Artfully Articulate: LL3029

Thursday, July 17, 2014

JULY...a month to DIE for Week 3!

Welcome to week three of our Dreamweaver Stencils July Challenge! All of this month the Dream Team are featuring our newest toys...our DIES! You'd be surprised at how many we have, and what fun things you can do with them...especially when used in conjunction with many of their matching stencils. They are such a simple way to create an effective card.

This week my creation incorporates three of our dies and three stencils. Yes, it's a little more work than last week's card, but it is so cute! Here it is...

Dog Days of Summer!

See, it is totally worth it!
The background was created using 3/4" stencil brushes and Distress Inks (Salty Ocean, Peeled Paint, and Vintage photo). I used the Picasso (LL332) to create some clouds (I told you there were three stencils!).

So what are the three dies? They are DX7020 - Leafless tree, DD003 - Leafy Branch, and DL3029 - Dog. The decorative papers for the Leafy Branch and the Dog had Double-sided mounting paper put on the back before cutting. I did not do that to the tree because I wanted the branches to be flexible. I just used a dot roller on the back of the trunk and some lower branches to adhere the tree. The Leafy branch was cut apart so I could stick the leaves all over the tree limbs.

LL3029 - Dog stencil was paste embossed on light green paper with Matte Black Embossing Paste and set aside to dry. The cut pieces were edged with black marker and stuck on him. This allowed me to keep his eyeball, nose, collar and back spot black for more contrast. I added a little glue and glitter to his collar.

The Sun stencil (LR502) was paste embossed with Matte Black Embossing Paste, then, before removing the stencil, a combination of Distress Embossing Powders were sprinkled over the wet paste (spiced marmalade, mustard seed, fired brick), the stencil carefully removed, heat set the powders being careful not to let the paste bubble.

I'm sure that our "A" team is just DIE-ing to show you their creations, as well as our Guest Designer for the month of July...

Dream It Up!

Leadonna Kimmel

Louise Healy

Laura Drahozal

Lynn Mercurio

Pam Hornschu

Jamie Martin

and

Terri Sproul (GD)

Happy Creating,
Louise

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Thursday, January 10, 2013

A Fresh Start Week 2

Hello from sunny, beautiful southern California! I arrived Tuesday for a fun-filled week of events for our winter CHA show. The weather is beautiful and the views from Lynell's house are amazing! The first events start Thursday and end next Tuesday, so we will be busy showing the new stencils and FX powder colors to everyone who'll listen! Hopefully, I'll get around to see all the other wonderful new products too. CHA is always a great source of inspiration for me, the creativity shown in all the booths is amazing.
Our Dreamweaver theme this month is "A Fresh Start", the perfect theme for the beginning of the new year. We hope one of your resolutions this year will be to play along with our monthly challenges. Who knows, you could win some great prizes! Just add a link to your project on the DREAM it UP! blog, or email a photo of your creation to Lynell at lynell@dreamweaverstencils.com and she will post it on her blog. It's a great excuse for getting out your Dreamweaver products and having some "play" time!

LL3029 and LG749

This week I have paired up the new Dog Words stencil (LG749) with the Dog stencil (LL3029) to create this fun little card that could be perfect as a Valentine card for the dog lovers in your life. He's very easy.

Tape the Dog stencil to green cardstock with removable tape
Use the palette knife and paste spreader to apply Matte Black Embossing Paste across the stencil
Remove and clean the stencil
Let the black paste dry for about ten minutes, it won't be completely dry but will have enough of a crust to work on
Use a soft paint brush to gently brush metallic F/X Cocoa powder (FX18) on the dog and Pixie Blush (09) on the nose and collar
Let the image finish drying completely
Cut a piece of cream cardstock 4 1/4" x 9 3/4" and score it 5 1/2" from one end, the short side will become the front of the card
Tape the Dog Words stencil to the right side of the card (it is actually the right edge of the inside of the card) so the little paws go up the side
Use a small stencil brush to add color to the paws, you will have to do one set then move the stencil up to add more paw prints
Tape the Dog Words to a small piece of cream cardstock and use a small stencil brush to color the "I Wuff You!"
Layer everything up on coordinating papers for a fun,whimsical card!

Be sure to stop over at the rest of team blogs for more fresh inspiration! Just click on their names below.

Happy Creating,

Louise