Embellished Stenciling: Ballerinas
When Nancy Schnell of FairyDust Creations showed me the pictures of her ballerinas, I knew I would have to "borrow" this idea. How fun for a little girls room! Here's a little closer look. These images were scanned from the original photos, so it is difficult to show the true beauty of these young dancers! Nancy glued [...]
Embellished Stenciling: Powder Room
Today's fabulous Embellished Stencil is this elegant Powder Room created by Nancy Schnell of FairyDust Creations. The walls and ceiling were done using three colors of Lusterstone and Shimmer Suede. The Shimmered Suede was used for the first two layers, Lusterstone for top two layers. Nancy reports that 2 years later, in a home with four [...]
More Examples of Lettering
A great use of lettering done by Nancy Schnell, of FairyDust Creations for Jacobs High School in Algonquin, IL. The school fight song was stenciled onto the wall in the gymnasium. Nancy (right) had the help of Christi Fish (left) and were lucky enough to also have the use of a motorized lift! This [...]
Large Stencil Designs
For the past year or so I have been doing a lot of very large scale stencil designs. Sometimes the size of these stencils can be a bit unruly for one person to deal with solo on a job site or in your own home, so if you can have an extra pair of hands [...]
Faux Shingles
The faux shingles on this play house were created with a 3-4" japan scraper and joint compound. When dry, paint with bright brown paint, and then overglaze with dark brown or black ... or whatever color is desired....
