tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81187656768909060492024-03-04T22:01:03.804-08:00PaperOcotilloStudioA blog for sharing the fun and freedom of all things paper...PaperOcotilloStudiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00020044842101900406noreply@blogger.comBlogger160125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8118765676890906049.post-43760464876432286632021-11-02T22:30:00.001-07:002021-11-07T06:33:32.466-08:00A NEW Stencil Inspired by Scenes of the Desert<p> Hello Friends,</p><p>I have another new stencil design inspired by sights and textures of the desert I live in. The beautiful Sonoran desert! This one has 9 desert scenes in one 9"X12" stencil. You can use it as one, or cut them apart into 9 stencils perfectly fitted to making artist trading cards. I have some photos of ATCs I have done with them...as well as video links to my YouTube channel where you can watch my processes!</p><p>Here is the stencil...and where you can purchase it from the manufacturer, <a href="https://tinyurl.com/yzfjpfhl">StencilGirl® Products</a>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqIQG7iJVp55hOYxp-9lqAc5Qd4PbszFNs_XFFx2sPBWT_cj3KZ7gzddYMiIxASASBKoHYAp_s1ppLnBXK2ASNrE_zw4Yg-TXRnmrXqjqD10lCUA0PFICjmzaCBh7WsKLXW64N5q8HrTK6/s560/Stencil-L880-ATC-Mixup-Desert-Sights-ShelC-L880-copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="560" data-original-width="420" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqIQG7iJVp55hOYxp-9lqAc5Qd4PbszFNs_XFFx2sPBWT_cj3KZ7gzddYMiIxASASBKoHYAp_s1ppLnBXK2ASNrE_zw4Yg-TXRnmrXqjqD10lCUA0PFICjmzaCBh7WsKLXW64N5q8HrTK6/s320/Stencil-L880-ATC-Mixup-Desert-Sights-ShelC-L880-copy.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Some of the ATCs I have made so far with my new ATC mash up stencil, Desert Sights</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfSYNn47wYu4nMCusOHeBjtsocv8KP0Wde3jS5_SwGtJX89Sq4307-bm0f8jrdbPYmx9XDvXU46-dXgU0AO2Xvl4oXP-t0BR4m_WibRQNZCy64_Gj1MbiiVX3LF-hLRvhD5V83mLppiiub/s2048/ShelC3ATCsCollageplusmetalpastes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1713" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfSYNn47wYu4nMCusOHeBjtsocv8KP0Wde3jS5_SwGtJX89Sq4307-bm0f8jrdbPYmx9XDvXU46-dXgU0AO2Xvl4oXP-t0BR4m_WibRQNZCy64_Gj1MbiiVX3LF-hLRvhD5V83mLppiiub/s320/ShelC3ATCsCollageplusmetalpastes.jpg" width="268" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5h2qb7WWUbBKnPCzdsXX4iErAK87nxAoB9eLKjwpVFfBqkmRSM6CmPKJ6MhIl2NKLCPOKeBql12AzcLB4lD050WXnIjv1sl1qALzS2yzwo0nLxbAZ8fXokKtgqGF7dUjlO34nTQsDdtNT/s700/ShelC3ATCsglitterpaste.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="625" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5h2qb7WWUbBKnPCzdsXX4iErAK87nxAoB9eLKjwpVFfBqkmRSM6CmPKJ6MhIl2NKLCPOKeBql12AzcLB4lD050WXnIjv1sl1qALzS2yzwo0nLxbAZ8fXokKtgqGF7dUjlO34nTQsDdtNT/s320/ShelC3ATCsglitterpaste.jpg" width="286" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtVxTIhYN89sUiUNWUKcHD-qcA6ehlxGgKXtPWSP-BYmtYgo5E10TwJo3gZcuvE3ZGz9qP6KykkgS0limAoXKNDgGrDutQ8u-gx9fNs0dyAA6CaAODHPHQXGSyl-Ha9vA5w7lOtnq8hbxb/s2048/ShelC3ATCswatercolorpluspastes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1583" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtVxTIhYN89sUiUNWUKcHD-qcA6ehlxGgKXtPWSP-BYmtYgo5E10TwJo3gZcuvE3ZGz9qP6KykkgS0limAoXKNDgGrDutQ8u-gx9fNs0dyAA6CaAODHPHQXGSyl-Ha9vA5w7lOtnq8hbxb/s320/ShelC3ATCswatercolorpluspastes.jpg" width="247" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And a link to my first video. More to come in the following days!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3KBtJsb7EB8" width="320" youtube-src-id="3KBtJsb7EB8"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DO2Xb4jeX5o" width="320" youtube-src-id="DO2Xb4jeX5o"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><3 Shel C</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv5Hyd8HwUxxfmopetPUUc_9u3q4Nwp4zzguqQuH7ni57QqJUCaxJ8OMvt3l6adJeI5Du98oXdc5gBvx91KzBb-JLUuwQBOZSWeXB_zaghio1h6gnKmENK1oJRGoIYldlZ8B1kbS9thdz4/s2048/1pastepluscollage.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />PaperOcotilloStudiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00020044842101900406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8118765676890906049.post-30272338103175870032021-07-24T08:19:00.007-07:002021-07-24T08:19:47.496-07:00NEW Cactus Stencils I Designed - Making the World more Beautiful One Cactus at a Time!<p> Hello Friends :)</p><p>I know, long time no blog!</p><p>But I did want to tell anyone following along about my new venture. I designed some stencils with my beloved Sonoran Desert in mind. They were accepted and are being made for everyone by the BEST stencil making company in the USA. <a href="https://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/stencilgirl-products-s/1846.htm">StencilGirl Products</a></p><p>I also have several videos up on my <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb0KQBpro7moPySwHAx6j8A">YouTube channel</a> for you all to see ways that I have played with my new stencils so far. I hope you check them out :)</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGbYyQfr2x0_lc11ufnro0F8sWw-GNl3asLUDDoyfiNzA-WO6SyAiQbK1yYs7stw1HrEh6wQH158vUIhhjGUkjTrwGlRw1Kv0x5si8hBWX15prxymxvfwZohga3u37tlDDfIciQNjgQ1qo/s1080/cactus+garden+stencils+stencilgirl+shel+c+1080.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGbYyQfr2x0_lc11ufnro0F8sWw-GNl3asLUDDoyfiNzA-WO6SyAiQbK1yYs7stw1HrEh6wQH158vUIhhjGUkjTrwGlRw1Kv0x5si8hBWX15prxymxvfwZohga3u37tlDDfIciQNjgQ1qo/w400-h400/cactus+garden+stencils+stencilgirl+shel+c+1080.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/MfKpmzZkL7g" width="320" youtube-src-id="MfKpmzZkL7g"></iframe></div> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DFgF9g_eEv0" width="320" youtube-src-id="DFgF9g_eEv0"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/OUNPpWJ09PU" width="320" youtube-src-id="OUNPpWJ09PU"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/G_XM9p5lsfM" width="320" youtube-src-id="G_XM9p5lsfM"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGEb1jxmisZXLfSh86ytazCNJssgwpStOVbS1JB7zgRSo3d86SVVCZNrnoeiJor0ZTvK4ZEIfSfu1jdJTd2X_54TbOT7rsB294Du5VSJ7NbpsCJXWFlvoILoST8y2di_gPOD-vGN5Fnw-u/s1826/sample6x6cactusstencilShelC.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1826" data-original-width="1798" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGEb1jxmisZXLfSh86ytazCNJssgwpStOVbS1JB7zgRSo3d86SVVCZNrnoeiJor0ZTvK4ZEIfSfu1jdJTd2X_54TbOT7rsB294Du5VSJ7NbpsCJXWFlvoILoST8y2di_gPOD-vGN5Fnw-u/s320/sample6x6cactusstencilShelC.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPBqa0-KskMbuJJW1T5qyT80yMw724IQs-HzT7JDZKpbAbb5mfy7oX8FkrTmTEpLzYdtidKUctWpN36M122a50V5628df9WW2P_AgwyuoqSkCYGt02xTeoWDMKx5F0htSaYpXxDuqOGNw9/s2048/sample9x12cactussceneShelC.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1489" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPBqa0-KskMbuJJW1T5qyT80yMw724IQs-HzT7JDZKpbAbb5mfy7oX8FkrTmTEpLzYdtidKUctWpN36M122a50V5628df9WW2P_AgwyuoqSkCYGt02xTeoWDMKx5F0htSaYpXxDuqOGNw9/s320/sample9x12cactussceneShelC.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thanks <3 Shel C</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>PaperOcotilloStudiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00020044842101900406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8118765676890906049.post-63497259341083732292021-03-01T21:00:00.001-08:002021-03-01T21:00:05.757-08:00Mixed Media Pastiche - Honoring Peg Robinson's Art Styles<p> Hello Friends,</p><script type="text/javascript">
