Introducing Vintage Gardens from Rae Missigman

As she so often does, Rae was greatly inspired after days of study and sketching in a botanical garden that boasts a rich history of the local flora. Learning that many of the plants and flowers she studied had ancient roots in neighborhood gardens, and drawn to the delicious assortment of shapes and sizes of both the floral and non-flowering beauties, Rae was prompted to create a peek inside the gardens of the past.

The Leafy Garden Mask was inspired by the abundance of rich green ferns, vines and ornamentals studied at a local botanical garden that Rae Missigman frequently visits near her home in Florida. The gardens enormous collection of non-flowering plants was the seed behind this leafy beauty.

This mask, paired with watercolor, creates lovely and fluid garden backgrounds. It would also be perfect for creating the peek-a-boo layers of a vintage garden. A gel plate and assorted mixed mediums make layering quick and easy. These stencils and masks would also be wonderful for use with inks, which when mixed with masks can create beautiful fluid lines and brilliantly unpredictable results.

The Vintage Camellia stencil and mask was inspired by the layers of ruffled petals, delicate stalk-like stamens and large glossy leaves of this antebellum age flower. Upon closer study, Rae found that each heavy bloom was a festival of intricate shapes that changed into something new with each rotation of the stem. 

This stencil would be wonderful to use with watercolor paint to create soft ethereal florals, while the mask would be perfect for creating the peek-a-boo layers of a vintage garden. A gel plate and assorted mixed mediums make layering quick and easy. These stencils and masks would also be wonderful for use with inks, which when mixed with masks can create beautiful fluid lines and brilliantly unpredictable results.

The Vintage Tickseed stencil and mask was inspired by this delicate blooms jagged edged petals and seed like center. First drawn it’s variegated colors Rae soon learned that up close, this bloom curved it’s florets this way and that begging to be seen. Long sturdy stems supported more curved ball like buds that made the entire cluster of flowers a riot of color and lines.

This stencil would be wonderful to use with watercolor paint to create soft ethereal florals, while the mask would be perfect for creating the peek-a-boo layers of a vintage garden. A gel plate and assorted mixed mediums make layering quick and easy. These stencils and masks would also be wonderful for use with inks, which when mixed with masks can create beautiful fluid lines and brilliantly unpredictable results.

The Vintage Coneflower stencil and mask was inspired by the vibrant drooping petals of this endangered native wildflower. While it’s cascading petals are what attracts most flower lovers, Rae, fascinated by the disk florets at the center of this bloom, gave these bud like centers a special place on this stencil and mask, making it perfect for adding buds to all of your floral stenciling.

This stencil would be wonderful to use with watercolor paint to create soft ethereal florals, while the mask would be perfect for creating the peek-a-boo layers of a vintage garden. A gel plate and assorted mixed mediums make layering quick and easy. These stencils and masks would also be wonderful for use with inks, which when mixed with masks can create beautiful fluid lines and brilliantly unpredictable results.

Rae's stencils are available now at stencilgirlproducts.com

Announcing New Designs from Jane Monteith

Jane Monteith has five new fabulous designs releasing today, so without further adeio...

Graffiti 1 - L983

Get your grunge on with Graffiti. Inspired by spray paint and street art. This big and bold stencil designed by Jane Monteith will add a cool edginess to your artwork. Great for layering and masking over pops of vibrant colors that won't go unnoticed. 

Tripwire - L984

Designed by Jane Monteith, Tripwire is a journey of random intuitive marks inspired by quill and ink. This stencil is a combination of larger lines flowing into thin wire like marks, making this stencil unique in all sections. Give your art lots of interest with Tripwire. 

Scribbley - L997

Just like scribble on paper, the Scribbley stencil by Jane Monteith creates the impression of pen marks in your artwork. Lots of quick long thin repeated lines, just like chicken scratch on a notepad.

 

Graffiti 2 Stencil - L996

A mini version of Graffiti, this smaller style stencil called Graffiti 2 has more ribbon like curls and twists. There is also an accompanying mask (see below). Have fun and mix it up with both versions in your artwork!

Graffiti 2 Mask -L995

Jane's stencils are available now at stencilgirlproducts.com

New Stencils From Cecilia Swatton are Available Now!

Cecilia states, "I wanted to create simplified, black-and-white masks that show the flavor of Rex Ray’s art, without copying any of it.  That was a challenge!  Stripped of color, the designs by themselves sagged.  It was those colors that gave them life.  But because of my love for his work, I soldiered on.  Champagne (6” x 6”) and Carnival (4” x 4”) are the results.  I wonder what Rex would say if he could see them?"

 

CHAMPAGNE (S960)

Champagne (6” x 6”) is the title that popped – like a cork? -- into my head as I designed this image. It’s influenced by the whimsy and energy of mid-century modern art, especially that of Rex Ray. 

CARNIVAL (M340)

Carnival (4” x 4”) is a design that makes me happy.  It’s influenced by the playfully fanciful mid-century modern art, especially that of Rex Ray.

Cecilia's stencils are available now at stencilgirlproducts.com

Check Out These New Designs from Tiffany Goff Smith!

Wild Dreams (L949)

Wild Dreams was inspired by the vivid dreams she has, as a little girl she would wake up and tell her mom of all the adventures that she had been on during her slumber. She still has dreams almost nightly and she can recall a good many of them. She often wakes up and sketches things that she has seen, shapes, images, and people. These organic shapes were inspired by a few of those sketches.

Inked Hands (S938)

Our hands hold history from all of those before us. Tiffany comes from a long line of makers and she often thinks of how their work has infused her own, even though there are many she never met.  This stencil represents the power of what we create within our hands as well as the layers of history, hours of work all crafted into our own styles. It is also symbolic of the inked expressions, the love, and the path where our hands will take us. We can see this stencil being used in so many different and personal ways for a variety of makers. 

Tiffany's latest stencils are available now at stencilgirlproducts.com

New Woodland and Botanical Designs From Margaret Peot

Marsh Creatures (L941)

Margaret was inspired to make this 9 x 12 stencil after going back to Ohio to visit some of her old haunts. She grew up between a pond and a giant marsh, and that provided endless opportunities for play. She has been revisiting that time in her artwork—hours alone with her dog, walking along the edge of the pond, watching the frogs jump into the water

Marsh Flowers (L942)

Queen Anne’s Lace, cornflower, black-eyed Susans, thistles, those little pink lobed flowers that she never knew the name of—all the wildflowers in this 9 x 12 stencil grew in the fencerow by the swamp by Margaret's childhood home. They made their way into bouquets that she put all over the house.

Mushrooms (L943)

Margaret's next-door neighbor had a wealth of mushrooms in her woods: different sizes and shapes, glowing against the dark soil and leaves. 

Sinuous Vines (L944)

Margaret made this 9 x 12 stencil because she needed a stencil that moved —that could twist across journal pages, tie things together, and break up a staid layout—while still being representative of the natural world.

Woodland Creatures 1 (L945)

Woodland Creatures (L946)

Margaret was inspired to make these 9 x 12 woodland creatures stencils after working on a children’s book about nocturnal mothers and babies and what they are up to in the night while we sleep. The creatures in these stencils are not strictly nocturnal, but she wanted to show little windows into their lives. They would make a cool card set, or a forest-themed advent calendar…

Margaret's stencils are available now at stencilgirlproducts.com