StencilGirl Artist Traci Bautista Blog Hop!

7/13/2014

Welcome to the StencilGirl Blog Hop featuring NEW StencilGirl Artist Traci Bautista!

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

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

I had tons of fun using Traci's new Floral 1 stencil to create this art journal spread:

I began with my wide flat Colour Shaper, Matisse background colors and a cosmetic sponge to apply layers of colors and flowers and leaves:

I also had lots of fun creating my own elements to collage into my pages by stenciling with acrylics on kraft paper (left) and onto a geologic map (right):

And I painted deli paper with acrylics and added Wendy Vecchi embossing paste in white through this stencil for elements to collage, too:

I cut and tore around the edges of these flowers and pasted them onto my pages with a glue stick.

I added more acrylic paint, Pitt Pens, Sakura Glaze Pens, washi tape, more maps, some circle stickers I'd painted, a bit of stenciling with Leaf Diamond and Bold Flowers, a Georgia O'Keeffe postage stamp and a lovely quote by Henri Matisse:

Below are a few details:

Before you leave, be sure to enter the StencilGirl GIVEAWAY!
TWO lucky winners will win a complete set of Traci's FIVE new stencil designs!

What do you have to do to enter? Just leave a comment below by Sunday, July 27th at 11:59PM Central Time.
The more blogs you comment on in the blog hop, the more chances you have of winning!

Giveaway will be open a full two weeks because Mary Beth has a webinar on July 24th and her guest will be Traci!

Blog Hop Order
StencilGirl Talk
Traci Bautisa
Mary Beth Shaw
Carolyn Dube
Jennifer Priest
Gwen Lafleur
Kirsten Reed
Leslie Tucker Jenison
Mary C. Nasser – you are here!
Julia Kellogg – go here next!
Maria McGuire

Thanks so much for visiting my blog!
I'd love for you to follow my blog on Feedblitz, bloglovin' or NetworkedBlogs!

Good luck winning!

Mary

132 Comments

Maria McGuire link

7/13/2014 03:56:34 pm

Even though this is "your" color palette, I love how totally different this looks with the flowers! I love how you added that little bit of map in the flower--so pretty!

Jorin link

7/13/2014 05:17:16 pm

The stencils are great and I love what you made with them.

Muriel

7/13/2014 05:51:01 pm

I love that you used different papers to make your flowers. The result is great.

Christine link

7/13/2014 09:25:03 pm

Wonderful backgrounds...these stencils look like a lot of fun...

Mary Beth Shaw link

7/13/2014 11:14:47 pm

Oh Mary, I love seeing you use flowers, this is such a happy spread. And the Matisse quote is perfect. Beautiful pages.

Janet link

7/13/2014 11:17:52 pm

Oh Mary! This is wonderful!!! I absolutely LOVE the maps in the background! So you...and yet slightly different! I LOVE it! xoxo

Cecilia R Swatton link

7/13/2014 11:30:15 pm

Mary, these artworks of yours are beautiful! And I love the way your incorporated that fantastic quote by Henri Matisse! He was so right, wasn't he!?

Shannon Miller

7/13/2014 11:34:48 pm

Love the colors, so bright. These stencils are fabulous! thanks for sharing :)

Terri Stegmiller link

7/13/2014 11:41:18 pm

I'm loving Traci's stencils! And I love all your examples of how you played with them. Fun!!!

Carolyn Dube link

7/13/2014 11:44:55 pm

You are taking to art journaling like a fish to water! This is such a great, vibrant colorful look you've created! Love the map peeking out too!

Nancy Johnston

7/14/2014 12:08:54 am

Wonderful take on using Traci's stencils! Beautiful work, and I can't wait to try them myself.

Liz link

7/14/2014 12:10:39 am

Lovely! Can't wait to see all the stencils!

Anita Ocampo

7/14/2014 12:17:37 am

Cool - so fun to see your ideas and an example of how you achieved it!

