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Thursday, March 20, 2014

March Madness Week 3!

MAD I tell you! We're all going MAD! That is...MAD for Dreamweaver Stencils! Lol. Welcome to week 3 of our "March Madness" challenge! Anything goes, and the more outside-of-the-box, the better. This year, we're aiming to play with non-traditional challenges whenever possible. So, break out all of your I-never-quite-knew-what-to-do-with-these-products stash, look at your Dreamweaver stencils in a whole new creative light, and get crafting! Oh, and don't forget to link those creations to the linkytool on the Dream It Up! blog for one of THREE chances to win the stencil of your choice!

PLUS, you won't want to miss your chance to join the Dreamweaver Design Team. Here's the link to find out how you can become a DREAM TEAM member too!

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DREAM TEAM call for new members!!! See the DREAM it UP! blog for details!
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This week I'm actually working "inside" the box instead of outside-the-box! Inside a shadow box that is! It is an 8" x 8" black shadow box that I created one year for Christmas time when I saw an idea on Pinterest for it. After Christmas was over, I decided it would be nice to change it to Valentine's, then Easter, Spring, Summer, Fall....you get the idea. I decorate a background piece of decorative paper then add little do-dads to match the season, jingle bells, chocolate kisses, wooden eggs...etc. As one season comes out of the box the do-dads go in a baggie in a plastic bin and the background paper is moved behind the next season's background. That explanation was a little mad wasn't it! Here's what it looks like for Easter:

Here's how I did it:

The words were cut on my Cricut.
To create my big eggs I used a piece of white cardstock (4 1/4" x 5 1/2") and laid the Plaid stencil (LX7002) on the cardstock
used a 1/2" stencil brush to add the light pink
Cleaned the stencil, and turned the design so it went the opposite direction and taped it over the pink stripes
Used a palette knife and paste spreader to apply a coat of Matte Yellow Embossing Paste
Removed and cleaned the stencil and let the paste dry
Place the Egg stencil (LG670) over the plaid paper and used a dark pink marker to trace the opening of the egg
Cut out the Egg and use the dark pink marker around the edge
The other beautiful egg is the Easter Egg stencil (LG685), dry embossed on white cardstock
Used small stencil brushes to add color to the embossed image
Cut out the egg shape and edged with a blue marker

Here's a close up of the eggs:

Need some more crazy ideas? Check our "A" team, and our very special guest designer and Certified Dreamweaver teacher...

Georgia Sommers

Dream It Up!
Laura Drahozal
Lyn Bernatovich
Pam Hornschu
Heidi Erickson
Louise Healy
Cyndi Bundy

Happy Creating,

Louise

Thursday, March 13, 2014

March Madness Week 2!

MAD I tell you! We're all going MAD! That is...MAD for Dreamweaver Stencils! Lol. Welcome to week 2 of our "March Madness" challenge! Anything goes, and the more outside-of-the-box, the better. This year, we're aiming to play with non-traditional challenges whenever possible. So, break out all of your I-never-quite-knew-what-to-do-with-these-products stash, look at your Dreamweaver stencils in a whole new creative light, and get crafting! Oh, and don't forget to link those creations to the linkytool on the Dream It Up! blog for one of THREE chances to win the stencil of your choice!
PLUS, you won't want to miss your chance to join the Dreamweaver Design Team. Here's the link to find out how you can become a DREAM TEAM member too!

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DREAM TEAM call for new members!!! See the DREAM it UP! blog for details!
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This week I am in Cincinnati visiting my darling granddaughter and celebrating my son's birthday. It was sunny and warm Tuesday afternoon when I arrived, a welcome change from the winter storm warning I left behind me in Illinois! But unfortunately, I brought the cold weather with me and it has been rainy and cold since Wednesday morning! Oh well, it still feels like spring here.
Today I am sharing a project I created a while back. If some of you have seen, sorry, but it never hurts to see it again! Our challenge is to use our stencils in unusual ways this month, so this project incorporates stencils, distress products, and a plain wooden birdhouse. Here's my personal act of madness:

How to do it:

Use Distress Stains and inks to add color to a natural wood birdhouse
Let it dry or use a heat tool to dry it
Stain 3 6"x6" pieces of Tim Holtz's grungepaper with peeled paint Distress Stain
Let dry or heat dry
Place the Leaves stencil (LX7007) on one piece of the green grungepaper and trace all the openings using a Micron 01 Black pen
Repeat on the remaining two pieces of grungepaper
Cut the Leaves out, leaving them connected just in the very center
Stain a small piece of grungepaper with Distress Stain worn lipstick
Use just the one whole flower from the Dogwood stencil (LG668) and outline the flower 3 times on the pink grungepaper
Cut out the flowers
Use hot glue to attach one whole set of leaves over the top of the birdhouse
Cut the remaining two sets of leaves into 4 fronds each, set two aside
Glue the individual fronds around the roof of the birdhouse, staggering them in between the leaves on the top
Place the two fronds you set aside under the perch near the opening of the birdhouse
Add the three flowers
Put some Distress Stickles mustard seed in the centers of the three flowers and dry well

That's all there is to it! A great little decoration for those bird lovers you know.

