Stencil Duos, Dreamweaver, and Tombow Sticky Stuff

Yes, once again we're mixing it up this week, and fortunately, it is all product that is perfect together! Yay! Here's what we've got going:

1. Dreamweaver Thursday. 2. New Release Stencil Duos. 3. Tombow's adhesive products.
Obviously, the first and second are a given together, and the third is pretty much a necessity in papercrafting, and the products that they carry work well for the heavier projects as well!

The card that I've created for today's post features the new Butterfly Duo set, and as you can see by the picture below, it comes with TWO stencils, a doodling pen, and a set of small cards. Perfect as a grab and go for a vacation or business trip where you might want to do a bit of creative fun, but don't want to haul EVERYTHING with you!

One of the stencil designs is an open shape, and the other is a pattern. They're awesome together or apart, and as you can tell by the packaging, you can add doodling to both! Here's what I've done...

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Beginning with a My Colors Cardstock by MME Charcoal base, I've created a six-inch square, top-fold card. I've place the Dreamweaver Quatrefoil stencil over the surface, and taped in place with removable tape before using a large stencil brush to rouge Tuxedo Black Memento ink over the design for a tone-one-tone look.

Next, I used one of two panels of Rose Chintz canvas cardstock from MCC to ink stencil the pattern stencil from the Duo set over the panel using a large stencil brush and a mix of Lady Bug, Rose Red, and Tangelo Memento inks over the surface. I stamped one of the curved sentiments from the Perfectly Clear Thoughtful Wishes set in black ink toward the right in preparation for the butterfly wings. The panel was then adhered to the card front.

The first step of the butterfly was to paste-emboss the pattern design on the second panel of rose chintz  cardstock using Dreamweaver Matte Black Embossing Paste. The stencil was removed  carefully to be cleaned and dried, and the panel set aside to dry approximately 15-20 minutes. When dry, the pattern stencil was placed back over the surface, and VersaMark ink was daubed over the pasted area, and then sprinkled with Stampendous Kaleidoscope Embossing Powder. This was heated to melt the powder.

The butterfly design was placed over the panel, and traced with a black marker. The wings were cut out, and adhered to the card as shown using Tombow Foam Tape. Two strips of black ric rac were adhered across the bottom using the Tombow Glue Pen.
   

Remember...we have a hop going on today through Sunday, the 7th, so leave a comment for each post from the hop for your chance to win one of these prize packages...

Looking for more sticky stenciled duos? Check out the links here...

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Pam Bray (DW)

Louise Healy (DW)

Kristine Reynolds (DW and Tombow)

Pam Hornschu (DW and Tombow) You're here!

Tenia Nelson (DW and Tombow)

Laura Drahozal (DW and Tombow)

Up, Up, and Away with New Stampendous Stencil Duos!

Stampendous has just released in January a new line of stencil designs by our own Fran Seiford! Six sets of "Stencil Duos", each with two stencils (as the name implies), one of which is an open design, and the other is a patterned design. Designed to work together in layers, or apart, they provide a huge variety of applications to everyday use. Even better, they come with a fine-line black doodling pen, to create your own designs inside the open stencil or the pattern, and with a set of cards to immediately begin your creativity as soon as you pop these out of the package!

The set that I'm featuring for today is the "Balloon Duo", and I simply LOVE the pattern that goes with it.

I created a tent-fold card using My Colors Cardstock in Madras Blue. I ink-stenciled the front of the card by repeating the pattern design over the front using a large stencil brush with Electric Blue Radiant Neon ink from Tsukineko®.

I placed the open balloon stencil over the top, and traced inside of it with a pencil. Using a craft knife and mat, I carefully cut along the lines to remove the balloon, leaving an open window. I stamped the sentiment in black ink from the Perfectly Clear Birthday Assortment set.

Now the real fun starts...

Using a wet Creative Palette Rectangle, I squirted on a few drops of Radiant Neon re-inkers in the Electric Blue and Green. I used a brayer to mix the colors slightly. I had some precut panels of Mixed Media White cardstock at the ready, which I swiped across the inky surface, getting as many panels as possible, spritzing with water in between, and even brayering the ink onto some of the cards. They were all set aside to dry, and the brayer and palette were cleaned in mild soapy water and rinsed.

I selected one of the dry panels, and placed the pattern stencil on top, taping on all four sides with removable tape. I placed a large dab of Dreamweaver Glossy Black Paste on the edge of my Paste Spreader with my palette knife, and proceeded to spread it across the prepared stencil at a 45˚ angle. If necessary, you can swipe across again to remove all of the excess paste, which you'll use your palette knife to place back into your jar. Clean the edge of the jar, and put the lid on tightly. Carefully remove the tape from three sides, using the fourth as a hinge to protect your pasting as you lift away the stencil to be cleaned immediately. Set the panel aside to dry approximately 30-50 minutes.

