Thursday, July 31, 2014

JULY...a month to Die for Week 5!

Welcome to week five of our Dreamweaver Stencils July Challenge! Yes, July has five Thursdays, so you get one more week "to DIE for"!  All of this month the Dream Team are featuring our newest toys...our DIES! You'd be surprised at how many we have, and what fun things you can do with them...especially when used in conjunction with many of their matching stencils. They are such a simple way to create an effective card.
I just love all our dies, and can hardly wait for the new ones to arrive, but don't forget that most of our designs are easy to paper piece too. This week I'm sharing two paper pieced images and one of our more detailed dies to show you what I mean.
LG671 Hats - paper pieced

LL493 and LD493 Teacups Vertical - stencil and matching die
LG737 Umbrella - Paper pieced
Hope you have a wonderful last day of July and are looking forward to our new August challenge that starts next Thursday!

 Here's the list of designers for today:

 Happy Creating,
Louise 

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Thursday, July 24, 2014

July...a month to DIE for Week 4!

Welcome to week four of our Dreamweaver Stencils July Challenge!  All of this month the Dream Team are featuring our newest toys...our DIES! You'd be surprised at how many we have, and what fun things you can do with them...especially when used in conjunction with many of their matching stencils. They are such a simple way to create an effective card.

 I'm in beautiful northern Wisconsin today, heading over to Minnesota for "Christmas in July" with my husband's family. On the way, I thought I would visit some stores in WI that sell Dreamweaver Stencils products. Yesterday I taught this fun class at Stampin' N Scrapin' Fun in Marshfield, WI:
Open Owl, Nesting Owls die, and Leafless tree die

 I have taught Zentangle with this Open Owl stencil (LG751) in the past, but now it is really fun because after you finish tangling it you can cut out the shape with the matching die from our Nesting Owls die set (DG751)!  This size just cuts the outline of the owl and cuts it just a little larger so it leaves an nice mat all the way around. I cut another one out of black paper to create a shadow. The branches under his claws are from the Leafless tree die (DX7020), I just cut off some branches and taped them under the owl. Easy and fun!

 I'm sure that our "B" team is just DIE-ing to show you their creations, as well as our Guest Designer for the month of July...


Happy Creating,
Louise
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Thursday, July 17, 2014

JULY...a month to DIE for Week 3!

Welcome to week three of our Dreamweaver Stencils July Challenge!  All of this month the Dream Team are featuring our newest toys...our DIES! You'd be surprised at how many we have, and what fun things you can do with them...especially when used in conjunction with many of their matching stencils. They are such a simple way to create an effective card.

 This week my creation incorporates three of our dies and three stencils. Yes, it's a little more work than last week's card, but it is so cute! Here it is...
Dog Days of Summer!
See, it is totally worth it! 
The background was created using 3/4" stencil brushes and Distress Inks (Salty Ocean, Peeled Paint, and Vintage photo). I used the Picasso (LL332) to create some clouds (I told you there were three stencils!).

 So what are the three dies? They are DX7020 - Leafless tree, DD003 - Leafy Branch, and DL3029 - Dog. The decorative papers for the Leafy Branch and the Dog had Double-sided mounting paper put on the back before cutting. I did not do that to the tree because I wanted the branches to be flexible. I just used a dot roller on the back of the trunk and some lower branches to adhere the tree. The Leafy branch was cut apart so I could stick the leaves all over the tree limbs.

 LL3029 - Dog stencil was paste embossed on light green paper with Matte Black Embossing Paste and set aside to dry. The cut pieces were edged with black marker and stuck on him. This allowed me to keep his eyeball, nose, collar and back spot black for more contrast. I added a little glue and glitter to his collar. 

 The Sun stencil (LR502) was paste embossed with Matte Black Embossing Paste, then, before removing the stencil, a combination of Distress Embossing Powders were sprinkled over the wet paste (spiced marmalade, mustard seed, fired brick), the stencil carefully removed, heat set the powders being careful not to let the paste bubble.

 I'm sure that our "A" team is just DIE-ing to show you their creations, as well as our Guest Designer for the month of July...

Happy Creating,
Louise
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Thursday, July 10, 2014

JULY...a month to DIE for!

