Orly Avineri StencilGirl Blog Hop!

6/22/2014

Welcome to the StencilGirl Blog Hop featuring NEW StencilGirl Artist Orly Avineri!

For this blog hop, StencilGirl Creative Team members are showcasing Orly’s FIVE new stencils!
And Orly Avinery, Mary Beth Shaw and Seth Apter are hopping along with us!! Yay!

You're on the right track if you just arrived from Carolyn Dube's blog.
If not, no worries! You can just follow the list below and start back at the beginning.

I was inspired by both Orly's journal pages and encouragement to use parts of her stencils to create our own imagery world and also Mary Beth's recent art journaling webinar, to play and layer in my own art journal with Soft Bones and A Skeletal Plot. In addition, I was inspired by Lesley Riley's interview with Orly in which Orly beautifully defines an art journal as something between a diary that you write and lock and put under your mattress for no one and a painting in a gallery that you showcase and everyone can see.

Recently, my 4-year-old puppy Bruno and I celebrated two years together, and these journal pages celebrates that!

I began with my wide flat Colour Shaper, Matisse background colors in Gum Tree Gree, Whisper Green and Antique green, and a cosmetic sponge to apply layers.

I also incorporated the Mattise background color Carolmello. The intricacies in Orly's stencils are lovely!

Next, I added acrylic paint with a small sponge dauber; if you look carefully, you can see Bruno's photo placed beneath the stencil. I love the translucency of StencilGirl stencils! Makes creating compositions so much easier being able to see what's beneath!

I used washi tape to secure Bruno's photo and added labels I had painted and written on:

Then I added Wendy Vecchi embossing paste in gold and white through both of Orly's stencils and Seth's Past Present Future stencil along with more labels I'd painted:

Lastly, I added more stickers, acrylic paint, numbers from Seth's Inside Out and Timeless stencil, Pitt Pens, Sakura Glaze Pens and some additional washi tape:

Below are a few details:

Before you leave, be sure to enter the StencilGirl GIVEAWAY!
FIVE lucky winners will win one of Orly's new stencils!

What do you have to do to enter? Just leave a comment below by Sunday, June 29th at 11:59PM Central Time.
The more blogs you comment on in the blog hop, the more chances you have of winning!

Blog Hop Order
StencilGirl Talk
Orly Avinery
Mary Beth Shaw
Seth Apter
Carolyn Dube
Mary C. Nasser – you are here!
Kirsten Reed – go here next!
Gwen Lafleur
Linda Kittmer
Janet Joehlin
Maria McGuire

Thanks so much for visiting my blog!
And good luck winning!

Mary

65 Comments

Maria McGuire link

6/22/2014 03:24:38 pm

Oh Mary! You are rockin' the Art Journaling!!! Layers of beauty! Adding Bruno....absolutely the PERFECT touch!

Denise Huntington

6/22/2014 03:50:32 pm

I love the intricacy and layering of your art journal layout, Mary. And the colors! Wowsers! Orly's stencils and your style seem like a true match.

Glenda Hoagland link

6/22/2014 04:23:57 pm

your journal pages are awesome. I love the color palette and the use of the stencils. Great job.

Vanessa

6/22/2014 07:06:07 pm

wow wow wow! Love all the beautiful roses. I would love to get a chance to play with these stencils :)

Jacqueline Quinn link

6/22/2014 08:21:38 pm

love the effects that the new stencils have, crunchy, layering

Linda on the Prairie

6/22/2014 09:54:40 pm

Wonderful color combination and then there is Bruno. How sweet.

Kim Mailhot

6/22/2014 10:34:46 pm

Love the layering techniques you shared with Orly's awesome stencils!
Thanks so much for the chance to win these cool tools!

Peg Englishman link

6/23/2014 12:07:42 am

wow Mary! I love the colors you chose........so pretty. And thank you for taking us step by step.

ros

6/23/2014 12:26:16 am

love the colours thanks for the tutorial

Carolyn Dube

6/23/2014 12:33:54 am

You are a natural at art journaling. This spread is awesome! You are such the enabler Mary! I want one of those color shapers!!

Christy Brink

6/23/2014 12:36:31 am

Mary, wow, wonderful work with color and stencils! Thank you for the chance to win one of Orly's stencils and I'm grateful to discover new artist blogs!

Ruth L link

6/23/2014 12:36:44 am

Fabulous spread Mary, loved the colors that you used!

Nancy Sapp

6/23/2014 12:56:37 am

Mary, I LOVE the way you incorporated the washi tape into your lay-out. You all have such cool ideas. I sure would love me some stencils.

Cindy Wagner

6/23/2014 01:17:21 am

Your spread is so fun. Just love how you used these new and unique stencils. Love to win one to play with myself. : )

Kirsten Reed link

6/23/2014 01:18:03 am

Love your page, the pup and what you wrote! :)

Judy Millard

6/23/2014 01:40:19 am

Love how you used parts of two stencils, Mary! Thanks for this idea!

pat quilty

6/23/2014 01:41:36 am

so very nice. Such Fun!

Judy Shea link

6/23/2014 01:55:08 am

Mary.. loving the colors and those touches of gold and bruno are perfect.

Lori

6/23/2014 02:01:15 am

Love how you used the stencils....

Bindu link

6/23/2014 02:50:30 am

You are doing amazing work. This is inspiring a lot of people to work on something on their own. You are doing a great job inspiring to create art

Gwen L. link

6/23/2014 02:55:40 am

I love the depth you got with the layers and colors... and I really need to try that embossing paste! This turned out awesome :D

Anita

6/23/2014 03:40:15 am

Nice ideas

marylouh

6/23/2014 03:59:31 am

Fascinating project. So many different designs. The colors are combined in a pleasing page. The dog's picture fits into the idea.
thanks for sharing.

fadwa link

6/23/2014 04:05:10 am

Nice! Clever use of gold, too.

