Good Morning!

Yesterday morning we awoke to a winter wonderland! All the dire predictions for the Chicagoland area came true as the blizzard swept through our town. Our side of the street got the big drifts, which made it a challenge to even get out of the garage to start shoveling! Our poor little snow blower got quite the workout. Normally it can handle the small snowfalls we get throughout the winter, but this was quite a bit deeper than it is used to handling. You could almost hear it saying "I think I can, I think I can, I think I can!" (remember "The Little Engine that Could")!! It took several hours and some help from a neighbor, but we have a cleared driveway. Oh well, it is winter.


This week's Dreamweaver Stencils Thursday Dream Scheme challenge was a designer's choice so I wanted to share this great new stencil design that was just released at CHA. It's the new Rooster (LG732) design from Dreamweaver Stencils and you can just see that he is crowing with delight at the break of a new day!

There are so many great ways to use this new design. For this one, I used several different colors of inks and small stencil brushes to apply color to the image on white cardstock. I used the Picasso stencil (LL332) to help on small areas. After cleaning the stencil, tape it back over the stenciled image using painters tape and apply Translucent Embossing Paste. Let it dry, then mount it on decorative papers for a wonderful all occasion card.

Stay tuned for lots more samples with the new designs. Don't forget to click over to the DREAM it UP! blog to see more great samples, and, of course, check out the rest of the Dream Team blogs as well!

Happy Creating,

Louise