LINDA KITTMER'S FIBRE ART, PHOTOGRAPHY & JOURNALLING: Cecilia Swatton

Friday, October 25, 2013

Blog Hop Featuring Cecilia Swatton's StencilGirl Designs...

I'm participating in another fun StencilGirl Blog Hop, this time featuring stencils designed by Cecilia Swatton! I'm using Cecilia's "Swatton Grid" and "Mimosa 6" stencils today.

6" x 6" Swatton Grid

6" x 6" Mimosa

Sometimes you have to work smarter, not harder, so today I'm doing just that. I'm thinking ahead to the busy Christmas season, and I want to make my own gift tags this year. I also want to get my November art journal calendar spread done, so in comes the 'smarter'.

I cut a bunch of these little tags out of card stock, hole punched them and then pulled out may art journal calendar.

I spritzed some yellow Dylusions ink spray on the page and used a baby wipe to swirl it around a bit.

Then I arranged the tags onto the page and the fun began.

Since November can be such a dark, gloomy month, pulled out my bright spray inks and sprayed through Cecilia's stencils to create some beautifully colourful patterns on the page.

Here you can see me spraying some grass green through the "Swatton Grid" stencil.

After creating all of that fabulous background colour and texture, I removed the tags and set them aside.

I pulled out my Liquitex paint markers and added some outlines and numbers, etc. to the calendar spread.

Then I added some extra texture to the journalling blocks by stencilling some white through the stencils, alternating "Mimosa 6" and "Swatton Grid"

I added the name of the month and the year and the calendar spread was done.

And now to get back to those Christmas tags I was making... I added some doodles to the beautifully patterned tags using a gold Pearl Pen and all they need now is a pretty bit of gold yarn and they're ready to go!