Here we are at the final week of the Dreamweaver Stencils' March challenge...going CAS (clean and simple). What a great month we've had! It has truly been a challenge for most of our team, as CAS isn't "artsy-fartsy" enough for some of them. But, we've been so excited and inspired by the amount of players that we've had link up or email their own creations. Choosing the winners for this month will be really difficult (have fun with that, Lynell!).My card for this week was inspired by the above teapot that my friend, Judith, who heads up Woodware UK, gave to Lynell and I while we were in the UK last month. She bought two teapots, one in the flower pattern, the other in the aqua, and we were to mix and match them up. Isn't it soooo cute? I decided that I needed to create a thank you card to mail to her, and wanted to mimic (sort of) my cute little teapot. I machine embossed the teapot stencil on ivory cardstock. Then I masked off half and used the floral design from the Oval Doily stencil to create my flower pattern by stenciling Cyan Versacolor ink. Then I masked off the floral part, and used a big stencil brush to create the rest of the pot, adding shading for both portions. I vaguely stenciled the doily portion around the tea pot for added pattern. I covered the teapot in two coats of Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel for a more ceramic look very similar to the Faux Cloisonne technique you can learn about on one of the Dreamweaver Stencils' DVDs.
Visit the rest of the Dream Team, leaving some love as you go:
There are still two days left to play along and link your creation on the Dream It Up! blog. Two winners will be selected to win one of two sets of these stencils:
