TBT January with the Creative Team

Our Creative Team aims to instigate inspiration with this host of TBT projects.

Cindy Gilstrap's Alcohol Inked Page - Fly

Song Birds, S034, by Tracie Lyn Huskamp

Whimsical Waves, S321, by Terri Stegmiller

Stitch a Doily, S169, by Maria McGuire

Notice the subtle use if the Stitch a Doily Stencil. Don't you love it?

Debi Adams' Mixed Media Heart Painting

Urban Insiders, M057, by Seth Apter

Polka Party, L529, by Tammy Tutterow

Technique: Incorporated dried paint as an embellishment (See piece inside red paint.) while using watercolors, watercolor paper, PaperArtsy paint, Urban Insiders stencil, Post Office Stamps by S.A., Golden Paints, Vintage Photo distress ink, black permanent pen, vintage sheet music.

Sherry Canino's Divine Spirit Art Journal Page

Military Stars, S400, by June Pfaff Daley

Inky Circles, S232, by Terri Stegmiller

Imaginary Bloom Stencil & Mask, M070, by Rae Missigman

Fridge Poetry, S261, by Carolyn Dube

It's all in the details!

We Rose Up & Won by Torrie Gass

Honey Comb, L035, by Patricia Baldwin Seggebruch

How often do you think to use pen & ink over an art journal page?

Chaos is Necessary by Sandee Setliff

Journal Notes 6, S002, by Pam Carriker 

Pen and Ink, L346, by Leslie Riley

Delicate colors, sweet texture, and now we all must go practice the lettering Sandee makes look so easy!

Found Object Art by Tina Walker

You can discover the stencils Tina used and she has a tutorial on her A Dog's Life blog.

Kiala Givehand's Bullet Journal

Kiala says, "I love to use StencilGirl stencils in her bullet journal because it takes the guess work out of creative ideas for customizing and creating beautiful page spreads. I like to use the stencils that have larger openings to create unique pages for logging things like gratitude, habits, and moods."

Stencil Used: Fleuron Rieven Glyph M173 by Steven Skaggs

Stencil used:  Carolyn Dube's Mini Alphabet from StencilClub April 2014. 

You can see a flip through of Kiala's bullet journal on Kiala's YouTube channel.

Girl with Red Lips & Weird Jumper ~ Louise Nelson

Isn't it interesting how Louise incorporated the stencil Organic Roots Large L491 By Carol Wiebe? Quite imaginative!

Stencil used in jumper: Circles Circles L301 By Traci Bautista

Carol Baxter's Valentine Notebook

Carol says, "I am forever taking or making notes. Rather than cover my desk (and walls, and side of filing cabinet, and computer tower...) in post-its, I am taking a tip from a former co-worker and keeping notebooks. January's is almost full... here's February's!"

"I figure when I am done and no longer need the notes within I can tear them out and rebind something else in the composition book covers."

Home is Where the Heart Is by Andrew Borloz

Heart Striped S068 by Margaret Applin

Belen Sotelo's Grow A Little, Textured Art Journal Page

Stencil pictured above: Warped Holes 6 by Lizzie Mayne. Belen also used texture paste and Lindy's sprays on her page.

Art journaling in a vintage book with Karen Gaunt

Karen says, "I love to doodle, scribble and make marks all over my page but sometimes it can be hard to know where to put them without it becoming overwhelming. By using the gorgeous River Rocks Stencil as my base I could add some cool designs all over my spread."

The River Rocks Stencil comes in small, mini, and large sizes.

What are you most inspired to create?