Kirsten link

7/14/2014 12:21:57 am

I am always so curious how to see the stencils translate into map art with you ~ and once again you have hit a home run! I love it!

April Lopez

7/14/2014 12:25:11 am

When I saw your name on the list I knew there would be a map involved! I love orange and turquoise.

Corrine

7/14/2014 12:34:19 am

This is marvelous and so loosy goosey for you. Let go, great colors....this is such a happy piece. Kisses to Bruno. xox

Jen Judd link

7/14/2014 12:44:55 am

Those colors make me so happy!! Love the variety of techniques you worked with one little flower.

Win Dinn link

7/14/2014 12:51:09 am

Love the colour combo, particularly with this stencil!

Lura Brown

7/14/2014 12:58:10 am

i loved the effects you showed on all the different papers, love the stencils so much, quite a hit!!

Karen Borusiewicz link

7/14/2014 01:13:03 am

Love the combination of mediums used to create this. Stencils are a wonderful base. Itching to try the out!

Beverly Jordan link

7/14/2014 01:40:14 am

Love your fabulous page and especially the quote!

Gwen L. link

7/14/2014 01:43:54 am

Just love your color palette, and all of the flowers! Such a perfect quote to go with this page. And I love seeing the maps in there, of course! This is so happy to look at :D

Glenda link

7/14/2014 01:48:53 am

Love those bright colors!!!

Raine

7/14/2014 01:59:11 am

I love your use of Traci's stencil! The texture is yummy!

Courtney Miley

7/14/2014 02:09:52 am

Gorgeous page! Love the colors.

Sandy W

7/14/2014 03:07:40 am

I am new to your site and so glad I found you. Love your layered flowers and am very inspired with your use of maps!

Jane

7/14/2014 04:11:28 am

I love the colors, Mary. Just shows how versatile these stencils.

sandy

7/14/2014 04:27:47 am

Wonderful backgrounds...these stencils look like a lot of fun...Thanks for sharing your talents.. Your blog is a new sitee and it will be fun to follow you, also.

suzanne

7/14/2014 04:59:00 am

Love the stencils and how you used them!

Laurie hunt

7/14/2014 05:01:23 am

Love your journal spread starring traci's new stencil! It doesn't hurt that this is one of my all time favorite color combos!

Denise Huntington

7/14/2014 05:22:21 am

Wow, I love your southwestern colors (pumpkin, terracotta, turquoise), Mary, and the way you used Traci's flower stencil to create your journal pages. Yummy -- just my style!

gjeneve

7/14/2014 05:28:42 am

The addition of the words adds a new dimension.

Gill

7/14/2014 05:31:56 am

Fabulous - and I love the Matisse quote !

Jo Murray link

7/14/2014 05:43:30 am

LOVE your colour choices. Traci's stencils are so complex and interesting. I'd love to win a set...thanks for the chance.

Linda Levine

7/14/2014 05:58:28 am

Love it! The colors are fantastic and love how you combined different collage elements! Great use of the new stencil!

Nancy Curry link

7/14/2014 06:13:28 am

So totally you and Traci melded together. I love it!!!

Wendy

7/14/2014 06:15:26 am

Beautiful spread! Love the colours and all of the wonderful image and texture detail. The more you look, the more you see.

Nickalli

7/14/2014 06:15:31 am

Love your use of the colors and how beatiful it all works!! Those stencils are a_mazing!!

Ruth L link

7/14/2014 07:13:12 am

I loved the combination of flowers with the map background!

Barbara Albrecht

7/14/2014 07:30:35 am

Wow!!! LOVE the colors you used and how you incorporated Traci's new stencil. Totally love this spread. Thanks for the tutorial showing how you pulled it all together.

Michelle

7/14/2014 07:45:01 am

Lovely art. I love the way you used the stencil with all those colors.

Jeannie link

7/14/2014 07:50:04 am

Lovely way of using the stencils and the colors are so bright and textured! Hope to see more of your work!

