Stencil Test Drive Redux #8 - Jump for Joy

Welcome to the 8th Stencil Test Drive Redux!  (See all the test drives here.)

GIVEAWAY ALERT!  Each month, I will give away one of the featured stencils to one randomly chosen person.  All you need to do is post a comment below. Comments for the giveaway will close on Monday at 9PM EST, and the winner will be posted in this post by Tuesday morning 10AM EST, so make sure to check back!    

This week - a look back at the Jump for Joy Stencil Test Drive. Here's a peek at one of my projects from that Test Drive and the Jump for Joy Stencil itself!

 

I had two other projects on my blog from that test drive, with two videos. So make sure to hop back and see them.

Here are the amazing projects from the artists on that original test drive. Click the names below the images to go to the original blog posts.  The tutorials are fantastic.

Carolyn Dube (who has a video in her blog post)

Maria McGuire

Michelle Rydell

I hope you'll check out all of these posts and the great tutorials they have!  Thank you again to all the artists who participated!

And although not part of the original test drive, I wanted to share these awesome tags by artist Lisa Dobry!

GIVEAWAY ALERT: For a chance to win the Jump for Joy Stencil, make sure to leave a comment below and include your email address.   To avoid SPAM, please write it like this: jessicasporndesigns (at) gmail (dot) com

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Why Online Challenges are Great Creativity Boosters - The 100 Day Challenge - Part 1

Happy Tuesday!

Today I am sharing twenty pieces of what started out being simple, small art.  These are the posts for my first 20 days of the #100dayproject on Instagram.  If you follow my friend Marjie's blog, you know that she is also participating in this creativity party that began on Instagram on April 19th.   She organized her post with these collaged squares of squares, and it seemed like a great way to organize them.  So thank you Marjie!

Each square represents 4 days of posts on Instagram.  

The only requirement to be part of the challenge was to commit to some kind of daily creativity (writing, art, photo, cooking - whatever!).  I came up with the idea of #100daysofquirkycritters, and Marjie decided on #100daysofsmallsquares. You can find both our Instagram feeds here: Jessica's Instagram and Marjie's Instagram.

My critters started out pretty simply, with the funny owl, goose, cow and pig in the first picture, above.  But pretty soon, they got more and more detailed, with bits of color and stories coming with each picture.  

I was having so much fun with them, that I decided to turn some of them into a new greeting card line called "Just Add Color."  

As I'm writing this, my rep is at the Surface and Textile Design Show in New York, showing these to possible clients. What do you think?  Is a line of "color your own" greeting cards a good idea?  I hope so!!

Then... a course I'm taking called MATS (Make Art That Sells) Bootcamp gave us the prompt of Medieval motifs and illuminated lettering.  And my quirky critters began to inhabit a Medieval lettered alphabet.    

Another mixed media friend doing this challenge is Michelle Rydelle, who is creating 100 Journal Pages for this challenge under the hashtag #100journalpagesforshelley2016.  And there are many more.  If you go on Instagram, searching #100dayproject will show you so many imaginative and beautiful entries. 

I hope you'll stay tuned to see how the rest of my alphabet shapes up.  And you can jump into the challenge any time.   If you're participating in the challenge, please leave your handle and hashtag in the comments.  I'd love to see what you're doing!

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Stencil Test Drive Redux #6 & Giveaway

Welcome to the 6th Stencil Test Drive Redux!  (See all the test drives here.) 

(And if you're looking for the details of my Design Team call, it's here.) 

GIVEAWAY ALERT!  Each month, I will give away one of the featured stencils to one lucky commenter.  Comments for the giveaway will close on Monday at 9PM EST, and the winner will be posted in this post by Tuesday morning at 9AM EST, so make sure to check back!  

This week - a look back at the Hands Stencil Test Drive.  Here's a peek at my project from that Test Drive and the Hands Stencil itself. 

And here's a recent video where I used it as art therapy :)

You can also watch "Journaling My Anxiety" on YouTube here.  

Here are the amazing projects from the artists on that original test drive.  Click the names below the images to go to the original blog posts.  The tutorials are fantastic.

Michelle Rydelle

Natasha May

Carolyn Dube

Marjie Kemper

Maria McGuire

Janet Joehlin

Kirsten Reed

I hope you'll check out all of these posts and the great tutorials they have!  

GIVEAWAY ALERT: For a chance to win the Hands Stencil, make sure to leave a comment below that includes your email address.   

And the winner is...

The deadline to apply to my Design Team is May 1!  I hope you'll check out the requirements and apply.  

And if you've used one of my stencils, make sure to send me a picture/link and let me know! 

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Your comments make me so happy and let me know you were here. I read and treasure every comment and will happily answer any questions as soon as I can.

If you are entering a GIVEAWAY, please add your email address in the event I need to contact you.

To avoid SPAM, please write it like this: jessicasporndesigns (at) gmail (dot) com

Thank You!

Stencil Test Drive Redux (#1) and Giveaway

When I first began designing stencils for Stencil Girl, I hosted hops where generous artists took my stencils for a "test drive."  Today starts a monthly series -- the first Thursday of the month -- re-visiting those test drives.  I will also be sharing posts where other artists used my Rubbermoon stamps.  (I will also share posts by other artists who've used my stencils.  So if you have used them, make sure to let me know!)  

GIVEAWAY ALERT!  Each month, I will give away one of the featured stencils to one lucky commenter.  Comments for the giveaway will close on Sunday at 9AM EST, and the winner will be posted in this post by Monday morning at 9AM EST, so make sure to check back! 

This week - a look back at the Cascading Leaves Stencil Test Drive.  Here's my project and the Cascading Leaves stencil itself. 

Click the names below the images to go to the original blog posts.

Michelle Rydell

Roben-Marie Smith

Nathalie Kalbach

Judy Shea

I hope you'll check out these posts.  

Giveaway Closed. For a chance to win the Cascading Leaves Stencil, make sure to leave a comment below that includes your email address.  

And if you've used one of my stencils, make sure to send me a picture/link and let me know! 

Comments for the giveaway will close on Sunday at 9AM EST, and the winner will be posted in this post by Monday morning at 9AM EST, so make sure to check back!

And the winner is - Sandi Pulizzi!  The stencil is on its way to you!

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