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</script><div>Our newest challenge from the StencilGirl Creative Team® was to create mixed media pastiche art. Art that is made in a way that honors another artist. A fun and creative challenge for sure as we are always developing our own style each time we work. And always hoping and wondering if our personal style shows through in what we do. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdHXOZYsKBHbzLvfJdvw16u0gJCZ8PBj61SEpC4lSS-GTelbnU3GA3SZ0KPNkLPocevZaRINJwjr16gKU95oG5gFmp4cBoxEv2jt0zWLqzc3T8GoFna_Th1D7tf-B0TZDQPyINElV-pQtX/s2048/2leafpastiche.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1593" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdHXOZYsKBHbzLvfJdvw16u0gJCZ8PBj61SEpC4lSS-GTelbnU3GA3SZ0KPNkLPocevZaRINJwjr16gKU95oG5gFmp4cBoxEv2jt0zWLqzc3T8GoFna_Th1D7tf-B0TZDQPyINElV-pQtX/s320/2leafpastiche.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I decided to make an art piece that imitated and honored the style of Peg Robinson. Peg and I have often collaborated in many different ways through out the years. We have sent each other materials to create with to see what art would result. We have started an art piece and then sent it to the other person to finish. We have done journal pages in round robin journals. Currently we do a YouTube livestream show each week as a duo. However, our styles are not the same. We do not use the same color palette or always grab the same favorite tools. We might do the same prompt challenge at the same time on our show, and our pieces come out completely different! We think this is why we work well together. Not exactly opposite, but not exactly the same either. It is more interesting that way!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF46cdS-PMwgK6z-BmYLk7wzbUMWybiLM0LQLetj7Qp0mYMfDehAPJmZcpqyCEnG7t-0SXOz0ykR3tVlYqP7ysEtGfQNxS07Ru6iS9VRVXnWFZcffFksIS7GCvsDuGJ0PviXeU7wyZDFB1/s2048/close3leaf.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF46cdS-PMwgK6z-BmYLk7wzbUMWybiLM0LQLetj7Qp0mYMfDehAPJmZcpqyCEnG7t-0SXOz0ykR3tVlYqP7ysEtGfQNxS07Ru6iS9VRVXnWFZcffFksIS7GCvsDuGJ0PviXeU7wyZDFB1/s320/close3leaf.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>So, how do you figure out how to duplicate someone else's artistic style while also honoring it? My take on this idea started with thinking about a color palette. Peg and I constantly joke that I do not like brown as much as she does. Concurrently, she does not favor purple and that is my confessed favorite color. So to figure out Peg's color palette was my first thought. I chose colors I know she likes, brown, golds, green and teal and a bit of shimmery copper. Next, I thought about what are her favorite StencilGirl stencils? Well, I actually know that her #1 go to favorite is the Stone and Mortar designs by MaryBeth Shaw. We both have that design in multiple sizes...its awesome! I also know that Peg enjoys Seth Apter stencils and she is really in love with a recent StencilClub® design by Rae Missigman. So these were the stencil choices I made. Next came the thought of what are Peg's favorite tools or products. I knew for sure the gel plate. Who does not LOVE a gel plate. I also thought about alcohol inks and distress inks. Some of her most used products. Lastly, I looked at Peg's Instagram account photos to pick a theme or motif. I noticed she uses lots of natural elements and seems to enjoy drawing leaves and vines. So, my plan was set! And here is what I made in 'Peg style' on a 5X7 canvas panel. I think it fits right in with her art!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsGr9Y8cqx3fFar1laKUzMoSNkcU11OSNdSF4pLckKkUIBu9SCdQELvsvdiX3Q6SQRYpgVWtenrNryFEGHQtntPgXO3zO18CX9JP_ZxM3A_8PSPJcBux8T_4yoxxiLM9aMSxVy7DSQzFGq/s700/tinyleafpastiche.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="485" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsGr9Y8cqx3fFar1laKUzMoSNkcU11OSNdSF4pLckKkUIBu9SCdQELvsvdiX3Q6SQRYpgVWtenrNryFEGHQtntPgXO3zO18CX9JP_ZxM3A_8PSPJcBux8T_4yoxxiLM9aMSxVy7DSQzFGq/s320/tinyleafpastiche.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Would you like to watch the process of me making this art? Check out my video on YouTube!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Fi0KjQ8BLbc" width="320" youtube-src-id="Fi0KjQ8BLbc"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thank you for visiting my blog! <3 Shel</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div><br /></div>PaperOcotilloStudiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00020044842101900406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8118765676890906049.post-59184229076786073692021-02-22T07:44:00.005-08:002021-02-22T07:44:24.255-08:00My 100 Day Project - Mixed Media Collage Small Pieces<p> </p><h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Playfair Display", serif; font-size: 2.2rem; letter-spacing: -0.02em; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding-top: 0px;">What is the 100 Day Project?</h2><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Catamaran, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem;">The concept is simple: you commit to doing something consistently for 100 days straight while sharing it daily on Instagram with at least a hashtag: #the100DayProject The project is a celebration of process that encourages everyone to participate in 100 days of making. It’s beautiful in its simplicity and flexibility allowing creators of all disciplines to participate. It can produce incredible results!</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Catamaran, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem;">So in following along with the plan, I declared that I would be doing the #100dayproject starting on January 31st. And...so far...I am doing GREAT! I seem to be out of my crazy funk that has been caused by the 2020 year which is continuing it's nastiness into 2021. </p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Catamaran, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem;">So here are some photos of some of my canvases so far. Ranging in little 2X2 that I put a magnet on the back to 5X7 size. I have given away a few to family and also sold a couple of them. If you see something you like...feel free to email me at <a href="mailto:paperocotillostudio@gmail.com">paperocotillostudio@gmail.com</a> to see if it is available for purchase. </p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Catamaran, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem;">If you would like to follow along with my daily practice, follow me on Instagram @paperocotillostudio. I post my art there daily. Also, several of these processes have been made into videos on my YouTube channel <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb0KQBpro7moPySwHAx6j8A" target="_blank">Shel C PaperOcotilloStudio</a> So you can check out how I made them!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK7v37u29SNAlKsY5qgd8xCvudXBWZKHFRKHylTIGhQ8WNJGEIDDDnCTz4Fx6PwPJyjP_PcH-aPbxPh7UlqmlmT0ZohZlgj7xxjYTH2lbz8cnX6uU-z3t6XjwhJa7KVmUYqQosEZUTsJnP/s2048/1day100days2021.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1452" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK7v37u29SNAlKsY5qgd8xCvudXBWZKHFRKHylTIGhQ8WNJGEIDDDnCTz4Fx6PwPJyjP_PcH-aPbxPh7UlqmlmT0ZohZlgj7xxjYTH2lbz8cnX6uU-z3t6XjwhJa7KVmUYqQosEZUTsJnP/w227-h320/1day100days2021.jpg" width="227" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4I1yXItb1Dq_4bpyaScMIrIxPnmduqW_73uHptg40mXWRv9GiZcEL0Dr9t9QxkZnRNc32Jjs-KZk8mrVgszO3SHbykOyPm4gaMZAWOD06RlKIPiC3fvMkaAAil52TLbrg0WvhWWj-40Ze/s2048/2day100daysproject2021.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Catamaran, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem;"><br /></p>PaperOcotilloStudiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00020044842101900406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8118765676890906049.post-49028887789646235392020-11-09T21:00:00.011-08:002020-11-09T21:00:02.662-08:00What is Your Favorite Wearable Art?