This week we’re going to celebrate with the awesome Woodware Design Team and the Dreamweaver Stencils Dream Team all of the the great Stampendous and Dreamweaver Stencils products that Woodware makes available to the UK market. This is good news for our crafty friends in the UK because we’ll be offering prizes and our UK friends are eligible to win!! We’ll be offering three prizes in the UK and three in the US. Each prize package will consist ofNathalie Kalbach’s terrific Grunge Mixed Media Cling Rubber Stamp Sets and the beautiful Zen Butterfly Dreamweaver Stencil! Both products are ideal for adding texture and backgrounds to your projects!

Deadline to comment is Sunday, March 29th, Pacific Time. Winners will be picked using random.org and announced Tuesday, March 31st, in the afternoon.

And that’s our theme!! Making Texture. We hope you’ll enjoy the wonderful inspiration that three talented teams will bring you this week! Be sure to visit all the blog links listed and leave your comments! Each comment will count as an entry towards one of the terrific prize packages.

Here's my texture projects for today!

I LOVE the feather stencil (LG760)!!  I especially love finding ways to make it look dimensional!  Today's post might be called the "paste and peel" technique because it is pasted as usual (I used metallic gold) and, while the stencil was still in place, I laid a scrap piece of cardstock over the pasted stencil, lightly rubbed it with my hands and then "peeled" the cardstock off to reveal incredible texture!  I carefully remove the stencil as usual.

Next, I utilized the Molten Magic techique by sprinkling 3 different colors of Dreamweaver FX powders (Saphhire, Wedgewood, Navajo Sky) along with Stampendous encrusted embossing powders (Aged Rose, Shabby Pink).  Applying heat caused the colors to melt, bubble and blend beautifully.

For the background, I mixed FX powder with water to create a puddle of paint and proceeded to slop on paint with a brush every here and there to create a blue sky background.  Once dry, I added clouds using the Picasso tool with a white Paintstik and a large stencil brush.  To add a little more definition to the clouds, I went back in with  the Picasso tool with blue Paintstik.

The finishing touch was to add the partially stenciled word Wish from the Birthday Words Stencil (LG704) using Splendor inks.  Here's a closeup of the gorgeous texture of the feather:

I thought you'd enjoy a second card I created with the same paste and peel technique using the Long Daffodils Stencil (LL428).  With the stencil in place and taped at the top, I mixed Richeson acrylic paints, Golden Acrylic Glazing and Dreamweaver Metallic Gold Dust FX for the daffodil and carefully painted in the areas.  I did get a bleed where I didn't want it and cleaned it up with water and a paper towel.  If you look for it, you can still see it!  I washed a mix of water and Gold Dust FX around the flower.  Spring is a partial stenciling from the Four Seasons Stencil (LJ875).  I love those tiny little words!

To really appreciate the texture that peeling creates, here's a closeup of the daffodil before it was painted where I used white matte paste.  Isn't it gorgeous?  There's so many coloring options to go in from here and I sure hope you will give this technique a try!

It's been a fabulously fun week for me!  Thanks for stopping by today and I'd love it if you'd comment on my post before hopping over to the next designer's blog!

Stampendous Blog
Jamie Martin
Amy Hurley-Purdie
Janelle Stollfus
Pam Hornschu
Kristine Reynolds
Asia 
KingWendy Price
Lea Kimmel

Woodware Craft Collection Blog
Siobhan Fyffe

Dreamweaver Stencils Blog
Lyn Bernatovich
Cindy Groh
Gill Wilson
Laura Drahozal
Louise Healy
Lynn Mercurio
Alison Heikkila

This week we’re going to celebrate with the awesome Woodware Design Team and the Dreamweaver Stencils Dream Team all of the the great Stampendous and Dreamweaver Stencils products that Woodware makes available to the UK market. This is good news for our crafty friends in the UK because we’ll be offering prizes and our UK friends are eligible to win!! We’ll be offering three prizes in the UK and three in the US. Each prize package will consist ofNathalie Kalbach’s terrific Grunge Mixed Media Cling Rubber Stamp Sets and the beautiful Zen Butterfly Dreamweaver Stencil! Both products are ideal for adding texture and backgrounds to your projects!

Deadline to comment is Sunday, March 29th, Pacific Time. Winners will be picked using random.org and announced Tuesday, March 31st, in the afternoon.

And that’s our theme!! Making Texture. We hope you’ll enjoy the wonderful inspiration that three talented teams will bring you this week! Be sure to visit all the blog links listed and leave your comments! Each comment will count as an entry towards one of the terrific prize packages.

Here's my texture card for today:

As you look closely, you'll see that the card was first dry embossed, but not on cardstock!  I used tissue paper and the Flower Lace Stencil (LJ820).  In order to emboss tissue paper without it tearing, I laid 
 several layers of tissue over the stencil.  Here's the stacking recipe to dry emboss tissue:

  Platform with no extra tabs (I used Sizzix Big Kick)
Dreamweaver Flower Lace Stencil
6 Layers of Tissue
Rubber Mat
2 Embossing Plates

The next step was to tape one of the six sheets of embossed tissue onto a scrap cardstock with a small section of removable tape.  I placed the Tulip Stencil (LL377) onto the tissue and taped it just at the top of the stencil with removable tape so I could easily lift the stencil up to check my coloring without it shifting.  The tulip was colored with Splendor inks using 1/8" stencil brushes and the Picasso Tool (LL332).  I brushed on color lightly (very much like a strie technique) so as not to disturb the embossed areas.  The stencil Spring (LM293) was laid over the finished tulip and also colored with Splendor ink.  Again, I gently stroked on color rather than pounced or rouged to maintain the texture of the embossing.

