Thursday, July 7, 2011

It's Dream Scheme Thursday

I lost the month of June! Sitting in a classroom (actually several) seemed endless, yet the month went by REALLY fast. I'm finally out of training and into my new job. Now I just have to get into my new routine!

What better way to begin than to be creative!!
I believe this is a free week so........... in honor of my new state of residence, I have decided to use two cards I made in a class that Lynell taught at Stamper's Warehouse a couple of years ago.

I chose these two cards since I have seen Elk in the canyon I drove through to get to SLC, UT for training and a Moose actually ran up my dad's driveway a couple of weeks ago.

This technique is the same as the total glitter and tac paper technique EXCEPT - you use flocking instead of glitter on the main image.

Start with a piece of Tac, double stick tape cut approximately the same size as the stencil you are going to use. Remove one side and attach to a piece of cardstock.
"Soap" the back of your stencil. Remove the other protective cover of the tack paper and set your stencil on top of it.
Cover the stencil area with flocking (I used Dark Brown, Tan and Yellow on my two projects). Tap off excess. Remove stencil and cover remaining Tac paper with ultra fine Prisma glitter.

and "Ta-Da" a woodland creature (or whatever you choose to do).
I had great fun going through my samples. It has inspired me to do new ones! Stay tuned next week for something all new.
Don't forget to visit the rest of the Dream Team Blogs for more inspiring creations!
Until next week........ Happy Stenciling!!

Thursday, May 26, 2011

Dreamweaver Free Week

Sorry I've been MIA. I had a bad cold for 10 days, started a new job AND moved to a whole new state!

Didn't want to miss out on another Thursday, so here's my card. It's been so rainy and snowy here, this seemed appropriate!

Sorry no instructions. Email me if you would like info. But at least I'm back, short and sweet, but back!

Next week I hope to be back in full swing.

Make sure to check out the other Dream Team sites. Also check out Dreamweaver's blog, she'll be posting several different cards all week!!

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Dream Scheme Thursday

Lynell introduced several new stencils recently. This is my favorite.......

It fit with Georgia's color scheme this week, Mother's Day with orange and blue.

Thursday, April 28, 2011

Dream Scheme Thursday

This week we have a free theme.

This is one of Lynell's new stencils. I used the Faux Cloisonne technique.
Check out the rest of the Dream Team's blogs....they will definitely get you inspired!

Thursday, April 14, 2011

It's Dream Scheme Thursday

It's Thursday and this week is a "free" week so anything goes.

It seems the weather can't make up it's mind whether it is spring or still winter. This card seemed appropriate since we had rain again yesterday.


First I made the umbrella and handle out of cardstock. Attach to front of card.
Then I made a mask under the umbrella where I didn't want the rain.
Next place the raindrop stencil over the top and apply blue gloss paste.

LJ 905 Rain
Once dry I added the "Get Well Soon" with this stencil, blue paste and blue glitter.

LL382 Get Well Soon
Once that dried, I drew in the grass.
For a get well card, I thought it looked a bit cheery!

Hope this sparks a creative idea. Make sure to visit the other members of the dream team. They always have wonderful ideas and techniques to share.

Until next week.............

Thursday, April 7, 2011

Dream Scheme Thursday (and I'm late)

I was out of town for a week and you would think it had been a month for as behind as I've become!!!

This week the Dream Scheme is a color challenge from team member Kristi. I love the colors she picked so it made coming up with an idea easy.

The color challenge is Yellow and Teal.

This is my interpretation:

I wanted each layer to have both colors on it. So I started with the bright yellow cardstock and the LX7001 Damask background stencil. I added Splendor bright blue ink (which looks teal on the yellow). Then on a light teal color cardstock I used the same stencil and added bright yellow Splendor ink. Then I flipped it so the design was going the opposite direction of the first yellow cardstock mat.

The owls were pasted with Yellow Matte Paste on dark teal cardstock. Once dry I repositioned the stencil over the image and added a bit of bright blue ink on the owls and branch. Finally I added a bit of bling on the eyes with teal jewels.

Next time I think I'll add teal glitter on the owls where I had stenciled the color for some more sparkle!

Check out the other members of the Dream Team so get more ideas of how to use Yellow and Teal. Everyone did very different types of cards - don't miss any of them!

See you here again next week for more inspiration with Dreamweaver Stencils!