Thursday, February 27, 2014

February Flutters Final Edition!

Is it spring yet???? It certainly does not feel like spring. We still have a lot of snow on the ground here and we're supposed to get up to 10" more this weekend! Uncle! Thank goodness the sun is getting stronger each day and hopefully we'll have a beautiful spring soon. Hope springs eternal as the saying goes.

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 The Dreamweaver challenge for the month of February  is coming to a close, but we're pretty excited to share our final creations of "February Flutters", meaning anything that flutters. Heart flutters, wings that flutter, breezes, sails, etc. So, come along for the ride and link your own "flutterings" to the Dream It Up! blog for a chance to win the stencil of your choice. 
Meanwhile, here's my "fluttering" for the week featuring one of Dreamweaver's beautiful butterfly stencils and one of the die cuts.

LG706 - Monstera shape, LM121 - Butterfly
DD002 - Monstera leaf die cut

The background was created with the wonderful Monstera shape (LG706) stencil and Memories Mists spray on green cardstock. The Butterfly (LM121) stencil was paste embossed with a combination of some left over pastes on yellow cardstock, dried, then fussy cut. The three small Monstera (DD002) leaves were die cut from various shades of green cardstock. It has that warm "jungle" feel that I need right now.

The new die cuts are just wonderful. If you haven't seen them yet, flutter over to Stencil with Style to check them out.

Fly on over to the other team member blogs for their fluttering creations!


Happy Creating,
Louise
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Thursday, February 20, 2014

February Flutters Continue!

The Dreamweaver challenge for the month of February  is in full swing. It will be a short month of posts for the Dream Team, but we're pretty excited to share with you our versions of"February Flutters", meaning anything that flutters. Heart flutters, wings that flutter, breezes, sails, etc. So, come along for the ride and link your own "flutterings" to the Dream It Up! blog for a chance to win the stencil of your choice. 

Meanwhile, here's my "fluttering" for the week featuring the Nest flourish stencil (LL587) and the Birdcage stencil (LL3012):

Notecard Folders featuring the
Nest flourish stencil (LL587) and the Birdcage stencil (LL3012)
I featured this Notecard Folder project for Mother's Day last year (click here for detailed instructions) and will be teaching these in April up at Door County Rubber Stamps in Egg Harbor, WI. Details for the weekend workshops will be available soon. Both folders contain four matching notecards and envelopes and use Matte Black Embossing Paste with some Metallic F/X powders for a little color.


These make wonderful gifts for any occasion.

Fly on over to the other team member blogs for their fluttering creations!

Happy Creating,
Louise
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Thursday, February 13, 2014

February Flutters!

The Dreamweaver challenge for the month of February  is in full swing. It will be a short month of posts for the Dream Team, but we're pretty excited to share with you our versions of"February Flutters", meaning anything that flutters. Heart flutters, wings that flutter, breezes, sails, etc. So, come along for the ride and link your own "flutterings" to the Dream It Up! blog for a chance to win the stencil of your choice. 
Meanwhile, here's my "fluttering" for the week featuring the new Zen Butterfly (LL3037) stencil.

LL3037 - Zen Butterfly
Close up of Green and Blue Embossing Paste with Crystal glitter
To create this project, just follow these simple steps:
  • Tape the stencil to white cardstock with removable tape
  • Use a palette knife to apply two dollops of Glossy Blue Embossing Paste to a paste spreader and one of Glossy Green Embossing Paste
  • Use the palette knife to gently swirl the two pastes together, be careful not to mix them too much
  • Apply the blended paste across the stencil
  • Save left over paste in a small container
  • Remove the stencil and place in water for cleaning
  • Sprinkle the wet paste with Crystal glitter, tap off extra and let paste dry
  • While the paste dries, use a 3/4" stencil brush and the clean, dry butterfly stencil to stencil some butterflies in the background of a piece of light blue-green cardstock
  • Layer into a beautiful card, embellish with a small bow
Fly on over to the other team member blogs for their fluttering creations!


Happy Creating,
Louise


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Thursday, February 6, 2014

February Flutters

Are you ready for the new Dreamweaver challenge for the month of February? It will be a short month of posts for the Dream Team, but we're pretty excited to share with you our versions of"February Flutters", meaning anything that flutters. Heart flutters, wings that flutter, breezes, sails, etc. So, come along for the ride and link your own "flutterings" to the Dream It Up! blog for a chance to win the stencil of your choice. 
Meanwhile, here's my "fluttering" for the week featuring the beautiful new Sailboat stencil (LG755).  We will be creating these in my class at Memories and Beyond on February 25:

LG755 - Sailboat and LL332 Picasso
Paste with glitter

LG755 - Sailboat
Leafing technique

LG755 - Sailboat
Letterpress technique

Be sure to leave me some encouragement before flitting over to the "A" team blogs: 

 
Happy Creating,
Louise
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Thursday, January 30, 2014

Clean and Simple!

