Showing posts with label Nov '14 challenge. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nov '14 challenge. Show all posts

Thursday, November 20, 2014

Dreamweaver: Thoughtfully Thinking

As we officially head into the holiday season, the Dream Team are challenging all of our followers to be especially "Thankful and Thoughtful" during the month of November. We hope that you will link your creations with this theme in mind on the Dream It Up! blog using the Inlinkz tool. Our "thanks" to you is providing you with the opportunity to win the stencil of your choice, and a bonus stencil of our choosing could be yours for using Dreamweaver product(s) in your artwork. I'm posting this for you today:

It's always fun to add your own personal touch to each holiday. November 27th is Thanksgiving in the USA, a great time for family to get together, eat too much food, tell too many stories, and be grateful to have each other. Since it is mostly a food-centric occasion, it is always a fun time to add your personal touches to the dining table.

I created personalized place cards and elegant napkin rings to my tablescape, featuring the Dreamweaver Leafy Branch, Nesting Frames, and Dual Alphabet Dies. The place cards have a frame die cut with a Leafy Branch die cut from the center, popping up from the green folded card (Bazzill Basics cardstock). The Leafy Branches were then covered in VersaMark from Tsukineko ink and coated with Stampendous Aged Copper and Aged Green Embossing Enamels in layers. These were adhered on top of chipboard die cut leaves for stability, and then adhered to copper wire wrapped and twisted "rings" with Beacon Quick Grip adhesive. Back on the place cards names were die cut from the Dual Alphabet and adhered, and a bit of VersaMark smeared over the leaf cut out, and sprinkled with more of the embossing enamels and melted. Shiny maple leaf brads were added to finish off the cards.


By the way, the Dream Team are very THANKFUL when our followers are THOUGHTFUL enough to leave us a nice comment on our posts! Here's the "A" team lineup for this week, as well as our very special guest designer, Linda Neff!


An InLinkz Link-up

Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Stampendous: Keeping it Quick for Christmas

The Stampendous team are providing oodles of ideas this week for Cards in a Hurry. If you've missed any of them, head back to the Stampendous blog and check out all the links this week.

My card in a hurry, which I've duplicated...er, triplicated...features the Cling Tinsel Tangle sentiment, which always gives me a giggle. I wanted to go with a chalkboard look, so I've swiped white pigment ink over the black panel very lightly. Then I used baby powder as an anti-static medium rubbed lightly over the surface, before stamping and embossing the sentiment in white. Each panel was wrapped in crimped tinsel wire before being adhered over a strip of plaid paper, and onto a kraft card. The sentiment that I've stamped inside was created using the Stampendous Perfectly Clear Holiday Words, and says, "May your Christmas sparkle with laughter", which in my opinion, is one of the best memories of the holiday...laughter.


Stampendous has a new challenge for the month, So Thankful! We would love to see your next project in the gallery.