Happy HallowThanksMas!

Wow, what an amazing month the Dream Team has had! Between the 31 Days of Halloween with Smeared and Smudged, the week-long blog hop with Stampendous and Core'dinations, and our own great monthly challenge of Happy HallowThanksMas, the team has been creating like mad scientists! A little Halloween humor there...ok, very little.
This week I'm taking a page from Facebook (more humor, I'm on a roll today!) and doing a TBT (throw back Thursday for those of you who hate acronyms). Since tomorrow is Halloween, and I just could not find the time to participate in the 31 Days fun, I'm re-posting some of my favorite Dreamweaver Halloween cards I've made over the years. Enjoy, and Happy Halloween!

LJ816 Spider web, LL515 Pumpkins, and a spider button with googly eyes

LL515 Pumpkins (tape off the other two pumpkins)

LJ816 Spider web, LS28 Spider, LL531 Jack o lanterns, LG749 Dog Words (with a little improvising)

LL3021 Retro standing cat, LM173 Birdbath & LM183 Ice cream cones (to make the hat)

LJ841 Fleur de lis, LL3017 Cameo, hat same as cat, Wicked is an old A Muse stamp

LL429 Long sunflower, LL514 Long pumpkins, LG686 Scarecrow,  LL432 Crows

LL515 Pumpkins, LG616 Leaf texture

LJ874 Fall borders, LM295 Autumn

LJ832 Cornucopia (I used this last week on the mirror project too!)

Remember to visit the entire Dream Team for more inspiration:

Dream It Up!

Leadonna Kimmel

Louise Healy

Laura Drahozal

Lynn Mercurio

Pam Hornschu

Jamie Martin

Gill Wilson

Lyn Bernatovich

Alison Heikkila

Kristine Reynolds

Kristi Parker Van Doren 

Happy Creating,
Louise
An InLinkz Link-up

Happy HallowThanksMas Week 4!

Can you tell that sometimes Dream Team's "Fearless Leader", Pam Hornschu, has a hard time deciding on monthly challenges? Since the team will be taking turns all month with the Smeared and Smudged 31 Days of Halloween, and we did a Christmas collaboration with Stampendous and Core'dinations the 13th - 17th, the confusion should be understandable. Therefore...happy HallowThanksMas! As usual, we'd love for you to play along with the challenge and link your creations to the Inlinkz tool on the Dream It Up! blog. Just in case you are wondering...NO, YOU DO NOT NEED TO POST SOMETHING WITH ALL THREE HOLIDAYS ON IT! However, you get bonus points for actually using Dreamweaver stencils and product on your creations! And bonus points might actually earn you an extra stencil as our monthly winner...just sayin'!

Here's my creation for this week:

LJ832 Give Thanks stencil
LL515 Pumpkins
LL3008  Tall wheat

LJ832 Give Thanks in Matte Black Embossing Paste with
Metallic FX Powders

Several team members have been participating in the 31 Days of Halloween Smeared and Smudged hop, and we just featured a lot of Christmas designs in our hop last week with the Stampendous and Core'dinations teams, so I thought I'd feature the "Thanks" part of our challenge. 

• Start with a natural square mirror from Ikea
• Paint across the bottom with some greens and brown acrylic paints (I used Distress Acrylic Paints) 
• Move up the mirror with yellows, oranges, rust, and little red, blending them together
• Dry with a heat tool to make sure the paints are dry
• Lay the Tall wheat stencil (LL3008) in different areas and stencil with the brown paint
• Paste emboss the Pumpkins stencil (LL515) on green cardstock with Matte Yellow Embossing Paste, let dry (do this twice)
• When the pumpins are dry, use the paints to stencil on color
• Tape off the Give Thanks part of LJ832, place the stencil in the lower left corner of the mirror and paste emboss with Matte Black Embossing Paste
• Remove stencil and let paste dry for about 8-10 minutes
• Clean and dry stencil, tape off the cornucopia part, leaving just the words
• Paste emboss the words in the upper right area of the mirror
• Remove stencil and let paste dry
• Use a soft brush to brush Metallic FX powders on the almost dry paste
• When paste is completely dry, use a swiffer cloth to remove any extra powders
• Cut out the two sets of Pumpkins, adhere one set flat onto the mirror, use foam mounting tape on the second set

Check out more great HallowThanksMas designs on the design team blogs below:

Dream It Up!

Lyn Bernatovich

Louise Healy

Alison Heikkila

Kristine Reynolds

Pam Hornschu

Gill Wilson

Kristi Parker Van Doren

Happy Creating,

Louise
An InLinkz Link-up

Dreamweaver-Stampendous-Core'dinations Day 5!

SANDY Claus is Coming to Town!

Yes...SANDY Claus! All of this week, the Stampendous and Dreamweaver teams have been playing with a mix of their products, along with some wonderful, SAND-ABLE papers from Core'dinations. We've sanded our way to the "core" of all things Christmas and the Holiday season. Of course, there will be prizes, and we give away the best...this time with a mix of funCore'dinations products as well. To be one of three prize package winners, follow the posted link lists each day, leave a comment, and winners will be selected from these comments at the beginning of next week. Here is what you might win:

Here's what I'm showing off today:

LJ926 Jumbo Happy Hanukkah paste embossed in Glossy White Embossing Paste
Sprinkle wet paste with Stampendous aged silver embossing enamel and Sky Blue embossing powder, then heat set with a heat tool
Mount onto to the beautiful glitter paper from Core'dinations.

