Dreamweaver and Imagine Crafts Day 4!

 The fun continues in our first ever collaboration week with Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko! We've shared all of our toys on both sides, so be prepared for Endless Possibilities! Three prize packages are available, each containing one set of each of these inks and stencils/dies. Just leave comments on each post of each day this week (June 9th - June 13th) for a chance to win! Winners will be announced on Tuesday, June 17th!

Imagine Crafts New StazOn Pads from Tsukineko

Stencils and Dies Prize Package

Thursdays are the Dream Teams normal day for posting ideas based on our monthly challenge, so today I chose to incorporate the hop and our challenge of "Old, New, Borrowed, Blue" in my creation. Here it is:

Fairy flower circle - Glossy Blue Embossing Paste with Crystal glitter
Fan pattern and Petals background - VersaFine Majestic Blue Letterpress Technique

This card fits all the themes. Old = LJ813 Fan Pattern is from 2001, New = LM2012 Fairy flower circle was released in 2012 (newish counts), Borrowed = the card layout is from some cards I saw on Pinterest, and Blue = well, I think the card speaks for itself on this one! The background stencil is LJ899 Petals background. The ink is VersaFine Majestic Blue from IMAGINE Crafts, and the flower is done with Glossy Blue Embossing Paste. The ribbon is from May Arts, it wasn't quite the color I wanted, so I swiped the Majestic Blue ink pad over it to darken it so it would match better.

Letterpress technique used on Petals and Fan pattern:

• Tap the VersaFine Majestic Blue ink pad all over the back of the stencil
• Carefully place it on a clean paper towel on the large platform of a die cut machine
• Place white cardstock over the ink and hold in place while covering it with the rubber embossing mat
• Add two cutting plates (I use ones with no cuts when I emboss) and run through your machine
• Remove the embossed image and place it face up on the table
• Use a 3/4" stencil brush to brush a light coat of the Majestic Blue over the embossed areas
• Trim to fit, mount on white cardstock that has been edged with the blue ink

Paste embossing:

• Tape the Fairy flower stencil to white cardstock with removable tape
• Use a palette knife and paste spreader to apply a coat of Glossy Blue Embossing Paste over the stencil
• Remove the stencil and place in water for cleaning
• Immediately sprinkle the wet paste with Crystal glitter, let dry
• Edge a slightly larger square of white cardstock with the blue ink
• Mount the Fairy flower to the edged square and then onto the card

Just Imagine the possibilities of what everyone else has created!

Dream It Up!

Pam Hornschu

Darsie Bruno

Kristi Parker Van Doren 

Isha Gupta 

Louise Healy

Sylvia Blum 

Gill Wilson

Kristine Reynolds 

Baerbel Born

Laura Drahozal 

Lea Kimmel 
 Alison Heikkila

Happy Creating,
Louise

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