Once dry, the panel was adhered inside the card to be seen through the "window". A May Arts Chevron ribbon and black cord were tied and adhered to the card with a bit of Zip Dry from Beacon Adhesives®.

Can't get enough of these new "Stencil Duos"? Either can we! Check out whose playing today:

Stampendous Blog

Jamie Martin

Kristine Reynolds

Pam Hornschu (you're here)

Woodware: One Layer Wonders

I usually have a hard time working flat. One dimension. And CAS (clean and simple)...as my followers know. Lol. So this week's Woodware challenge really was a challenge for me. Even still, there's enough faux dimension and texture to make even me happy.

I started with a basic red dot-embossed card (already I can't keep it flat!), which I stamped the Stampendous Cling Time for Love image in watermark ink, and embossed with Fran•tagé Aged Silver Embossing Enamel, and added a sprinkling of Aged Black. This was heated from underneath to avoid the sprinkles from blowing all over the workspace.

I used a gray and a black marker to add shading and detail, and stamped a sentiment from the Stampendous Perfectly Clear Love Always set in black ink.

Now, tell me, does it look flat to you? Didn't think so... ;D

Remember, the team will be showcasing their own version for this challenge, so be sure to check the Woodware Witterings blog for links!

Stampendous and May Arts...Ribbon Love

 

Welcome to the grand finale of our hop with the May Arts Ribbon Design Team! Today we have several talented members from both teams posting their creations for this fun week. If you've missed any of the days this week, head on back to the Monday post on the Stampendous blog for links to everyone. As per usual, leave comments on every post for the chance to win one of three prize packages shown in the banner below. See Stampendous Official Contest Rules for details.

I created this "key to passion" (whatever that means! Sounds good, though, doesn't it?), using a wood key shape that I picked up in the big box store near me. I painted it with black acrylic paint, and then proceeded to "Fran•tagé" it! I dabbed Dreamweaver Silver Embossing Paste randomly over the surface, sprinkled liberally with both Aged Silver and Aged Black Embossing Enamels, and heated it all to bubble and melt and texturize.

I stamped the Cling Passion Heart image from Stampendous three times on red Mini Dot My Colors Cardstock from MME using Onyx VersaFine by Tsukineko®. I cut one out whole. The second was just the flowers. And the third one was just the center "frills" of the flowers. The edges of the "frills" and the outside edge of the whole heart were dabbed with VersaMark ink by Tsukineko®, and embossed with the Aged Silver EE.

Rhinestones on floral wires were inserted in the centers, and adhered from behind the flowers with foam tape for sparkle and dimension. The completed heart was adhered to the "handle" of the key with large craft glue dots. A sentiment from the "Love Always" Perfectly Clear set was stamped on a tiny "Fitted Frame" die cut, and adhered to the heart.

The finishing touch was a double loopy bow created from May Arts' black silk ribbon and the brown, red, and black Solid/Satin Stitches ribbon, tied in the center with 1/4" sheer red organza, and the addition of an old monogrammed button. A loop of the black silk was inserted at the top of the key for hanging display purposes.

• Perfectly Clear "Love Always"• Frantagé Aged Silver and Black EE • Cling Passion Heart •

Leave a comment and head on over for our fun finales!

Stampendous Blog

Jamie Martin

Wendy Price

Laura Drahozal

Kristine Reynolds

Pam Bray

Louise Healy

Amy Hurley-Purdie

Janelle Stollfus

Rhea Weigand

Lea Fritts

Pam Hornschu (you're here)

Tenia Nelson

The Ribbon Resource Blog

Dreamweaver Thursday: A May Arts Play Date with Ric Rac and Ribbons

It's always fun when we can mix Dreamweaver Thursday with a hop, and today we're hopping with May Arts...the most awesome Ribbon Resource ever! Actually, we've been hopping all of this week, so if you've missed any of the days, head back to the Stampendous Impressions blog and start at the beginning! Just by leaving comments on all of the posts, you have the chance to win one of THREE prize packages of awesomeness! Check it out...

Of course, there are rules and blah, blah, blah, which can be found HERE.