<p>Hi Friends :) </p><p>I love jewelry! I admit it. Sparkly things on my hands, wrists, ears and neck just make me happy. Even a toe ring, and anklet, a nose ring. All are awesome. I also like to play around with making my own jewelry to wear. Today for my StencilGirl Creative Team® project I made earrings using stenciled shrink plastic. So why use shrink plastic? Well, I wanted to make something small and the stencil designs were too big...so I stenciled them and then shrunk them smaller!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjobgoSl2Av-UQy3EvXXCIRfs595Y1ZWdcl16RQfkik3DQnkYnoMcD990uYZjheKK6evs8rERfPVemFQHHZQpcrPqNHw9QhVjbg8rJ7JBpncR0rVapSuKxONA59Oi43vhiODlOWat21pFyY/s2048/earrings2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1284" data-original-width="2048" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjobgoSl2Av-UQy3EvXXCIRfs595Y1ZWdcl16RQfkik3DQnkYnoMcD990uYZjheKK6evs8rERfPVemFQHHZQpcrPqNHw9QhVjbg8rJ7JBpncR0rVapSuKxONA59Oi43vhiODlOWat21pFyY/w400-h251/earrings2.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>To begin I selected some white and some clear shrink plastic and made a measuring tool from each color. Why did I do this? I had some bezels and I wanted to make sure that my shrunken plastic would fit into the bezel. I cut a strip of each plastic and then made it into a ruler by making marks with a pen. Then I shrank the plastic and used my new 'shrunken ruler' to measure the size of the bezels. Now I can know what size to cut my plastic. <div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaKeRjhKvyz3WZ4d0OaLNV5Zz68z-UCpWhrO__WrbtCXhYzAEEA_EGX1T6LSgwTgTmKZjcAEi0vs4UiJAIdne__87DWFouHO5aUHTsM2-U5q56LJbqRQLt_gpzB0BhF5M_ZB9ohheGp_al/s2048/step1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1289" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaKeRjhKvyz3WZ4d0OaLNV5Zz68z-UCpWhrO__WrbtCXhYzAEEA_EGX1T6LSgwTgTmKZjcAEi0vs4UiJAIdne__87DWFouHO5aUHTsM2-U5q56LJbqRQLt_gpzB0BhF5M_ZB9ohheGp_al/s320/step1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another consideration is what type of product to use for coloring my plastic. I decided to try some pigment ink and some archival dye based ink. Both worked great but something to think about is that when you shrink down the plastic the color will intensify and become darker. So be sure to use light colors to start out like these small pigment ink pads.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEujhNqiFDOZ2hCAbbSAtwiRCFj7Txg0u8WjYob_vby3zvrFzsc9Lxxfo8l4GrxhT4nbBEjLlqNJTO8wZ1FOE6QHQYGlLLnG6zJ-L8ar9U-Co4kq7K2SPOoackmIjyF4V5-DI8kJCJ70Hx/s2048/step2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1612" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEujhNqiFDOZ2hCAbbSAtwiRCFj7Txg0u8WjYob_vby3zvrFzsc9Lxxfo8l4GrxhT4nbBEjLlqNJTO8wZ1FOE6QHQYGlLLnG6zJ-L8ar9U-Co4kq7K2SPOoackmIjyF4V5-DI8kJCJ70Hx/s320/step2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I used a heat tool that is commonly used for embossing with powders to shrink my pieces. You would probably get a more consistent result with an oven. I also used an acrylic block to flatten my pieces while they were hot.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI-SGrvNZC3yyp14z-I-q4sVo5IXcZD1EPvvs644IrIHQRo-VLTyYisB3trT2wmHD0Fg8CHnuZ2NR3LOc3iJXSBLIAubuxfMimrg-xqfX7l2BlPg_3F4wRCNfMxB29T0e3pzcTSrwJrHX9/s2019/step3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="2019" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI-SGrvNZC3yyp14z-I-q4sVo5IXcZD1EPvvs644IrIHQRo-VLTyYisB3trT2wmHD0Fg8CHnuZ2NR3LOc3iJXSBLIAubuxfMimrg-xqfX7l2BlPg_3F4wRCNfMxB29T0e3pzcTSrwJrHX9/s320/step3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I had a little fun adding some 'sparkle' with some Marabu alcohol ink in the color Rainbow. It is clear with some sort of a shimmery glitter in it. Very nice! I added it to the back side of the clear plastic so it would shine through before I glued them into the bezels.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1SBu5Ii409LtJhy8dzmL_36MhrZMr0HIviw97ip0FnXWuP1tyyLeRmkS0YZMBXj1MFo5t9G8k1VxD6sG13deoRR_ws9FYZjZEHgJcnqJxKPB9jMuQmFEYmcZ3DyjGsVjRgZPr7KB4aW9U/s2048/step4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1921" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1SBu5Ii409LtJhy8dzmL_36MhrZMr0HIviw97ip0FnXWuP1tyyLeRmkS0YZMBXj1MFo5t9G8k1VxD6sG13deoRR_ws9FYZjZEHgJcnqJxKPB9jMuQmFEYmcZ3DyjGsVjRgZPr7KB4aW9U/s320/step4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">To finish off my earrings I used dimensional glue over the top to create a clear shiny dome effect.You could also use resin. I used the same product to glue the plastic into the bezels.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggq4PL_TuePQ5oTah1WpphkH7o3ukikC5r5A-qqqwCoDdexfG2Qy04C6rJ403TRDngURG7UB5HlmqTm6UgD26GhZuBFY4G7tU_2Sl5zqDOixlHqJ3X7U8yPzAzQ5J1tXNz9MURY3c19axq/s2048/step5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1895" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggq4PL_TuePQ5oTah1WpphkH7o3ukikC5r5A-qqqwCoDdexfG2Qy04C6rJ403TRDngURG7UB5HlmqTm6UgD26GhZuBFY4G7tU_2Sl5zqDOixlHqJ3X7U8yPzAzQ5J1tXNz9MURY3c19axq/s320/step5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If you would like to watch the process of making these 3 different sets of earrings with a voice over to talk you through it...here is a link to my video for StencilGirl Creative Team® November 2020.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/P3GVKHMZ-qg" width="320" youtube-src-id="P3GVKHMZ-qg"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiChRMOD7_b8FJSn2vNhY7pJZGAb1KMjrvvrBtwO20ADBhUQ0qNt0Vu1Xa8JzYXivb0Dk2LEisnJgkYs3JsEM2W90Ocgdfa4z5G_3aUCDQXe1IioYglBZ_RWqwQaeWGXs4Ck8ASc-EJ37g3/s2048/earringsclose1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1546" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiChRMOD7_b8FJSn2vNhY7pJZGAb1KMjrvvrBtwO20ADBhUQ0qNt0Vu1Xa8JzYXivb0Dk2LEisnJgkYs3JsEM2W90Ocgdfa4z5G_3aUCDQXe1IioYglBZ_RWqwQaeWGXs4Ck8ASc-EJ37g3/s320/earringsclose1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0RaTmJ2u_O5-3oYj1tL4b8xbTk8b9tGaUWOSe9uDPZjkxwzw5vb8iuCVF12ZDA5OEg5t_DwqxO06hFKIKfhioMzzVVIhZL0bXZbpbNV1BTHMMEhdxPpOdgzwLPURzxRbi72GyMhpjqZCr/s2048/earringsclose2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1764" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0RaTmJ2u_O5-3oYj1tL4b8xbTk8b9tGaUWOSe9uDPZjkxwzw5vb8iuCVF12ZDA5OEg5t_DwqxO06hFKIKfhioMzzVVIhZL0bXZbpbNV1BTHMMEhdxPpOdgzwLPURzxRbi72GyMhpjqZCr/s320/earringsclose2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1RlIP_8kokkbOz_OdYxELa73gcesrX2l9OPTT-pzg0hf31NDw7VC59TkyAYh2QoXY0v5DWQEr60C1s25nhfEcBQDPdY8kHJfRWzWYVAcAk0aP4K97zI5eh4Y0myqwfALcDXjaTZUp8pbh/s2048/earringsclose3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1RlIP_8kokkbOz_OdYxELa73gcesrX2l9OPTT-pzg0hf31NDw7VC59TkyAYh2QoXY0v5DWQEr60C1s25nhfEcBQDPdY8kHJfRWzWYVAcAk0aP4K97zI5eh4Y0myqwfALcDXjaTZUp8pbh/s320/earringsclose3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thank you for visiting my blog! <3 Shel C</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div><br /><br /><p><br /></p></div>PaperOcotilloStudiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00020044842101900406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8118765676890906049.post-42415347011114113382020-10-23T14:03:00.010-07:002020-10-23T14:03:59.599-07:00What Is Up in Ocotober 2020 - Snarky Art Journal Pages<p> </p><p><br /></p><p>Hello Friends,</p><p>Ocotober 2020 is all about snarky quotes on snarky art journal pages. I mean...we need a little comedy to lighten up this nasty year! ART Joy of Sharing art community on Facebook is running a month long daily art journaling challenge for the whole month...with a page of snarky quotes and comments to get you going. Here are SOME of my favorites. Of course, I have a video up for ALL my daily pages on my YouTube channel with voice over tutorials.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb0KQBpro7moPySwHAx6j8A" target="_blank">Shel C PaperOcotilloStudio Channel</a><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdvzndGKbyL6qjDb55tw8Bd9h86jTO2-6L-Q1Yjqz2p7bsZleUg-4iMl9F8Jvj_DXIwiqgrpYiWmIKpNFxIrKOA7usQTG2IzVmwpZGksZ_hDpTKL1uja2sX0PUkdg7Fq1HzoLWHdnZvxzA/s2048/12snark.