The Dream Team designers are so excited to have the opportunity to play along with some unique Ranger Products in the Tim Holtz line...specifically, the Distressed Embossing Powders! Our own Louise Healy demonstrated how fabulous these are with the Dreamweaver Stencils when she created this card for a fun class at CHA Summer 2012:
Apparently, Tim Holtz agreed with all of us on this unique use of his product, so he very generously had Ranger (thanks, Patti!) send the team some samples to play and blog with. So...here we go!
Here's my post for today:
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| Start with a natural finish wood mirror, I used an Ikea 10" square mirror |
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| Use the Ranger Adirondack Snow Cap Dabber to put a white washed look over the whole mirror. Let it dry, or use a heat tool. |
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| Apply Distress Stains to create sky and ground areas, wiping gently between colors with a soft cloth or paper towel. |
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| Dry with a heat tool to make sure the stains are completely dry before continuing. |
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| Tape LG687 - Geese stencil to the upper right corner. Use a small stencil brush to apply Distress Ink black soot over the design. |
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| Use foam to apply a layer of Distress embossing Ink over the geese. |
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| Sprinkle with Distress embossing powder black soot, tap off excess and heat thoroughly. Brush gently with hand when cool to remove the distress crystals. |
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| Place LL517 - Cattails stencil in lower right corner and use a small stencil brush to apply Distress Inks vintage photo. |
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| Apply a layer of Distress embossing Ink. Sprinkle the pods with vintage photo Distress powder, and the leaves with frayed burlap Distress powder. Tap off excess and heat set. |
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| Repeat the cattails two more times in the left corner. Add additional inks to create more depth (I added evergreen bough and broken china to the "water" area using a small stencil brush. I also added some spice marmalade behind the cattails using Cut 'n Dry foam then finished the edge with walnut stain Distress Ink on a foam applicator) |
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| Finish it off with some garden twine and a charm, plus a few of the leaves I had left over from last weeks project! |
See that little mirror in the mirror, that is from a CHA class that I took with Tim Holtz one year. It was the first time I had worked with his Distress Embossing Powders and I have been hooked ever since! You really need to give them a try, they give such texture to your projects!
For the next four weeks, on our regular Thursday posts, we will be featuring the wonderful things that you can do with Tim's Distress Powders and Dreamweaver Stencils. Leave comments on each of the team blog posts for opportunities to win one prize package for each of the four weeks:
Don't forget to play along with the Dream Team's
monthly challenges for more opportunities to win some great stencil designs!
October's challenge is Festively Fall, and November is
CAS (clean and simple) Christmas! Link your creations on the Dream It Up! blog, or email pics to lynell@dreamweaverstencils.com. Join us on
Facebook as well! Lots of inspiration, and lots
of fun!
I didn't even know this was the prize stencil when I created my project this week!
Here are a couple of other cards I have created with the Double-glitter technique substituting Ranger's Distress Embossing Powders for the glitter and then heat setting when finished.
Happy Creating,
Louise
I didn't even know this was the prize stencil when I created my project this week!
Here are a couple of other cards I have created with the Double-glitter technique substituting Ranger's Distress Embossing Powders for the glitter and then heat setting when finished.
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| LG745 - Tree line |
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| LG743 - Stylized dahlia |
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| LL379 - Tall palm trees |
Happy Creating,
Louise
93 comments:
Your mirror is just beautiful! And I love the rest of the cards I haven't seen yet somehow LOL. Thanks for inspiring us and being noticed by Ranger so we could all participate in this fun collab!
That mirror is stunning and those cards have inspired me no end...thanks Louise!
WOW Louise! this would go perfect with the decor in my house (hint hint)!
LOVE the stencils and I'm going to have fun trying all the new techniques
Louise - amazing! I love the mirror and the how you photographed it show off another mirror!
I love how you created that wash of color on the frame, and the TH powders are perfect in contrast! Love all of the cards that you posted for this...that dahlia is amazing!
The mirror is BEAUTIFUL! I keep going back to look at it again and again.
what a super technique and great projects!
What an amazing effect you can achieve on your cards with this technique. I love your choice of stencils too.
I love what you did with the tree stencil. Especially the fall card.
Nancy
Fabulous!
Smiles~
Marilyn
STUNNING!I love this! great job. thanks for sharing.
I LOVE the frame, that is such a neat idea!! Thanks for the how-to! :)
Absolutely love the project. What a great idea! Thanks for sharing!
Love your mirror and it looks like you really had fun with this and couldn't stop!
Really nice!
Beautiful frame and cards!
Love this mirror! The stencils and embossing powders are so versatile! Thanks for sharing!
Can't wait to make this up for a Christmas gift.........will look great in our little cabin outhouse...tee hee. The hubby will love it! Thanks for the step by step directions!
Lovely idea, will be great for gifts this year! So quick and easy, wonderful directions!
Beautiful results using this fabulous combination.
OMG! Gorgeous!
Love this mirror! The cattails are wonderful. Looks like a fun project. :)
Your mirror is one of the coolest projects I've seen in a long time! You have my mind screaming with ideas :))
Lovely mirror. Would love to try one for myself.
Louise, the mirror is beautiful! I would find myself looking at the frame and missing the whole point of looking in the mirror! :) Stunning! TFS
The mirror is beautiful as well as your cards. Thank you for the tutorial. I know I'll be trying this one.
Oh wow, the mirror is beautiful, those stencils you used are so awesome, I'll have to add this to my "try" list! Your cards are beautiful also!
