination of blue and white paints keeping the shading lighter towards the middle. The paint enhances the stenciled background.

I then painted on some circles and lines and applied some green paint with a credit card.

I stamped a bird image onto watercolor paper and painted her with bright, cheery colors. I then glued her to a branch I created from corrugated cardboard and attached it to the canvas.

And here is my finished canvas

Lynn Kopas

We are also excited to introduce our August Guest Designer - Karen Crossen!! Karen is an amazing mixed media artist who is also on the Eclectic Paperie Design Team.

Guest Designer - Karen Crossen

Hi! My name is Karen Crossen and I live just outside Atlanta Georgia with my husband and 3 girls!! I absolutely love creating mixed media art and experimenting with (and buying) art supplies!! There aren't too many days that I don't have some paint or glue on my fingers or clothes. Just a couple of years ago, I would never have thought as myself as an artist or even thought I had an artistic bone in my body. But after finding mixed media and the freedom to create what I want and how I want - I realized how much I enjoy creating!

I have been super lucky to work on the Faber-Castell Design, Memory, Craft Guest Design Team, Linnie Blooms Design team and of course, the wonderful Eclectic Paperie Team!! I hope you enjoy my beach bird - when I saw him at the beach this summer, I just knew I had to get him down on canvas!!