Easter Season!

The Stampendous Design Team has the week off to finish our April catalog samples, but I couldn't let a Thursday go by without a Dreamweaver post! Easter is coming fast, so here is a quick and easy card perfect for Easter! This card was in our October 2015 catalog.

Supplies
Stampendous
MPW811 Mixed Media White Paper

Dreamweaver
DWLM234 Happy Easter Stencil
DWLJ907 Small Damask Stencil
DWNHB-12 1/2" Brush #12 Natural Handle

Plus
Bazzill Basics cardstock
Rubber Embossing Mat
Big Shot Die Cut Machine
VersaFine Ink Imperial Purple
Removable Tape
May Arts Ribbon
Glue Dots Minis
Double-sided tape


Instructions

Step 1:  Fold a 6" x 9 1/4" piece of yellow cardstock in half to form an A6 card

Step 2:  Adhere a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" purple mat to the card front

Step 3:  Place the Damask stencil face down (so you can't see the stencil number) on the large platform of a die cut machine, place a  4 1/4" x 5 1/2" piece of white cardstock over the stencil (I like to mist my paper with a little water first), add a rubber embossing mat, two clean cutting plates, a put stack through the machine

Step 4:  Remove the embossed image and stencil from the machine, place the embossed image face up on your work surface

Step 5:  Use a 1/2" stencil brush to brush purple ink in from each side of the image in a sweeping motion across the card, repeat until you get the intensity desired

Step 6:  Trim around the Damask image right up to the embossed edge of the design, use an ink blusher to add a little purple ink to the edges, adhere to the purple mat on the front of the card

Step 7: Emboss the Happy Easter on a 2 1/2" x 4 1/2" piece of white cardstock using the method described in Step 3

Step 8:  Place the embossed image face up on your work surface and place the stencil back over it, tape in place with removable tape

Step 9:  Use a 1/2" stencil brush to brush purple ink through the stencil openings, remove stencil, trim sides to be the same width as the damask layer

Step 10:  Use a scrap piece of paper as a ruler and add a little purple edge around the words (important to use paper and not a ruler to prevent smudges)

Step 11:  Tape yellow strips along the top and bottom edges of the Happy Easter, then adhere to the Damask layer

Step 12:  Tie a small bow with May Arts Ribbon and adhere to the card with Glue Dots


Happy Creating,

Louise