Get
ready for an amazing week of Awesome in Autumn! This week we are
playing with the Quietfire Design team, and are so excited to play with
their amazing images and sentiments. In their beautiful calligraphic
style, their quotes and thoughts are the perfect addition to our
Dreamweaver designs. Follow along with us, and leave your comments for
an opportunity to win one of two wonderful prize packages:
Oh, and in case you forgot...we are also covered in Art Glitter for the month of September...
Ready to be sparkly? This month is our annual collaboration between
Dreamweaver Stencils and
Art Glitter, and we promise double the glitter and double the fun! Follow the trail of bling all of this month on the
Art Glitter blog, and the
Dream It Up!
blog. Play along with the monthly challenge of "Awesome in Autumn" and
link your creations to the linkytool on the Dream It Up! Thursday posts
for a chance to win some stupendous stencils and glamorous glitter! As
if that wasn't cool enough,
Art Glitter is offering a 20% discount this month if you use the code
DW20, and the
Stencil with Style site is offering a 20% discount this month if you use the code
SWS20!
Here's what I've created for today's post:
I'm featuring another page in my new
Give Thanks mixed media/scrapbook. This is page seven, and the final page of the book...so far. For this page, I used a yummy piece of BoBunny cardstock, cut to fit the page, and aged and distressed with Cocoa and Tuxedo Black
Memento inks. I also used
Memento inks (Bamboo Leaves and Pear Tart) to color the Dreamweaver
Branch and
Pear stencil designs. Before the next step, I stamped this wonderful
Walt Whitman quote* from
Quietfire Design which is perfect with the
pear, even if my pear is green and not red. Artistic license! I love the calligraphy that
Suzanne uses for her thoughts and quotes...elegant and perfect for every project!
The really fun part of this page was that, once again, I mixed a small amount of
Beacon Fast Finish with a little
Bananan Art Glitter, and brushed this over the
pear and leaf for subtle sparkle and highlights, and then I sprinkled some
Stampendous Color Fragments over the wet surface. When this was dry (doesn't take long...that's why it's called
Fast Finish), I pasted the
pear with
Translucent paste. The
PEARfect way to add texture and dimension!
There are still a couple of pages that I haven't shown you yet, so be sure to check back for more!
Meanwhile, check out this week's awesomeness which includes...
Quietfire Design Members...
and
Dream Team members...
and the
and
Quietfire Creations Blog
*One thing that I particularly love about this Walt Whitman quote, is that it reminds me of one of my favorite movies,
"Little Women" (1994), where Jo (Winona Ryder) and Professor Bhaer (Gabriel Byrne) both share that particular quote together. Sigh.
This card features the Dreamweaver Leafless Tree, spritzed with a resist medium on top of the stencil, and a piece of glossy white cardstock placed face down on top to transfer the medium and the design. I let that dry for a few minutes, and then rubbed various Memento inks over the surface...Rich Cocoa, Teal Zeal, Nautical Blue, Potter's Clay, and Bamboo Leaves. The tree took the most color, and the spattered background took just enough to be interesting. I used the Treasured Memory sentiment (love, love, love) from Quietfire Design once again (when you have the perfect sentiment, why waste it?), and stamped and embossed it in Stampendous Bark Embossing Powder on torn vellum. With a fine glue pen, I was able to add a bit of Blue Water Art Glitter for a hint of sparkle.
