Thursday, July 16, 2015

Dreamweaver and Chameleons

Today is Dreamweaver Thursday and the Stampendous Design Team is so excited to be sharing the designs from the July 2015 Stampendous Catalog with you this week! Over the next several weeks, our weekly themes will spotlight different parts of the catalog. This week we are starting off with a theme of  "Christmas in July". There are so many beautiful designs to choose from, it was hard to choose just five for this week!

Our designs were colored with the fabulous Chameleon markers, so we are having a Blog Hop this week too! You won't want to miss a day of the fun, and of course, there are PRIZES! A huge thank you to Chameleon for providing each design team member a complete set of their great markers!




Chameleon™ Art Products is a company determined to change the way you think about marker pens. They pride themselves on having developed real innovation that enhances your ability to maximize your creativity. Their markers bring color control and simplicity to your art, and you can create stunning 3D effects, smooth transitions, highlights, and shading gradations all with one pen.

When you combine this simple coloring versatility with Stampendous® and House-Mouse Designs® images, you can create fantastic projects quickly. Stampendous stamps are beautifully enhanced by the simple blending made possible with this range of innovative markers. The colorless blending tool acts as a “foolproof” finish for your project. You won’t believe the stunning range of colors that can be achieved with these markers, and the array of original projects you can create with the combination of Stampendous and Chameleon.

Hmmm...can you really use Chameleon markers with your stencils?  ABSOLUTELY! Here is the Dreamweaver Snowman, pasted with Regular Embossing Paste, dried, then colored with the markers!

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Supplies
Stampendous:EJS02 Spoonful of Snow Embossing Powder and Elements
EP525 Sparkle Puff Embossing Powder

Dreamweaver:
DWLG645 Snowman Stencil
DWDEP Regular Embossing Paste
DWDPK Palette Knife
DWLM2010 Paste Spreader

Plus:Tropical Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®
Chameleon Pens (OR4, BR5, BL6, CG8, BK4, CB)
Double-Sided Tape
Heat Embossing Tool

Instructions:

  1. Fold a 4 3/4" x 12" piece of Tropical cardstock in half to form an A6 top-fold card.
  2. Tape a 4 1/4" x 5 1/4" piece of Solar White cardstock to the front of the card.
  3. Paste emboss the Snowman stencil on white cardstock (3 1/2" x 4 1/2") with Regular Embossing Paste using a Palette Knife and Paste Spreader, remove stencil and place in water for cleaning.
  4. Sprinkle the wet paste with Sparkle Puff Embossing Powder on the snowflakes and snow at the bottom only, tap off extra, let paste dry, heat set the powder.
  5. Place the clean, dry stencil back over the Snowman and use Chameleon pens to color the dry paste of the snowman, remove stencil and finish coloring.
  6. Tape the Snowman to a mat of Tropical cardstock 3 3/4" x 4 3/4", then to the front of the card.
  7. Sprinkle the "ground" area with Spoonful of Snow, heat from below to set.

Thursday team members sharing ideas:


Chameleon Stampendous Blog Hop additional members:

Happy Creating,
Louise

24 comments:

Lyn Bernatovich said...

Love the coloring result on your card Louise! Really cute snowman!

craftymom205 said...

Love this card. From Alabama

craftymom205 at yahoo dot com

TracyM #6773 said...

CUTE card Louise!!!
WOW - your card must have been SO MUCH FUN to CREATE - the puff embossing powder over the embossing paste sounds EXCITING - the texture looks FABULOUS, especially with a touch of colour and I will definitely be checking it out - THANK YOU for sharing your CREATIVE INSPIRATION :)
TracyM #6773 from Victoria, Australia

Tenia Nelson said...

So so cute!!

Lisa :) said...

This is so cute and fun!

Liz O. said...

Love this adorable snow man! Fabulous job, TFS!
Greetings from KS!

Jamie Martin said...

Super cute :)

Mary Holshouser said...

Beautiful card.
The snow at the bottom of the card adds to the realism.
Love the non-traditional colors.
thanks for sharing
Illinois

Bunny said...

I live in sunny, way too hot right now, Florida.

Cute snowman and I love that embossing powder. I've never seen this.

brandco2450@gmail.com said...

This is gorgeous. LOVE the sparkling snow...
From Ontario, Canada

Shari said...

So pretty. Just love the paste embossing. Thank you for sharing. Ohio, USA

D.Ann C said...

Love all the texture!! - FL

Teresa Godines #6857 said...

I just love all of your snow. Great card. TFS

P Beatty said...

Delightful snowman! Florida

Viki Banaszak said...

This is so cute. I love the snow you added at the bottom.

Unknown said...

I love snowmen and this one was exceptional. Thanks for the inspiriation.
Debbie from MO USA

jcobb said...

Being able to color an image of a snowman on a white background and make it pop takes talent! Great card! North Carolina, USA

Stampendous said...

This is such and adorable snowman and wow the coloring looks fabulous! Thank you for sharing your talent with us, so inspiring.

LChippy76 said...

SNOWMEN are one of my FAV's!!!
C U T E !!!
from Mo,USA

Carolina Kathy said...

Your snowman is darling! Great coloring and embelishments! Thx for sharing.

Sue D said...

Very cute. I like the colors and textures.
Sue in Ohio

jordanbev5@yahoo.com said...

Love all the beautiful details and dimension of your happy snowman card!
I live in the USA btw specifically Orlando, FL!!

barbara macaskill said...

LOVE the sparkling snow and snowflakes!!!! This snowman is beautiful and someone is going to be proud to display this gorgeous card!! I know I would have a hard time putting it away after the season ends!! TFS!
Barb in VT

Dee said...

Perfect snowman- The stencilreally is terrific with all of the "snow".