We're All In with Dreamweaver All in Ones!

This week the Stampendous team have been sharing the newly-released "All in One" stamps for the fall and holiday season. Today, you may see a few of those mixed in with Dreamweaver backgrounds, along with Embossing Paste, etc., but for Dreamweaver Thursday, we'd also like to remind you that Dreamweaver by Stampendous has a great selection of "all in ones" as well.

My post today features, once again, the Season of Joy stencil, but this time I've paste-embossed the design in Matte Black. Once dry, I replaced the clean stencil over the surface, and daubed VersaMark ink over the surface to act as a fixative for the next step...applying beautiful mica Metallic F/X* powders in yummy colors like Sapphire, Wedgewood, Ivy Garden, Cocoa, Red Kimono, Goldfinch, Pewter, and Moonlight.

The top of the panel was torn, and VersaMark brushed over the edges before applying more Goldfinch over the edge. Sprinkles of Stampendous Shabby White Embossing Enamel was sprinkled over the panel, as well as the blue card base, and heated from underneath to melt into beautiful snowy magic.

Now, if you are thinking that the purpose of using an "all in one" image is to save time, you are totally correct. But nothing says that you can't created something extra special for that special someone in your life. Many of the stencil designs also come in an embossing folder for a super-quick "all in one". Just emboss the design into nice cardstock, brush with a soft ink (like Tsukineko's Gold or Silver Delicata), or if embossed into Core'dinations cardstock, just sand over the embossed areas to highlight the design, or ink through the stencil onto a richly colored cardstock, sprinkle with one of the Stampendous beautiful Fran•tagé Embossing Enamels, and heat, or....well you get the picture...all in one!

Let's see how our other Dreamweaver Thursday posters interpret this challenge...

Stampendous Blog

Lyn Bernatovich

Pam Hornschu (you're here)

Louise Healy
Pam Bray

Kristine Reynolds

Alison Heikkila
Wendy Price
Laura Drahozal
Lea Fritts 

*Note: the Metallic F/X powders are not on the Stampendous website, however, they can be purchased through the site. Just add them into the comment section of your order. Or, you can purchase them at one of the local stores listed on the website, as well as the Stencil with Style site.

I Love These Meeces to Pieces!

Though I wouldn't be crazy about having mice get into my cookie jar in the real world, these House Mouse Designs® would be hard to say no to. Especially when the sneaky critters are trying to frame the cat for the crime! This darling Cookie Bandits design was colored with Copic Sketch markers, with an effort at creating a green depression glass jar, with a bit of reflection through it onto the "wallpaper" created by stenciling the Dreamweaver Tulips and Daffodils background. A bit of Glossy Accents was brushed over the jar for a glassy look. I added a Spoonful of Rust Frantagé goodies to the card as well, sort of mimicking cookie crumbs.

 Be sure to visit the Stampendous blog for a link to those of the team who are posting their own House Mouse Designs® creations today!

Stampendous and Core'dinations: More Sandy Options!

Yes, the Stampendous team are breaking out their sanding blocks once again as they get to the Core of their creativity with wonderful Core'dinations' cardstock. Three days of awesomeness, and yes, there will be prizes. 

 

Check the Stampendous blog for all the details. Meanwhile, here's my creation for day one:

You can't be sad when Santa is involved! Especially when using the Stampendous Jumbo Cling Dear Santa. This set comes with a great border stamp and template/stencils to use as well. Santa was stamped in Cocoa Memento ink on kraft cardstock, and colored with Prismacolor Pencils. I placed the Santa mask over him, and while he was covered, I stamped the border stamp in white ink and embossed in white, as well as stenciling the chevron design stencil/template with Rhubarb Memento ink. No cutting your own mask to protect your coloring while stamping something else in the background. Love that!


As for the Core'dinations cardstock...I used the new Chalk Core on the left panel by machine-embossing it with the Dreamweaver Flourish stencil, and sanding to reveal the "chalk" design. On the right is a panel of red Core Essentials, machine embossed with the chevron border from the stamp set, and sanded to reveal the pattern. This became a bit more distressed than I was going for as the stencil in the set is quite thin, but it does work, especially if you add an extra piece of thick cardstock as a shim.

Santa was asking for some bling, so he received a healthy dose of it by using Beacon GemTac to adhere Stampendous Spoonful of Snow. This was heated as well to melt the bits of white embossing powder in this mix, giving it a nice bit of sparkle and texture at the same time.

Be sure to leave me a comment before moving on the team members that are playing today:

Stampendous Blog

Kristine Reynolds

Pam Hornschu

Wendy Price

Lea Kimmel

Tenia Nelson

Core'dinations Blog

We'd love for you to play with our challenge for December. You can find all of the info HERE.

Dreamweaver/Stampendous/Core'dinations: SANDY Claus is Coming to Town - Finale!

SANDY Claus is Coming to Town!

