StencilGirl® & Seth Apter IZINK Blog Hop!

Welcome to the StencilGirl® Products & Seth Apter IZINK Blog Hop!

I’m excited to be participating in this hop and sharing two art journal spreads I created!

It was such fun to experiment with StencilGirl® stencils and Seth Apter's new IZINK
​ICE Translucent Gel Glazes, Dye Ink Sprays, and Permanent Pigment Inks from Aladine!

For my first spread, I worked in my 8'' × 5½'' Softcover 500 Series Mixed Media Art Journal:

For this spread, I used my Map Stencil and Map with Roundabouts Stencil!

Map stencil

Map with Roundabouts stencil

In the upper-left corner of this page, I created a sun print on a vintage map with Blue Moon Dye Spray and my Map with Roundabouts stencil. Just below, I used a cosmetic sponge to pounce Celestial Blue Pigment Ink through my Maps Stencil. To the right, I collaged the word “Maps” from a vintage book and a piece of 1920s ledger paper from a Sea Captain documenting his ship's travels. On the bottom and right edge, I added Crystal Waters Ice. I incorporated my own mark-making with a soft graphite pencil.

In the upper-right is book paper I spritzed with both Honey and Tea Dye Spray and water.
Once dry, I used a sponge to pounce Roasted Chestnut Pigment Ink through my Map with Roundabouts stencil.
I outlined the pattern with pencil and applied Whiskey Frost Ice on the left edge with my plastic palette knife.
​The phrase “sea charts” is collaged from another vintage book; on the left side I added Glacier Green Ice,
​and below the phrase I added Crystal Waters Ice.

The lower half of the left page is composed of book paper spritzed with both Honey and Tea Dye Spray,
​and Roasted Chestnut Pigment Ink through my Map with Roundabouts stencil
​and Celestial Blue Pigment Ink through my Maps Stencil.

The lower-right side has more gesso and mark-making,
a vintage map with some Whiskey Frost and Glacier Green Ice,
​along with more sun printed vintage map paper using Blue Moon Dye Spray and Map with Roundabouts.

For my second spread, I worked in my 9¾'' × 7¾'' Softcover 500 Series Mixed Media Art Journal:

For this spread, I used my Map Stencil and Map with Roundabouts Stencil again
​and incorporated my Water's Edge Stencil and Sailboat Stencil as well!

Water's Edge stencil

Sailboat stencil

In the upper half of the left page, I collaged a vintage map I’d spritzed with Seaspray Dye Spray and water, let dry, then pounced Celestial Pigment Ink with a cosmetic sponge on my Water’s Edge stencil. I also pounced Celestial Ink through my Map Stencil on the left border, and brushed this same ink onto the page’s edges and sprayed with water. In addition, I brushed some Stratosphere Ink around the phrase “BOAT SAILING” collaged from a vintage book and around the painted map. I also applied some Glacier Green and Crystal Waters Ice to the collages’ edges and added my own mark-making in the wet gesso above, and with a permanent black pen below, writing illegibly.

The top right has more Celestial Ink pounced through my Map Stencil. The vintage book page was spritzed with Seaspray Dye Spray and water. Once dry, I used a cosmetic sponge to pounce Ultramarine through my Sailboat stencil, then outlined the Ultramarine shapes with graphite. Again, the edges of this page have touches of Glacier Green and Crystal Waters Ice. More mark-making in wet gesso and Celestial Ink pounced through my Map Stencil are to the left of this page and lower right. The upper right corner has book paper I spritzed with both Honey and Tea Dye Spray and water. Once dry, I used a sponge to pounce Roasted Chestnut Pigment Ink through my Map with Roundabouts stencil and outlined the pattern with pencil.

The collage in the lower half of the left page was created by spritzing manila drawing paper with Seaspray Dye Spray and water, then dripping Blue Moon Dye Spray on top. Once dry, I pounced Atlantis Pigment Ink through part of my Water’s Edge stencil. Glacier Green and Crystal Waters Ice were used to treat the edges of the collage paper once it was glued onto the page.

The lower right side of this spread consists of a phrase from a vintage book framed in Stratosphere and Roast Chestnut Pigment Ink, Glacier Green and Whiskey Frost Ice. There’s also collage from a vintage atlas and another piece of book paper I spritzed with Honey and Tea Dye Spray with Roasted Chestnut Pigment Ink pounced through my Map with Roundabouts stencil.

And what would a Blog Hop be without a GIVEAWAY??!!!
​A $35 Gift Certificate to StencilGirl® Products
AND a $35 Gift Certificate to Seth Apter’s Shop!

What do you have to do to enter?
Just leave a comment below by Wednesday, June 3rd at 11:59PM Central Time.
The more blogs you comment on, the more chances you have to WIN!
One winner will be chosen at random from all blog comments!
(One comment per blog please.)

Winners will be announced on
StencilGirl® Product's Facebook page and Seth Apter's blog on Thursday, June 4th.

Blog Hop Order:
Debi Adams
​Tina Walker
Mary C. Nasser – you are here!
Kristin Williams – go here next!​​
Mary Beth Shaw

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