StencilGirl® Squared Off Swap Hop

Hello and welcome! You have arrived at the StencilGirl® Creative Team’s Spectacular Squared-Off Swap Hop.
I swore off hops, swaps, and anything with deadlines, but being the paper-painting-loving FOOL that I am, I couldn’t resist this one.

Here’s the deal. You had to paint up 4 squares of paper and mail them into the Lovely She-who-keeps-StencilGirl-a-well-oil-machine, Carol Baxter. She swapped them up, and mailed them back out.
The only instruction — CREATE!
I was blessed with papers from Kristen Peterson, Sumla & Aditi Mahajon, Belen Sotelo, and Louise Nelson. They were great – a mix of textures and colors. I was very thankful for the graphic black & white piece.
As an avoid paper-person, I also cannot pass up purchasing little notebooks when I trip across them. Hmmm. Paper + Notebook = Perfect Project!.

Using my handy-dandy metal ruler to rip the papers into rectangles and squares, I then adhered them randomly to the journal using Gel Medium (a little heavier because of the heavy texture and weight of some of the papers.)
Love the numbers and this delicious Deli Paper print.
A trick to integrating these papers together is to use a transparent spray and/or paint to unify the piece a bit. I used Walnut spray first and then a little Golden Fluid Acrylic paint to achieve that goal.

Using StencilClub Stencil from June 2018, Habicht, I applied some of Paper Artsy’s Grunge Paste with a handy Yellow Scraper. Once dry, I sprayed and painted to integrate the texture into the journal a bit.
Next, I took a white pen to bring a few highlights back to the front of the journal. Finally, I dug into my stash of beads, buttons, strings, cord, and Sari Ribbon to create a fun tableau on the binding. Voila! Big fun!


Dots2Lines, Aditi & Sunila Mahajan
Natalie May
Trena Brannon
Sandee Setliff
Kristin Peterson
Tina Walker
Claudia Neubacher
Katie Lamb
Jill McDowell
Kristin Williams
Debi Adams
Silvia Souza
Cheetarah Cheeda
Louise Nelson
Rituparna
April 30, 2019 at 9:50 amWow….such a gorgeous project you made with this papers,love the stenciling,colouring…thanks for sharing
Hugs
Rituparna
Joyce E Mahl
April 29, 2019 at 4:17 pmLove your project! thanks for sharing!
Annette Reed
April 29, 2019 at 1:21 pmWhat a great cover! I love the tableau on the binding.
Kristin Williams
April 29, 2019 at 3:30 pmThank you, Annette!
DJ Doss
April 29, 2019 at 7:44 amWhat a fun swap. You were right to join in. Love your book and the way you incorporated those lovey and inspiring pieces of paper.
Kristin Williams
April 29, 2019 at 3:30 pmThanks, DJ!
Laurie
April 30, 2019 at 9:29 pmWhat a pretty little book!
donna joy
April 28, 2019 at 4:05 pmlove everything about this! the colors/textures are scrumptious!
Kristin Williams
April 29, 2019 at 3:29 pmOH, thank you Donna!
Arlene Mraz
April 28, 2019 at 11:01 amColor magic…..Artist to Artist….that’s where it’s “ART”…….mraz
Kristin Williams
April 29, 2019 at 3:29 pmLove that, Arlene! xoxo
Kathleen Hartley
April 28, 2019 at 10:50 amLove these!
Kristin Williams
April 29, 2019 at 3:29 pmThanks, Kathleen!
Rochelle J
April 27, 2019 at 8:13 pmLove you book. Love the colors!
Kristin Williams
April 29, 2019 at 3:29 pmThank you, Rochelle!
Linda Plyler
April 27, 2019 at 6:23 pmLove your use of numbers and bold colors
Kristin Williams
April 29, 2019 at 3:29 pmThanks, Linda!
Denise Bryant
April 27, 2019 at 5:48 pmEnjoying the Squared-Off Swap Hop! Awesome notebooks! Love the covers and the embellishments!
Kristin Williams
April 29, 2019 at 3:29 pmSo glad you are enjoying it, Denise! Thank you!
Ellie M
April 27, 2019 at 3:55 pmGorgeous book! Love all the ribbon!
Kristin Williams
April 29, 2019 at 3:28 pmThank you, Ellie!
JB
April 27, 2019 at 10:33 amSuch gorgeous colors!
Kristin Williams
April 29, 2019 at 3:28 pmRight?!?! I got great papers in the Swap!
Peggy Newham
April 27, 2019 at 8:34 amSo lovely and so creative! One day I hope to be able to do awesome pieces like this. Thank you for sharing how you did this.
Kristin Williams
April 29, 2019 at 3:28 pmIt’s easy peasy, Peggy! Go for it!
Katie Lamb
April 27, 2019 at 5:11 amThis is beautiful
Kristin Williams
April 29, 2019 at 3:27 pmThank you, Katie!!
Rachel Bell
April 26, 2019 at 11:56 pmOh, the colors are dreamy! You created masterpieces! ~Rachel
Kristin Williams
April 29, 2019 at 3:27 pmAwww, thank you Rachel!
Tina Walker
April 26, 2019 at 6:50 pmYes! Books! Always love stenciled books!
Kristin Williams
April 29, 2019 at 3:27 pmYes, mam, Tina! xoxox
Cathy Frailey
April 26, 2019 at 4:38 pmWow! Great project and use of the papers! Cfrailey64(at)gmail(dot)com
Kristin Williams
April 29, 2019 at 3:27 pmThank you, Cathy! It was so fun, I turned it into a class!
Mary Holshouser
April 26, 2019 at 4:13 pmFabulous. Love the bits and bobs
that made the hanging for the
outside of the book. thanks
for sharing. txmlhl(at)yahoo(dot)com
Kristin Williams
April 29, 2019 at 3:26 pmThank you, Mary! The bits and bobs are the fun part, aren’t they?
Kelly Parker
April 26, 2019 at 1:25 pmWOW!! love this little book, one of these days i am going to take a class with you!!
Kristin Williams
April 29, 2019 at 3:26 pmI look forward to that, Kelly! Thank you!
Linda Gibbons
April 26, 2019 at 1:09 pmWonderful little notebooks. I love them too and can’t resist buying when I see them.
Kristin Williams
April 29, 2019 at 3:25 pmRight, Linda!?!?!
Tracy
April 26, 2019 at 10:55 amLove all these bright beautiful colors!
Kristin Williams
April 29, 2019 at 3:25 pmThank you, Tracy!
Terry ONeill
April 26, 2019 at 10:52 amWhat a colorful and fun journal cover – great job using – and integrating – those papers!
Kristin Williams
April 29, 2019 at 4:12 pmThank you, Terry!
Jean Marmo
April 26, 2019 at 8:16 amSuch a lovely journal! What a fun and creative hop!
Kristin Williams
April 29, 2019 at 4:12 pmThank you, Jean!
Kristin Peterson
April 26, 2019 at 8:10 amLoving this!! Very nice! and your beads- perfect!
Kristin Williams
April 29, 2019 at 4:12 pmThank you, Kristin! Great name btw! 🙂
SHARI CZERWINSKI
April 26, 2019 at 7:35 amLove the colorful journal cover! Lovely inspiration TFS
Kristin Williams
April 29, 2019 at 4:13 pmThank you, Shari!