Seth link

6/23/2014 04:15:55 am

Love this spread. The color palette, the complexity and all the layering really speak to me.

Janice Phillips

6/23/2014 05:08:14 am

Love the colors and motion in your art, Mary. Your use of the stencils is just perfect! I would love to win one!

Denise Spillane

6/23/2014 05:24:48 am

Wow Mary, your take on these stencils is fantastic. I love that you are celebrating your 2 year anniversary too. Great spread and hop!

Susan Chesley

6/23/2014 05:34:13 am

Great job, Mary! When I first saw Orly's stencils, I thought they would pair up very well with Seth's too! (Great minds think alike, right?) lol

Rosina Ervin

6/23/2014 05:48:29 am

I love the stencil, love the colors and LOVE Bruno!

Martice Smith II link

6/23/2014 05:59:45 am

The gold and teal/aqua color combo is beautiful! Really brings your piece some flair :)

Gill

6/23/2014 06:47:41 am

Fabulous!! the gold is perfect!
Bruno is gorgeous!

Suzanne Goding

6/23/2014 06:57:56 am

Thank you so much for the inspiration! I love these new stencils & can't wait to use them. Thank you for the chance to win.

Hastypearl link

6/23/2014 07:52:50 am

Great use of a really diverse set of stencils. Going to tease you about your thumb nail, because mine looks exactly like it!:) Laura

sandy

6/23/2014 08:03:57 am

Love your page, the tutorial was excellent.

Liz link

6/23/2014 09:38:43 am

Love what you did with the stencils. And I have got to get some of that gold embossing paste! Fabulous.

Kathleen Bricker

6/23/2014 10:12:57 am

Wonderful page! Amazing stencils! Thanks!

Susan Goodell

6/23/2014 10:18:51 am

I love, love Orly's stencils. I couldn't wait and had to order a couple today, but I would love to get another one.

Vicki ross link

6/23/2014 10:21:15 am

Mary, Mary, quite contrary! Love your turquoise and gold...great demo.

Ruth.Satterlee link

6/23/2014 10:36:46 am

I love these new stencils! Congratulations Orly! Loved your demo Mary!

Cindy Easter

6/23/2014 12:19:13 pm

Ohhh, that embossing paste looks like fun!!! The intricacies in Orly's stencils are just amazing!

Cindyzs

6/23/2014 04:46:18 pm

cool designs! loving these stamps!! tfs

stamping sue link

6/23/2014 08:27:54 pm

wonderful journal pages
stamping sue
http://stampingsueinconnecticut.blogspot.com/

Tanya Phenis

6/23/2014 11:15:51 pm

This is beautiful! I really love it.

emily cline link

6/23/2014 11:48:57 pm

Love your page -- such a sweet tribute to your loyal friend! And the dauber?? Never saw one before but now I have to get them! They look so easy to use!

Charyl Greenia

6/24/2014 12:23:22 am

Love the Orly stencils and blown away by the various artists use of them. I'm in awe.

Lori Wostl

6/24/2014 12:39:01 am

Love your piece and love having something fun to do over breakfast. Thanks.

Nancy link

6/24/2014 01:33:59 am

This is a GORGEOUS page! And your dog is awesome (& that's impressive coming from a cat person!)

Robin Panzer

6/24/2014 04:05:04 am

Oooh Orly's new stencils are a delightful and mysterious addition to the Stencil Girl line, love it <3

Kelly Z. link

6/24/2014 04:25:54 am

Absolutely love love Orly's stencils and your work with them! Thank you!

Jo Murray link

6/24/2014 04:34:57 am

Such a luscious and complex page. Wonderful stencils.

Katie B.

6/24/2014 08:28:01 am

Wow! Love these pages. Love the addition of the turquoise color and the copper! Awesome patterns. Thanks for sharing.

Katie B.

Kristina Priest

6/24/2014 11:28:44 am

Thanks for sharing your process! These stencils are awesome. Your layers are gorgeous! And your dog darling!

Diane Napolitano

6/24/2014 10:16:01 pm

I am SO glad I found your blog. I just love the instructions especially where you show Bruno's picture under the stencil and how easy it is to place both a picture and how to stencil neatly around it so you can put the paint right where you want it. THANK YOU! I'll definitely be trying this.

Caroline Duncan link

6/25/2014 01:12:56 am

Awww... your furbaby is so cute!! Great idea to make a journal page around him! I really like you used just some elements from the stencil to create with... they look like versatile stencils.

Nadine Wong

6/25/2014 01:28:03 pm

What fun. Lots of colour and technique. Great use of the stencils and great instructions. Would love to win one of Orly's new stencils but may just have to purchase them anyway.

Nancy Lefko link

6/26/2014 08:47:59 am

Beautiful journal page!

Pam H.

6/26/2014 10:27:36 am

Wow! Love all the wonderful layers! And, I wish I had your 'way' with color! Thanks so much for sharing your ideas.

Shay

6/26/2014 01:36:30 pm

Wow I love this color palette! I would have been excited to just do your first layer of wash color. So pretty. I'm so excited to see these stencils. I can't decide which to get. If you could pick one, which would you get?

Vicki Wright

6/26/2014 03:44:46 pm

Beautiful journal spread! I like the way you used the stencils. Thanks for the chance to win one!

Debbie

6/27/2014 01:14:49 am

I really like what you did with these stencils, and thank you for the chance to win. :

michel

6/27/2014 07:34:17 am

I love the the delicate use of color and design...inspirational!! peace & paint Michel......love the new stencil's:)