Kaleidoscope Blog Hop & Giveaway
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I was thrilled to be asked by Artistcellar to participate in a blog hop promoting Cecilia Swatton's new line of Kaleidoscope Stencils . I LOVE STENCILS! And I know you all do too, so someone is going to win a set of their own. More details on that below. Mister loves stencils too. Well honestly he loves anything he can get his paws into! He is such a good model. I started out playing with the stencils in my sketchbook. I tried a little painting, a little doodling, all just to see what kind of project I wanted to use them in. OH! I just noticed a funny little white seal with fangs and a party hat there on the bottom right of the doodle above! OH, or maybe it is a seagull with a bow tie and party hat? What do you think? Anyway, I decided that one of the projects I wanted to make was a birthday card for my sister-in-law. I took a piece of sketchbook paper which I had added color to with my brayer while monoprinting. I glued on a cou