Saturday, February 28, 2015

Journal/Planner Redesign





In my last post you saw the planner I was working on to re-design as I disliked the color of the Day Planner and opted to paint it using Deco Art So-Soft Paints and really felt that it was toooo busy!   I will admit that I tend to go overboard when I am stenciling, then thought why not paint around a design to tone down most of the front. leaving the areas of the stenciled layer that I loved.   I had a new stencil from Stencil Girl Products that I was  looking forward to using of a daisy mask and thought it would be perfect for this planner.  HMMMM!!!!  I used Black So-Soft paints to paint around the design leaving the previous stenciled image and loved it although it took days for it to dry because I had added sooooo much paint over neoprene.  I was actually a little nervous that it was never going to dry completely but it did.  HURRAY!!! 

Now I love it and have something which is completely of my own design and idea.  I would suggest doing this if you have a paintable planner, I don't know how well you can paint over leather but the neoprene seemed to take the paint well but you do have to be patient and allow the paint to cure.  It is still a little sticky but over time I'm sure it will dry perfectly.  If you look carefully you can see the glitter paint starting to show through the black and little snippets of paint colors which I love. 

In my next few posts I am going to share with you some of the inside sections of this planner which were also completed entirely by myself.  Having a blast with this project. 

BTW the stencil I used for the flower is one by Stencil Girl and is called Doodle It Daisy Stencil by Maria McGuire.  Love it.  Go to their site and view all of the fantastic stencils by the amazing artists at Stencil Girl!

6 comments:

  1. I truly like it a lot better after the stenciling. Question-did you seal it? If so, what product did you use?
    I think the whole thing turned out awesome!!

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    1. Hi Karen, Love your blog BTW! I read it regularly! I did not seal the journal and may live to regret that but since I used So Soft Fabric Paints I didn't think I needed to. I have used them on fabric and washed with no ill effect. So....... Thanks again for posting and taking the time to look. Delighted. Blogging can be such a lonesome endeavor! LOL.

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  2. Now that is one COOL planner! I absolutely love how you made it your own...and on a personal note, I am honored that you chose my stencil to do it with :)

    Maria
    StencilGirl Products

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    1. Maria!!! Thank you for commenting. I am delighted! How did you hear about my post, out of curiosity. Love this stencil but I am a stencil addict and really love all stencils from all brands but really love Stencil Girl! I will edit the post to mention you as the stencil designer. Thanks again.

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  3. This is so pretty! Thank you for the inspiration!

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    1. Hi Cecilia, thank you for taking the time to look. It was a process for sure. A little trial and error but I was happy with the end result.

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