Showing posts with label Splendor Ink. Show all posts
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Thursday, October 10, 2013

Mystical and Magical Week 2!

We hope you enjoyed week one of our spooky, mystical and magical land of Halloween and holidays. This week the Dreamweaver design team has another set of great creations to share with you and we hope you will consider joining our challenge. Just link your creation with the linky tool over at the DREAM it UP! blog or email a photo of your work to lynell@dreamweaverstencils.com and she will post it for you. You could win a prize! 
The month of October we have as our guest designer, Alison Heikkila. October promises to be a very creative month, you won't want to miss any of it!
Here's my design for this week:
LJ816 - Spider web, LL531 - Jack o lanterns
LS28 - Spider, LG749 - Doggy words
Here's how it's done:
  • Paste emboss the Spider web stencil (LJ816) with Glossy White Embossing Paste (angle the stencil across the upper left corner of black cardstock)
  • Remove the stencil and place in water for cleaning, immediately sprinkle the wet paste with Crystal glitter
  • Let dry
  • Paste emboss the Jack o lanterns stencil (LL531) with Matte Yellow Embossing Paste in the lower right corner
  • Remove the stencil and place in water for cleaning
  • Let dry
  • Return the Jack o lanterns stencil over the dry paste and use small stencil brushes to apply ink over the paste (I used Splendor Ink - Circus ink pad)
  • Paste emboss the Spider stencil (LS28) on white cardstock with Glossy Black Embossing Paste
  • Remove the stencil and place in water for cleaning
  • Sprinkle Metallic F/X powder Nouveau Orange randomly over the wet paste
  • Let dry
  • Cut out the spider as close as possible to all the legs, use a Distress marker in antique linen to color the white edges throughout the design
  • Attach to the web with foam tape
  • Use the Dog words stencil (LG749), a small stencil brush and Memento Tuxedo Black to stencil the "happy" from the Happy HOWLoween part of the stencil
  • Line up the Happy underneath the first one and a little to the left, tape off only the "Ha" and stencil that, use the "pp" upside down to create the two l's (minus the round part of course!), then the "oween" next to that
  • Use a deckle scissors to cut around the words, and brush the background with the left over black ink from the brush, mount the words on a small orange mat with a deckled edge
  • Use foam tape to add the words to the card
Now check out the rest of the team blogs:


This week I have been taking Creative Chemistry 102 with Tim Holtz. Scroll down to see what we've been creating!

 Happy Creating,
Louise
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Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Day 2 Dreamweaver and Stampendous

Welcome to day 2 of the Dreamweaver Stencils and Stampendous blog hop! We hope you enjoyed the creations from day 1! If you missed them, click here to go to my post from yesterday for the list of participants.

It's fun in the sun time again with another collaboration between Stampendous and Dreamweaver Stencils! We'll be playing together all of this week, with a fabulous hop on Friday, August 2nd, featuring a slew of amazing talent from both teams, and of course...prizes!!!

Two prize packages will be given away for the comments left on posts Monday-Thursday, July 29th - August 1st, and one prize will be given away for comments left on the hop day, Friday, August 2nd. Winners will be selected randomly and announced Thursday, August 8th. (Note: USA addresses only, please, due to shipping costs.) Here's what you could win:

Stampendous Surfer and Sandcastle Kiddos • Dreamweaver Hot Air Balloon, Ice Cream Cones, Summer, Mosaic Swirls, Bird Words, and Sandcastle stencils



Here's what I came up with for today:

Dreamweaver Stencils new LX7021 - Floral corner
Stampendous SSC1158 - Thoughtful Wishes
This is one of the newly released stencils from Dreamweaver Stencils.
Steps:
  • Tape the stencil to light green cardstock with removable tape
  • Use a palette knife and paste spreader to apply Dreamweaver Embossing Paste (the regular Matte White)
  • Remove and clean the stencil, let the paste dry
  • Tape the clean, dry stencil back over the dry paste
  • Use 1/4" stencil brushes and the Picasso tool (LL332) to apply ink to the flowers (I used Splendor Ink Pads - Circus and Magic)
  • Let the inks dry or heat with a heat tool
  • Trim the floral layer a little and mount onto a small black mat
  • Adhere to the front of a coordinating color card (the picture shows the card as much more purple than it really is in person)
  • Stamp the saying from Stampendous Thoughtful Wishes cling set (SSC1158) with Archival Jet Black ink on white cardstock
  • Use a deckle scissors around the edge and mount on a small black mat
  • Adhere to the upper right corner with foam tape

Here's the list of today's participants. Be sure to leave them a comment for the chance to win a prize!
Louise Healy (you're here!)

