Christmas in August

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Every holiday season (except one) I have gone home for the holidays. We sit around the fire and watch the snow. So this week I decided to use LG739 Stockings by the fire:
This one was a bit time consuming, but the results were worth it!
1) Paste fire and the andirons with white matt paste on cream paper, let dry.
2) Trace socks on both printed paper (I used wrapping paper) and white paper, cut out. **Yes I know mine came out backwards, watch that when you try yours**
3) Paste the andirons again with silver paste, let dry.
4) Stencil fire with pigment inks.

5) Cut a rectangle out of brown paper (for the fireplace) and sponge color around edge.
6) Place paper with fire on it behind fireplace, cut off excess.
7) Cut of sock toe on the traced white pieces, glue to decorative paper as shown.
8) Cover white sock tops with glue and white flock.

9) Cut out silver andirons. Attach with double stick tape.
10) Attach socks to top of fireplace, glue bead at top.


Now it's your turn.

So, to get into the holiday spirit a little early, link your own Christmas in August creations to the Dream It Up! blog mr. linky, or email pics of your creations to lynell@dreamweaverstencils.com, for an opportunity to win this wonderful newly released Heart Ornaments:

Don't you just love this new design? There are several newly released stencils and products from CHA last month, which you can view for yourself HERE. During the week of August 20th - 25th, the Dream Team will be posting all week with a hop on Saturday to top it all...featuring all of these new fabulous designs...in collaboration with the Woodware UK team. Just a little hint...you may want to buy all of these new designs now, so you are ready and waiting for the inspiration that will come your way that week! Meanwhile, check out what the rest of the team has been creating this week:

Dream It Up! blog

Pam Hornschu

Laura Drahozal

Cherylynn Moser

Louise Healy

Wendy Jordan

Terrece Siddoway(ME!)

Kristi Van Doren

Georgia Sommers

Lee Kellogg

Jessie Hurley

Liz Martin

Cyndi Bundy

Christmas in August

I know the reason we have been in the 90's for the past two weeks is because we are having Christmas in August.

The card I decided to use this time represents the theme AND the beautiful pine trees that surround my parents home here in the mountains.

Start with LX7003 Ornate Xmas Tree Paste 3 trees with Silver Metallic paste and cut out leaving approx 1/8 of an inch border. Fold two in half. Attach all three together to give image dimension.

Attach trees to card front add glitter glue to areas you want the design to pop.



There you go, silver pine trees! This design is also a new background.



Now it's your turn.

So, to get into the holiday spirit a little early, link your own Christmas in August creations to the Dream It Up! blog mr. linky, or email pics of your creations to lynell@dreamweaverstencils.com, for an opportunity to win this wonderful newly released Heart Ornaments:

Don't you just love this new design? There are several newly released stencils and products from CHA last month, which you can view for yourself HERE. During the week of August 20th - 25th, the Dream Team will be posting all week with a hop on Saturday to top it all...featuring all of these new fabulous designs...in collaboration with the Woodware UK team. Just a little hint...you may want to buy all of these new designs now, so you are ready and waiting for the inspiration that will come your way that week! Meanwhile, check out what the rest of the team has been creating this week:

Dream It Up! blog

Pam Hornschu

Laura Drahozal

Cherylynn Moser

Louise Healy

Wendy Jordan

Terrece Siddoway(ME!)

Kristi Van Doren

Georgia Sommers

Lee Kellogg

Jessie Hurley

Liz Martin

Cyndi Bundy

Christmas in August

It's SSOOOOO hot right now, what better way to cool off then having Christmas in August. Not to mention Dreamweaver is introducing new holiday images at CHA summer.
For the first week I decided to use one of my favorite holiday images, LL589 Musical Christmas:



First paste with Dreamweaver White Matt Paste, let dry.
Place image over dry paste and stencil color with pigment ink.
I used: Gold on the harp, Copper on the horn and Rust on the violin.
Cover with clear embossing powder, heat. While still hot, cover with a second layer of clear embossing powder.


Draw a shadow line around left side of image with brown marker.
Add red glitter glue to berries and Diamond glitter glue over scroll.



Now it's your turn.

So, to get into the holiday spirit a little early, link your own Christmas in August creations to the Dream It Up! blog mr. linky, or email pics of your creations to lynell@dreamweaverstencils.com, for an opportunity to win this wonderful newly released Heart Ornaments:

Don't you just love this new design? There are several newly released stencils and products from CHA last month, which you can view for yourself HERE. During the week of August 20th - 25th, the Dream Team will be posting all week with a hop on Saturday to top it all...featuring all of these new fabulous designs...in collaboration with the Woodware UK team. Just a little hint...you may want to buy all of these new designs now, so you are ready and waiting for the inspiration that will come your way that week! Meanwhile, check out what the rest of the team has been creating this week:

Dream It Up! blog

Pam Hornschu

Laura Drahozal

Cherylynn Moser

Louise Healy

Wendy Jordan

Terrece Siddoway(ME!)

