Thursday Dream Schemes

Well we got back from vacation on Sunday afternoon. Two weddings, a graduation party, and a week in hot and humid Florida visiting Mickey and friends all in 10 days!  You're right, that wasn't a vacation, but it sure was fun! Now back to designing.
This week's Dreamweaver Stencils Thursday Dream Scheme is a colorway challenge given to us by fellow team member Laura.  We had to use the colors purple and yellow as the main focus of our design. Here's what I came up with:

Simply dry emboss the Black Eyed Susan (LJ902) stencil using a machine or by hand on white paper. With the stencil over the embossed design, use small stencil brushes to add color to the design (I used Brilliance Yellow, Orange, Thyme, Ivy, and Chocolate). Mount on a dark purple mat, then on a larger yellow mat. Use foam tape to mount to a dark purple card front.  Add a yellow ribbon with a couple of additional ties and mount to the front of a card.  As you can see, it looks great either as a vertical card or a horizontal card, which ever you prefer.  As a finishing touch, I put glue in the centers of the flowers and sprinkled loose tea on the glue to give the flower centers dimension and texture.
Be sure to check out the other great purple and yellow designs created by the rest of the Design Team, and don't forget to stop over at the DREAM it UP! blog for more inspiration.
Several members of our design team will be participating in a Fourth of July blog hop starting on July 2nd, so be sure to check back for more great ideas and some prizes!
Happy Creating,
Louise

Thursday Dream Scheme

While you're browsing the great creations from this week's Dreamweaver Stencils Thursday Dream Scheme, I'll be visiting Minnie and Mickey and the wonderful land of Disney with my family!  This week is designer's choice so I decided to share one of my favorite older stencils, Dreamweaver's Dragon (LJ844). He makes up into fabulous cards for those dragon lovers you know (I have two sons who loved D&D, still do). Here he is done with the faux cloisonne technique:

To start, tape the dragon stencil to black paper and apply Yellow Matte Embossing Paste. Remove and clean the stencil and let the paste dry.  Place the clean, dry stencil back over the dry paste and use small stencil brushes and pigment inks to color the dragon. Remove the stencil and sprinkle Ultra-Thick Embossing Enamel (UTEE) over the image, heat carefully. Let the image cool, place the stencil back over the design and add more color where desired. Sprinkle with regular Embossing Powder and carefully heat set the whole image.  Mount on coordinating papers and embellish as desired.
Hope you enjoy this design too! Don't forget to stop over at the DREAM it UP! blog and then to the other designer's blogs for more great ideas.
Happy Creating,
Louise

Thursday Dream Scheme

Welcome to this week's Dreamweaver Stencils Dream Scheme Thursday challenge.  This week's sketch challenge was brought to us by fellow Dream Team member Deborah March.  Here's a copy of the sketch:

Here's my take on the sketch:

Cut a circle out of decorative paper and tape the Dreamweaver Dragonfly stencil (LM193) to the circle.  Apply black embossing paste over the stencil, remove and clean the stencil.  Let the paste dry about 10 or 15 minutes then use a soft paint brush to add Metallic F/X powders over the paste (I used Navajo Sky, Purple Satin, and Kiwi). Let dry completely, then use a Micron 03 black pen to add "veins" on the wings. Cut a slightly larger circle mat for behind the dragonfly and mount on coordinating papers.  Add a sentiment for the appropriate occasion and send it off to the lucky recipient!
Check out the other Dream Team member blogs and the DREAM it UP! blog for more great interpretations of this fun sketch.
Happy Creating,
Louise

Thursday Dream Schemes

Hard to believe but it's Thursday already! Time for our Dreamweaver Stencils Thursday Dream Scheme challenge of the week.  We have another designer's choice this week so I thought I'd share this sweet, summery little notecard with you.