Thanks for all the great comments this week, they are my inspiration! For those of you who love the Pine cone folder as much as I do, here are some cards I made a while back using the stencil (LG675).

Leave a comment for me, and head to the next on the list:

Dreamweaver:

Dream It Up!

Kristine Reynolds*

Lyn Bernatovich

Gill Wilson

Louise Healy

Kristi Parker Van Doren

Laura Drahozal

Jamie Martin*

Lea Kimmel*

Alison Heikkila

Lynn Mercurio

Pam Hornschu*

*On Stampendous team as well

Core'dinations:

(will not be posting on their company blog, but individual posts only)

Tami Mayberry

Head on over to the Stampendous blog for links to their posts:

STAMPENDOUS IMPRESSIONS

Happy Creating,

Louise

Dreamweaver-Stampendous-Core'dinations Day 4!

SANDY Claus is Coming to Town!

Yes...SANDY Claus! All of this week, the Stampendous and Dreamweaver teams are playing with a mix of their products, along with some wonderful, SAND-ABLE papers from Core'dinations. Join us as we sand our way to the "core" of all things Christmas and the Holiday season. Of course, there will be prizes, and we give away the best...this time with a mix of funCore'dinations products as well. To be one of three prize package winners, follow the posted link lists each day, leave a comment, and winners will be selected from these comments at the beginning of next week. Here is what you might win:

Here's what I'm showing off today:

Core'dinations blue glitter paper in the background, and their white paper for stamping the adorable Paws to Warm stamp from Stampendous with Memento Tuxedo Black, then colored with COPIC markers. The "snow" in Dreamweaver Stencils Regular Embossing paste sculpted on with the tip of a palette knife and sprinkled with clear glitter

AND...because today is Thursday, and we usually post for our monthly challenge on Thursdays, I'm sharing a card that is perfect for this month's theme of Happy HallowThanksMas!

Dreamweaver's Pumpkins stencil (LL515) paste embossed with Regular Embossing Paste, let it dry, then stencil with inks. The leaf embellishments are from LG616 Leaf texture. Paste emboss with Regular on freezer paper, let dry, stencil with inks, then peel them off the freezer paper and glue them on as an embellishment!

Leave a comment for me, and head to the next on the list:

Dreamweaver:

Dream It Up!

Laura Drahozal

Lea Kimmel*

Louise Healy

Pam Hornschu*

Alison Heikkila

*On Stampendous team as well

Core'dinations:

(will not be posting on their company blog, but individual posts only)

Suzanna Lee

Head on over to the Stampendous blog for links to their posts:

STAMPENDOUS IMPRESSIONS

Happy Creating,

Louise

Dreamweaver-Stampendous-Core'dinations Day 3!

SANDY Claus is Coming to Town!

Yes...SANDY Claus! All of this week, the Stampendous and Dreamweaver teams are playing with a mix of their products, along with some wonderful, SAND-ABLE papers from Core'dinations. Join us as we sand our way to the "core" of all things Christmas and the Holiday season. Of course, there will be prizes, and we give away the best...this time with a mix of funCore'dinations products as well. To be one of three prize package winners, follow the posted link lists each day, leave a comment, and winners will be selected from these comments at the beginning of next week. Here is what you might win:

Here's what I'm showing off today:

Dreamweaver Stencils' FG675 Pine Cones Embossing Folder on
Core'dinations Brown textured cardstock, embossed then sanded.
Stampendous taupe Color fragments and May Arts twine unraveled

I know, I've become a little obsessed with the Pine Cones embossing folder. I'll try to stop, but you can create such beautiful things so quickly! Especially with the wonderful sand-able cardstocks from Core'dinations.

Leave a comment for me, and head to the next on the list:

Dreamweaver:

Dream It Up! 

Kristine Reynolds*

Lynn Mercurio

Louise Healy

Lyn Bernatovich

Pam Hornschu*

*On Stampendous team as well

Core'dinations:

(will not be posting on their company blog, but individual posts only)

Joann Jamieson

Head on over to the Stampendous blog for links to their posts:

STAMPENDOUS IMPRESSIONS

Happy Creating,

Louise

Dreamweaver-Stampendous-Core'dinations Day 2!

SANDY Claus is Coming to Town!

Yes...SANDY Claus! All of this week, the Stampendous and Dreamweaver teams are playing with a mix of their products, along with some wonderful, SAND-ABLE papers from Core'dinations. Join us as we sand our way to the "core" of all things Christmas and the Holiday season. Of course, there will be prizes, and we give away the best...this time with a mix of funCore'dinations products as well. To be one of three prize package winners, follow the posted link lists each day, leave a comment, and winners will be selected from these comments at the beginning of next week. Here is what you might win:

Here's what I'm showing off today:

Dreamweaver Stencils' new FJ917 Holiday Greetings & holly embossing folder
Core'dinations Black/Green Chalk Core cardstock
Stampendous Pink Micro glitter (MG04-B), May Arts ribbon

HINT:  When using glitter on a colored paper, it is important to remember to use a dries white glue. That way the color of your glitter stays true.

Leave a comment for me, and head to the next on the list:

Dreamweaver:

Dream It Up!

Jamie Martin*

Lea Kimmel*

Louise Healy (you are here)
Kristi Parker Van Doren

Pam Hornschu* 

*On Stampendous team as well

Core'dinations:

(will not be posting on their company blog, but individual posts only)

Gini Cagle

Head on over to the Stampendous blog for links to their posts:

STAMPENDOUS IMPRESSIONS

Happy Creating,

Louise