Dream Scheme Thursday

Helllloooooooooooooo!

This week we have a sketch from Kim. I immediately knew what I wanted to do when I saw it......I just wasn't sure how I was going to do it. I don't know about you, but sometimes I just can't get the idea in my head to come out of my hands.

This is Kim's sketch...
Kim's sketch lends itself to SSOOOOO many ways to create a card.
I decided to use the new Artist Grade Alcohol Inks "Color Solution" from Dreamweaver. The colors are beautiful. They are like potato chips.....you can't have just one. I definitely have to have them ALL!

I decided to use the Cathedral Window stencils, both large and small.

I used White Glossy paste and the LM2010 Large Paste Spreader. It works GREAT with the larger stencils to get your paste on even and with one swipe!
After that dried, I replaced the stencil and daubed Winter Red, Pumpkin and Citron over the pasted area.

I put the large design in the small space and the small design in the large places.
Then daubed the same colors on a square of glossy white paper. This shows off the colors really nice. The felt flowers matched so well I decided to use them as my accent. Ta-da....done.

Hope you try this sketch for some of your card designs. Watch for these new inks at your local stamp stores. Don't forget to visit the other members of the Dream Team.
Until next week, happy stenciling!

Dreamweaver Free Week

Hello All!
I can't wait for this weekend when I get to play and create. I'll finally have some new creations for you to see on my blog.
But for now......it's a free week this week.
The following is an old card, but one of my favorites.

To do this I used the white matte paste over the pumpkin border stencil. Let dry, place the cleaned stencil back over the image and stenciled color onto it with pigment ink.



Funny thing, as I was taking pictures I noticed I had missed stenciling color over one of the leaves. Never noticed it before (I made this at least a year ago!).

Look close and you'll see it. Looks like I better fix it before I send it out.

Don't miss all the other blogging creations! I'll have something new and fresh for you next week.

Till then................
Stay safe and warm. Thank you all for your continued support of mine and my fellow Dream Team blogs and especially for your support of Lynell and Dreamweaver Stencils!! Make sure you keep stenciling!!

Dream Scheme Thursday

This week is a color challenge from Lee. LOVE the colors - Lime Green and Gray. I can't wait until I can get to my "stuff" again so I can create some of the ideas that are running around in my head!

But until then............

Here is my current creation


First I pasted LJ911 Gears with Dreamweaver white matte paste on dark grey paper and again on off white paper.

Once dry, I stenciled silver pigment ink from the Splendor Antique pad onto the image on grey paper. Then I stenciled one gear on the off white paper with the lime green pigment ink from the Splendor Magic pad. This one I cut out. I wanted a small silver brad to attach the lime green gear and the ribbon to the front of the card, but I could only find a white thumb tack. The tack surface was rubbed with the silver pigment also.

This angle makes it easier to see the silver pigment.

Once assembled, the silver half pearls were attached to the center of some of the gears.

I am sure you will find many interesting interpretations of the color theme on my fellow Dream Teamers blogs. Check them out!! See you next week.....

New Winner

The winner that was randomly drawn was a Woodware DT Member, so isn't eligable. So back to ramdon.org and the winner is.....Janine. I have posted on her blog that she won. Hope to hear from her soon!!

Across the Pond Blog Hop Winner

My winner from random.org is Siobhan Fyffe who said...

I think this week has been amazing for all the different ideas! If this is your first time using the stencils on wood ...then you have done a pretty good job!! It's amazing how those dots just make the whole thing come together .. it's definately in the detail!
Siobhan
September 2, 2011 11:49 PM

Congratualtions Siobhan!!! We appreciate your input and glad you were able to participate.

Please email your "snail mail" to Lynell@Dreamweaver.com so we can get you some new stencils to play with. Hopefully you try one of the many fabulous projects the hoppers came up with.

Thanks so much to EVERYONE who commented.
Come back and visit all the blogs again for more fun ideas with Dreamweaver Stencils!

Day Six of the Hop Across the Pond and Back!

It's tough to follow so many creative people!