Trena in Naperville link

7/14/2014 07:58:25 am

Very cool Mary! I dig the way you added dimension and love the colors! Thank you for the chance to win!
Take care and STAY POSITIVE!

julia kellogg link

7/14/2014 08:23:51 am

Mary, WOW - I LOVE your pages! Colors, layers, all so yummy.
Thank you for the art inspiration!!!!

ShannonWL

7/14/2014 08:30:09 am

I like the collage elements you created with the stencil too. And isn't the wide flat Colour Shaper an awesome tool?

Denise Spillane

7/14/2014 08:49:38 am

Love how you used the stencils in such creative ways! And of course always your colors and map use. Fabulousness

TheresaMP

7/14/2014 09:00:14 am

really like to see what you all are doing with the stencils. thanks as always for sharing.

jean marmo link

7/14/2014 09:12:09 am

I love seeing how everyone used Traci's stencils! This is wonderful. I just love the color combo!

Vicki Robinson

7/14/2014 09:14:51 am

These are fabulous stencils! Thanks so much for the opportunity to win!

Maggie M

7/14/2014 09:15:50 am

Love your journal spread, Mary. Great colors. Love the added stamp. I think this is my very favorite stencil from Traci's set, but I'd LOVE to win the set and go crazy in my art journal:)

Marleen Higginbotham

7/14/2014 09:42:21 am

Fun spread. Love the colors.

Rebecca Tilinski link

7/14/2014 10:37:07 am

You never fail to do something special, Mary, and these stencils fit right in...Love the colors

donna joy

7/14/2014 10:56:15 am

great colors! and use of this stencil~

Martice Smith II link

7/14/2014 11:17:45 am

I love that you used different papers to make your flowers and your color palette is full of life energy. The result is beautiful! The Matisse quote is a nice addition, as well.

Vicki ross link

7/14/2014 11:29:09 am

Great demo...love the colors you chose!

Robin B.

7/14/2014 11:31:48 am

I love what you've done with this fun stencil. Your colors are fantastic!

Traci Bautista link

7/14/2014 11:42:53 am

Mary..LOVE the art journal spread and color palette!! So awesome...thanks so much for being part of the the stencil launch :)

Brandi Evans

7/14/2014 12:12:48 pm

Hello turquoise and orange!!! Love!

Tanya Phenis link

7/14/2014 12:37:11 pm

Love the colors! So fab!

Glenda Lovchik

7/14/2014 01:03:10 pm

Great collage. Cheery and fun. Adding the quote made a perfect art journal page. Thanks for sharing.

Nancy S.

7/14/2014 01:35:40 pm

You did an amazing job with the stencils. I absolutely love your piece!

Chandra link

7/14/2014 02:25:03 pm

Wow Mary this is a very cool page! I love the colors and texture.

Susan Schultheis

7/14/2014 02:25:37 pm

OMGosh Mary, just love love love the colors! This is so exciting. I cannot wait to play with Traci's stencils too.

Carmen Lucero

7/14/2014 05:03:43 pm

such fun collage and great journal page! I've been wanting to journal and this might just be the time, there are so many awesome materials to get me started. I just need to win these stencils! Thanks for the chance!

Leslie Tucker Jenison link

7/14/2014 05:24:23 pm

Very nice pages! I love them!

Rita Montgomery

7/14/2014 05:28:29 pm

Very cool design and use of the stencils. Thanks for the chance to win.

ros

7/14/2014 07:01:44 pm

always love your work the colours are perfect

Liz Lumsden

7/14/2014 07:25:28 pm

Beautiful, Mary. And I love the Matisse quote.

Diane

7/14/2014 08:16:42 pm

Yes, it's always in the details. Beautiful!

Anita Tillman

7/14/2014 08:17:48 pm

Beautiful! Love this stencil!!!

