Thursday, August 1, 2013

Stampendous and Dreamweaver: Summer Fun Day Four


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:

Who doesn't love camping at the lake? A long day of fishing, hiking, swimming, followed by a cool evening listening to crickets and birds, and the sound of the kids who refuse to fall asleep. That was my inspiration for today's card.

Featuring the new Dreamweaver Cattails Scene, I applied several bands of Memento inks over white cardstock. Then I applied Onyx Versafine ink to the back of the stencil and placed it on top. I rubbed over the back with a paper towel to transfer the ink. I love that it wasn't solid black, but broken up a bit.

I stamped the Stampendous Cling Lone Bird in the bottom corner of both the colorful panel and the actual card. Before popping up the main panel on the card, I applied some glue marker to the cattails, the sun, and the bird and sprinkled with Stampendous Micro Glitter in colors to match the Memento inks.

The sentiment from the Bird Words stencil was paste-embossed with Regular Paste and sprinkled with Teal Micro Glitter on vellum to create a dimensional banner across the card.


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!

Stampendous
  

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Stampendous and Dreamweaver: Summer Fun Day Three


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:



You know the expression, "A clean desk is a sign of a sick mind"? Well, I kind of feel the same when it comes to my crafty projects. Sometimes a splatter is a good thing! My card today features the re-released Splatter stencil from Dreamweaver, Regular Embossing Pasted over a white cardstock panel, and covered with piles of Stampendous Color Fragments in all their new Hot colors...orange, pink, lime, and blue, plus some of their new Micro glitters to cover the bare spots and add sparkle! I used a palette knife to spread Regular Embossing Paste down a white cardstock strip before covering with bands of more Color Fragments...pressing on them with the palette knife help to flatten them down a bit. I stamped and embossed in Stampendous Midnight Black embossing powder the Life is Art Cling stamp to layer over the top. An old paintbrush dipped in Matte Orange Embossing Paste and sprinkled with Micro Orange glitter finished off my work of heart!


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

Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Are You Here for the Dreamweaver/Stampendous Collaboration?

For the Dreamweaver/Stampendous collaboration, please scroll down through the following post, or click HERE.

Woodware UK: And a One and a Two and a Three!


Once again, the Woodware UK team are joining up with the Crafty Cardmakers for a challenge. This time the challenge is 1 - 2 - 3! One focal image, two patterned papers, and  three embellishments!

My focal image is the Stampendous Cling Violets which I stamped and colored with markers over a background paper stamped with the Cling Decorative Grate which seems to give it a tapestry appearance. A green striped paper is adhered to the kraft card, and my three embellishments? Adhesive backed lace, thin yellow ribbon, and purple brad fasteners. Oh, and don't tell anyone...I cheated a bit and added a banner sentiment from Stampendous!

Don't forget to check out what the Woodware team has been creating for this challenge, as well as the Crafty Cardmakers!


Dreamweaver and Stampendous: Summertime Fun Day Two


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:

I created this Country Clipboard with plenty of fun stuff from both companies...the re-released Weather Vane Rooster stencil and the Lower Case Alphabet, both paste-embossed, and Dreamweaver's Memories Mists sprays in Pale Ale and Amaretto for the aged and stained look. On a panel of spray-aged cardstock, I stamped the Stampendous Cling Orange Blossom, and colored it with my Copic markers. The pocket was created from a kraft envelope, and stamped with the Cling Seed Background. Some May Arts twine and gingham ribbon with various embellies finished off this fun project.




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!

Stampendous

Monday, July 29, 2013

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!




Thursday, July 25, 2013

Dreamweaver Stencils: Polka Dot Daisies for Summer?

Are you having a fabulous summer? The Dream Team sure is! All this month we've been posting creations with our "Summertime, Sparklers, and S'more", which pretty much covers any of your favorite past-times in the summer. One of my favorites is watching all of the flowers blooming, and daisies are the perfect summer flower! Especially if they come in purple with white polka dots! Lol.

I had so much fun paper piecing this card with scraps of patterned papers and the new Shasta Daisies stencil. For extra texture, I embossed two of the panels with the Hexagons stencil...hugely trendy right now! Everything was layered on a Bazzill Dotted Swiss card base, and a fun epoxy sticker sentiment finishes it off!

The Dream Team is hot, hot, hot this week as well, along with our July Guest Designer, Wendy Price! Check them out here:

You have until the 31st to link your own summer creations using the linkytool on the Dream It Up! blog! We love to have you play along!