Thursday, April 28, 2011

Dreamweaver Stencils' New Releases and a Free Week!

This week is a free week again for the Dreamweaver Stencils' Dream Team challenge, PLUS...this is the week that the brand NEW designs are released as well. I sooooo love this new "Apron" stencil (which could also be used as a sundress), and have created several super fun designs with this. This version would work well for Mother's Day coming up, or just for the fun of it. The Apron was paste embossed with white. The process goes like this:

1. Place stencil on brown cardstock. Place removable tape around all four edges.
2. Using palette knife or Paste Spreader, spread paste across stencil at slight angle. Holding knife at 90 degree angle (straight up and down on edge), scrape off excess paste.
3. Carefully peel away tape from last three edges. Use first as a "hinge" to lift stencil and remove pasted panel. Set aside to dry.
4. Place stencil in water and use soft scrub brush to clean and let dry.
5. When paste is dry (approx. 30 minutes), place stencil back over image, and apply Palette Glue with jumbo Dauber over pasted surface.
6. Apply heat tool slightly until tacky.
7. Pour glitter over tacky surface. Pour off excess.

The rest of the card was just a matter of layering papers, a little distressing with ink. Of course, the seamstress in me had to add brad "buttons" and a rick rack border to the apron, as well as a little stitching and buttons on the card.  Now be sure to take the tech trek around to the rest of the team's blogs (links at right), leave some love as you go (including some for me!), create your own free theme design, and link it to the Mr. Linky on the Dream It Up! blog.

Dreamweaver Stencils:
LG736 Apron
LM2010 Paste Spreader
DEP Embossing Paste
RMT Removable Tape
GSP Palette Glue Pad
DPK Palette Knife

Stampendous Pastel Pink Glitter
Tsukineko Rich Cocoa Memento ink
Bazzill cardstock
MME patterned paper
ribbon, rick rack, buttons, twine, pom pom trim
brad fasteners
sewing machine

8 comments:

Lynell Harlow / Dreamweaver Stencils said...

Love what you have done with the apron stencil...BTW everyone...it was Pam's suggestion to do an apron stencil and I am loving seeing all the varieties of what the design team has been doing with it. Thanks Pam!

Louise said...

Great combo Pam, I love brown and pink together. I wish I could sew because I really like the look of stiching on a card!

Wendy said...

Fabulous Pam. I also love this new apron stencil. Simply, stunning!!!

sommrstamping said...

Great minds. I love what you did with the apron and the stitching. I want to try stitcthing on some of my cards I just have to convince my daughter to let me use her sewing machine.

Scrappychick said...

Talk about pretty n pink! Love the distress ink on the paste, very cool :)

Deborah March said...

NICELY done Pam...love those pom poms...so "June Cleaver!"

Laura Drahozal said...

Very pretty--and such great colors! Great work, Pam.

Colleen said...

Great minds. I love what you did with the apron and the stitching. I want to try stitcthing on some of my cards I just have to convince my daughter to let me use her sewing machine.