Summer Stencil

Recently I received some of the Crafter’s Workshop stencils. Fun!

Crafters Worshop Stencils
Crafter's Workshop Stencils

Most of these were Balzer Designs. Julie Fei-Fan Balzer is one of my favorite artists. I first saw her on Quilting Arts TV last season. I immediately loved her designs and her whole attitude about creating art. She has really inspired me in my journey toward creating more freely. You can read her blog here.

When I found out that she had designed her own line of stencils I was so excited. I was glad it was the Crafter’s Workshop who was making them. They make such high quality stencils. I used one of their other stencils here.

In future posts I will show you how I’ve been playing with Julie’s stencils. The first one is Summer.

Summer stencil
Summer stencil

Isn’t she cute? I’m face-drawing challenged so I thought this would be great for me. So here are a couple projects where I used her.

Summer on art journal page
Summer on art journal page

Looks like I can draw! After using this stencil, I think I probably could draw a face.

The next project is the cover of my August art journal. This cover is made from my paint cloth.

August 2011 art journal cover
August 2011 art journal cover

 

Here’s a closeup.

Closeup of art journal cover
Closeup of art journal cover

I just love these stencils. They come in two different sizes: 6×6 and 12×12. If you are interested in purchasing Julie’s stencils, go to Julie’s shop.

Gotta get back to my stencils!!