Stenciled Pages

The other day I posted about my favorite stencil companies. Desert Mermaid wrote to me and asked if I could show some specific pages where I used my stencils. All of these are very recent pages and only one (the woman with her head down, bottom set, top right) doesn't have a stencil on it.

Top set from left to right, top row first, I used stencils like this:

-butterflies from Retro Cafe colored in with a blue Souffle pen
-Roses (unknown) colored in with a pink Souffle pen
-Layers of stencils (make sure you wait for each layer to dry before adding the next) using XO and heart stencils from Retro Cafe and using various Glaze and Souffle pens from Sakura
-Heart stencil from Stencil Girl on top of my focal image using a black .35 Rapidosketch and a Gold water based Sharpie Paint Pen.

 
Top set from left to right, top row first, I used stencils like this:

-Raindrops from Crafters Workshop using Souffle and Glaze pens from Sakura and water based Sharpie Paint Pens
-Hearts from Retro Cafe colored in with a pink water based Sharpie Paint Pen
-Half of a Crafters Workshop wheel stencil along the left hand side of the page colored in with Souffle and Glaze pens from Sakura and water based Sharpie Paint Pens

Some Tricks:
-Go slow as you trace/outline and/or color the stencils in. 
-Lift the stencil slowly as you remove it from the page.
-Make sure the pen work is totally dry before you change pens or add another layer.
-The ink in new Glaze and Souffle pens tends to scoot underneath the stencils. If you don't go right up against the edge of the stencil, you should be okay. Accidents happen and you can always fix it by letting it dry and outlining the stencil in a darker color.
-Wipe your stencil down with a dry rag or paper towel when you're done.
-When using Glaze or Souffle pens, the ink should just flow from the pens. Don't press down hard as you use them. (More on that here.)
-Don't feel like you have to use the whole stencil. Use bits and pieces of it and make it your own!
-Don't like how a color turned out? Let it dry and use an opaque pen (like Souffle or a water based paint pen) on top of it.
-Not sure that a pen will work or what a color will look like or how a stencil will behave? Test it on scrap paper first! 
 
Original Post on Favorite Stencils Here
List of Favorite Pens Here and Here
List of Favorite Supplies Here