Love the mirror distress embossing must create the perfect texture for the 'cats tails' we call them bull rushes in the UK x
ABSOLUTELY love the frame!!!!!! Great job.
This is super stunning Louise - congrats for coming up with the technique as well! I am going to put this mirror frame as on my must try list!
you definitely made a bunch of projects. All wonderful. Love the mirror
Have a great day
Your mirror came out fantastic. Love the look and feel of an Autumn Collage!
Love the mirror! What a cool way to decorate an inexpensive mirror!
Gorgeous!!!!
Beautiful project! Love the mirror.
Who would have thought that your stencils and Tims product were such a good match?! Love the frame.
Over achiever! LOL REally GREAT job!
Never thought to do this on a frame -- totally fabuous.
WOW! I am humbled! I hope you don't mind if I copy your frame. It fits this area perfectly!!
The Tree Line has me swooning!!!! Totally fantastic technique! I need some stencils!!! I can't wait to see more!
The frame is very creative! I love that you hung it so we could see your other frame.
Super great idea for the frame! Turned out perfectly..thanks for the inspiration!!
This mirror is stunning. Great project.
The frame is stunning and I love the cards! Super ideas :)
Jenni
all your projects are spectacular!
Loooove it never think doing it!!
now i'll try for sure!!
fabulous mirror - love it!
The mirror is stunning and you've given me a whole new way of looking at the distress embossing powders.
WOW WOW WOW ... I love it.
LOVE LOVE your idea...Thanks a lot for sharin...Very impressive mirror and frame. Bright idea !!!!!
Such a lovely mirror. I love that you made a home decor project! The soft background on the mirror really accents all the details you put into it with distracting. Love it. Thanks for taking us through the process.
I can't begin to tell you how much I love what you've done. I have 3 of the wooden mirrors and can't wait to get started. Looking forward to see more of your projects. Love..love this one.
Stunning
This I MUST MUST try! Thanks!
Your mirror is absolutely stunning! I love it. Thanks for the step by step instructions with pictures. Gonna try this!
WOW - I love the techniques on your mirror! The colors are beautiful and I would love to use this technique on a small rocking horse for our granddaughter! Thanks so much!!!
I love it. So beautiful.
Beautiful cards and the mirror is gorgeous.
Love the frame. Thanks
absolutely gorgeous! Would love to look in a mirror like that every morning!
All I can say is WOW!
Your mirrow is wonderful! Thanks for sharing the how-to.
Your mirror frame is totally awesome. I'm blown away how lovely that is. Thanks for sharing your amazing talent.
Shades of Blue
Awesome projects. wonderful job.
I love this mirror frame, it is absolutely gorgeous! Thank you for sharing your amazing talent with us.
loved that mirror--great technique
Stunning project! I love that mirror!
The sky is the limit. Thanks for all your ideas. Great picture frame!
Wow!!
Love that mirror. That looks really great.
I do love it when other surfaces are used and this is so perfect for the wood frame. Love how that turned out. Thanks for your great idea! And I do love the other projects with the overall Emb. Powder giving it such a unique look.
Your frame is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!
Love the frame! Now to find the geese stencil as I have the cat tails! And of course I'll need more distress embossing powders!
I'm in love with your frame! It's really, really good looking! It's going in my "one of these days" file. Thanks for sharing it!
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Wow Louise, these projects are all gorgeous! You are so talented and I am thrilled to see that Tim Holtz has recognized your artistic abilities as well as Dreamweaver stencils. I never would have thought to emboss the stencil image. Great idea, and by the way... Ikea should be thanking you for selling so many of their mirrors! After taking your tiled mirror class at Cottage Stamper last year I immediately went to Ikea and bought 5 more to make Christmas gifts! Thanks for all the inspiration!
Your mirror is beautiful! I wasn't expecting a work of art! What a nice surprise.
Wow what can I say but stunning... simply stunning!
Kris in Alaska
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Your mirror frame is STUNNING! Very creative! An awesome job. I will definitely use this technique.
TFS
ok now i have to do this one too! i love this frame the wood is so cool
WOW your frame is just amazing - thanks for sharing the step by step tutorial so we can all have a go.
HOW AWESOME!! =) THANKS for sharing!! I LOVE my distress powders and am always eager to learn NEW techniques and ideas for using them!! Have a FABULOUS WEEK!! =)
Your frame is truly gorgeous. Can't wait to get some of those stencils. Nicola x
I can't wait to try this, I have every stencil you used. I would have never thought to use them in the way that you did. I'm always looking for a different way to use our crafting materials. Thanks for sharing.
Great use of the stencil! Thanks for the idea :)
Love all your projects! Looking forward to putting your techniques to use. Thanks!
Gorgeous frame! What a great idea...
So many new ideas here...I love them!
Definitely WOW gorgeous mirror. The technique has me very intrigued. Cards are beautiful too. I am loving this hop through the design team, so inspiring.
What an amazing technique! I can't wait to try it.
This just blows me away!!!Amazing!!!
This is so amazingly beautiful. I have some of these Ikea mirrors laying around (doesn't everybody? LOL!) and am so lad so I can try out some of these techniques, I was just first blown away by the use if the stains on the frame, it jut got better and better with everything else! Would never have thought to use those techniques on the mirror! Silly me, wish I was ore creative!
I just have to tell you that I just made this. Bought the stencils and had a wooden mirror from Michaels and had the distress inks and embossing powders. My....how I love your project. Thank you so much for sharing this. I love it!!
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