The Dream Team designers are so excited to have the opportunity to play along with some unique Ranger Products in the Tim Holtz line...specifically, the Distressed Embossing Powders! Our own Louise Healy demonstrated how fabulous these are with the Dreamweaver Stencils when she created this card for a fun class at CHA Summer 2012:
Apparently, Tim Holtz agreed with all of us on this unique use of his product, so he very generously had Ranger (thanks, Patti!) send the team some samples to play and blog with. So...here we go!
Here's my post for today:
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| Start with a natural finish wood mirror, I used an Ikea 10" square mirror |
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| Use the Ranger Adirondack Snow Cap Dabber to put a white washed look over the whole mirror. Let it dry, or use a heat tool. |
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| Apply Distress Stains to create sky and ground areas, wiping gently between colors with a soft cloth or paper towel. |
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| Dry with a heat tool to make sure the stains are completely dry before continuing. |
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| Tape LG687 - Geese stencil to the upper right corner. Use a small stencil brush to apply Distress Ink black soot over the design. |
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| Use foam to apply a layer of Distress embossing Ink over the geese. |
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| Sprinkle with Distress embossing powder black soot, tap off excess and heat thoroughly. Brush gently with hand when cool to remove the distress crystals. |
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| Place LL517 - Cattails stencil in lower right corner and use a small stencil brush to apply Distress Inks vintage photo. |
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| Apply a layer of Distress embossing Ink. Sprinkle the pods with vintage photo Distress powder, and the leaves with frayed burlap Distress powder. Tap off excess and heat set. |
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| Repeat the cattails two more times in the left corner. Add additional inks to create more depth (I added evergreen bough and broken china to the "water" area using a small stencil brush. I also added some spice marmalade behind the cattails using Cut 'n Dry foam then finished the edge with walnut stain Distress Ink on a foam applicator) |
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| Finish it off with some garden twine and a charm, plus a few of the leaves I had left over from last weeks project! |
See that little mirror in the mirror, that is from a CHA class that I took with Tim Holtz one year. It was the first time I had worked with his Distress Embossing Powders and I have been hooked ever since! You really need to give them a try, they give such texture to your projects!
For the next four weeks, on our regular Thursday posts, we will be featuring the wonderful things that you can do with Tim's Distress Powders and Dreamweaver Stencils. Leave comments on each of the team blog posts for opportunities to win one prize package for each of the four weeks:
Don't forget to play along with the Dream Team's
monthly challenges for more opportunities to win some great stencil designs!
October's challenge is Festively Fall, and November is
CAS (clean and simple) Christmas! Link your creations on the Dream It Up! blog, or email pics to lynell@dreamweaverstencils.com. Join us on
Facebook as well! Lots of inspiration, and lots
of fun!
I didn't even know this was the prize stencil when I created my project this week!
Here are a couple of other cards I have created with the Double-glitter technique substituting Ranger's Distress Embossing Powders for the glitter and then heat setting when finished.
Happy Creating,
Louise
I didn't even know this was the prize stencil when I created my project this week!
Here are a couple of other cards I have created with the Double-glitter technique substituting Ranger's Distress Embossing Powders for the glitter and then heat setting when finished.
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| LG745 - Tree line |
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| LG743 - Stylized dahlia |
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| LL379 - Tall palm trees |
Happy Creating,
Louise
