Dreamweaver Stencils: Final Christmas in August is Smokin' Hot!

Wow! We had five Thursdays in the month of August, so I had to scramble to come up with a fifth post for Christmas in August. I pulled out this card that I created in 2011 with the Stockings by the Fire stencil from Dreamweaver. I had machine-embossed the design on ivory cardstock, and swiped Vintage Photo Distress Ink over the embossed surface to highlight it. I paper-pieced the stockings, and distressed them with ink, along with the edges of the card. Cut baker's twine, brads, and an epoxy sticker finished off this fun card, which is so simple to make in multiples. I suggest you Pin this to your "gotta make for the holidays" board!

Since today is the final day of the month, it's a bit late to play along with the August challenge, but I'll give you a secret hint for the September challenge...it features the season before Christmas! Now you have an early start to playing along for September. Plus, we have some additional fun through the month of September...a month long collaboration with Art Glitter and their über-creative gals, and a hop week with the team from Quietfire Design! Whew! Oh, and you know there will be extra prizes for these events...so stayed tuned! Meanwhile, here are our volunteer teammates with their final Christmas in August presentations:

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Louise Healy

Cyndi Bundy 

Heidi Erickson

Pam Hornschu (you are here) 

Dreamweaver and Woodware UK: Christmas in August...the Tradition Continues, Day Four

Welcome to the annual Dreamweaver and Woodware Christmas in August extravaganza week! Monday through Saturday we will be knocking your Christmas stockings off with fun and inspirational ideas for the upcoming holidays. All that you need to do is hop back and forth across the "pond" on each day, oohing and aaahhhing as you go, and leaving us plenty of holiday love. In return, you'll be entered to randomly win one prize package for a UK commenter, and a second prize package for a US commenter, featuring products distributed in the UK by Woodware...including Dreamweaver and Stampendous!

Prize includes four stencils, one die, and two stamps, selection may vary.

Here's what I've created:

Now, here is a unique take on color for Christmas! Bright pink and black! Using the Ornate Christmas tree, I machine-embossed the design on pieces of pink and silver aluminum, and paste embossed in Glossy Black on the pink cardstock. The stencil was place over the top of the pink aluminum to sand away the color from the embossed surface, and then black StazOn ink was applied to the sanded areas. The various completed panels were cut out and layered on the black card, and depending on how many panels you create, you can have multiple variations. A ribbon bow, a sparkle pompom, and Decorative Pin, and a sentiment completes the card.

Now's the time for you to leave a comment and move on to the next designer for today:

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Woodware UK

Pam Hornschu

Laura Drahozal

Dorothy Adam

Lyn Bernatovich

Louise Healy

Cherylynn Moser

Dreamweaver and Woodware UK: Christmas in August...the Tradition Continues, Day Three

Welcome to the annual Dreamweaver and Woodware Christmas in August extravaganza week! Monday through Saturday we will be knocking your Christmas stockings off with fun and inspirational ideas for the upcoming holidays. All that you need to do is hop back and forth across the "pond" on each day, oohing and aaahhhing as you go, and leaving us plenty of holiday love. In return, you'll be entered to randomly win one prize package for a UK commenter, and a second prize package for a US commenter, featuring products distributed in the UK by Woodware...including Dreamweaver and Stampendous!

Prize includes four stencils, one die, and two stamps, selection may vary.

Here's my creation for today's post:

Sometimes when you are in the middle of a creative brainstorm (and that's putting it nicely!), you feel the need to throw everything on the card! And sometimes it actually works! For this card, I used Dreamweaver Regular Embossing Paste with the Oval Ornament stencil, and while still wet, I pressed a generous handful of bright colored buttons into the surface. I sprinkled the in-between spaces and the top of the ornament with Stampendous Multi Fine Crystal Glitter for sparkle. (The fun part was swiping away the extra glitter from the buttons!) I added peppermint striped baker's twine to the top, and layered the kraft panel onto a kraft card and fun paper. A sweet little Stampendous sentiment stamped in red was the finishing touch!

Now's the time for you to leave a comment and move on to the next designer for today:

Woodware UK

Dream It Up!

Stacey Rumsby

Louise Healy

Kim Reygate

Terrece Siddoway

Pam Hornschu
Cyndi Bundy

Dreamweaver Stencils: Christmas in August?

You're off to the beach, jumping in the pool (and hopefully coating yourself with sunscreen!), playing at the park, going to the fair (and eating foods that you would never have thought of eating twenty years ago!), eating ice-cream and Popsicles, fried chicken and potato salad, and drinking lemonade and margaritas...yep, it's summertime. In Dreamweaver-land, that was last month. This month? It's Christmas in August. So, break out the Christmas carols, hot chocolate, and fake snow, and get ready to play along with the Dream Team! Don't forget to link your creations to the linkytool on the Dream It Up! blog. Speaking of the Dream It Up! blog...head over there today to discover the three winners of the prize packages from the Dreamweaver/Stampendous collaboration last week!

I created a very CAS (clean and simple) card for today's post...actually, I created this last month for the CHA event in Vegas where everyone introduces their new designs. Dreamweaver just released this wonderful Joyeux Noel sentiment for the holidays, which I paired with a Glossy White Pasted Swirly Christmas Tree. Fun paper and sparkly rhinestones, and you're done. Easy peasy...uh...gingerbread squeezy. Hmmm. Or not.

While you are finishing up your summertime activities, cool off with our holiday theme and play along! Below is the list of our "B" Team players this week:

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Lea Kimmel
Louise Healy
Stacey Rumsby
Terrece Siddoway 
Pam Hornschu
Cherylynn Moser 

Jessica Griffin