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2015" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdvzndGKbyL6qjDb55tw8Bd9h86jTO2-6L-Q1Yjqz2p7bsZleUg-4iMl9F8Jvj_DXIwiqgrpYiWmIKpNFxIrKOA7usQTG2IzVmwpZGksZ_hDpTKL1uja2sX0PUkdg7Fq1HzoLWHdnZvxzA/s320/12snark.jpg" width="320" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/iK6NdPE9CWE" width="320" youtube-src-id="iK6NdPE9CWE"></iframe></div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2003" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7SDmxjrGGtj4iNMYO1EFRAmZkXf5Xd6LVFL3c85rAcW6UKStPNvWNTrM9TLOAs858z3gVebSqywFao9d-II03hAKSwTF9yZK9dqrUjac8UgZj99G2Y900VXLGkAp8dV4PAsA2_1891svH/s320/day20snark.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ifHr1reCkYc" width="320" youtube-src-id="ifHr1reCkYc"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I hope you enjoy a month of snark in your life!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thanks for visiting...<br />Shel C</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>PaperOcotilloStudiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00020044842101900406noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8118765676890906049.post-9288914066676971702020-10-05T22:00:00.006-07:002020-10-05T22:00:03.330-07:00Pretty Bontanical Wall Clock with StencilGirl® Stencils<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDH2QM3hgAgKWkbFXJ8C9tsot7im09dUap3Tm0r6tWaZTD8_KINYHxv3adY4LZgUKXvPx1PVdT0LiwT5wg_b3JZjLLbKGfTLLmknTSugn2TjtqdQfSHBCdZ-3fmA521Zr7buXYm202bct0/s2048/ShelCbontanicalwallclock.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="2048" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDH2QM3hgAgKWkbFXJ8C9tsot7im09dUap3Tm0r6tWaZTD8_KINYHxv3adY4LZgUKXvPx1PVdT0LiwT5wg_b3JZjLLbKGfTLLmknTSugn2TjtqdQfSHBCdZ-3fmA521Zr7buXYm202bct0/w400-h313/ShelCbontanicalwallclock.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>Today I am sharing a pretty wall clock that I decorated using some botanical stencils from StencilGirl® Products company. This month the theme for our StencilGirl Creative Team® was 'home decor' and so I thought it was time to pretty up the wall clock in my kitchen. I used these stencils to create my clock face.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/stencil-mask-Botanical-Stem-Rae-Missigman-p/l773.htm" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="222" data-original-width="271" height="164" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikzg7zRDRVuSeZBxD9xbXb3cFKa1maH8vLNHDYG9F-lkTn1s5PFc1caZrBqzRpVoO9fQ6o52BHdH38ZnyzLT5OnaxSDT1DAfu7hz45JMmhrdsOCROpeTAr8L8fdZ6sUHZYYxVrYYz4UKME/w200-h164/botanicalstem.JPG" width="200" /></a><a href="https://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/stencil-masks-Botanical-Wildflowers-Rae-Missigman-p/l774.htm" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="193" data-original-width="274" height="141" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSnW-mdXR8KEoMtIyjH4MmwSVzQtUZ1x8omAgOQoOzPmA8sywwVMZZuznhf6cLJ-GjLWUfUVuN_tMCdoq_1bUDHHp3hS_UxeZGCeqgSX-m4qLwhYHBBvW2i1DYsdK4XNaFQ-YVpm17oOsh/w200-h141/bontanicalwildflowers.JPG" width="200" /></a><a href="https://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/stencil-mask-longwood-florals-cecilia-swatton-p/l675.htm" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="353" data-original-width="264" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhfLYKFgO_jnUGymcxQ_z-pD4WnwHxkVxn-0Nbj5UrmhNOP_d3TGhyuN-KKufkZM9M0ah6EGoA2Gtaf5NK0OtLMyt8Rpn2WlbrzMBolCbgMjuSw8B1mx67tMeKG-F2bI6etWL1vV8u6ViK/w149-h200/longwoodflorals.JPG" width="149" /></a></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/stencil-winter-berries-mask-cecilia-swatton-p/l677.htm" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="358" data-original-width="272" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnrYn6r5xjUF31WZ7mi0NJl0bytwbZiVDKxlnZ4zFZTA92bRgEaBYv_JSrruRe5jSI4qvWBmjhNpuiSZHDxXXlu9qGYbAnc24gIl9239QB-R_1J2F7GZ63ka9SikoXCi3NTzKV_pMWYEiF/w152-h200/winterberries.JPG" width="152" /></a></div></blockquote><a href="https://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/stencil-alpha-jumble-large-Carolyn-Dube-p/l592.htm"><img border="0" data-original-height="354" data-original-width="270" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgN_-YX5NYK7iJ7wLF7dR7ifigFJYgVOAib1HZNUXfIawXzDd84YDfuMhgZEPg7BF0afhx8Sa9vOjSiHrT_pKKb2Pg4Ktzwt5cIP6gMULfoSRc0ijrYSliUMP5lUYHzpG1omF1Cg0bgA_v/w153-h200/alphajumble.JPG" width="153" /></a><div><br /></div><div>First step was to take apart the clock. I gently pried out the clock cover using a thin blade. The I pulled off the 3 clock hands by pulling them from the center straight up. Then I took off the paper clock insert to use as a template for my new clock face. I punched holes in the origional paper instert to mark where each number should go for accuracy of time.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDCPcYQRJ0fn3coEMNvT4zBJE8bb1dQ4S9PgiuEkppzEYp_fBU9lXmf1yRCBtHPLCy3IsLsfSgM4k7umw3JiUKKZRcs9uPVLuL_cY3yGQ7NSh7W25R9mkkm5udsZwjMvYUoRwVSNGTE2oC/s982/wallclockparts.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="982" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDCPcYQRJ0fn3coEMNvT4zBJE8bb1dQ4S9PgiuEkppzEYp_fBU9lXmf1yRCBtHPLCy3IsLsfSgM4k7umw3JiUKKZRcs9uPVLuL_cY3yGQ7NSh7W25R9mkkm5udsZwjMvYUoRwVSNGTE2oC/s320/wallclockparts.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Next I prepped my clock insert for decoration by giving it a coat of white gesso. Then I started to make my printed collage papers using my 6X6 gel printing plate and some acrylic paint colors. I also cut up some deli paper into 6X6 squares for my printing. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeNJgZR7BUTvOQyjBmwdn0aoxowLeiRczBYGQ91csaYcMQGF0PBqI0dMtWb3ievy1bMq_mW4lPtnDCfyxtowgJpfETQc99mx99iQgOaiylXiBSI_VnLBSlsnJmbl-xSDm_bn12BQ0_o2dd/s2048/paintsandgelplate.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1691" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeNJgZR7BUTvOQyjBmwdn0aoxowLeiRczBYGQ91csaYcMQGF0PBqI0dMtWb3ievy1bMq_mW4lPtnDCfyxtowgJpfETQc99mx99iQgOaiylXiBSI_VnLBSlsnJmbl-xSDm_bn12BQ0_o2dd/s320/paintsandgelplate.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Once I had my printed papers, I attached 4 of them into the 4 quadrants of my clock face using some UHU glue stick. 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Today I want to share with you my mixed media collage art canvas that I made using StencilGirl® Stencils. The theme for our creative team for August is 'passages'. I had to think awhile about what this theme means to me. I started thing about how time passes. How we pass through time and experiences as if passing through doors or windows into a new chapter of our lives. So my friend Peg and I chose to use stencils that had a door and window theme. Here are the stencils we chose for this month -<br />
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So to start my piece, I got out my StencilGirl® stencils, a gel plate, pan pastels, and acrylic paint.</div>
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The colors I chose were based on my moody and rather dark theme. Not my usual palette but it was how I was feeling about the theme. So I started gel printing, putting pan pastel through the stencils onto the plate using cosmetic sponges and a patting/pouncing motion and then picking up the pigment with a thin layer of acrylic paint and my brayer. I found that I could exclude parts of the stencils I did not want to use very easily with application of the pan pastel. I came out with some great prints!</div>
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Next I found some photo images on a royalty free site for artist use called <a href="https://unsplash.com/">Unsplash</a> </div>
