Egyptian Influence

I decided to use a piece of corrugated cardboard as my substrate. I got some rather interesting packing recently and wanted to incorporate it too.

I placed some of my recent clay pieces made from Artyco moulds, where I thought I wanted them.

Next I chose the fabulous new heiroglyphics stencil from Artzone designed by Debs Wainwright. 

I cleared the corrugated to create the background using white modelling paste and the fabulous Heiroglyphics stencil. I decided to go all over rather than just where I thought I might need to put it.

Once dry I placed all the other pieces back on and covereded everything in black powertex.

As you can see, everything was covered really well.

Once completely dry, I dry brushed the whole piece with gold pigment to bring out the details.

Close up of the dry brushing. You can really see the details from the stencil. 

Handle with Care

And for my final make using the fabulous ARTZONE stencils designed by Deb Wainwright I created this piece using the music stencil. The background has been coloured with a wash of magenta and dioxazine Decoart premium acrylics. I used titanium white through the essentials 1. The main image from the music stencil was stencilled with prussian blue.

All the stencils (and more) can be found in Debs online shop here. If you get chance, please pay a visit. They retail at £5.75 and are excellent value. They are made from a very robust material and because of this they are very to use and also easy to clean. They are also very versatile as they can be used either way.

Skellen & Essentials

Using the fabulous ARTZONE stencils designed by Deb Wainwright I created this piece. The background has been coloured with cobalt blue, magenta and dioxazine Decoart premium acrylics, applied with a babywipe. I used titanium white through the essentials 1 and carbon black through the skellen stencil which is from the first release.

All the stencils (and more) can be found in Debs online shop here. If you get chance, please pay a visit. They retail at £5.75 and are excellent value. They are made from a very robust material and because of this they are very to use and also easy to clean. They are also very versatile as they can be used either way, which you will see in another post.

Face Your Fears

Using the fabulous ARTZONE stencils designed by Deb Wainwright I created this piece. The background has been coloured with red, orange and yellow Decoart premium acrylics applied with a babywipe. I used carbon black through the heiroglyphics stencils. I wanted to show that you don't have to use it with an egyptian theme for it to work. Hence the Teesha Moore image and the words.

All the stencils (and more) can be found in Debs online shop here. If you get chance, please pay a visit. They retail at £5.75 and are excellent value. They are made from a very robust material and because of this they are very to use and also easy to clean. They are also very versatile as they can be used either way, which you will see in my next post.

Boho Jane

Using the fabulous ARTZONE stencils designed by Deb Wainwright I created this piece. The background has been coloured with magenta, orange and yellow Decoart premium acrylics which I applied with a babywipe. I used carbon black through the Boho Jane stencil, which is from the first release. I coloured in using twisted crayola crayons and added buttons and fibres to embellish.

All the stencils (and more) can be found in Debs online shop here. If you get chance, please pay a visit. They retail at £5.75 and are excellent value. They are made from a very robust material and because of this they are very to use and also easy to clean. They are also very versatile as they can be used either way.

Own Your Dreams

Again, using the fabulous ARTZONE stencils designed by Deb Wainwright I created this piece. The background has been coloured with yellow and green Decoart premium acrylics applied with a pallet knife. I used black through the music stencil, but I only used the main image. I used printed cellophane over the image to create the stars and the snake skin effect.

All the stencils (and more) can be found in Debs online shop here. If you get chance, please pay a visit. They retail at £5.75 and are excellent value. They are made from a very robust material and because of this they are very to use and also easy to clean. They are also very versatile as they can be used either way.

Mystery 101 - Eve

Using the fabulous ARTZONE stencils designed by Deb Wainwright I created this piece. The background has been coloured with a wash of magenta and dioxazine Decoart premium acrylics. I used titanium white through the essentials 1 and patterns stencils. The main image, Eve, was stencilled with prussian blue.

All the stencils (and more) can be found in Debs online shop here. If you get chance, please pay a visit. They retail at £5.75 and are excellent value. They are made from a very robust material and because of this they are very to use and also easy to clean. They are also very versatile as they can be used either way, which you will see in another post.