Need some more crazy ideas? Check our "B" team

Dream It Up!
Lea Kimmel
Louise Healy
Stacey Rumsby
Terrece Siddoway

Wendy Jordan
Pam Hornschu

Happy Creating and Happy St. Patrick's Day (a little early)!

LS58 - Clover - Dry embossed and lightly brushed with green ink
LJ909 -Cathedral windows small - overlayed and brushed with more green ink

Louise

Thursday, February 21, 2013

Friends Forever

Welcome to the third week of our Dreamweaver Stencils February design challenge. Our theme this month is Love and/or Friendship and the team has come up with some beautiful creations to share with you. We would love to have you join our challenge, click here to link your creation to Lynell's DREAM it UP! blog using the Mr. Linky tool, or email a picture of your creation to me, Louise,at louisehealy@sbcglobal.net and I will post it on Lynell's blog for you for a chance to win a great prize!
If you haven't heard, Dreamweaver Stencils is looking for a few talented people who love to share their creations with others. Our new Design Team Call runs until the end of February. See Pam's blog for all the details on how to apply.
This week I am blessed to be spending time with my beautiful grand-daughter and lovely daughter-in-law while my son is traveling. I cherish these times especially because we live pretty far apart so I don't get to be with them very often. Thank goodness for Skype! Family means the world to me, but so do friends, so this week I dedicated my card to three very dear friends of mine, or "The Ladies" as my family calls them. We all met when our kids were in high school (over 15 years ago!), and still meet regularly for lunch and to share family news. I know they will be my friends forever.

This is not exactly a CAS (clean and simple) card, but it's really not very hard to create. Here's how you do it:

Emboss the Butterfly stencil (LJ916) on white cardstock using a personal die cut machine
With the stencil still in place over the embossed butterfly, use small stencil brushes to add various inks to the wings and body
Use a finger dauber to apply a coat of VersaMark ink over the colored image
Remove the stencil and sprinkle the butterfly with Stampee Bonding Powder, tap off excess powder
Use a heat gun to gently heat the powder
Place a sheet of Stampee Water Clear Foil over the butterfly
Place the image in a paper folder and insert the folder into a laminator and let it feed through
Quickly peel off the foil sheet. The foil will stick to the butterfly where you had the bonding powder, but release where you didn't
Trim around the butterfly and edge with a coordinating marker, set aside
Emboss the Triangle Weave (LJ912) stencil on white cardstock through a die cut machine
Remove the stencil and use a 3/4" stencil brush to brush color over the embossed image from all four sides.
Trim close to the design, and layer onto a light yellow mat
Layer those two onto a darker yellow mat
Place the Forever Friends stencil (LM2013) on white cardstock and use a small stencil brush to add ink to the design
Cut the words apart and brush the remaining ink from the brush into the background of the words
Mount them on light and dark yellow mats
Place small strips of foam tape behind the body of the butterfly
Place a Dreamweaver Embellishment Pin (green) through the head area of the butterfly and then into the front of the card, dont' forget to take the release paper off the foam tape first
Add a pretty bow with glue dots
Add the stenciled words
Write a little note inside and share it with a wonderful friend!

The rest of the team has more ideas to share with you too, just click on their names to jump to their blogs.

Cyndi Bundy
Wendy Jordan

Happy Creating,
Louise

Thursday, February 14, 2013

Happy Valentine's Day!

The timing of today's posting for the February Dreamweaver Stencils challenge of Love and/or Friends is perfect! What better day than Valentine's Day to express your love and appreciation to your family and friends. I hope you all have a wonderful day filled with love, friendship, and, of course, chocolate!
Do you love creating art using these wonderful Dreamweaver Stencils products? Then you should apply to be part of the Dream Team! We have a new Design Team call that just started, so there's still time to submit your work. Check out the details over at our leader Pam's blog for all the details and deadlines.
Today I am sharing a card that I will be teaching in an upcoming class so I can't share all the details yet, but I think you'll be able to figure it out. Here it is:

LL374 - Long Stem Iris

Wouldn't this be a lovely wedding, birthday, anniversary, thinking of you....well, you get the picture! Simple, yet elegant, right in line with the Clean and Simple (CAS) style that is also part of our February challenge.

I hope you'll join our fun this month. Just link your creation on the DREAM it UP! blog using the Mr. Linky tool, or email a picture to us and we'll post it on Lynell's blog. Lynell and Pam are off to the big show in the UK for the next couple of weeks, so use my email, louisehealy@sbcglobal.net and I will post it. There are prizes involved, so get busy!

The other team members have more wonderful samples to share with you, enjoy!