Dreamweaver and Stampendous: Summertime Fun Day One

It's fun in the sun time again with another collaboration between Stampendous and Dreamweaver Stencils! We'll be playing together all of this week, with a fabulous hop on Friday, August 2nd, featuring a slew of amazing talent from both teams, and of course...prizes!!!

Two prize packages will be given away for the comments left on posts Monday-Thursday, July 29th - August 1st, and one prize will be given away for comments left on the hop day, Friday, August 2nd. Winners will be selected randomly and announced Thursday, August 8th. (Note: USA addresses only, please, due to shipping costs.) Here's what you could win:

Stampendous Surfer and Sandcastle Kiddos • Dreamweaver Hot Air Balloon, Ice Cream Cones, Summer, Mosaic Swirls, Bird Words, and Sandcastle stencils

 Here's what I created:

Featuring the re-release of the Oi Oi Fish stencil, I sprayed a resist medium over my stencil, and transferred it to my glossy cardstock. When dry, I rubbed Memento Dewdrop inks over the surface. I used the new Dreamweaver Leafless Tree DIE to create the coral branches in the front, and it's counterpart in stencils to emboss the background on Core'dinations cardstock. The card base was machine embossed using various Dreamweaver shell designs, and brushed with ink, before stamping the Stampendous Breathe sentiment.

I added a swathe of May Arts Loose Braid trim as leafy seaweed across the card, and adhered a sprinkling of Stampendous Color Fragments in Fluorescent Orange and Teal for added color and texture.

 Now, hop on over to the next in line. Don't forget to leave some love for a chance to win, and just 'cuz it's nice!

Dream It Up!

Stampendous 

Janelle Stollfus

Louise Healy

Lyn Bernatovich 

Pam Hornschu (you're here!)
Kristine Reynolds

  Lea Kimmel

Dreamweaver Stencils: Tying One On for Summer!

The Dream Team are still celebrating all things summer, despite the various heat waves across the world right now. I chose to post this cool and simple card featuring the Tree Line stencil, in bright and happy colors. The base card is a Parakeet green cardstock from Bazzill, and I used a second panel of Bazzill in a yummy shade of lavender/purple for the trees. Here's what I did:

1. I inked the Tree Line with Versamark ink, all over.
2. I laid it on the base plate of my Big Shot Pro with the inked side up.
3. I placed the cardstock panel face down onto the inked side.
4. I layered on top the a) embossing mat and b) the two clear plates, then ran this through the machine.

The result is two-fold...the ink transferred to the purple panel, and design is now embossed on the panel as well. Perfect, as it provides wonderful guidelines for using an Exacto blade or tiny scissors to cut out the background, leaving just the trees. Once this is done, cover the entire panel with Clear Embossing Powder and heat it. I added thin foam adhesive strips to the back to pop it up off of the green background. The yellow ribbon and welcome sign were added in honor of the tradition of tying a yellow ribbon around the tree until a loved one comes home from the war. That would make for a happy summer day indeed!

Here's the link list for the rest of the crew, including our fab Guest Designer, Wendy Price:

Dream It Up!
Wendy Price
Laura Drahozal
Lyn Bernatovich
Pam Hornschu
Heidi Erickson
Louise Healy
Jessica Griffin
Cyndi Bundy

Once you're full of fresh, summery ideas, then start creating! Link to the linkytool on the Dream It Up! blog for a random chance to win an amazing stencil prize! Remember to follow us on Facebook, Pinterest, and Paper Craft Planet as well!

Dreamweaver Stencils: Summertime Sand and Sun!

Welcome to the second week of the Dreamweaver Stencils' July challenge..."Summertime, Sparklers, and S'more"! We covered the sparkler portion pretty well last week, but there's lots of summertime left. I'm playing in the sand once again, and using Ranger Distress Powders* for the gritty look and feel of sand. The panel on the left features the Scales stencil, and the focal panel features the Sandcastle stencil. Both were created using the double-glitter technique, but with the powders instead of glitter. Here's the process:

1) Peel backing from panel of double-sided mounting paper, and adhere to cardstock panel.
2) Remove backing from DSMP on front.
3) Rub back of stencil with Hawaiian Coconut Soap (this is the best soap for this process, and smells like the beach!). Brush away any hanging soap crumbs, and carefully place stencil on adhesive paper. Use a section of the backing to press stencil on to adhesive surface. Don't touch with fingers as this could prevent the powders from sticking to the adhesive later.
4) For the Scales panel, I just water-falled the powders in stripes of colors. For the Sandcastle, be more careful in placement, or use a small spoon or diagonally cut straw end to apply powders. Rub the powders in for good coverage. Brush away excess.
5) Place panels face down, and pull panel off of stencil, keeping stencil on flat surface to prevent bending.
6) Pour contrasting color of powder over panels. Flick off excess. Heat with heat tool to melt.

For the Summer panel, I rubbed acetate with talcum powder to prevent static cling. I ink-stenciled with Versamark, applied the Distress Powders*, and heated carefully. You can then use a damp towel to wipe away powder residue.

In case you're not quite ready to wipe the sand from your toes, I suggest you visit the blogs of our "B" team for their summer fun creations, and leave some extra love for our guest designer, Wendy Price!

Dream It Up! 

Wendy Price
Lea Kimmel
Louise Healy
Stacey Rumsby
Terrece Siddoway
Caroline Duncan
Pam Hornschu
Cherylynn Moser

We'd love for you to play along with our monthly challenges! Just link your creation on the linkytool on the Dream It Up! blog, or email pics to lynell@dreamweaverstencils.com, for a random chance to win the monthly prize. Be sure to like us on Facebook as well!

*Ranger Distress Powder color used:  Broken China, Shabby Shutters, Vintage Photo, and Walnut Stain

Dreamweaver Stencils: Summertime, Sparklers, and S'more!

Happy 4th of July to all of my friends in the USA! What a perfect day to begin our new monthly challenge, "Summertime, Sparklers, and S'more"! That pretty much sizes up all things summer in the USA, and most likely in your neck of the woods as well. Who doesn't love summer vacations, celebrations, and all the yummy treats of summer? Speaking of celebrations...don't forget to check the Dream It Up! blog to find out if YOU were one of the two winners from our hop with Ranger Stickles Dry Glitter last week!

In honor of the 4th, I  created this really simple card using the Open Heart stencil for a template, and of course, the Stars stencil and the Stripes stencil. I created my stripes by using Memories Mists Strawberry Daiquiri (mmm, doesn't that sound dee-lish?) sprayed through the stencil onto white cardstock. The star was done in the opposite way. I sprayed the stencil itself with Blueberry Milkshake MM, and placed a scrap of Bazzill White Dotted Swiss cardstock on top to transfer the ink. I love how the embossed dots broke up the color in the background! I traced the heart stencil over the portions of my sprayed panels and cut out and layer on kraft cardstock, along with scraps of the stripes, and a panel with the sentiment. For an even more celebratory feel, I added a "sparkler" created with a toothpick, shiny pompom, and rhinestones.

Our team "A" will have a summer celebration of their own going on, along with our Guest Designer for the month of July, Wendy Price! Check them all out here:

Dream It Up!

Wendy Price

Laura Drahozal
Lyn Bernatovich
Pam Hornschu
Heidi Erickson
Louise Healy
Jessica Griffin
Cyndi Bundy