Friday, April 25, 2014

Dreamweaver and Stampendous: Another Dream-Pendous Event...Day Five

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Welcome to another "Dream-Pendous" week of inspiration! The *Stampendous*team and the *Dreamweaver* team  (plus a couple) are collaborating once again with all the fun toys in both team's arsenal. Of course, as usual, there will be great prizes available for those who comment throughout this week. In face there will be three prize packages available to win.



 Each will have a great selection of *Dreamweaver Stencils* and *Stampendous* images and dies...one of which being the new *"Blossom Beauty"* face image as shown on the badge above. Here is my creation for today:

I wanted to do something totally different from my last post.  So here is the girl in blue flowers.


I Started with the Blossom Beauty from Stampendous.  Stamping her in dark blue pigment.  Then using the mask I stamped the flowers.  Again this was all done in colored pencils.

Once I had her colored I put the finishing touches on with Dreamweaver stencils:
LJ804 Large Dots with a white pen and

LJ815 Zebra Texture
first I traced some of the lines on her forehead with a lead pencil then colored it in with a blue colored pencil.


Perfect!!  I really liked the result. 
Make sure to visit the rest of the group and join in and win prizes.   Thanks for visiting!


Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Dreamweaver and Stampendous: Another Dream-Pendous Event...Day Two

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Welcome to another "Dream-Pendous" week of inspiration! The *Stampendous*team and the *Dreamweaver* team  (plus a couple) are collaborating once again with all the fun toys in both team's arsenal. Of course, as usual, there will be great prizes available for those who comment throughout this week. In face there will be three prize packages available to win.



 Each will have a great selection of *Dreamweaver Stencils* and *Stampendous* images and dies...one of which being the new *"Blossom Beauty"* face image as shown on the badge above. Here is my creation for today:
 
 

Started with the Blossom Beauty from Stampendous.  I immediately pictured a Gibson Girl.  Once she was colored with pencils I stenciled the background with Dreamweaver Stencil LX7022 Vintage Decor in Soft Blue pigment ink behind her.
LX 7022 Vintage decor
LOVE THIS!!!

 Make sure to continue through the group for more ideas for Stampendous and Dreamweaver!!

Also remember if you participate you too could be a winner!!!
 
 

Sunday, April 6, 2014

April Inspirations



We're already into April, and no foolin', the Dream Team has a spectacular month planned for you...filled with exciting news and inspiration for all of your crafting dreams! The exciting news will be announced in the Dream It Up! post on April 17th, but the "April Inspirations" challenge will run for the entire month. Each team member will post what inspires them in their creative life...maybe a Pinterest pic, a magazine pic, a quote, a book, a place, an artist, a crafter friend...along with their creation. We are hoping that you will feel inspired as well, and link your projects (and inspiration) to the inlinkz tool on the Dream It Up! blog. Check out what our Guest Designer and the "A" team has been inspired by for this week...




 

Thursday, March 27, 2014

March Madness Week 4

 

We're STILL MAD I tell you! We've all gone MAD! That is...MAD for Dreamweaver Stencils! Lol. Welcome back to our "March Madness" challenge! Anything goes, and the more outside-of-the-box, the better. This year, we're aiming to play with non-traditional challenges whenever possible. So, break out all of your I-never-quite-knew-what-to-do-with-these-products stash, look at your Dreamweaver stencils in a whole new creative light, and get crafting! Oh, and don't forget to link those creations to the linkytool on the Dream It Up! blog for one of THREE chances to win the stencil of your choice!
 
My madness this week starts with LX7024 Zen Flower
 

 
 
 
Pick 5 papers; 2 print and 3 solids.  Flip paper.  Trace stencil onto back of papers.  Each paper should be one row smaller each time. Cut out
 
Layer with foam tape and set jewels in the center.  Tah-dah.....a quick piece of art.



 
 
Need some more crazy ideas? Check out the "B" team, and our very special guest designer and Certified Dreamweaver teacher... 
 
 
 

Thursday, March 20, 2014

March Madness Week Three


We're STILL MAD I tell you! We've all gone MAD! That is...MAD for Dreamweaver Stencils! Lol. Welcome back to our "March Madness" challenge! Anything goes, and the more outside-of-the-box, the better. This year, we're aiming to play with non-traditional challenges whenever possible. So, break out all of your I-never-quite-knew-what-to-do-with-these-products stash, look at your Dreamweaver stencils in a whole new creative light, and get crafting! Oh, and don't forget to link those creations to the linkytool on the Dream It Up! blog for one of THREE chances to win the stencil of your choice! Need some crazy ideas? Check our "A" team first, and our very special guest designer and Certified Dreamweaver teacher...
 
 
Make sure to check out the groups madness!!

See you next week.

 

Thursday, March 13, 2014

March Madness week Two

 Welcome to our "March Madness" challenge! Anything goes, and the more outside-of-the-box, the better. This year, we're aiming to play with non-traditional challenges whenever possible. So, break out all of your I-never-quite-knew-what-to-do-with-these-products stash, look at your Dreamweaver stencils in a whole new creative light, and get crafting! Oh, and don't forget to link those creations to the linkytool on the Dream It Up! blog for one of THREE chances to win the stencil of your choice! Need some crazy ideas?


Here is my madness for this week:
 
Since I live in the Wyoming wilderness, I decided to do something that would be from the area.
 
So I started with :
 
 
LG714 Elk
 
LG715 Moose
 
andLL584 Bison
 
 
Next cut 4 4x4 squares of white paper. Sponge color over the whole area.
Place stencil over square and stencil color onto it.
Place paper face down on a piece of laminate paper.  Cut leaving a 12 inch border.  Cut corners in a V.  Apply double stick tape to back of image. 
Cut 4 4x4 squares of cork.  Set image, adhesive side down onto cork.  Fold laminate edges over and TAH DAH!!!  You have a set of coasters.
 

Make sure to check out the rest of the team for more "MAD" ideas:
 
For those of you that are interested, check out the Dreamweaver blog to see how you to can join the creative team!!
 

Thursday, March 6, 2014

March Madness Week One

 

We're MAD I tell you! We're all going MAD! That is...MAD for Dreamweaver Stencils! Lol. Welcome to our "March Madness" challenge! Anything goes, and the more outside-of-the-box, the better. This year, we're aiming to play with non-traditional challenges whenever possible. So, break out all of your I-never-quite-knew-what-to-do-with-these-products stash, look at your Dreamweaver stencils in a whole new creative light, and get crafting! Oh, and don't forget to link those creations to the linkytool on the Dream It Up! blog for one of THREE chances to win the stencil of your choice! Need some crazy ideas? Check our "A" team first, and our very special guest designer and Certified Dreamweaver teacher...
 
 
Make sure to check out the groups madness!!

See you next week.

Thursday, February 27, 2014

February Flutters - week 4

Are you ready for more of the Dreamweaver challenge for February? It will be a short month of posts for the Dream Team, but we're pretty excited to share with you our versions of "February Flutters", meaning anything that flutters. Heart flutters, wings that flutter, breezes, sails, etc. So, come along for the ride and link your own "flutterings" to the Dream It Up! blog for a chance to win the stencil of your choice. Meanwhile, here's my "fluttering" for the week:
 
This week I used two stencils to create what makes my heart flutter.

First LG747 Ruffled Heart




Second LS1011 Merci
 
 
Paste with Red Glossy Paste, let dry.  Place Merci over the red heart and paste with White Glossy Paste
 
 
 
Matt onto metallic paper and you'll make someone else's heart flutter!
 
 
Quick and easy!!
Thanks for stopping by..........
 






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Thursday, February 13, 2014

February Flutters

 
Are you ready for the new Dreamweaver challenge for the month of February? It will be a short month of posts for the Dream Team, but we're pretty excited to share with you our versions of "February Flutters", meaning anything that flutters. Heart flutters, wings that flutter, breezes, sails, etc. So, come along for the ride and link your own "flutterings" to the Dream It Up! blog for a chance to win the stencil of your choice. Meanwhile, here's my "fluttering" for the week:
 
This week I used LJ887 to create my flutters.
 
 
 
Paste with Black matte paste, let dry.  Use Glue Pad and Mica powders to add color.
 
Matt onto decorative paper and watch your flutterbys take flight.
 
Quick and easy!!
Thanks for stopping by..........
 






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Thursday, January 30, 2014

Lose some weight!! Also known as CAS (Clean and Simple) week 5

This week I'm featuring another new stencil that was introduced at CHA this month.
 
First I dry embossed LL3037 the Butterfly.  Then added color by using the Embossed Strie' technique.
 
Then I dry embossed the new LX7025 background and brushed color on it. 
 
Finally I put the butterfly stencil back over the embossed image and placed the background stencil over the top of it.  Stencil color over both stencils to create the pattern.
 
 
Make sure to visit the rest of the group for less "weighty" ideas!!
 
 

Thursday, January 23, 2014

Lose Some Weight! Also Known As CAS (Clean and Simple)

This weeks CAS is also featuring one of the new stencil images from CHA.

I started with the new giant flower LX7024.  Use Pearlescent stencil paste and Pearlescent paper.  LM2010.  Paste the image using the LM2010 Paste Spreader.

FYI - This is the most fantastic invention for giant stencils.  It really makes spreading paste SO much
easier.

Then heat from underneath the paper.  This makes the paste bubble in a more uniform way.  Rather than having paste that looks like popcorn, you will get a much more smooth effect.   Both are gorgeous, but for this project I like the result from heating underneath.




 Don't miss any of the CAS samples from the group this week!  See you next week.

Thursday, January 9, 2014

CHA Release!!


Welcome to Dreamweaver's CHA Release Week! This week and next the Dream Teams will be posting sneak peeks of our newest designs...STENCILS AND DIES! The teams have had so much fun stretching their creativity to show you the most inspiring ways to use these new products. If you just can't stand to wait until your local stores get these in, you can order online from Stencil with Style!
 

Today I used the new elephant stencil, and the Embossed Strie technique.  Darken the eye with a black marker and highlight the tusk with a white pen and done.
Quick, simple and with all the cuteness needed for a 2 year olds birthday card!

Check out the rest of the teams sites.  One or more have a sneek peek at what is to come during CHA this week!!


 

Thursday, January 2, 2014

Happy Birthday Lynell!!

Did you know that we're celebrating the Queen's birthday this week? Well...the Queen of Stencils, Lynell Harlow, that is. Actually, her birthday is on Saturday, but we're surprising her by posting birthday cards in her honor today. Nothing like making you feel OLD sooner than necessary, right Lynell? You'll even see a few familiar names in our lineup, as some of the teaching team are whooping it up for her as well.
  
In addition to our birthday party, we are also beginning a new year and a new monthly challenge. In honor of all those resolutions we hope to achieve, our challenge is "Losing the Weight...AKA Clean and Simple (CAS)". If we all try really hard to simplify our design-work without losing our creativity, we can all say at the end of the month that we've lost some weight! Maybe not off of our waistlines, but at least off of our cards! Gotta start somewhere!

To celebrate Lynell's happy day and keeping with the CAS theme this month, this is what I came up with: 
Start with the Jumbo Happy Birthday Stencil, LJ920.
 
 
Paste with Matte White paste on black paper.  Remove stencil, cover with Ranger Distress Powders.   Tap off excess.  Heat.  The paste will bubble first, then as it heats the powder will melt and become dull and shiny at the same time.

Matt onto burlap that has been frayed at the edges.  And quick and easy, clean and simply finished!

HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY LYNELL!!!!