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I altered the photos in my photo editor, cropping them, making more contrast and changing them to black and white. Then I printed them on my inkjet printer and sealed them with a brayered layer of matte medium. Lastly I cut out the images carefully with a small scissor.</div>
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Now for the fun parts! I started my collage using the gel prints made with the Arched Aqueduct stencil designed by Carolyn Dube. I wanted a gradient effect starting very dark at the lower left corner of my 11 X 14 canvas panel and them moving lighter at the upper right corner. Once that was all glued down with matte gel medium, then I arranged 3 arched doors and windows, smaller to larger going at a diagonal as well. </div>
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Then it was time to add in my various people. A baby, a teenager, a young mom, an couple getting older and a elderly lady with a cane. All passages I have made in my life... well...I am not yet elderly but I will get there soon enough!</div>
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Once all my collage was glued, smoothed, and dry it was time to start blending all the disparate piece together using techniques such as mark making, finger acrylic painting and more pan pastel over everything. I used a jumbo jet black pencil from Jerry's Artarama as well as a Stabilo ALL pencil and waterbrush to blend in my photos to the background. I used pan pastel with sofft tools to color my black and white images in a 'tinted' sort of way. I also used pan pastel to create light coming from each door and window..as if the next stage is inviting and you should step on through. I also used a white fine tip Posca pen from UNI to write a quote that I felt was perfect for what I was thinking...in my own icky hand writing...onto the canvas.</div>
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Wow..it is already July and I never took the time to make a blog post about June. That is probably because I was so busy doing our ART Joy of Sharing art community challenge to make an artist trading card each day! Yup...I made 30 ATCs in June (actually 35). I also made a video 28 of those 30 days!!! So do you want to see some of my favorites? Here goes...<br />
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Started out great with days 1 & 2. I really love the 'have an open heart' card as it was all about the strife going on in today's world. Then followed up by a quirky owl bird was a great way to go for day 2!<br />
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I had some real fun with some animal portraits on days 16, 26 and 28. You know I love to make cute and quirky animal characters!<br />
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Reaching out to the community with these lovelies from days 4 & 18. And look at that bling glitter!</div>
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I am here to share my StencilGirl® Creative Team project for June 2020. The challenge theme was 'Typography'. To me, typography means to use images of letters and numbers in your art in a graphic way. So I decided to make some wall art using craft gift bags. Not to be used as gift bags (although you could if you want) but to be hung on the wall. I have a set of three of these art bits on my wall in the kitchen and they look great and are easy to hang with just a thumb tack. So let's get to the process! If you prefer to watch a video of my process there is one here -<br />
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So the first think I did was get out some great StencilGirl® stencils that had letters and numbers or words in a interesting graphic way. I used <a href="http://t.ly/CNHk">L400Letter Mania</a> and <a href="http://t.ly/iZxJ">L592 Alpha Jumbe Large</a> as well as a stencil from the <a href="http://t.ly/zcMd">August StencilClub 2019 offering</a> to make my monoprints. I used coffee and tea colors like burnt sienna, raw umber and some metallics as well. I used coffee stained papers an kraft colored deli paper to pull my prints.<br />
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Next I got out a kraft colored blank gift sack. Of course, you could re-use one from the grocery or resturant as well and just put your art right over their logo! I taped off the edges to create myself a framed area using some painter's tape.</div>
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Then I got out my pile of gel printed graphic typography papers and started to tear them up. I learned from Mary Beth Shaw, owner of StencilGirl® Products, to use a metal ruler to aid in my tearing. I just made square and rectangle shapes. Thinking more about what color and pattern I wanted to highlight then what shape I was making. </div>
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Now I needed a focal point. I was going for a coffee theme for my art. The love or obsession with coffee that so many Americans have. At first I thought of a regular cup with a saucer and maybe a spoon. But then I was thinking about kraft bags and take out and our disposable society and I changed my idea to a take out coffee cup instead. There are some great stencils you could use for this step...but sadly I did not have any of them so I had to draw instead.</div>
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So I drew my coffee cup with a lid and transfered it onto some watercolor paper. then I used a payne's grey and a black watercolor pigment to color and shade my cup. </div>
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Next I needed to add my color contrast piece as the part of the cup that keeps your hand from getting too hot. I first stenciled words like 'coffee' 'latte' 'expresso' and 'americano' onto the print using some archival ink, a stencil brush, and the Alpha Jumble stencil.</div>
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To finish up. I cut out my coffee cup, attached the sleeve part which I cut out and then glued the whole thing to my bag with heavy glue. I used a dark brown Pitt artist brush pen, a water tank brush, and a white fine tip Posca pen to add shading, highlights and little details like the heart shaped steam coming off the top of the lid.</div>
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I hope you have enjoyed this month's StencilGirl® Creative Team project using fun letter and number stencils! Be sure to leave me a comment here or on my Youtube Video.</div>
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Thanks! Shel C</div>
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Each person on the StencilGirl® Creative Team picked a color of the rainbow and made a stencil forward artwork project using only their assigned color. Peg Robinson and I collaborate for StencilGirl and we picked Violet as our color to use for our artworks. Here is my finished piece.<br />
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Peg and I each made a 'light' and a 'dark' version of a background, scanned them, and shared them with each other. We printed out the scans and used them all in our pieces.<br />
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Once I had my 4 backgrounds printed out using a laser printer, I got started on my artboard piece. I used a metal ruler and tore up my printed papers into strips and squares and collaged them down to a 1/2 thick MDF board covered with gesso.</div>
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This made an interesting background full of shades and tints of violet.</div>
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I still wanted to add more interest to my piece so next I used the large stencil from StencilClub® 10-2018 To create some black stems and leaves over my background. This stencil looks like borders, but it makes fun and funky flower stems also!</div>