Jackie PNeal link

7/14/2014 10:14:00 pm

Mary, what a beautiful spread- your flowers are so pretty and you have picked the most perfect quote! xo

stephanie

7/14/2014 11:22:14 pm

LOVE the colors you used. Great stencils too.

7/14/2014 11:38:54 pm

Love your color choices with that stencil.

Heather Thompson

7/15/2014 12:36:45 am

What a great journal page. I wonder why my pages never turn out like that (I'm new to this). very awesome, thank you for sharing.

Renee Zarate link

7/15/2014 12:58:36 am

Wonderful journal page, great colors & stencils!

Cathy

7/15/2014 01:40:08 am

Love the colors and creativity!!

Magdalena

7/15/2014 01:46:24 am

wow, you really brought out the best of the stencil here! i'd love a chance to work with these stencils too :)

Louise

7/15/2014 02:06:25 am

Love the new stencils and your art is so inspiring.

Debby Podgorski

7/15/2014 03:50:43 am

Gorgeous journal work. Love the stencil you used. Need to get some of these!

linda trapp

7/15/2014 05:44:01 am

Such yumminess, love all the layers!

Kathy Adams link

7/15/2014 05:53:19 am

I love everything about this page! The colors, painted map pieces, flower design....beautiful! Gotta have these stencils.

cindy christoffel

7/15/2014 08:05:14 am

awesome stencils!love them-They are so fun!
The samples are marvelous

Roxanne Hawley

7/15/2014 08:12:43 am

Lovin' the color scheme. Great use of Traci's stencil.

Tamiko McCurry link

7/15/2014 09:13:35 am

awesome colors in use with collage... looked like party was going on.. complete playtime!!

Deborah M

7/15/2014 09:22:02 am

What wonderful ideas!

Susan

7/15/2014 09:36:00 am

Love the bold colors and of course these amazing stencils.

jona Moughty

7/15/2014 11:06:21 am

Love the stencil, love the colors, love the map, love the whole layout!

textilerecycler

7/15/2014 12:21:14 pm

Your pages are bright and colorful and oh so Traci! Love it!

Sue

7/15/2014 02:39:28 pm

I love your pages here, Mary, your color palette and all that fun texture! Thank you for this very inspirational spread!

Tommy McDonell link

7/15/2014 06:33:43 pm

I love the feel of this and I loved the use of postage stamp

Jeanne Spaulding

7/16/2014 12:10:45 am

What a wonderful look. These colors look great together and what texture! Cool stencils!

marylouh

7/16/2014 03:10:38 am

So bright and colorful. I'm just getting into stenciling and enjoy seeing all of the ways the stencils can be used. thanks for giving me more ideas.

Katie Cannon @ASouthernLadysR link

7/16/2014 04:56:46 am

love how you used the stencil. I really like all the layers

Sarah Garrity

7/16/2014 05:23:33 am

I love your color choices! The pages you made are lovely.

Melissa Johnson link

7/16/2014 07:42:53 am

I am in love with this art journal spread and this stencil! Beautifully done.

wendyp

7/16/2014 07:48:26 am

inspiring journal page - love every aspect of it

Nancy Lefko link

7/16/2014 09:39:33 am

Great journal spread...wonderful color choices!

Mandy Fariello

7/16/2014 11:22:33 am

Beautiful pages! Thanks for the chance to win!

Carol Loumeau

7/16/2014 12:06:59 pm

I like the way you used the same stencil to both make the background and to embellish it.

cathy link

7/16/2014 07:11:03 pm

I just love these - the colors, maps, stamps - all my fav!

Heather Warner-Ferguson

7/17/2014 09:07:54 am

Love your colors!!!!! This looks so fun and bright!

Caroline Duncan link

7/17/2014 11:38:48 am

The colors of paint you used are so beautiful together! Your pages are gorgeous!!

Jami link

7/17/2014 11:38:20 pm

Love the color combo and texture elements!!

Vicki Romaine link

7/18/2014 02:03:26 am

What great samples! Beautiful.

