Totally Dotty

Posted: May 6, 2026 | Author: | Filed under: AALL & Create, Classes, Concord & 9th, many mandalas, totally dotty stencil | Tags: , , , , | 1 Comment

This stencil is appropriately called ‘totally dotty.’ It is a big stencil from AALL & Create and is cool for gel printing, alcohol inks and as it turns out, watercolour as well.

I have done quite a few stencil prints lately both in preparation for and during my recent workshops. I used different watercolour mediums including distress stains which provide quite saturated colour as you can see in the panel above. Pressing the painted panel on the stencil or vice versa can create very funky and distinct patterns as well as subtle dreamy ones. This panel ended up very distinct except for an area in middle. Not a problem as you can see; I stayed with the dotty theme and stamped my C&9 ‘many mandalas‘ sentiment on a circle for the centre.

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Totally Dotty

Posted: July 15, 2024 | Author: | Filed under: AALL & Create, Foiled Fox store, nesting squares, Penny Black, The Foiled Fox, totally dotty stencil, Waffle Flower | Tags: , , , | Leave a comment

Yes, the stencil used for this card is called ‘Totally Dotty’! I mean what else would you call it? It is a large stencil from AALL & Create sent to me by the Foiled Fox so I could do totally dotty things with it. I blended inks through it for this card but I have also blended paint through it on gel prints and will no doubt use it with alcohol inks and art journals as well.

I blended wild honey, picked raspberry, salty ocean and evergreen bough distress inks through the stencil with blending brushes then, when I lifted it, blended more ink to soften the stark white background. This is a technique I’ve seen the blending wizards use.

Such a colourful background called for a contrasting sentiment so I stamped in black on white then matted in black using Waffle Flower square nesting dies. Nesting dies definitely cut down on the mistakes I make in creating very slim mats for panels. Did you see I added enamel dots; not a common embellishment for me but the water splatter just didn’t make enough impact so shiny black dots to the rescue. Make sure you pop over to the Foiled Fox blog and online store to be inspired and delighted. (Yes, there are affiliate links used in this post, no extra cost for you but a bonus to me!)