YAHOO!! It's working!

So here is my first February challenge.

It's a Leprechaun Kitty! I didn't have any green paste so I mixed Blue Glossy and Yellow Matte. LOVE IT!!! I'm definitely using it more this month.



My kitty is pretty simple, but I love the design so much I don't think it needs a lot of extras. I know I'll be making more of them! Give it a try and try out the other team members blogs. They all just came home from CHA (Craft and Hobby Associate trade show) in LA so I'm sure they will have LOTS of new and creative ideas.

Dreamweaver Challenge for February

This month's challenge is Green or St Patrick's Day or a Green St Patrick's Day cards.
I'm having technical difficulties with my image loading. Please check back later to see my Green themed card!!

My Gothic Cross

Hey everyone,
Sorry I missed a day or two. Bit under the weather.

So I thought I would try the Memories Mists over the stenciled image.
I used Metallic Red and Blue Martini. The paper was a bit larger than the stencil.
Once I finished spraying I set a second piece of paper over the image and rubbed gently to get a background paper. The spray went under the stencil a bit so I cut it out and mounted it on pearl paper with foam mounting tape. Cut the pearl paper just a bit smaller than the original piece so the over spray on the edges would show like a border.

I kinda liked it.

Let me know what you think!

I'll have two more to post tomorrow. One more from the new collection and one from out challenge for February........St. Patricks Day or Green or both!

See you Thursday!

Catch up Sunday!!

This time I decided to use the new LJ 918 Open cross
I first covered it with Pearlescent Paste on gray paper. Let dry.
Replace the stencil and spray it with Red Metallic Memories Mist.
I then cut it out and mounted it with 3-d foam mounting tape on a pearl metallic paper. I thought it was fitting for my Sunday post.

Now that I'm up and running I have a lot of comments to catch up on on my fellow Dreamteamers blogs. I hope you have been visiting them daily to see what they have created with the new Stencils being introduced this week at the Spring Craft and Hobby Show in Los Angeles, CA. Keep checking back for more ideas!

Saturday, January 28th

This time I decided to use the same method with the Alcohol Solutions inks that I did on Tuesday. I tried it with the new LL3022 Festive Thank You stencil.



One thing I found was that it doesn't work well with words. One or the other will turn out backwards. Luckily, the words didn't show up very well on the background piece. First paste the image with White Glossy paste, let dry. Replace the stencil and color with Alcohol Solutions. Because I wanted the image to stand out more, I outlined portions of the image to create a shadow effect.

For the background portion, sprinkle Alcohol Solutions cleaner on ink left on stencil then lay a piece of white glossy paper over it and rub.

Then paste the Thank You over it with White Matte paste, sprinkle with glitter. Again I outlined just a portion to create a shadow effect.

I LOVE these new images!!!

Friday, January 27th

This time I used the new LX 7011 Big Dots background.

First I taped it over a piece of white glossy paper. Then added Alcohol solutions in three colors with a random pattern.


Then I cut a small piece of white glossy paper and created a background with the same three colors. Pasted the Thank You with white paste.

Assemble as shown! This one made up pretty fast too.

Thursday January 26th

This time I used the new background stencil LX 7010 Flower quatrefoil:

I pasted it with White Matte Paste, let dry. Replace stencil and add color with pigment ink and stencil brushes.
Cut out 3 flowers and 4 sides to use as the corners on the front of the card.



I used silk leaves under the flower. I love the way the finished flower looks like velvet.