Stencil Girl and Eileen Hull Designs, Week Long Blog Hop-Day 4

                               
Day 4

Today is MY day to share!

Welcome! This is a long post, so go grab a cup of coffee, tea or soda and enjoy!

But first, I want to say Thank you to Eileen Hull, Stencil Girl and Craffiti for having this wonderful blog hop! I am honored to be a part of such a talented group of Artists!

I came across this cute bag on clearance and thought I could make a one of a kind Art on the Go bag!   

                                           

I used Seth Apter's awesome stencils from Stencil Girl!

From Craffiti I used this Stamp "Barn Wood" 

From Eileen's collection from Sizzix's I used the Flowers, 3D #2 die

I used Wendy Vecchi Archival inks. I asked Wendy if her inks worked on fabric and I was so excited she said "YES"!

I made my flower using Eileen Hull's Sizzix die, Flowers, 3D #2.

Using several cuts from muslin, I stitched them together and then applied ink to some of the petals. I immersed the whole flower into water and scrunched out the water and let dry overnight. once dry, I fluffed it up and stitched it to the bag.    ↓

I wanted areas to have a torn or tattered look, so I stenciled onto random pieces of muslin and attached.

Here is another attached stenciled piece.

I stamped my "Barn Wood" image from Craffiti onto a separate piece of fabric. Then I stenciled over the top of  it with my Stencil Girl stencil. Using Wendy's inks, I wanted to make a pocket to put pens or pencils in, or maybe my cell phone.

I then stitched it onto the bag to make my pocket. ↓

I continued to stencil all over my bag.

More shots

   Before                                After

 My g-daughter modeling my art bag.

Day 4 inspiration-hop on over to the following blogs and see what they have created!

StencilGirl Talk

Carolyn Dube

Kirsten Reed

Beatriz Jennings

Donna Budzynski........................You are here now

Stencil Girl information......click on

StencilGirl Website  

StencilGirl Facebook  

StencilGirl Google+  


Eileen Hull Designs information...click on

Eileen Hull

Eileen Hull Sizzix

Eileen Hull Facebook


Craffiti Direct information........click on

Craffiti Direct (Stamps)


Did I mention...........PRIZE!!!!!

There is a great prize package to be won. All comments left for the entire week August 18th - August 22nd on all blogs in the hop will be eligible for the giveaway. So the more blogs you comment on, the larger your chance is to win. Comments close Sunday, August 24th @ 11:59PM Central Time. Winner will be announced on Tuesday, August 26th.

Thanks for hanging out til the end of this long post!