Happy Creating,
Louise
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Thursday, July 18, 2013

Summertime, Sparklers, S'More!

Welcome back to our Dreamweaver Stencils Thursday challenge. This month our theme is "Summertime, Sparklers, S'More!", which leaves a lot to the imagination. We hope you will join our challenge and create your own fun summertime card. You can either link it on the DREAM it UP! blog through the linking tool, or email a photo and description to lynell@dreamweaverstencils.com and she will post it for you (well, probably, Pam will post it for you!). We also have a guest designer this month, Wendy Price. She is very talented and we have enjoyed seeing her creations.
Lynell and her team are leaving for Las Vegas and the summer retailers show, so that means NEW RELEASES! We are so excited to about the new designs and several designs that have been re-released due to popular demand! The design I'm showing this week is one that has been re-released in a different size. To me it just "crows" hot summer morning! Don't you agree.

LG753 - Lg Crowing Rooster
This is the Lg Crowing Rooster (LG753). He just seems so happy and proud of himself, it makes me smile! This would be a great design to Zentangle too. Mmmm....maybe coming soon to a blog near you!
Here's how it's done:

  • Tape the stencil to white cardstock with removable tape
  • Use a palette knife and paste spreader to apply Matte Yellow embossing paste 
  • Remove the stencil and place in water for cleaning
  • Let the paste dry thoroughly (about 20 minutes, but I wait 30)
  • Place the clean, dry stencil over the dry paste and tape in place
  • Use 1/4" stencil brushes and inks to apply color to the design (I used Splendor Ink pads in Circus and Magic for this, these are great because you get lots of colors in each set)
  • Remove the stencil and let the inks dry a little while you prepare the card
  • I trimmed the rooster image a little, mounted it on a black mat, then a slightly larger yellow mat
  • The background paper is from Graphic45 (gotta love their papers!)
  • The base card is yellow cardstock, matching the layer behind the rooster
  • Use foam tape to apply the matted rooster to the front of the card
  • I think this would be cute to send to someone who just got promoted or graduated and say "now that's something to crow about!" or "crowing with delight at your good news", you get the picture
More great summer ideas are waiting for you at the team blogs. Leave me a comment then head on over to seen their creations this week!


Happy Creating,
Louise
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Thursday, January 17, 2013

A Fresh Start Week 3

CHA is over and fresh ideas are swarming around in my head! It is always so inspirational to walk the aisles and see new products and ideas everywhere. Exhausting, but exhilarating at the same time. We met a lot of new contacts to work with this next year to bring you "fresh"  ways to use your Dreamweaver Stencils with other great products on the market! Here are a few pictures from the show.
Louise & Pam, Pam & Georgia
Rebekka, Jennifer
One piece I did for CHA was using the beautiful canvas pieces from Canvas Corp LLC. Here's what I came up with using Dreamweaver's fabulous new Leafless tree stencil (LX7020) and canvases from Canvas Corp. They worked perfectly together.

LX7020 - Matte Black Embossing Paste
with Distress Embossing Powders

Here's how to do it:
  • Use a foam brush to apply a coat of claudine hellmuth Studio gesso from Ranger to the 10" x 10" canvas
  • Let dry
  • Tape the Tree stencil to the upper left corner of the canvas with removable tape
  • Use a large stencil brush to apply brown ink over the image
  • Use a smaller stencil brush to apply some black ink over the brown
  • Move the stencil to the lower right corner and repeat the inking steps
  • Rouge the edges of the canvas with the ink remaining in the brown brush, you may need to add more ink
  • Set aside to dry
  • Apply Ranger Adirondack Acrylic Paint Dabber Pebble to a 6" x 6" canvas, not completely covering the surface
  • Dry gently with a heat gun or let air dry
  • Tape the Leafless Tree stencil (LX7020) to the painted canvas with removable tape
  • Use a palette knife and paste spreader (LM2010) to apply Dreamweaver Matte Black Embossing Paste (DMBP) across the stencil
  • Remove the stencil and lightly sprinkle the wet paste with a mix of Distress Embossing Powders Vintage Photo and Walnut Stain
  • Heat gently to set the powder, then let dry completely
  • Wrap black twine from May Arts at angles around the larger canvas attaching in the back
  • Attach the tree canvas to the larger canvas with Tacky Glue
Please take some time to enjoy more fresh ideas from our other team members.
Happy Creating,
Louise
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