Yes...SANDY Claus! All of this week, the Stampendous and Dreamweaver teams are playing with a mix of their products, along with some wonderful, SAND-ABLE papers from Core'dinations. Join us as we sand our way to the "core" of all things Christmas and the Holiday season. Of course, there will be prizes, and we give away the best...this time with a mix of fun Core'dinations products as well. To be one of three prize package winners, follow the posted link lists each day, leave a comment, and winners will be selected from these comments at the beginning of next week. Here is what you might win:

Here's what I'm showing off today:

What a jolly way to end this week's hop...with Santa! Specifically the Stampendous Cling Santa Reins, stamped in Tuxedo Black Memento ink from Tsukineko, and colored with Copic markers. I added some Dreamweaver Regular Embossing Paste over his beard, hat, and cuffs, and "fluffed" it a bit with the tip of a palette knife. A generous pour of Stampendous Multi Crystal Glitter over the surface, and pressed in slightly to adhere, gives him the sparkle that he deserves. The card base is a great textured piece of Core'dinations cardstock. On top of this is a white cardstock panel paste-embossed in Glossy Red using the Dreamweaver Chevron stencil design.  A die cut Holly Swirl from Dreamweaver, and a die cut Snowflake from Stampendous, layered with a May Arts ribbon knot finish off this card.

Leave a comment for me, and head to the next on the list:

Dreamweaver:

Dream It Up!

Kristine Reynolds*

Lyn Bernatovich

Gill Wilson

Louise Healy

Kristi Parker Van Doren

Laura Drahozal

Jamie Martin*

Lea Kimmel*
Alison Heikkila

Lynn Mercurio

Pam Hornschu*

*On Stampendous team as well

Core'dinations:

(will not be posting on their company blog, but individual posts only)
Tami Mayberry

Head on over to the Stampendous blog for links to their posts:

STAMPENDOUS IMPRESSIONS

Dreamweaver/Stampendous/Core'dinations: SANDY Claus is Coming to Town - Day One

SANDY Claus is Coming to Town!

Yes...SANDY Claus! All of this week, the Stampendous and Dreamweaver teams are playing with a mix of their products, along with some wonderful, SAND-ABLE papers from Core'dinations. Join us as we sand our way to the "core" of all things Christmas and the Holiday season. Of course, there will be prizes, and we give away the best...this time with a mix of fun Core'dinations products as well. To be one of three prize package winners, follow the posted link lists each day, leave a comment, and winners will be selected from these comments at the beginning of next week. Here is what you might win:

Here's what I'm showing off today:

 Monica Mouse just loves writing on the teacher's chalkboard. This time she's left a wonderful Holiday Greeting in the form of the new Dreamweaver Embossing Folder design, embossed and sanded on Core'dinations new Chalk Core cardstock. "Chalk it Up, Monica" is an original House Mouse® Design, available through Stampendous after October 17th. She's been stamped in Tuxedo Black Memento ink, colored with Copic markers and a Pentouch White Marker, cut out and adhered with foam tape. Oh, and of course, she has a ribbon bow!

Leave a comment for me, and head to the next on the list:

Dreamweaver:

Dream It Up!

Lyn Bernatovich

Alison Heikkila

Louise Healy

Pam Hornschu*
*On Stampendous team as well

STAMPENDOUS IMPRESSIONS  
Janelle Stollfus

Dreamweaver: Smeared and Smudged 31 Days of Halloween-Day Three

 
The Dream Team are dipping their fingers into all things spooky, creepy, and scary, as we play along with the Smeared and Smudged 31 Days of Halloween. The team will be taking turns to fill the quota of 31 days on the Dream It Up! blog, and posting on their own blogs as well. Be sure to leave them lots of love as this is truly a challenge for many of them! Here is my post:

It takes a bit of creativity, but it can be so much fun to think outside of the cute box. Almost any stamp image or stencil design can be creepified if you put your mind to it. This card features the Dreamweaver Gothic Cross ink-stenciled on the inside of the card, along with a stamped and embossed Valentine Kiss from Stampendous, embossed in Aged Black Embossing Enamel. I used a Versamark pen and White EP to create fangs, along with some dripping Glossy Accents with Micro Red Glitter on top. The front of the card is created with Core'dinations cardstock, and a portion machine-embossed with the new Dreamweaver Quatrafoil stencil. The window and the sign were cut using Dreamweaver Nesting Frames. The sign was created by stamping the Stampendous Vintage Alphabet, with clawed through marks from a glue pen and red glitter. "Biting" was die cut with Dreamweaver's Dual Alphabet, and adhered ransom-style. One more strip was stamped with a warning from the Perfectly Clear Stampendous Tricky Words. Everything has been smeared and smudged, and punched dripping blood added for effect along with a section of webby ribbon from May Arts.

 

The Smeared and Smudged site is offering prizes each day of the month by a long list of sponsors...Dreamweaver being one of them, but we are also offering one stencil to one lucky commenter on the Dream It Up! blog each day of the month! So, leave your comment below before heading over to the Smeared and Smudged blog to view all of the other creepiness!