Jeannie B

7/18/2014 04:01:27 am

Gorgeous bright colors!

Linda on the Prairie

7/18/2014 04:38:50 am

Matisse. Perfect choice, perfectly done!

Gillian Pearce link

7/18/2014 07:30:09 am

I love how you've added the map into your layers. Pretty colours too.

Cheryl

7/18/2014 09:54:27 am

Playful. Colorful. Amazing! I love what you created.

Janice Phillips

7/18/2014 01:35:39 pm

Love the colors you used on these pages!! And the use of stencils is amazing. Thanks for sharing another fantastic set of pages!

Lissa

7/18/2014 10:05:23 pm

I always learn so much from you!! Awesome art!

Cath S link

7/19/2014 12:21:17 pm

I love the way you always incorporate some map detail so that the final work is truly our own.

Shirley Smith

7/19/2014 10:36:40 pm

I love the way you used the stencils to create individual motifs. Would love to have a go at that if I get the chance.

Wendy W

7/20/2014 08:02:00 am

what great ideas and inspiration! Thank you for the chance to win these stencils and create some of my own works of art!

Dianne VanderMeer

7/20/2014 01:10:38 pm

The floral stencils are really up my alley! Love 'em.

sherry link

7/20/2014 11:49:09 pm

Luv your pages and the quote u chose. This stencil is my favorite of the 5.

Laura link

7/21/2014 01:07:35 am

Love it! I haven't tried using stencils yet, but am loving all the projects done in this blog hop!

Suzanne B link

7/21/2014 11:39:12 am

Orange is not my favorite color, but Oh My Gosh, it may be now. I love your color combo.

Cindy

7/22/2014 11:45:15 am

I love your finished art as much as I love the quote. Very beautiful work.

maryk

7/23/2014 06:37:53 am

I loooove your pages. the colors are so vibrant and fun. I really like that floral stencil too. thanks for the opportunity to win some.

Shari Czerwinski

7/23/2014 11:47:45 am

Love these stencils, so glad I found this blog! Thanks for the chance to win :)

Jacki Young link

7/23/2014 02:55:47 pm

Orange and turquoise is one of my favorite color combos - very pretty work!

Suzanne R

7/24/2014 12:43:48 pm

Love the complementary colours of turquoise & orange. Loved the accents from the stitched pieces. Blessings, Suzanne :)

Cathy Gray

7/24/2014 07:21:30 pm

Love how your collage came together and the colors are fantastic, the colors themselves are a character in your piece,lovely.

Helen Recane

7/25/2014 04:04:55 pm

Love your journal page. All five stencils would be fun to play with. Thanks for the blog hop and giveaway.

Pila

7/26/2014 02:50:07 am

Wow! This has been an amazing blog hop. I've discovered so many incredible artists. Love the colors and all the different ways you used the stencil. Couldn't help scrolling through your blog to see your other work and that of the map artists. Thank you.

Cecilia R Swatton link

7/26/2014 09:35:39 am

What a great blog hop!

Lorna S.

7/26/2014 06:16:23 pm

Two things struck me when I hopped on to your blog - the use of orange and teal with the Floral stencil and the finished piece with the 32 cent Poppy stamp! I laughed at the dated price of postage and loved your work! I'm so glad to have hopped in and will do so more often.

Lisa DO

7/27/2014 12:18:28 am

Absolutely LOVE the colors you used! Beautiful!

Saranne

7/27/2014 05:58:38 am

Mary this is beautiful, love your colors!

Joyce C.

7/27/2014 09:50:15 am

Absolutely love your work. This incorporates so many things I like--maps, vintage postage, flowers--and the colors are bright and vibrant. Great work!

Marcia D.

7/27/2014 10:37:35 am

Love Traci's new stencils. Thanks for the chance....

Susan

7/28/2014 12:20:10 am

I am so intrigued by these new stencils and the color application used.