Well, we have almost made it through January! I will be so happy to have some days with above zero temperatures!
The Dreamweaver Stencils design team has an extra week this month to share more great samples from the new release of stencils. This week I'm sharing a fun card that could be used for a boy or man's birthday, or for someone you know who loves elephants!

This is very easy, here's how it's done:

  • Tape the Pop Rectangles stencil (LJ929) along the left side of an A6 (4 5/8" x 6") piece of  green cardstock with removable tape
  • Use a palette knife and paste spreader to apply Glossy White Embossing Paste over the design
  • Remove and clean the stencil, let the paste dry
  • While that is drying, tape the Open Elephant stencil (LG756) to white cardstock with removable tape
  • On a piece of freezer paper place a small dollop of Glossy White Embossing Paste and about 1/4" tsp of Pewter Metallic F/X Powder, mix them together using a palette knife
  • Apply the colored paste to the Elephant stencil 
  • Remove and clean the stencil, let the paste dry
  • Cut a small green mat (1/4" larger than the elephant layer) for behind the elephant and a white layer for behind that (1/8" larger than the green layer)
  • Cut a white card A6 size (6" x 9 1/4")  and fold in half
  • Round the corners of all the layers
  • Mount the Pop Rectangles layer on the card front
  • Mount the elephant on the small green and white layers
  • Use foam tape to adhere the elephant to the card front
The Open Elephant is also great for Zentangle. I will be teaching a Zentangle class featuring this great stencil at Memories and Beyond on Tuesday, February 4th. Call the store to sign up! Here's what we will be creating:

Now hop on over to these other team member blogs for other samples.

Louise Healy

Happy Creating,
Louise
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Thursday, January 23, 2014

Lose Some Weight!

That's right, that's the theme of this month's Dreamweaver Stencils challenge! Of course, we mean it in conjunction with card making!  The team is still sharing the new designs recently released at CHA. There are TEN new stencils and SIX new die cuts! They are available and shipping so be sure to tell your local store to hurry up and get them ordered!
This week I am featuring the new Open Fish (LL3038) and Large Scales (LX7023) stencils on a Zentangled card. Here it is:

I just love how the Large Scales make the perfect bubbly waves when they are turned upside down! The great thing about both stencils is they already have nice "sections" to do your tangles in so you really don't need strings (a technical term used by Zentanglers!)

  • I started by using my Black Micron 01 pen to outline the Open Fish stencil on white cardstock
  • The tangles were added with a Black Micron 005 pen, and shading with a pencil and blending stump
  • Copic markers were used to ad a little color 
  • I trimmed close to the design and edged with a black marker, mounted it on a blue mat edged with black, and added foam tape to the back 
  • The "bottom of the sea" was created by outlining three rows of the Large Scales stencil with the Black Micron 01 on blue paper (matches the mat on the fish layer)
  • Add some seaweedy-looking tangles, color them, edge the layer with black
  • Mount the scales on the front of your card, add the fish, and there you have it, a fun, colorful card perfect for birthdays, graduations, "have a Fin-tastic day!", you'll think of something!
The B team has more great creations to share with you this week. Check it out!




Happy Creating,
Louise
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Thursday, January 16, 2014

Clean and Simple Cards

During the month of January, the Dreamweaver Stencils design team was given the challenge "Lose Some Weight!" (AKA Clean and Simple). Clean and Simple is one of my favorite ways to create because it allows you to say "no, it doesn't need that, it's pretty just how it is!". Sometimes when we get new toys to play with, that is hard to remember! The team has been creating with the beautiful new stencils just released this last weekend at CHA, and today in the mail I got my box of the new die cuts! I can hardly wait to play with those! If you haven't seen the new products yet, here's a peek at them.



Like I said, it has been fun, fun, fun, with new fun just beginning!
It's hard to choose which to share with you and still follow our theme, so I decided to share multiple images of one design to show the versatility of these wonderful stencils.
Here is the card I created for Lynell using the beautiful new Swirly Hearts stencil (LJ928):
LJ928 - Swirly Hearts Letterpress Technique

And here are the cards for my upcoming class at Memories and Beyond in Downers Grove using the same stencil:
LJ928 Swirly Hearts - Sludge Paste Technique

LJ928 Swirly Hearts - Double Glitter Technique

LJ928 Swirly Hearts - Dry Embossed with the Strie Technique applied
The class is on Tuesday, January 28th at 1:00 pm and repeated at 6:00 pm. Give Memories and  Beyond a call to reserve you place!
The other team members have more great samples for you too!


Happy Creating,
Louise
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