StencilGirl June 2024 Project

A  big clear up is happening in my studio at the moment, and I’m discovering lots of things I had long forgotten. One of these were 5 left over 5 x 7” watercolor cards, cold pressed, by Strathmore and they seemed very suited to my June Project.

Here is the link to the tutorial: https://www.stencilgirltalk.com/2024/06/guest-designer-frieda-oxenham.html

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StencilGirl November 2023 Project

Time to start thinking about gifts and as we all know hand-made ones are the best. So here is my suggestion. You can find the tutorial here:

https://www.stencilgirltalk.com/2023/11/guest-designer-frieda-oxenham.html

StencilGirl October 2023 Project

I always have some hand made postcards at the ready for when I might need one. And of course they sometimes disappear fast so it’s time to make some new ones.Here is the link to the tutorial:

https://www.stencilgirltalk.com/2023/10/hand-made-postcards-by-frieda-oxenham.html

StencilGirl September 2023 Project

I’ve always loved mandalas and circles and they pop up regularly in my work. There are many choices of mandala related stencils available from Stencilgirl® Products so you can select your favourite one for this project.

Here is the tutorial:

https://www.stencilgirltalk.com/2023/09/new-art-tutorial-by-frieda-oxenham-with.html

And finally this morning’s early light:

StencilGirl August 2023 Project

Sometimes I get inspired by just going through my stencils and simply coming upon one that attracts my attention. In this case it was the text Be True to Yourself that made me think. It is at times quite hard to even know who you are and it is also a fluid concept, as we continually change. Who I am today is more than likely not who I will be tomorrow. And I don’t know about you but my head is always full of those sort of thoughts. Sometimes I wish there was an Off switch. That was the sort of idea I tried to capture in this spread.

Here is the tutorial:

https://www.stencilgirltalk.com/2023/08/new-art-tutorial-by-frieda-oxenham-with.html

And here is today’s skyscape

StencilGirl June 2023 Project

Stencilgirl® Products has a wonderful selection of stencils to choose from and today’s project was 

inspired by a set of stencils that themselves were inspired by tiles. They are all sized 6 x 6” and 

designed by Laurie Mika. They are gorgeous and I used three of them in today’s art. Here is the Tutorial:

https://www.stencilgirltalk.com/2023/06/new-art-tutorial-by-frieda-oxenham-with.html

Trollius for FlowerFriday 

and today’s skyscape 

StencilGirl May 2023 Project

Collage 73/100

Just like last year and years before I am once again participating in #the100dayproject. I enjoyed the project so much last year that I am continuing with it this year with slightly different guidelines. I am still making collages but on slightly larger cards; A5 (5.82 x 8.26” instead of 5 x 7” ) and this year all my cards will have a circular theme. My cards last year were already going in that direction and I decided to go with it completely this year, and the paper I’m using is painted/printed entirely by me (although some vintage paper managed to sneak in here and there).

Most papers are left-overs from previous projects and you may recognize them from my previous monthly projects for Stencilgirl® Products, but as I wanted to share here I also made some new stock.

Here is the link to the  tutorial: 

https://www.stencilgirltalk.com/2023/05/frieda-oxenham-the100dayproject.html

Collage 18/100

StencilGirl March 2023 Project

It’s March and Spring is coming. I can’t wait! However beautiful snow can be I prefer flowers although I know that they too will pass just like winter is on its way out,  even though it’s white outside just now! This spread celebrates the coming and going of the seasons.

Here is the tutorial: https://www.stencilgirltalk.com/2023/03/stencilgirl-art-journaling-by-frieda.html

And also today Collage 17/100

As well as my daily skyscape

Collage 7/100

The100DayProject

Collage 1/100
The first day and for the next 99 days my daily collages can be found on Instagram @friedaquilter and occasionally here. I am continuing my project from last year but working on A5 cards, using circles as my theme and only using paper painted or printed by me

Sunset

StencilGirl February 2023 Project

Of course this month is all about hearts and I couldn’t resist adding my small version. The quotation I used comes from the poem Out of the sunset’s red, by William Stanley Braithwaite.

Here is the link to the tutorial

https://www.stencilgirltalk.com/2023/02/stencilgirl-art-journaling-by-frieda.html

StencilGirl July 2022 Project

We have arrived at the height of summer, at least if you live in the Northern Hemisphere, and it is time to celebrate our gardens. That is also what I tried to do on this spread, using one of the stencils from Stencilgirl® Product that is so perfect in itself that I wanted to use it as is.

Here is the link to the tutorial:

https://www.stencilgirltalk.com/2022/07/stencilgirl-art-journaling.html

StencilGirl April 2022 Project

As I mentioned previously in my February 2022 project I had bought some black sheets of paper from Arteza that were pre-scored to be folded into 7 x 8.6” frames, and it seemed a shame not to use them again as I was rather taken with them. This is the result.

Here is the link for the tutorial:

https://www.stencilgirltalk.com/2022/04/frieda-oxenham-artwork-with-stencilgirl.html

Also today collage 54/100

The 100 Day Project

Today is the start of The 100 day project, where you undertake to do something every day for 100 days. This can be anything of your own choosing. Mine is art related and I will be posting the result on my Instagram account daily (@friedaquilter). I’m making 5 x 7” cards using collage as the main feature and using the many sheets made during the making of other art and leftovers from previous projects. I won’t show them all here but some might pop up (during rainy days like today)

StencilGirl July 2021 Project

We are slowly nearing the end of Ben Okri’s poem that I have been illustrating as part of my monthly projects for StencilGirl, and have reached the words: “The dream is real, and the real is a dream”. Too true! This entire period of our lives has seemed extremely surreal and it is hard to imagine what our “normal” lives before the end of 2019 looked liked. I somehow think that that sort of normality will probably never fully return but hopefully our real world will slowly become a nicer dream. I also liked the words as they gave me the opportunity to use one of my most favourite stencils, one of those I keep aside on a separate pile, for special occasions. It is stencil L519 Lyrical Leaves. It’s based on the principle of Notan: Nōtan is a Japanese design concept involving the play and placement of light and dark elements as they are placed next to the other in the composition of art and imagery. This stencil does this beautifully and also seemed to resonate with the difference between dreams and reality, so the scene was set to make this spread. Here is the link to the tutorial:

https://www.stencilgirltalk.com/2021/07/frieda-oxenham-art-journaling-with.html