Jump for Joy! Stencil Test Drive...

Hey there everybody!  I'm behind the wheel for another Stencil Test Drive for my friend Jessica Sporn!

 

This time I've been playing with Jessica's Jump for Joy stencil, which looks like this...

 How fun are these images?!!!  Perfect for art journaling!

 I used the Jump for Joy stencil to create this page in my Road Atlas journal. It was so simple to do...

I wanted to journal on this page, and still be able to see the map peeking out from the background; so I busted out my distress stains in a variety of pink and orange shades, and made a bunch of huge wonky circles.  (Keeping in mind the pink and orange color scheme for this week's Summer of Color Challenge). I added in wavy lines to write on, and did the journaling with black and white journaling pens.  I left some of the circles without writing, just for variation.  

After I was done, I felt like it needed something to give it some pizazz, and Jessica's images were just the right thing!  

I used a sponge dauber, to pounce through the stencil's words and images, which worked really well  to preserve the fine detail of Jessica's design. After that, I outlined the words with gel pens, and added a little pattern to the women's outfits - just for fun.

Here's a close-up of one of the images...

Please check out Jessica's blog, and the other test-driving artists to see more ways to use this fun stencil!!!

Carolyn Dube
Maria McGuire
Jessica Sporn

I'm also linking up to this week's Summer of Color Challenge!

Thanks so much for visiting!  I will see you again soon!