Dreamweaver Stencils: A "Beacon" of Light Using Beacon Adhesives!

Last week, Louise Healy's post made me smile. With the two of us, our minds are always thinking alike! She had created this awesome lantern where she'd paste-embossed the Pine Cone stencil on the sides. I had to smile as I'd finished this lantern recently using the same stencil, and a totally different technique. So...if you'd love to create a lantern as decor for the holidays, or a wonderful gift, you now have two suggestions to go with.

I used a small lantern from IKEA (under $5) which stands about 8" tall. The lid comes off so that you can remove the glass globe on the inside. Using various Dreamweaver Color Solutions Alcohol Inks (Noble Fir, Aquarius, and Iceberg) and felt applicator pads (and gloves on my hands!), I applied layers of color so that the end result was a polished stone look.

I stenciled the Pine Cones on tissue paper using Memento inks, and tore out the images. I brushed Beacon Fast Finish Decoupage medium over the inside of the globe, and layered in pieces of the tissue, trying to keep the designed portions as smooth as possible. I brushed another coat over the tissue surface, and set it aside to dry (the name of the product tells you how long you'll wait). The tissue creates a soft glow inside with the addition of a flameless tea light.

The whole project comes together with the addition of a jute wrapping around the base, and a double bow created from textured May Arts ribbon. Oh, and a real pine cone adhered with Beacon FabriTac!

 I have been so excited each week to see the Dream Team's creations this month, as well as our amazingly talented home decor expert and guest designer, Linda Neff. What have they done this week?

Dream It Up! 

Linda Neff

Laura Drahozal 
Stacey Rumsby
Lyn Bernatovich 
Pam Hornschu 
Heidi Erickson 
Louise Healy 
Cyndi Bundy

Dreamweaver Stencils: Festively Distressed with Ranger Hop!

Ready to be festively distressed once again? The Dream Team have been playing with Ranger's Distress Paints, and are ready to inspire you to be distressed as well...paint distressed that is! Dreamweaver Stencils are the perfect choice to mix with all things festively distressed, as nothing shows off color and texture better than great designs. By following our hop and leaving love along the way, you have the opportunity to win a great prize package including five Ranger Distress Paints and five Dreamweaver Stencils! Here's the lineup for today, including our November Guest Designer:

Dream It Up!

Linda Neff (GD)

Cyndi Bundy

Lyn Bernatovich

Terrece Siddoway

Wendy Jordan

Heidi Erickson

Cherylynn Moser

Laura Drahozal

Louise Healy

Stacey Rumsby

Pam Hornschu

Lea Kimmel

This is also our first posting day featuring our new monthly challenge, "Holiday Celebrations", and for the entire month we will be demonstrating ways to use Beacon Adhesives' entire line of products with Dreamweaver to create special projects in home decor and gifts of love. Here's mine:

I purchased a plaque made from a slice of black slate at a local craft store, and adhered a torn sheet of music with Beacon Fast Finish over the surface. When dry, I used the dabber bottle of Ranger's Tim Holtz Distress Paint in Broken China over the surface as a wash, with some softer swipes of Frayed Burlap around the edges to soften them. When dry, I paste-embossed the Dreamweaver Season of Joy in white and covered it with ultra fine crystal glitter. Once dry, I added a sculpted paste "snowbank" at the bottom and covered it with chunkier glitter. I had purchased a small tree, and applied Picket Fence Distress Paint over the branches, and sprinkled more glitter. (Notice a sparkly theme going here?) I trimmed the back of the tree to make it fit against the plaque better. A skinny strip of music was distressed with more paint and wrapped around the tree before adhering to the plaque with Beacon FabriTac. A few crystals on the star, a luscious bow from May Arts was almost the finale...but no, I had to add paste to a pine cone with, yes, more glitter!