Friday, July 6, 2012

My new favorite product...

Lately I have been stalking Julie Balzer's blog. I love what she does with stencils! She just released coordinating stencil and stamp kits. I started simple and got myself this stencil and stamp:

stamp:

stencil:


(I bought them from BlueMoon Scrapbooking where they have TONS of stencils and stamps!)

I have been playing around with them, but one of the easiest ways I found to use this was just to take a thin black pen and trace some of the circles in the stencil.


The simple outlines add just a little more interest to the page, and the way I arranged them helps your eye move up the page from the lower left to the top right corner.

I LOVE LOVE this Basic Grey PB&J collection!!!!  I used some die cuts that came with the line and a few of the chipboard pieces (the navy bars at the top and bottom of the page, which I machine stitched over).  I cut the chevron paper to make little banners and splattered some navy ink as well! (Page designed based on a sketch from Kristine Davidson).

Thanks for stopping by today!!!  

8 comments:

Miriam Prantner said...

I'm a huge fan of Julie too! I've been taking Stencil Carving 101. This is a great layout! I've got to get some of these sets!

Anonymous said...

Love Julie too! And, love what you did here!

Diana Fisher said...

Off to check those out!! I am definitely intrigued!

Unknown said...

Love the scallops and banners. Your misting and stencil tracing makes the page!

Diana Waite said...

okay those pictures of your little guy are SWEET! love all the little dimension details on this layout--GREAT colors too--LOVE it!

Karenladd said...

Oh, I love those traced circles! I have quite a few stencils but never quite know what to do with them. Thanks for the inspiration!

Christa said...

Just a great design. The chevron pennants are perfect and I DOOOOOOOOOOO like what you have done with those templates!

KrissyClarkMcKee said...

Love, love, love this! I think this is my favorite so far. I love everything from the pennants, to the papers, to the journaling, to the circles - it's all perfect!