Bird Stencils: A Contemporary Approach
The Stencil Library recently released this fabulous new Ostrich stencil design. Helen shows it in these three incredible colorways on her Design Inspiration blog. All I can say is, how fun! These next three great designs are from Cutting Edge Stencils. The clean, graphic look shown is easily achieved by using a roller stenciling technique [...]
Bird Stencils: Allover Repeat Designs
An opportunity to work with a client who loves a bird and flower theme throughout her home, took me on a journey to explore what interesting bird stencils are currently available. Once my research began, I was amazed to see that beautiful and creative options abound for us to work our magic! Today’s post will focus on [...]
Stenciling with Doilies 3: Stenciled Cabinet
For this small cabinet makeover, I base painted the cabinet door a soft black. Next, I used a wavy stripe stencil from The Stencil Library (DM2 Waves) and applied black StucoLux™ to every other stripe, let dry and burnished. Two different paper doilies were used for stencils with an iridescent green paint from Golden. The [...]
Silhouette Stencils
I recently stumbled upon the wonderful website of the Artful Stencil. They feature a Silhouette Family that would be great to stencil and frame. This site offers a pdf you can download, featuring some clever project ideas. The Stencil Library is also a great source to find a wide variety of silhouette stencils. Take a [...]
Exploring and Experimenting with Stencil Art
A recent post on DesignAmour prompted me to do a bit more research about stencil graffiti art. There were some great links in Melanie Royals' post that day and if this type of stenciling stirs your creativity, I urge you to follow through to some of those sites to inspire you when it comes to thinking [...]
Clock Stencils
In this article from Martha Stewart's website, she shows how to stencil a clock directly onto a wall. I loved this idea, and decided to see what clock face stencils might be available to speed up the process. A quick search found several possibilities, of varying sizes. This Cross Hall Clockface from Designer Stencils comes [...]
