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