Kristi Van Doren

Georgia Sommers

Lee Kellogg

Jessie Hurley

Liz Martin

Cyndi Bundy

Summertime fun!

Summer reminds me of classes I have taken. One of the first Faux Cloisonne'Technique classes I ever had was with Lynell. We created the technique with the surfboard stencil. In remembering that class I decided to do the same but use the new LG742 Stylized Dahlia. This is a wonderful stencil that lends itself to several techniques.


1) Paste the image using regular paste. Let dry.
2) Replace stencil over image and stencil with Pigment Ink.
3) Apply Ultra Thick Embossing enamel and heat. Make sure you leave the surface bumpy.
4) Apply a second layer of Pigment Ink with either a brighter or darker pigment ink.
5) Apply regular clear embossing powder.
Easy! It's so fun to watch the transformation when heating the regular powder. LOVE IT!!





If you would like to join the challenge just create something that shouts "SUMMERTIME", then link up to mr. linky on the Dream it Up site and we will pop by and view your summer magic! If you don't have a blog but would like to join the fun, just email your design to Lynell at Dreamweaver: lynell@dreamweaverstencils.com and when she gets back from CHA on the 23rd she will post it that week.


Here is a sneak peek of one of the stencils that Dreamweaver will be presenting to the retailers at CHA Summer (a bi-yearly trade show). You could win this stencil if you join our challenge. We are giving away two. A #1 prize to the person who best interprets the challenge and #2 winner for best use of Dreamweaver products. So see?....you don't even have to use Dreamweaver products (of course we are thrilled when you do.)



And don't forget to visit the other team member's blogs for more summertime inspiration.

HOORAY for Summertime!!

So I was sitting thinking about how "hot" it's been in Wyoming and dreaming about Hawaii. Which gave me an idea for this weeks creation.

The stencils used this week are; LL482 Pineapple
and LM294 Summer

To help with my Hawaiian inspired creation, I found a decorative paper with palm trees on it. Now I know that pineapples don't grow on palm trees, but we can pretend!


Paste Pineapple with Dreamweaver original white matte paste. Let dry. Place stencil back or image and stencil color with pigment ink. Remove stencil then cover with Psychadelic embossing powder, tap off extra, heat with embossing gun.
Stencil Summer stencil with pigment ink directly on decorative paper with dark green pigment. Emboss with Psychadelic powder the same way we did the pineapple.



If you would like to join the challenge just create something that shouts "SUMMERTIME", then link up to mr. linky on the Dream it Up site and we will pop by and view your summer magic! If you don't have a blog but would like to join the fun, just email your design to Lynell at Dreamweaver: lynell@dreamweaverstencils.com and when she gets back from CHA on the 23rd she will post it that week.


Here is a sneak peek of one of the stencils that Dreamweaver will be presenting to the retailers at CHA Summer (a bi-yearly trade show). You could win this stencil if you join our challenge. We are giving away two. A #1 prize to the person who best interprets the challenge and #2 winner for best use of Dreamweaver products. So see?....you don't even have to use Dreamweaver products (of course we are thrilled when you do.)



And don't forget to visit the other team member's blogs for more summertime inspiration.

Summer Fun

The month of July is full of Summer Fun. Fun like unusually hot weather, computer crashes and fun summer activities. Okay, so the computer crashing wasn't fun, but I'm back and playing catch up!

In thinking about what is summer fun to me, I thought of the gorgeous butterfly's that are everywhere here in the mountains. So that is the inspiration for last weeks card.

Start with LL591 Three Butterflies
Paste with White Matte Paste.

While still wet, gently press glitter onto image. I used light blue for the flowers and Halo Gold for the edges of the Butterfly wings. When paste has dried, tap off excess.

Reposition stencil over image and add color to the stems and butterfly wings.



For this week, I was inspired by the upcoming county fairs. Baked goods, 4-H and the carnival. It all reminded me of when I was younger and would go the the fair with my grandparents. My grandma never went anywhere without her apron on.

So this one begins with LG736 Apron stencil
First dry emboss it. I used a textured paper to give it more depth. Remove Apron stencil and cover with the LG644 Cherry Blossoms and paste with pearl paste. Remove stencil and let dry.

Cut out apron. Outline image along the dry emboss lines with a fine tip black pen.
I mounted it on my card with 3-D foam tape.

Make sure to visit all Dreamteams Blogs for more inspiration. Participate on the Dream It Up site to win free stencils!!

And check out Paper Craft Planet this month. The Dreamteam will be posting tutorials. Pick up some new tips or refresh the old ones!! See you next week.

Until then, keep stencilin!

Happy July!!

I'm afraid I'm not starting out the new month with a bang! More like a fizzle. This months theme Is Summer fun. I followed it a bit too close and have been having way too much summer fun. New designs are coming out and the prize this month is one of them. Check back this weekend when I have had a chance to catch up.

Hope the whole month doesn't go this way!!

I'm sure my fellow design team members are more on the ball than I am right now....so don't forget to check out their blogs.