It’s stencil hop day and we have SEVEN awesome artists for you to be inspired by.
Start with Julie’s blog (if you answer the question on her blog, you could win your very own set of Stars and Circles!!) And then hop over to the other six amazing women!
This is just a little peek into some of the neat stuff that Julie did on her blog. You’ll have to click on everyone’s blogs to see the cool things they did. Have fun!!
This is Ann Clason. She’s a smart lady. She liberates her grandson’s old beaten-up sweatshirts and breathes new life into them by adding paint and other embellishments. Check out how she used our TCW261 Art Is (how appropriate) stencil:
Ann says she used regular white craft paint and added some fabric medium. Then she “pounced on it with a make-up sponge”. To see more of her blog, click here. Thanks Ann!!
Ready for another blog hop?! This time Julie’s got three new super talented gals for you to visit. Here’s Julie introducing each:
These three ladies and Julie Fei-Fan Balzer will be showing off the possibilities of the “wood parquet” stencil:
Julie says “ The Crafter’s Workshop does have a regular woodgrain stencil, which is awesome, but I wanted something more delicate. This stencil has a lacey quality that I really like.” So do we! So here’s one of Julie’s amazing projects with it:
Isn’t it magnificent? This stencil is excellent for both subtle and more drastic effects. See all the projects for a variety of examples!
Click on Julie’s blog to read more about how she uses this versatile stencil. If you’d like to win the “Peek-a-Boo” stencil in 6×6 and 12×12, leave an answer to the following question in the comments section of her blog:
Which of the ladies in today’s hop has a style closest to your own?
Here are those blogs again:
Thanks for stopping by! Now get hoppin!
If you’re like me and a little hesitant to take the bold step of using our templates on your layouts, today’s post is for you! Instead of featuring the template as a focal image on your layout, you can use it to add color, texture, interest, and layers to your background. Look at this stunning layout by Umenorskan:
Hey beautifully layered page is made even more interesting and colorful by the awesome bits of colors she added with the templates in the background. I can see peeks of Mix & Match Hearts, Cursive Alphabet, and Punchinella.
So if you haven’t tried using templates on your pages yet, this is a wonderful way to dip your toes in. I hope you give it a try and share your pages with us!
Make sure to check out Umenorskan for more information on her stunning page!
We were blown away by this absolutely stunning canvas by Teresa Jaye. It’s a perfect example of how you can use our stencils creatively:
To create the stunning ferns in this canvas, Teresa used texture magic with the Peacock Feathers stencil:
Teresa says: “The gorgeous green ferns are made with Delta Creative Texture Magic dimensional paint in Fern Green stippled through a Balzer Designs 6″x6″ template called Mini Peacock Feathers by Crafters Workshop. While the paint was still wet, I sprinkled it with Zing white embossing powder. The embossing powder kind of clumped up on the paint and wouldn’t melt so didn’t do what I expected but I like it!”
Isn’t she super-creative? To see more of this stunning canvas and the great story behind why she created it, make sure to visit Teresa’s blog.
In case you missed it, there was another blog hop yesterday! This time Julie‘s got three super talented gals for you to visit (plus her wonderful blog). Here’s Julie introducing each:
These three ladies and Julie Fei-Fan Balzer will be showing off the possibilities of the “peek-a-boo” stencil:
You can probably guess why this stencil is called Peek-a-Boo, can’t you? Yep, it looks like eyes. Julie says at the time she designed it she was actually thinking of Indian textiles, which use a lot of circles and sequins. So here’s Julie’s first amazing project with it:
Isn’t it magnificent?
Click on Julie’s blog to read more about how she uses this versatile stencil. If you’d like to win the “Peek-a-Boo” stencil in 6×6 and 12×12, leave an answer to the following question in the comments section of her blog:
Where do you find artistic inspiration?
Here are those blogs again:
Thanks for stopping by!
This is the May kit from Cocoa Daisy called “Graffiti Bridge”. Christine Drumheller was kind enough to include one of our new Balzer Designs stencils (TCW280s Blazonry in 6×6) in this collection. Even though the kit has sold out, you can still purchase the stencil here. Here are a bunch of samples made using the Blazonry stencil: 
To see more samples, click on the Cocoa Daisy Gallery.
Hello Card by Paula S. GilardeSpring Layout by MumkaaEaster Booty by AlissaMy Boy by Diana JMirror Mirror by KJ Starre
Gift Bag by Roben-Marie Smith
Lucky by Julie Fei-Fan Balzer
Love with your Heart by Leslie Ashe
Elin Asariew from Sweden has a knack for creating some fun stuff with our stencils. The above layout was created with our Wood Grain stencil TCW236.
This layout was created with our Aspen Trees stencil TCW252 and the one below was done with Mums TCW173.
Beautiful as always, Elin. Thanks!!
I received a lovely email from Valerie-Jael and a link to her blog about some of her work. (See below.) I am posting directly from her blog…This first post is about the tag using our Aspen Trees template TCW252s (6×6).
“Today I just have one tag to share. I spent a lot of time painting yesterday, but it’s not finished yet. I have made a tag with a sponged ink background for the Unruly Paper Arts RAQ 1. I used my birch tree mask, and sponged gradient colours of DI through the trees. The word *Treasure* has been used as focal image over the trees, and I added some prima flowers and ribbon in complementary colours. I am also linking to Simon Says Stamp and Show, where this week a TH technique must be used.”
Here’s what Valerie-Jael writes about the above canvas which uses the Cubist stencil TCW248 AND the mini Harlequin TCW202s (can you see it?):
“For Paint Party Friday I have re-purposed another canvas, once again using acrylics in purple and green shades. I have called it *Purple moon-walk*. The canvas is 15×15″. I used my fave squares stencil and structure paste to do the background, before painting and adding Stickles, the moon and the umbrella men. The raised squares have been embossed with embossing powder and perfect pearls.”
Thanks for sharing, Valerie-Jael!
It’s Thursday! That must mean it’s time for another stencil hop! Today Julie‘s got three super talented gals for you to visit (plus her wonderful blog):
These three ladies and Julie Fei-Fan Balzer will be showing off the possibilities of the “Funky Tags” stencil:
This stencil contains six tag designs in two sizes. If you’re thinking that because the stencil comes in 6×6 and 12×12 you can actually get four different sizes of tags, you’d be wrong. :) Julie created the stencil so that the small tags on the 12×12 version are the same size as the big tags on the 6×6 version! Which is kind of cool to play with. Here’s an image comparing the sizes:
Julie is pretty frugal and doesn’t often tell you that you need both sizes of a stencil, but for this one, you might need both sizes. ;) By the way, Julie made the chart above with watercolor and pen. An easy way to use the stencil!
Click on Julie’s blog to read more about how she uses this versatile stencil. If you’d like to win the “Funky Tags” stencil in 6×6 and 12×12, leave an answer to the following question in the comments section of her blog:
Which of the projects from the hop has you excited?
Here are those blogs again:
Thanks for stopping by!