Showing posts with label crafts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label crafts. Show all posts

Sunday, March 3, 2013

Stencil work with S@B


As I stated in the previous post, Scott at Dot's n Doodles in Astoria gave us an impromptu demonstration in using stencils with molding paste, gel medium and paints.  So this week we gathered at Karen's and everyone brought their supplies and we stenciled away!  It was a blast!  Above you can see one of the pieces April created.  It turned out fabulous!

Here is one from Karen.  Just lovely.  I think both Karen's and April's were created on card stock.

Some pieces that Pinky made.  she colored the molding paste before applying it and we all agreed we like that better than trying to color it afterwards.  I love that flower stencil!

Mary had brought a wonderful Hand stencil and created this piece on black card stock.  I love this!

Not sure who's work this is but it is gorgeous.  These were mostly practice pieces, learning how to use the supplies together.

Above is a project Karen completed.  Mary gave us all a little bag of shells and beads and challenged us to make something from them and this is Karen's.  All packaged up in a pretty box, on decorated card stock.  Very striking!  I believe she is gifting it to one of her sisters.

Here is Karen, Mary, Pinky and April, filling their beverage cups prior to getting down to serious work.

We had a tray with water in it for soaking the stencils.  Karen noticed how beautiful patterns were forming in the water so of course we had to get a photo of it and then.....

put a piece of card stock on and captured this marbled effect from it!  Then we all brought in tags and card stock to capture more images before it muddied up.  Bonus!

Scrabble, Karen's cat, says "Put that camera down and get to work!!  
Next week we plan to gather at Jan's.  See you there!
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Friday, September 23, 2011

Mary Jane's Farm...


I put a link on here today for Mary Jane's Farm. It is a magazine for all, but has lots of great info on gardening, crafts, business, cooking, campfoods, farm animals, women using tools, and how to do all of this without harming the environment. It has articles on organic foods, both raising and buying. The web site is fun. I have used the barter site quite a bit. You click on Mary Jane, click on chat, click on fabulous buys...that will get you there (barter site). If you have a questions about animals, bartering, selling things, gardening...there is a forum for just about anything. Have fun checking it out.

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Our Squash Book Project


Today was so fun! Here is a photo of the group today. Left to right...Karen, Jan, April, Mary, Pinky, with our guest and instructor, Nita, in the front. Hoping one of the other girls will add photos of some of the finished squash books. They were really fun to make. Thanks, Nita!

Monday, December 14, 2009


This is an ornament made of tiny, tiny sanddollars found on the Oregon Coast around Cannon Beach. I added beads and tiny bells at the bottom. This was very fun to work on and a good way to use my tiny sanddollars. MERRY CHRISTMAS!