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Here's a little sneak peek of something fun coming up on the @gelliarts blog later this week!⠀
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I'm in a bit of a weird place. I feel like I didn't pay enough attention and all of a sudden summer has slipped through my fingers.⠀
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Which isn't right, because I think I've made more of this sunny season than I do most years!⠀
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But the last two weeks have been rough. We've had to say goodbye to a beloved aunt. Her death didn't come as a surprise, and she has lived a long and full life, but we will miss her loads.⠀
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On top of all the sadness, I was stressed and worried out of my mind because I've stupidly broken my laptop.⠀
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So if you've read this far, here's a quick reminder: Keep liquids as far from your computer as possible + Back up, back up, back up!⠀
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I'm not that worried about my files and photos though. Losing a person in the same week certainly puts things into perspective.⠀
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But I do realise how lucky I am to have that laptop and all of the software I work with on a daily basis. It's so much harder to do the work without it. So fingers crossed that it can be brought back to working order. ⠀
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Until then I think I will stay on my summer schedule a bit longer. Because I'm so not ready for autumn. Besides my old laptop is slooooooooowwwww.⠀
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The Stencilfied Journal | Prompt #12: Stencil the front and back cover. Put your journal in a bowl of coffee/tea for 5 min.⠀
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Uhm... Yeah...⠀
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I didn't just give my journal a foot bath; I dunked the entire thing. Everything got soaked. ⠀
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But first I stencilled the cover using Liquitex Gloss Medium and Varnish and @stencilgirl_products stencils by @mbshaw, @natkalbach, @gwenlafleurstudios and @dottystripes.⠀
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I was hoping the tea would stain the cover, but I can't say that it did much of anything. ⠀
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The hardest part about the experiment was to get the journal to dry afterwards.⠀
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I used a hair dryer and later a heat tool to get the worst of the moisture out.⠀
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Two of the pages got damaged because they stuck together. There was colour transfer and bleeding on others, but nothing serious. And I had to readhere some of the collage elements.⠀
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If nothing else, this was a great exercise in how to rescue a journal!!!⠀
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The Stencilfied Journal is a StencilGirl® Collaboration Challenge hosted by the fab @adogslife13. ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀
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From June through September she's sharing one 'Wreck this Journal'-esque prompt a week (16 in total). ⠀
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It's not too late to join us! So if this sounds like something you'd enjoy then, by all means, grab a notebook and... stencilfy it!!!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀
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Please note that though I am a @stencilgirl_products columnist, and most of the materials used for this prompt were given to me, this is not a sponsored post! I'm participating in this collab because I think @adogslife rocks and the challenge is a lot of fun!!! ⠀
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The Stencilfied Journal | Prompt #11: Bring your outside page back in. Put it in your journal. Stencil it.⠀
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Swipe to see the page that was outside for more than eight weeks! It's still in remarkable condition!⠀
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I guess that says something about acrylic paint, doesn't it? And I'm not sure if it's a good or a bad thing.⠀
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Anyway, I didn't want to mess with the tag too much, so I stencilled on top of the existing design with an embossing pad and embossing powder by @wowembossing. ⠀
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The @stencilgirl_products stencil I used for this is one of my favourites by @natkalbach: Art Deco Wallpaper.⠀
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The Stencilfied Journal is a StencilGirl® Collaboration Challenge hosted by the fab @adogslife13. ⠀⠀⠀
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From June through September she's sharing one 'Wreck this Journal'-esque prompt a week (16 in total).⠀
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It's not too late to join us! So if this sounds like something you'd enjoy then, by all means, grab a notebook and... stencilfy it!!!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Please note that though I am a @stencilgirl_products columnist, this is not a sponsored post! I'm participating in this collab because I think @adogslife rocks and the challenge is a lot of fun!!!⠀
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