I'm going to share how to use Gwen's stencils with lightweight Lutradur to create an interesting and textured background for your art journal pages and mixed media projects. Read more →

Hi Everybody. Today I want to share with you the technique that I used create the blue laced Lutradur element in my StencilGirl Voices Textile Collage. The collage, featuring the August 2017 StencilClub Set, Second Star on the Right and Straight on 'til Morning StencilClub collection designed by Mary C. Nasser, is hand stitched onto a linen page in my new Dina Wakely Mixed Media journal. If you haven't heard about Lutradur before, you're not alone. I recently discovered it while poking around the Artistic Artifacts website where I found an overview in a Liz Kettle YouTube Video. Lutradur is... Read more →

Hi everyone! OK, I have a confession it make. Are you sitting down? I stalk my mailman. And it's been going on for the past year and a half. But in my defense, I only stalk him during the third week of the month... Shocking, isn't it? You see the thing is that I belong to this club. Not just any club though... I belong to StencilClub. And on the 15th of every month, StencilGirl sends Club members a collection of 3 really cool stencils designed by some incredible artists. (And this month there was even a bonus stencil designed... Read more →