Made By Janet

Seaside Lavendar Mini, Aug 2015 StencilClub
 Pickleweed Mini

 Hi Stencil Friends.

Janet here.

I am still loving those little field note journals.

I have several going at once with different purposes.

Here are a few spreads for my

 Get Messy Season of Celebration.

This little Bee is from the May 2014 StencilClub kit.

Here is the Loose Half Rings and Seaside Lavendar Mini.

Here is a background I started with lots of layers 

including the ghost of the Curlicue Floral stencil.

Here, Journal Texture 1 is hiding in the layers.

Another use for these little field note books is for making lists.

I participated in #30daysoflists.

Something I have learned about the field note journals

 is they MAY fall apart if the book gets too full of goodness.

So I have started to reinforce the spines 

with waxed thread. So far it has helped!

Whimsical Waves Stencil, Vintage Typewriter Numbers Stencil, 

October 2016 StencilClub, Curlicue Wide Borders

Fade Horizontal Stencil

I decided to make this little journal with 

mostly collage papers and ephemera from my collection.

Curlicue Wide Borders

Curlicue Wide Borders

Vintage book papers, stickers, tags, magazine pages....

Curlicue Floral, Vintage Typewriter Numbers Stencil,

Fade Horizontal Stencil

Fade Horizontal Stencil

Fade Horizontal Stencil

Journal Texture 1

Curlicue Wide Borders, ATC Mixup 1, Cruiser Side Stencil

Curlicue Floral, Nov 2014 StencilClub Kit,

Curlicue Floral

April 2016 StencilClub Kit, Fly 4 (Bird) Stencil

Seaside Lavendar Mini, Seeds Doily Stencil

Fade Horizontal Stencil, Curlicue Wide Borders

Curlicue Floral, Aug 2017 StencilClub Kit

Vintage Typewriter Numbers Stencil, Oct 2016 StencilClub Kit

Included in my 'collection' of papers is
 deli papers, music and book pages full of stencils.
They started from the ghost images of leftover paints on stencils.
 I hate wasting paint or ink leftover on my daubers.
And I hate cleaning stencils.
So this is what I do....

Thanks for visiting and we will see you next time.
Happy stenciling!

Made By Janet

Dream Big Stencil 

Happy New Year!

Hi Stencil Friends!

Janet here, with my StencilGirl Column 

focused on Journals and Planners.

No surprise here! I am still obsessed with those

3.5"x 5.5" field note journals.

Here are a few pages in my recent journals.

Shadow Face 

City Stories Stencil 

ATC Mixup 1  & Curlicue Wide Borders

Loose Half Rings & October StencilClub 2016

X-12 Stencil

Curlicue Wide Borders

ATC Mixup 1 & Bullseye Stencil

ATC Mixup 1

This January starts my 6th year of playing in an Art Planner.

Goodbye 2018.

Hello 2019.

Lots of opportunities to use stencils!

Here's a wrap-up of the last couple months of 2018.

ATC Mixup 1 & February StencilClub 2017

ATC Mixup 1

ATC Mixup 1 & Small Deer Antler Stencil

ATC Mixup 1, Planner Winter Stencils, NovStencilClub 2018, Aug StencilClub 2017

Winter Trees Bark

Winter Trees Bark

Another super fun project I squeezed in during a busy December 2018 was

#CarveDecember hosted by Julie Balzer.

I used a few stencils on my Speedy Carve blocks as design choices.

Curlicue Wide Borders

Curlicue Floral

Cruiser Side Stencil

Cruiser Side Stencil

Small Deer Antlers Stencil

Sometimes I resize the image on a copy machine to get a size I want to carve.

Small Deer Antlers Stencil

ATC Mixup 1

Fly 6 Stencil & Fly 4 Stencil

Again, notice the sizes of my birds. 

That is the 6" and 4" stencil along with two smaller carved versions!

I am real excited about those!

And I'm thinking of trying a smaller one yet!

There you go!

Carving stamps is not at all hard. 

Take a class or get a book on the subject.

Art is all about having fun and trying new things!

See you next time!