Showers of Showers! Week 1

Welcome to the Stampendous-Dreamweaver Stencils April challenge of "Showers to Showers!" Our designers have so many choices with this theme, baby, wedding, rain...You'll definitely want to see what we come up with each week of April!

Today I chose to interpret the theme this way:

For your Shower!

I thought this would be the perfect card for when you go to a bridal shower this Spring or Summer. It's pretty easy and you can make it to match the color scheme of the shower or wedding.

• Paste emboss the Umbrella stencil, LG737, on colored cardstock using Glossy White Embossing Paste
• Let the paste dry, clean and dry the stencil
• Dry emboss (by hand or with a die cut machine) the Daisies, LL548, and/or the Tall daisies (LL549), three or four times
• Place the stencil back over the embossed image and use stencil brushes to add yellow to the centers (be sure to use your Picasso, LL332 to help you with this!) and a very light blue along the outer edges of the petals (this helps the design show better)
• Cut out the flowers, layer up your card, add a stamped or stenciled saying (I used LG738 Rain words), and you have a beautiful card!

Our "A" wants to "shower" you with lots more ideas, so be sure to stop over and leave them a "shower" of comments!

Dream It Up!

Leadonna Kimmel

Louise Healy

Laura Drahozal

Jamie Martin

Happy Creating,
Louise

Mists, Drizzles and Showers!

The April Dreamweaver Stencils challenge of "Mists, Drizzles & Showers!" perfectly describes the weather outside as I prepare this posting. It is a gray, gloomy day here, though I'm not complaining because our relatives in MN are getting more snow! I'll take a rainy spring day instead, the daffodils seem to be liking it. 
This week I am sharing a card that I made for Lynell a couple of years ago. I have always loved how it turned out, so I hope you don't mind seeing it again, it is perfect for this challenge.

LJ905, LJ908, LG738

This uses three great stencils and is a bright and cheery card, perfect for lifting someones spirits when you include a personal note inside! Here are the steps I used:

• Use a light box or die cut machine to emboss the Umbrella bkg (LJ908) stencil on white cardstock
• Leave the stencil in place over the embossed image and use 1/4" stencil brushes to add various colors to the umbrellas (tape the stencil in place with removable tape)
• Clean off the Umbrella stencil and place back over the colored umbrellas, taping it down
• Tape the Rain stencil (LJ905) over the umbrellas
• Use a Palette Knife and Paste Spreader to apply a coat of Translucent Embossing Paste over the Rain stencil
• Remove and clean stencil, let paste dry
• Tape off the word you want from the Rain words stencil (LG738) and use a 1/4" stencil brush to stencil the words on white cardstock
• Remove the stencil and add a little of the same color around the edge of the words
• Mount onto coordinating cardstocks
• Finish the whole thing off with some fun ribbon flowers.

We are happy to welcome back our guest designer Alison Heikkila. This weeks designers are:

Dream It Up!
Alison Heikkila (guest designer)
Lea Kimmel
Stacey Rumsby
Terrece Siddoway
Caroline Duncan
Pam Hornschu
Cherylynn Moser

Happy Creating,
Louise

Mists, Drizzles and Showers!

Happy April everyone. You knew our Dreamweaver Challenge during April had to have something to do with showers, right! Hopefully April will offer a lot of sunshine and warm weather too, but we definitely need some April showers for the May flowers.

We hope you will create something for our April challenge and link it on the DREAM it UP! blog using the Mr. Linky tool, or email a picture of it to lynell@dreamweaverstencils.com and she will post it for you. You might win a great prize!

My first post for April, shoos the showers away! I really need some sunshine and warmth for a few days at least.

Umbrella, Rain, and Rain Words
LG737, LJ905, LG738

This card is really very simple:

• Tape the Umbrella stencil (LG737) to white cardstock with removable tape
• Use a palette knife and paste spreader to apply Glossy Red Embossing Paste (DGRP)
• Remove the stencil and place in water for cleaning
• Let the paste dry
• Place the clean dry stencil face down on back of decorative paper and trace the umbrella openings with a pen or pencil
• Cut out the umbrella pieces just outside the outline (so the line still shows)
• When the paste is dry, use liquid glue to attach the paper pieces to the appropriate opening of the pasted umbrella
• Lay the Rain stencil (LJ905) over the umbrella image and use a 1/4" stencil brush and light blue ink to stencil some raindrops in the background
• Use a clear glitter pen to add a little sparkle to the raindrops
• Stencil the "Rain, Rain, Go Away" words from the Rain Words stencil (LG738) on white cardstock using a 1/4" stencil brush and red ink
• Mount in layers using coordinating cardstock

This week our new team members join our weekly postings AND we have a guest designer too! Here are their links so you can check out their great creations.

Dream It Up!
Alison Heikkila (guest designer)
Laura Drahozal
Lyn Bernatovich
Pam Hornschu
Heidi Erickson
Louise Healy (you're here)
Jessica Griffin
Cyndi Bundy

Happy Creating,
Louise