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My finishing of the piece was to add in some shadows and highlights using both paint and pens to the inside of the flowers to make them more dynamic. I also went back over the drawn lines of my flower heads to make the line weights more varied and more interesting.</div>
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<br />PaperOcotilloStudiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00020044842101900406noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8118765676890906049.post-38790851217814433262020-01-13T07:00:00.000-08:002020-01-14T02:36:06.368-08:00Arteza Metallic Acrylic Paints Used Two Different Ways With More to Come!Hello Friends,<br />
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I wanted to share with you a couple art pieces I have completed recently using Arteza brands metallic acrylic paint. You know, if I get a new product I will want to try it in a few different applications to see what it can do! These paints have been fun to paint with as well as to colorize a mixed media assemblage piece I created. At the end of the month I also plan to put the metallic paints through the paces making lots of gel prints on my live channel show ART Joy of Sharing LIVEstream. If you want to see that live or recorded on January 30th at 10:30 CST- here is the link <a href="https://youtu.be/s_Xp2m1ljfo">ART Joy of Sharing LIVEstream 'Just Gellin'</a><br />
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So the first thing I tried with my new metallic paints was to paint a whimsical portrait with them. Arteza also sent me a couple pads of their 'acrylic paper' which is a heavy paper pressed with the texture of a canvas. So that seemed perfect to use. I sketched my girl with graphite first and then added lots of fun colors of metallic acrylic paints. Here is a photo and video link if you would like to see that process.<br />
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Next I was working on a mixed media assemblage piece and I was interested to see if I could get the look of a pastel pearly colorization that you often see in some of the 'famous' artists assemblage pieces. Most of those artists are designing for companies that sell some sprays or powders or waxes that make the process seem easy. Guess what, metallic paint from Arteza works just as well and it is mush less expensive per ounce. Here is my mixed media assemblage piece as well as the link to the video of my process.</div>
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<br />PaperOcotilloStudiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00020044842101900406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8118765676890906049.post-66727983303839457982020-01-13T00:00:00.000-08:002020-01-13T00:00:00.340-08:00Happy New Year! A New Project for StencilGirl® Creative Team!Happy New Year!<br />
Peg Robinson and I are so happy to be continuing our team affiliation for the StencilGirl® products company into 2020. We both love the designs, the people, and the welcoming attitude this company has for their creative team as well as all the artist/designers!<br />
For the January Creative Team challenge the theme was 'frame it or fill it with circle shapes'<br />
I decided to make a dimensional 12X12 canvas using a monochrome color scheme. I was thinking how the dark of the mornings are getting lighter and lighter as we move out of Winter and eventually into Spring. I chose black gesso and white gesso and then blended the two in the middle of the canvas to become the shades of greys of the sky as it lightens. I painted the base color of the canvas diagonally in this way...dark to light. Next I chose a variety of 'circle shape' stencils from StencilGirl products.<br />
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For my stenciling technique I wanted circles designs inside of other circle designs...and so I layered the stencils on top of each other...lining the circles up.</div>
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Sometimes using black over white, and other times using the opposite. The paints I used for all my stenciling are the Decoart media fluid acrylic paints. I used small sponge pouncers to apply the paint through the stacked stencils.</div>
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To fulfill the 'frame it' portion of the theme I decided to layer some smaller canvases on top of the larger base canvas. I used a 4X6 canvas board and a little 3X3 square canvas board. I stenciled them using the same technique of stencil stacking.</div>
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White on black, black on white. To finish up project I did pen work using a variety of widths of water based acrylic pens. I used a straight edge to make some line 'frames' around the large base canvas as well as the smaller canvas that I attached using foam carpet tape. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today I am sharing with your some ideas for re-using and up-cycling things you already may have to make beautifully wrapped gifts this season. I always cringe and feel guilty as I see how much paper and bows and ribbons get thrown away each gift giving season. So my family has been trying to reduce waste by saving boxes and bows and gift bags to re-use the following year. I have even been taking it further by using StencilGirl® Stencils to beautiful things that may be thrown away for my packages. Peg and I chose three stencils for our projects this time. </span><br />
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Today I am part of a blog hop that is offered by the StencilGirl® Creative Team. It is all about making some great DIY gifts for your loved ones using fabulous StencilGirl® stencil designs!<br />
When asked to make a gift for this hop I was thinking about my friend who has a birthday in October. She loves to write and doodle in her personal journal and I thought a great birthday gift would be a custom created journal with matching accessories. So I gathered my supplies, stencils and paints and I went to work to create this pretty journal with it's matching pen and clip style bookmark.<br />
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I started out with these supplies...a journal I got on clearance at Walmart. The covers are banged up..but the paper is gorgeous and the structure is still strong. I certainly do not care about the covers since I plan to cover them with my own stenciled design anyway. I also collected a Pentel R.S.V.P ink pen as these have a clear barrel so I can add decor inside. And a large paper clip and die cut tag and fastener. That is all I need along with my stencils, paints and paper to get this gift started!</div>
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Next I measured the front and book covers (5 /12" X 8 1/2") and cut some 140 pound watercolor paper to slightly larger so I could trim it to size later. I also cut a piece of corrugated paper for covering the spine. I thought this would be nice for some texture and contrast as well as covering the binding and allowing me to add some ribbon bookmark to the spine as well. I also cut a strip of light weight paper for the inside of the pen. Now I started to add color layers and pattern to my papers!</div>
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My first layer I just added some india inks in 3 colors using a watercolor brush to get rid of that pesky plain white surface. I like india ink because it can behave like a watercolor..making tones and washes...but it is permanent when dry. My next layer was acrylic paint in the same 3 colors plus blacj and white. My color choices for both the india ink and acrylic paint were an orange, a purple and a teal. I used the StencilGirl® stencil SC-05-2016 designed by Stegmiller and some make up wedges to add my second layer of paint. My third layer was to add some white squares using the SC-05-2016 smaller stencil. </div>