This card is super simple to create, and the technique is sure to win you plenty of "oohs" and "aaaahs". We call it Molten Magic, and here are the steps:

1. Using removable tape, tape Floral and Dots stencil over cardstock panel on all four sides.
2. Place Dreamweaver Gold Embossing Paste along edge of Paste Spreader, using Palette Knife.
3. Place Spreader at edge of stencil, at 45 degree angle, and with both hands across the semi-circular handle, spread the paste over the stencil in one smooth motion. Use the palette knife to dab paste in any "holes". Pull spreader across surface again if necessary to remove excess paste. Scoop it back into the jar, clean the edge, and reseal.
4. Carefully remove the tape from three sides, leaving that first piece as a hinge to lift the stencil away from the pasted design. Place stencil in water to be cleaned immediately.
5. While paste is wet, sprinkle with various colors of Dreamweaver Metallic F/X Mica powders (I used Cottage Ivy, Kimono Red, Sapphire, and Purple Satin), leaving plenty of the gold paste showing. Note: Use a small brush to pick up a tiny amount of the powders, and tap the handle to release the colors over the wet paste. The closer you are the more concentrated the color, and the further you are, the more fine and even.
6. Apply a heat tool over the surface until bubbling (hence the term, Molten). Continue over surface until the entire design is bubbled and textured and mostly dry when cool.

To finish my card, I angled the panel and adhered it over a green card. A band of green May Arts Ric Rac was adhered at a diagonal, with a lavender silk ribbon bow tied over it.

How about some more Dreamweaver Thursday inspiration, tied up in ribbon?

Stampendous Blog

Laura Drahozal (DW and May Arts)

Pam Bray (DW and May Arts)

Louise Healy (DW and May Arts)

Lea Fritts (DW and May Arts)

Alison Heikkila (DW and May Arts)

Tenia Nelson (May Arts)
Kristine Reynolds (DW and May Arts)

The Ribbon Resource Blog

New Stampendous Stencil Duos with May Arts YUM!

In my opinion, anytime that you want to take a project to the next level, anything May Arts is the line to go with! Both Stampendous and Dreamweaver Stencils have been "Partners in Craft" with May Arts for the past few years, and the reason is simple...WE LOVE MAY ARTS! We're hopping all of this week, and we've got some super prize packages up for grabs...take a look!

See Stampendous Official Contest Rules for details.

My post today features another one of the new Stencil Duo sets designed by Fran Seiford. This one is "Balloon Duo", and as with the other sets, includes one "open" stencil (balloon), and one pattern stencil. Both can be layered and used together, or separately. The sets include a doodling pen, and a small set of notecards.

Beginning with my Creative Palette Rectangle, I placed several drops of Radiant Neon Reinkers in Electric Blue and Electric Green from Tsukineko®, and sprayed with water to mingle the colors. A square panel of the Stampendous Mixed Media White Cardstock was placed on the surface to transfer the swirled ink.

When dry, the same panel was used with the pattern stencil over the surface, and the same ink colors (in inkpad form) were ink-stenciled randomly over the surface, rotating the stencil.

The Balloon stencil was placed over the panel, and I lightly rouged the blue ink around the inside edge of the design, before pasting the balloon design with Translucent Embossing Paste. While wet, the paste was sprinkled with Stampendous Micro Crystal Glitter, and set aside to dry.

Corners were rounded on the panel, before layering it onto a white Fitted Frame Set A, matted with a teal frame. The pretty May Arts Sheer Satin Band ribbon in Seafoam was added to the balloon. The panel was adhered to short flap card created from My Colors Cardstock with Spearmint on the outside, and Caribbean Sea adhered on the inside to match the mat on the square.

A strip of May Arts Adhesive Scallop Border in Robin's Egg Blue was adhered along the flap edge, for feminine detail, and the front of the card was stamped with the Cling Birthday Gorgeous sentiment in Teal Zeal Memento ink from Tsukineko®.

Be sure to leave a comment before moving on to these other talented teammies...

Stampendous Blog

Jamie Martin

Wendy Price

Pam Hornschu (You're here)

Janelle Stollfus

Rhea Weigand

The Ribbon Resource Tuesday Post

The Ribbon Resource Blog

Woodware: Sketch 50...A Violet Posy

Welcome to another Woodware Sketch Challenge! For all the info on how YOU can play along, be sure to check the Woodware Witterings Blog. Below is our basic format this month.

As you can see by the card at the top, my card base is an olive green panel, ink-stenciled softly over the background with the Dreamweaver Hexagons stencil, using a large stencil brush and Mossy Green Mixed Media ink from Clearsnap.

My round focal point is a circular die cut white cardstock panel, stamped in black ink and colored and shaded with markers, featuring the Stampendous Cling Hydrangea Lacecap. I've sprinkled a bit of Chunky White Embossing Enamel over the card and posy, and heated from underneath to achieve these pretty little specks of glossy white.

The band across the bottom is  created by using one of the new Stampendous Fitted Frame Dies to cut my white strip, and this has been stamped in black with a sentiment from the Perfectly Clear Friendship Assortment.