Hello and welcome to Nathalie Kalbach’s Elephant March Stencil Blog Hop!!!
Nathalie designed an awesome range of stencils for Stencil Girl Products and now she’s hosting a series of cool blog hops to show case them!
The star of this particular blog hop is my absolute favourite… Elephant March:
What can I say… I love this stencil!
I’ve loved it ever since I first got a sneak peak of it in Nathalie’s art journal during the Art Fusion mixed media event. And I may have jumped for joy when Nat invited me to be part of it’s blog hop…
This stencil is different from any of the other stencils I have, because, well… it’s an elephant. And all of my other stencils are more of the background pattern variety.
But… there is more to this stencil than meets the eye! Just look closely at that fabric cover: that’s a background pattern! Or the stripes of the elephants skin… those are going to add great texture to loads of pages!
Nathalie is giving away one stencil to a lucky winner! All you have to do is to leave a comment on her blog hop blog post. But… if you want to boost your chances, I recommend you comment on each of the blogs along the hop, because Nathalie will give you an entry into the give-away for each blog you comment on!
The give-away will be open until September 18, 2013 – midnight EST.
Here are the links to all the blog hop participants:
Can’t wait to see their blog hop projects, but please let me show you what I created with the Elephant March Stencil first!
I had a couple of things in mind before I started creating:
1. I wanted to create a canvas
2. I wanted to push myself, so the canvas had to be larger than my usual (small) formats
3. I wanted to use gold paint
4. I wanted to use neon colours
5. This song:
… which has nothing to do with the canvas, except that it was my earworm during preparations for this blog hop. The video is worth the watch though! It would definitely have affected the outcome of the canvas, if I had seen it beforehand!
I bought the largest canvas they carried at a local “cheap” store (50×70 cm/approx. 20″x30″). I started prepping the canvas by glueing down random scraps of (tissue) paper and fabric, covering it all in gesso and once that was dry: spraying the whole surface with gold spray paint.
I had bought the spray paint at the same local “cheap” store I got the canvas and although the canvas was exceeding my expectations, the can of spray paint was not. Not enough pigment, people! Note to self: definitely invest in quality spray paint next time.
I went on from there… I was having way to much fun to document a real step-by-step, but you can get an idea of the layering from these snapshots I took a long the way:
And here’s the end result:
Stencils used: Nathalie’s Elephant March Stencil, Crackle Stencil, What’s The Point Stencil as well as Jessica Sporn’s Bubbles Girl Stencil.
I assure you that the pink elephant is in reality neon pink! The canvas also has a wonderful golden sheen that’s really hard to capture on camera:
Thank you for visiting me and a huge thank you to Nat for inviting me to play along and be part of this stencil blog hop too!!!
Enjoy the hop and don’t forget to comment for an extra chance to win the Elephant March Stencil!
Just stunning! I love the effect you got with the tissue paper and spray paint — looks like Indian fabric and those elephants — BEAUTIFUL!
a fabulous Canvas!
great!
Love the effect! It is wonderful. I want to play with you!
Such a lovely elephant canvas!
very colourful and like a parade through the street
This one is so different. I love seeing different ideas
What a great canvas you’ve created – with texture and movement and fun!
Fabulous texture and color on your wonderful elephant page. xox
This is such a great version and I love how you thought of all kinds of ways to use the stencil
Stunning!
I love it your canvas is fabulous and I like the coloring
great texture and color and love the use of tissue paper. i love elephants and love this stencil.
What a fun and colorful canvas using the Elephant March stencil! I could see this canvas hanging in a child’s room or nursery. I can’t wait to try out this wonderful stencil!
Love the elephant stencil and love what you did with it!
Great effects! Reminds me of the elephant parade into the big top at the circus!
Your canvas is amazing – I keep seeing new bits of interest, colour and texture each time iI look! The bright colours are so fitting with a decorated Indian elephant. I love it!
I love how you used all those stencils in it and how BIG it is. Just beautiful!
Love it! The Parade of Elephants! Thanks for sharing!
Seeing your large canvas, with all that texture and colors,….flashback….visiting circus with my four kids! Grandioso! just a word for it: splendiferous!…
like your elephant walking
The texture is apparent even in flat mode.
Love the colors and the texture
Ah, great texture! Such a nice parade.
Love what you did — Looks fantastic!
WOW that’s huge!!! that’s a great marching “band”
Beautiful canvas Marsha
He reminds me if batiking. Love him!
Great canvas.
Love this! Makes me think of song, “baby elephant walk” from the movie “Hatari”.
whew hew … wonderful!!!! This is great!!!
love all the layers and texture! beautiful!
How beautiful!
WOW !!!!! That worked really well. Love the stencil AND what you did with it.
I am amazed how many different techniques and looks can be made with one stencil! This is just beautiful.
the transparent effect is gorgeous, and the pop of the neon colors is ethereal! Very cool!
Love that stencil, so versatile. You did a great job of using the stencil and I love the pink elephant.
love the Elephant train- especially the use of neons!
Love your neon elephants. Great texture. Love the effect the layers give.
Love the stencil and your use of it! I love elephants –Roll Tide!
I’m not normally a lover of animal stencils but I love this one. The layers and the neon are really impressive.
I love how you layered the image
I never remember to use stencils on canvas. Sometimes I get stuck doing the same thing. Your came out great. Thanks for the reminder.
Love the brights and the texture!!
<3 J
The elephant parade is terrific! Love it!
What a great canvas! I love that and the way you used the stencil! Thanks for the inspiration!
Fabulous job! Love all the layers and colors you used..and of course that amazing elephant stencil ..it’s a must have!
wow thats really neat. love all the colors and all the different elements on this canvas. You can tell you put your all into this piece. love it
Lovely! Great use of the stencil, too.
I just love this stencil!
Beautiful piece – love the colors and visual texture!
I love that the elephants trunk is raised up meaning good luck to anyone who comes there way. Way cool job.
I can almost hear the parade in your head with those happy elephants!! That paint wasn’t a waste at all – your project was perfect!
Gorgeous project- I love the colors and it makes me just happy!!!! Love the song- too! Thank you so much for playing along!