Make sure the ink is perfectly dry before affixing the tissue onto a cardstock panel.  I used glue stick and fully covered the cardstock (not the tissue!) and made sure all areas were covered with glue.  The tissue was carefully laid over the glued cardstock and then gently tapped in place with my fingers.  If you burnish the tissue too much, you'll lose the raised areas.  I got a mix of more raised areas than others but I was pleased with the result.  Trim off any overhanging tissue.

To soften the card, I decided to edge the tissue gently with Antique Linen and Vintage Photo and mounted it to Core'dinations paper.  A length of crotchet thread was wrapped 3 times.  Pearls from my stash were added to finish the card.

Hope you enjoyed my card today and I'd love your comment before hopping to the next designer's blog!

Stampendous Blog
Pam Hornschu
Kristine Reynolds
Lea Kimmel

Woodware Craft Collection Blog
Debs Frost

Dreamweaver Stencils Blog
Lyn Bernatovich (that's me!)
Gill Wilson
Laura Drahozal
Louise Healy
Lynn Mercurio

This week we’re going to celebrate with the awesome Woodware Design Team and the Dreamweaver Stencils Dream Team all of the the great Stampendous and Dreamweaver Stencils products that Woodware makes available to the UK market. This is good news for our crafty friends in the UK because we’ll be offering prizes and our UK friends are eligible to win!! We’ll be offering three prizes in the UK and three in the US. Each prize package will consist of Nathalie Kalbach’s terrific Grunge Mixed Media Cling Rubber Stamp Sets and the beautiful Zen Butterfly Dreamweaver Stencil! Both products are ideal for adding texture and backgrounds to your projects!

Deadline to comment is Sunday, March 29th, Pacific Time. Winners will be picked using random.org and announced Tuesday, March 31st, in the afternoon.

And that’s our theme!! Making Texture. We hope you’ll enjoy the wonderful inspiration that three talented teams will bring you this week! Be sure to visit all the blog links listed and leave your comments! Each comment will count as an entry towards one of the terrific prize packages.

Here's my project for today:

Ready for fresh air, sunshine, new leaves, and flowers blooming? Well, the Dream Team is right there with you! Our challenge for the month of March is...coincidentally...Marching into Spring. Per usual, we'd love to have you play along with us, and link your own creations to the Inlinkz tool on the Dream It Up! blog, or at the bottom of this post. Play as many times as you'd like. Those of you who work Dreamweaver and/or Stampendous products into your projects receive bonus points, but everyone has an opportunity to be the winner who receives the stencil of their choice.

Here's my hint of Spring and I also want to thank Pam for posting my card on the Dreamweaver blog while my blog was having technical difficulties.

I can't stop playing with Stampendous' Minuet Bird stamp and Dreamweaver's Swirly Dots  (LX7029) stencil!   This was actually something I had worked on abit ago and set aside.  I'm sooooo glad I didn't toss it.  

The design began by spraying Memory Mist through the swirly dots stencil directly onto watercolor paper.  Once dry, I added the blob/drippage of more Memory Mist.  

The bird image was stamped with Versafine onyx black ink and then layered using Core'dinations papers. I painted the bird with acrylic paints from my stash.  The fern was diecut from my Dreamweaver drawer of scrap papers.  The 'nest' is actually a layered flower I made from May Arts mesh.  It's held together with a brad.  I stiffened it by wiping Mod Podg all over to give it some shape.  Once dry, I sprayed it Memory Mist to add color.  The bird eggs were torn away from a Prima nest from my stash.

Stampendous glass glitter was added to the lower right corner.  Seam binding was tied in a double bow and a tiny spring tag from Dreamweaver's Four Seasons (LJ875) stencil was colored with Splendor ink and a 1/8 inch stencil brush.

The "B" team would love to share their interpretations of this theme:

Dream It Up!

Lyn Bernatovich (that's me!)
Louise Healy
Alison Heikkila
Kristine Reynolds
Pam Hornschu
Gill Wilson
Cindy Groh


An InLinkz Link-up

Just found out I won the February Creative Challenge at A Muse Studio and will receive $25 in product on my next order!

Honorable mentions go to:

Christina Franco - for her Mason Jar in field card - so pretty and great use of product
Renee Lozano - Just Beecause Shaker Card - fun card and great use of product
Cynthia Hollincheck - Glittery Happy Birthday - fun technique and great use of product
Sherry Czarnecki - shiny birthday balloons - fun and colorful birthday card!

Participation winner is randomly chosen based on all entries. Congratulations to Kamila Younkman, our February participation winner.

I love A Muse Studio!