Starry Night Tree is a winner

Oh my goodness, I'm a winner!

The theme for July's monthly ATC contest on ATCsforALL.com was black and white. I submitted the following "Starry Night Tree.

It was created using a stencil and spraying Dylusions ink spray (White Linen) on heavy black card stock. I love it when things turn out the way you hoped they would. :)

The members vote on the entries for the month, and my card had the most votes! Cool, huh?

And even more, I get prizes! A set of 24 Derwent Inktense pencils, palette paper, paint brushes and ATC blanks.

Can't wait to get them to start playing around. Happy Friday! 

Stencil Art!

I hosted another demo at the store this week, using plastic stencils. We have quite the collection from TCW Stencils. The following are a few I've indulged myself with buying, and these are all using spray inks. I did work with a few other techniques, but will share that later.

Stencil is Aboriginal. - sprayed over watercolor background, Adirondack Sunset Orange spray ink over stencil. I used the ink remaining on the stencil to make a reverse printing, which has potential.

Cell Theory - Watercolor background with Dylusions Calypso Teal Ink Spray. It works, but I LOVE the reverse image on the old dictionary page! 

Branches with White Linen Dylusions Ink Spray (right) on black paper. Wow! I quite like it. The reverse is just as cool! 

Tie-Dyed - Dylusions Cherry Pie sprayed over water colored background. Reverse from the left over inks was printed on a paper bag remnant. Makes me happy! 

Sharing with Paint Party Friday, hosted by Eva and Kristin. 

Scratch Art Tree

I spent a lovely afternoon with a dear friend this past week, catching up and trying a color and scratch art technique. This was the result.

We started with oil pastels, laying down color in random. Then covered the entire piece with black oil pastel. Using a stencil, which we held down with a large "chip clip", we scratched around the stencil to reveal the color underneath. It was quite relaxing to do this as we visited. 

When I have a bit more time (soon!) I'll play more with this technique.

Joining Paint Party Friday, hosted by Eva and Kristin.