Stencil Cutting

GPP Street Team Crusade #18, Cut your own stencil: A long, long time ago, when I first started experimenting with all kinds of arts and crafts, I cut my own stencils. I haven't been cutting many stencils lately, so I think it's time to get back into it! I usually cut stencils with a scissors or razor knife. I have heat tools with stencil-cutting tips, which I tried for the first time - they worked just fine! I made multiple-layer stencils for my angel drawing, even one for "background" or "shadow" stencil. Here you can see the "used" stencils with paint still on them, and the angel stencilled with acrylics in my art journal.
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A bit of shameless self-promotion here: Check out my handmade items; Retro Fashion Pins and shell angels, seen in these photos.

Altered Art - Bottles

I love altering objects, I enjoy taking an everyday, ordinary thing and jazzing it up! The bottles are about 12" tall and flat on each side.

The beach bottle on the left has torn mulberry and collage papers on the sides, tags with shell images around the bottom, skinny jute and real shells glued around the neck.

The shells bottle on the right has a paper doily and some shell print paper on the sides, plus spiral clips and wire with beads. Around the neck is more wire and beads.

Enjoy the sights and sounds of summer!