Skellen Stencil by Debs Wainwright - Artzone

Once again, this is the stencil that I used which was designed by Debs Wainwright of Artzone. This one is called Skellen.

This is an mdf cog, painted with brown DecoArt vintage effect wash and hunter green. I mixed DecoArt chalky paint, new life, with DecoArt white modeling paste and put it through the stencil. I also used part of the Boho Jane stencil on the edges. 

This is white DecoArt modeling paste mixed with DecoArt everlasting chalky paint as I wanted a really rich, bright white. As you can see, the stencils work perfectly, no bleeding or anything, just a great crisp image.

I added a hat and Martin brought home some cellophane which reminded me of a spiders web. I tried to glue it on but you could see the glue through the cellophane, so instead I used washi tape around the edges to keep it in place. This stencil would be a great buy for your Halloween makes.

These are the five stencils Debs has designed. They are available to buy now from her Etsy shop here, and they are soon to be available at Country View Crafts and Handmade at Helens.

I haven't been paid to do or say any of this, I was simply sent a couple of stencils to play with. But what I would like to say, and this is only my opinion, is that the stencils are very easy to work with, they are of a good quality weight and because of this they are very easy to clean as there are no flimsy delicate parts. As you can see, they are very versatile, you can use them either way round, they leave a great impression and you can easily isolate different parts, so you don't have to use all the stencil. They are excellent value for money, they retail at £5.75 and I wouldn't hesitate to buy them.

Artzone Stencil by Debs Wainwright 2nd Stencil

 

This is the second of the stencils I was sent to play with - Skellen DWSTC-SKELLEN003.

I created a background on a tag using distress oxides.

I edged it in my absolute favourite colour of the ones that have been released up to now - black.

And simply put DecoArt black modeling paste through the stencil. I didn't do any more to it as I didn't think it needed it.

These are the five stencils Debs has designed. They are available to buy now from her Etsy shop here, and they are soon to be available at Country View Crafts and Handmade at Helens.

I haven't been paid to do or say any of this, I was simply sent a couple of stencils to play with. But what I would like to say, and this is only my opinion, is that the stencils are very easy to work with, they are of a good quality weight and because of this they are very easy to clean as there are no flimsy delicate parts. As you can see, they are very versatile, you can use them either way round, they leave a great impression and you can easily isolate different parts, so you don't have to use all the stencil. They are excellent value for money, they retail at £5.75 and I wouldn't hesitate to buy them.

Artzone Stencil by Debs Wainwright

Debs Wainwright has just launched her new range of stencils and I was asked if I could produce some samples using a couple of them. This was the first one I used - Boho-Jane DWSTC-HOBO Jane002.

I took a piece of corrugated cardboard and randomly coloured it with a few colours of Dylusions paints.

Next I used the stencil with black gesso from DecoArt.

One dry, I added some black and white paint in circles using small tops/lids and also a credit card to make the lines. I coloured the eyes in white, added the blue using a sharpie pen and red for the lips. I also hi-lighted some of the stenciled elements.

And the sun came out, so I took a photo on the grass as these are the more truer colours.

For my second piece I painted an mdf heart in pink, orange and green DecoArt vintage effect wash. I applied the colours with a sponge and dried between layers to get the subtle mottled effect.

I flipped the stencil over and used it the other way round. I mixed DecoArt pyrrole red media paint with white modeling paste and put it through the stencil. I also used part of the stencil to embellish the right hand top corner.

These are the five stencils Debs has designed. They are available to buy now from her Etsy shop here, and they are soon to be available at Country View Crafts and Handmade at Helens.

I haven't been paid to do or say any of this, I was simply sent a couple of stencils to play with. But what I would like to say, and this is only my opinion, is that the stencils are very easy to work with, they are of a good quality weight and because of this they are very easy to clean as there are no flimsy delicate parts. As you can see, they are very versatile, you can use them either way round, they leave a great impression and you can easily isolate different parts, so you don't have to use all the stencil. They are excellent value for money, they retail at £5.75 and I wouldn't hesitate to buy them.