I met Judi Kauffman through the StencilGirl Walnut Hollow Blog Hop. I'd reached out to Judi, sending her an email thanking her for choosing to use my map stencil in her project for that hop. We began corresponding and found we had a lot in common: a passion for teaching, love of dogs, StencilGirl stencils and Walnut Hollow, and even the colors teal and turquoise! So we had fun setting up a brand new challenge for the two of us: to use StencilGirl stencils I'd designed, Walnut Hollow products, Shimmer Sheetz, and the color teal, turquoise or light turquoise! We had no idea what the other would make!
For my project, I chose to work with my Map and Compass stencils, Walnut Hollow’s Rustic Wood Ledge and Shimmer Sheetz in Turquoise Gemstone.
I began by staining the entire wood ledge with Minwax Water-Based Wood Stain in Antique Jade.
Then I used a Colour Shaper to add Matisse Background Colors in Whisper Green, Gum Tree Green and Turquoise to the large interior portion of the ledge.
I pounced the lighter colors onto the darker, and darker onto lighter to give the patterns more contrast.
Because the adhesive is double sided, I could then peel off the backing and press the individual compasses onto the surface I had painted:
Below are two details:
Mary