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My final layer of paint was to go back to the larger 9" X 12" stencil and do the entire layer in black. This allowed all my bright color layers to shine through only in the flower and leaf shapes and dots which I think looks really cool! I used the smaller 6" X 6" stencil again to create the focal image for the cover. </div>
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For some finishing touches to all my pieces I used some Deco Just Glitter markers to add some shimmer to the cover. And then I assembled my little clip bookmark and pen to match using the strip of paper and the die cut pieces I had collected. I added some ribbons, thread, and beads to finish it all up. I think they are so cute and a great little gift for my friend!</div>
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PaperOcotilloStudiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00020044842101900406noreply@blogger.com54tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8118765676890906049.post-65264942995050488652019-09-25T07:00:00.000-07:002019-09-25T07:00:05.765-07:00September Pick A Stick Challenges - All in One Place!Hello Friends,<br />
Did you know I have a group on Facebook that offers randomly drawn one word prompt challenges every month? You didn't??? Well it has been around for four years now, so it might be time for you to ask to join in the fun! <span id="goog_1944701013"></span><span id="goog_1944701014"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/PickAStickchallenge/">Pick A Stick Challenge Facebook Group HERE</a></span><br />
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That being said..here are all my challenge projects for the month of September 2019. We have the art journal page challenge. There are 6 prompts, do them in order. 2 wild card prompts if you you get stuck on something. And 2 colors. All drawn randomly. The fun prompt this month was 'dog'<br />
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<br />PaperOcotilloStudiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00020044842101900406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8118765676890906049.post-32372512737718051222019-09-12T06:08:00.001-07:002019-09-12T06:08:30.233-07:00Do You LOVE Gel Printing Like Me?Hello Friends :)<br />
Once again this year there is a September challenge for doing gel printing every day of the month. The challenge was issued by Birgit Koopsen for Gelli Arts on Instagram. I did her challenge last year simply because I just LOVE to gel print. I made videos for all the techniques too and they are still there on my Youtube channel and in my playlist called 'My Obsession with Gel Printing' <a href="https://tinyurl.com/y27mx34v">HERE</a><br />
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I am doing MOST of her prompts again this year and making videos as I go along. Here are some of the new ones you can visit.<br />
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<br />PaperOcotilloStudiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00020044842101900406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8118765676890906049.post-8263706056063172142019-09-03T06:00:00.000-07:002019-09-03T06:00:03.820-07:00September StencilGirl® Creative Team Project - Dress It or Wear ItHi Friends,<br />
I told you in the last post that I was super excited to share my fun project for the StencilGirl® Creative Team theme 'Dress It or Wear It'! Well here it is :)<br />
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All these fun fabrics making up the witch dress started as just plain white muslin. I know..amazing right??? I used StencilGirl® Stencils and Decoart So Soft Fabric paints and I just stenciled to my heart's content on that white fabric. Then I drew myself a little pattern for a witchy dress and cut and sewed them up! The hat is made from black cardstock with a little stenciling as well. My big plan is to decorate my small dress form for each season...we shall see if I really get that done..but its a fun idea!</div>
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So where did the little dress for come from you ask? Well I believe you can buy them maybe at Hobby Lobby or someplace..but you know how I hate to trow things in the landfill..so I 'upcycled' it. It is made from a kleenex box, a paper towel tube and a soap bottle. I glued the pieces together with hot blue and then paper mache' over the top. My top layer of paper mache' was done with tissue from a sewing pattern which I thought was very appropriate!</div>
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<br />PaperOcotilloStudiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00020044842101900406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8118765676890906049.post-51840637056199049652019-09-01T07:51:00.000-07:002019-09-01T07:51:06.718-07:00Getting Ready for FALL in 100 Degree Weather..... Welcome September!Hello Friends :)<br />
Wow..it is still HOT here in Tucson Arizona...but the calendar says it is almost Fall! So welcome falling leaves, apples & pumpkins, your favorite flavor of Starbucks, etc... But I guess not the cooler temperatures that are supposed to arrive now. I remember saying I was going to write more on my blog...but yet I see the last post was in May and it is September 1st.... sigh. Well the blog is still here but you can REALLY connect with me more on my Youtube channel or my Instagram or joining in my Facebook art communities - ART Joy of Sharing and Pick A Stick Challenge.<br />
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So what is happening for September 2019? Well my Youtube channel will be super-de-dooper busy with tons of challenges, hops, and design team videos. Check out my VLOG for lots of info for the month.<br />
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The beginning of the month kicks off with the Pick A Stick Challenges..I was in charge of picking the sticks this month. My video for the art journal page challenge will be up on Friday the 6th with these prompts.<br />
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of course in the month there will also be videos of the artist trading card challenge and the altered tag challenge. Think you would like to join in the fun of these monthly challenges with randomly drawn one word prompts? Here is a link to the Facebook community - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/PickAStickchallenge/">Pick A Stick Challenge</a></div>
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I am super excited this month to be participating in two different projects with StencilGirl® Products company. I have a video coming out on September 3rd that is just SO CUTE. The prompt for the creative team projects this month is 'Dress It or Wear It' and I chose to dress it. That is all the hint I can give...but watch for the video! Also, I am participating in a BLOG HOP with the StencilGirl® creative team this month. Weird right? Of course you will see it HERE on September 26th and also there will be a video on Youtube to go along with it. The theme is 'Gift Worthy' so I am sure everyone's ideas will be great for the upcoming holiday season (yes, I said it)</div>
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I have always wanted to make it on to a design team for a company that I REALLY love. I have applied for a few big ones and have been declined and so just sort of lost interest. But then..surprise...Peg Robinson and I were asked to team up and be on the creative team for StencilGirl® Products! GOAL ACHIEVED! Most of you know that Peg and I do a lot of collaborating. We have a Youtube livestream <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWVeaYNS-aK6IgyO6wPjG8g">channel</a> together and stream each Thursday..so it was not a surprise we were invited as a team. YAY!!!!<br />