Welcome to week two of our Dreamweaver Stencils July Challenge! Hope everyone had a wonderful 4th of July weekend, I know I did!
All of this month the Dream Team are featuring our newest toys...our DIES! You'd be surprised at how many we have, and what fun things you can do with them...especially when used in conjunction with many of their matching stencils. They are such a simple way to create an effective card.
Here's an example of a quick, yet beautiful card for when you just don't have the time to be too "creative"!

LL516 - Bearded Iris and DD004 Long Nesting Ovals
The steps to this are easy:

  • Lay a piece of natural colored cardstock in your spray box
  • Lay the Bearded Iris stencil (LL516) face up on the cardstock (you can see Lynell's name when it is face up)
  • Use Memories Mist  Plum Sake and Lavender Tea in the flower and but areas, you can use a second piece of paper to help shield the leaves if you want
  • Use Memories Mist Wheatgrass and Liquid Pine in the leaves and stem
  • Carefully remove the stencil and place in water for cleaning
  • Spray a light coat of Pale Ale and Iridescent Memories Mist in the background of the iris
  • Remove Iris from the spray box and let it dry
  • Take the largest oval from the Long Nesting Ovals (DD004) die set and place it cutting edge down over the Iris image
  • Tape in place with removable tape and run through your die cut machine
  • Edge the oval with Distress Ink vintage photo
  • The background is a piece of vellum with Dreamweaver Color Solutions pounced around the whole piece (Citron, Mojito Green, & Gold Star), let dry
  • I used a permanent glue stick over the entire piece of vellum and stuck it to the front of an A2 natural, top fold card, tied a piece of May Arts ribbon around the whole front and made a bow off to the right
  • Add the oval iris with foam mounting tape for added dimension
  • The A2 card was then adhered to a piece of lavender cardstock to really bring out the purple in the iris
The "B" team has more great creations for you on their blogs too! And don't miss our July Guest Designer, Terri Sproul.


Happy Creating,
Louise
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Thursday, July 3, 2014

July..the month to DIE for!


HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!!!
Welcome to July...the month to DIE for! Yep. All of this month, the Dream Team are featuring our newest toys...our DIES! You'd be surprised at how many we have, and what fun things you can do with them...especially when used in conjunction with many of their stencil counterparts. They are such a simple way to create an effective card.
With the Fourth of July being tomorrow, I knew I had to start the month off with our wonderful Apron die (DG736). It is so versatile, and looks fabulous in a variety of paper combinations. I know you've seen this one in the past, but it makes a perfect 4th of July card or invite. Here's what I created:

Card One
LG736 - Apron stencil, machine embossed on white cardstock
DG736 - Apron die, cut from 2 patterned papers, pieced onto embossed image
Apron image cut out after piecing
My "firework" was created using a raffia twine from May Arts. Wrap it around three fingers about five times, carefully slip it off and pinch it together in the middle, tie another small piece around it and knot it. You should have about 5 loops on each side, cut them open, split the twine into the two separate strands and pull it into a circle shape. I added a small silver star brad over the center. It's attached to the card with a big glue dot.
Card Two
LG736 - Apron stencil, machine embossed on white cardstock
Pieced from the opposite pieces of card one
Left on white cardstock and layered on navy blue

Card Three
Negative cut image, from the red and white stripe paper, outlined with red marker,
then adhered over patterned paper, and cut out
I think this would make a cute summer BBQ invite!
I could have gotten a fourth card too (from the negative of the blue dotted paper), but I was using scraps and did not have a piece big enough to cut one whole apron, I did sections at a time.

HINT ONE: before die cutting, attach a piece of Dreamweaver Double sided Mounting Paper to the BACK of your patterned paper, then cut. All you have to do is peel off the release paper and place the pieces where they belong. It also helps with the negative image because all the little bridges have adhesive on them too, so when you lay the negative over another paper, the whole thing sticks well.

HINT TWO: Most patterned papers have a white core so when you cut them out, you see the white edge. I don't like that so I run a coordinating color marker around the edges of my pieces to give them more dimension, you don't have to do it, but I think it adds a lot.

I'm sure that our "A" team is just DIE-ing to show you their creations, as well as our Guest Designer for the month of July...

Happy Creating,
Louise
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