It just has that hot summer day feel doesn't it. Try this easy technique while you enjoy some air conditioning on these 100 degree days, it very simple.  Tape your stencil (I used Dreamweaver's LL582 Mum crest stencil) to white paper and use small stencil brushes to add color to the design. I used a pretty heavy coat of Brilliance Rocket Red and Thyme for this.  Remove and clean the stencil then tape it back over the stenciled image and  put a coat of Translucent Embossing Paste over it. Remove the stencil and immediately sprinkle the wet paste with crystal glitter.  Set it aside to dry, then mount into a great notecard that you can use for any occasion. Try it, you'll like it!
Check out the DREAM it UP! blog and all the other great designs on the Dream Team blogs.  We love hearing from everyone and use the Mr. Linky on Lynell's blog to share your work with us.
Happy Creating,
Louise

Dream Scheme Thursday

Time for another Dreamweaver Stencils Dream Scheme Thursday.  This week's challenge is from Dream Team member Pam Hornschu and is a colorway challenge of Lavender and Gray.  There are many shades of these two colors so the possibilities are many! Here's what I've created this week:

This is very easy to do. Simply paste emboss the Peacock (LG730) stencil on lavender paper with the Metallic Silver Paste.  With the stencil still on the wet paste, sprinkle the peacock with Purple Satin Metallic F/X powder (FX14). Use a soft brush to VERY GENTLY brush the powder over the peacock image avoiding the flourish areas. Remove and clean the stencil and let the pasted image dry thoroughly.  Use a sort brush and a swifter cloth to remove excess powder from the image. Mount on grey and lavender layers and embellish with a ribbon.  This would be a great birthday, anniversary or wedding card.

Don't forget to stop over at the DREAM it UP! blog to see what Lynell came up with this week, then check out the other team member blogs too.

Happy Creating,
Louise

Thursday Dream Scheme

Welcome to this week's Dreamweaver Stencils Thursday Dream Scheme.  This week is another designer's choice so I've decided to share three cards that we recently did in a class at Stampology Chicago.  We created three great cards using the Necktie stencil (LG735), just in time for Father's Day or a birthday for your favorite someone. Here they are:

 For this card, dry emboss the necktie stencil on white cardstock, and again on a decorative stripe. Lightly sand the embossed edges of the tie on the decorative paper and cut out the necktie.   Use a coordinating color marker along the edge of the paper to hide the white cut edge. Mount the cut tie on the white embossed layer, then on to a black mat.  Create a center fold card and add strips of matching decorative paper to each side.  Attach the tie layer to the left side of the card.

 Paste emboss the necktie on tan washi cardstock using Glossy Black Embossing Paste.  With the stencil still in place, use a soft paintbrush to sprinkle Metallic F/X powders (Gold Dust and Moonstone) randomly over the wet paste.  Remove and clean the stencil, let the paste dry, buff the extra powder of with a Swifter cloth, and mount on decorative paper.

And finally,  use Translucent Embossing Paste on decorative cardstock with the necktie. Remove and clean the stencil, let the paste dry, cut out the tie, edge with a coordinating marker.  Dry emboss the necktie on white cardstock.  Mount the pasted tie on the white tie, then on a small black layer.  Add black "photo corners" and a pearl gem as a tie tack.  Adhere matching paper to the front of card, then use foam mounting tape to add the tie layer. Three easy cards that can be done in a variety of colors and patterns.
Be sure to check out the DREAM it UP! blog for several great ideas from the team, as well as the team member blogs.  It's easy, just click on their names on the left side of my blog.

Happy Creating,
Louise

Thursday Dream Scheme

Welcome to this week's Dreamweaver Stencils Thursday Dream Scheme challenge. This week's challenge was given to us by fellow Dream Team member Deborah March. It is a sketch shape challenge open to our interpretation of course!  Here's her sketch:

And here's my take on the sketch:

I decided to use just one arch along with the just re-released Cathedral Windows (LJ808) stencil. I printed a copy of the arch design, cut it out and traced it on white linen cardstock and cut the arch on the cardstock. Then dry embossed the Cathedral Window pattern on the white linen.  I used a Brillance Pearlescent Beige ink pad to swipe color over the raised design, then a large stencil brush to brush a little additional color in the background.  Using a larger stencil brush softens the color so it looks lighter.  The background paper is kraft colored cardstock with the same Cathedral Window design stenciled with Brilliance Coffee Bean ink. Before layering the original arch layer was placed on black cardstock and trimmed to create a small black mat around the arch.  Tie a black ribbon around it, then adhere to the kraft cardstock layer.  The "Blessings" sentiment is from the new Rainy Days Sayings (LG738) stenciled on matching cardstock in the Beige ink, edged with a black marker the applied using foam tape. The felt flowers are from Creative Impressions and add the final touch.
See what you can do with this challenging design, then hop over to the DREAM it UP! blog  to share it with the group or just for more great ideas. Don't forget to check out the other designer's blogs too!
Happy Creating,
Louise