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So now to the art part... My creative team project for May for StencilGirl®<br />
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Peg and I picked some stencils we loved and we thought were perfect for the theme... Abstract/Summer. The stencils were designed by Traci Bautista and they are loose and free and floral! We decided our project should be an art journal page.<br />
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I started my process for my Summer art journal page by getting my stencils nice and painty using my gel plates. I love making collage paper this way!<br />
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My next step was to collage pieces of my prints onto an art journal page. I love the look of layering different colored stencil prints on top each other. I like to tear the edge so that the different collaged pieces look more organic together. For my focal images I switched it up and used scissors to cut out parts of my prints and layer them over my background.</div>
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One of my favorite StencilGirl® stencils that we picked for this month is the Deconstructed Chrysanthemum. It has both the stencil and the mask included. I used both parts to construct another part of my focal image cluster by stenciling directly onto the background instead of collaging. I also used the areas of the Tropical Floral stencil to integrate the background collaged pieces together with more stenciling over the top. </div>
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To finish up and bring everything together on my art journal page, I used pen work with black and white acrylic markers, as well as some shading with a water soluble graphite pencil around and over my focal images. I also made the word 'Summer' trying to duplicate Traci Bautista's writing style.</div>
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As some of you know, Peg Robinson and I have an art community group over on Facebook called <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/ArtJoyofSharing/">Art Joy of Sharing</a>. In conjunction with that group we also have a Youtube channel for livestreaming every Thursday at 8:30 AM Pacific time called <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWVeaYNS-aK6IgyO6wPjG8g">ART Joy of Sharing LIVEstream</a>. But maybe you didn't know that we offer a few challenges in the group, one of them being a monthly mood board to inspire you. Peg Robinson and I trade off creating the mood board and for May it was her turn.<br />
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For today's livestream show on ART Joy of Sharing LIVEstream channel the topic was neutral colors in art. I made a video about this basics topic in advance as I am traveling and was unsure if I would be able to join the livestream. My video talks about how to mix neutral colors with acrylic paint and why they are important to use. I also created an art journal page in a small journal to use the colors I mixed.</div>
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<br />PaperOcotilloStudiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00020044842101900406noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8118765676890906049.post-38846601091420508612019-05-03T07:00:00.000-07:002019-05-03T07:00:03.547-07:00Pick A Stick Challenge Art Journal Page for May 2019Hello Friends,<br />
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On my last post I talked about the Pick A Stick Challenge art sharing Facebook group still going strong and also shared the stick pick for the month of May. It was a slightly tricky one with weird prompts like 'octagon' and 'harsh'. I did my page yesterday on the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWVeaYNS-aK6IgyO6wPjG8g">ART Joy of Sharing LIVEstream channel</a> and it was lots of fun working those challenge prompts!<br />
Here is my finished page<br />
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Distress oxide spray ink, wilted violet</div>
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PaperOcotilloStudiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00020044842101900406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8118765676890906049.post-56705894055004335372019-05-01T07:00:00.000-07:002019-05-01T07:00:06.613-07:00Pick A Stick Challenge Still Going Strong!Hello Friends,<br />
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It is 5 months into the fourth year of our Pick A Stick Challenge Facebook group and it is still going strong. In fact starting in January 2019 it really picked up and people have been posting their challenge artwork like CRAZY. Today, May 1st 2019 it is the release of the monthly challenges, which have increased to 3, an art journal page, an artist trading card, and now a altered tag. The prompts are randomly drawn from a big bucket of sticks and are one word prompts that you can interpret in any way you like. Want to try it out? Here is the video of this month's stick draw.<br />
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Want to follow along LIVE as I make the challenge art journal page this month? I will be doing it live on the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWVeaYNS-aK6IgyO6wPjG8g">ART Joy of Sharing LIVEstream channel</a> on Thursday, May 2 at 8:30 Pacific time. If you can't make it live, you can always watch the replay of the livestream on that same channel.<br />
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To ask to join in the Facebook group click here <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/PickAStickchallenge/">PickAStickchallenge</a><br />
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Also today, May 1st I am hosting my first official video swap hop on Youtube. I have participated in so many different types of hops..but never initiated one myself. This one is based on April showers that bring May flowers. I asked people who joined in the play along to send an envelope of 10 floral items to another player. Then each one made a art project of their choice using all of some of the items they received. The videos are all linked together in a hop stream you can follow along with by using the links under each video. Here is my project for the hop.<br />
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I have made a paper painting as a gift for my kid as a reminder of good times we had visiting a park called Bearzona in Northern Arizona. He is about to embark on a new adventure moving to California for his continued education. I am excited for him and also sad he will be so far away. So I put all my feelings into this art piece that I hope will remind him of me and our fun times.<br />
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To watch the process of the creation of this bear portrait on video</div>
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Since the last time I made a blog post, I also participated in a video hop hosted by Bea Grob on Youtube. She sent out 'mystery envelopes' to several people who make art videos and each got basically the same items. We were asked to make anything we wanted using the pieces in the envelope. I made a paper doll with mine.</div>
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To see how I made the doll on video</div>
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Today on my channel I have a VLOG of what is coming up in the month of May. It also includes my May calendar art as I am talking. You might be interested in watching it if you wonder what I will be doing on my channel :) </div>
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Thanks for reading! <3 Shel C</div>
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