When we were all bouncing the idea of a blog hop with Woodware UK, I immediately thought they were a "wood" crafting distributor. That was the wrong idea. I went to their website (hope you all have too) and found they carry LOTS of fun embellishments. Unfortunately for me, I already had wood in my mind.

So.......since I have never done anything with stencils and wood, I decided to give it a try. I must say, it may not look as polished as many of the other projects, but I LOVED doing it! I just happened to have a set of boxes that fit the bill. I started with the next to smallest size.

When I first got the boxes I had in my mind to paint them in some sort of distressed look. I kept this idea by first painting the box with green acrylic paint. Then painted over the green finish with a fairly dry sponge brush and brown paint.

Now that I had the paint finish like I wanted it, the challenge was which stencils to use and how to do them. I love the large flourish LJ 896 Large flourish. I wanted a rough or distressed look to the stenciled image so I sponged acrylic paint through the stencil directly onto the box. I found that acrylic paint, wet or dry, washes off the stencils very easily.

The flourish looked a bit lonely on my box....this is when I decided to add the butterflies. They were sponged onto the box with acrylic paint also.

Once they dried I thought they looked a bit flat, so I stenciled some gold pigment ink onto the bodies and wings. This made them "pop".

To finish, the dots on the stenciled flourish were highlighted with yellow gold dimensional paint.

Only 5 more boxes to go!!
I really enjoyed participating and hope you all enjoyed the fun ideas everyone came up with. Until next time...............

A HOP ACROSS THE POND AND BACK

If I don't copy the information Lynell has posted on her blog, I'll miss the whole hop!! The following information is from the Dream It Up! blog:

The Dreamweaver design team is partying with the UK Woodware Craft Collection design team to bring you innovative ways to use our wonderful Dreamweaver stencils and supplies all week long! Woodware is Dreamweaver Stencils' exclusive distributor in the UK. By the end of the week, you'll have seen stencils used in inspirational ways you just couldn't have imagined, and you'll see that, although our stencils are wonderful for paper crafting, they have SO MANY other uses too! We'll have several posts a day for you, from Monday August 29th to Saturday September 3rd. At the end of our celebration, each designer will randomly select a winner from all blog comments to receive a free Dreamweaver stencil. We are looking forward to sweet comments from you and we will send blog candy your direction. We look forward to you partying along with us! Check back here daily if you get lost! This is the schedule of both teams:

Monday August 29:
Caz at: http://www.stampingcaz.blogspot.com/
Lee at: http://www.leekellogg.typepad.com/
Laura at: http://www.rememberinglifesmoments.blogspot.com/
Pam at: http://www.1pamperedstamper.blogspot.com/

Tuesday August 30:
Debbie at:http://www.debfs.blogspot.com/
Deborah at: http://www.upcyclingmylife.blogspot.com/
Kristi at: http://www.kristiscreativecafe.blogspot.com/
Liz at: http://www.blackcatsstudios.blogspot.com/

Wednesday August 31:
Lynell at: http://www.dreamweaverstencils.blogspot.com/
Pam at : http://www.1pamperedstamper.blogspot.com/
Siobhan at: http://recoveringstampaholic.blogspot.com/
Wendy at: http://www.papertherapy-wendy.blogspot.com/

Thursday September 1:
Dorothy at: https://dorriesdoodles.wordpress.com/
Kristi at: http://www.kristiscreativecafe.blogspot.com/
Laura at: http://www.rememberinglifesmoments.blogspot.com/
Louise at: http://www.artfullyarticulate.blogspot.com/
Wendy at: http://www.papertherapy-wendy.blogspot.com/

Friday September 2:
Francoise at: http://www.francoisecollection.blogspot.com/
Louise at: http://www.artfullyarticulate.blogspot.com/
Lynell at: http://www.dreamweaverstencils.blogspot.com/
Pam at: http://www.1pamperedstamper.blogspot.com/

Saturday September 3:
Deborah at: http://upcyclingmylife.blogspot.com/
Georgia at: http://sommrstamping.blogspot.com/
Jane at: http://janeelizabeth-flowergirl.blogspot.com/
Terrece at: http://www.made4ubyt.blogspot.com/