I adore this Pumpkin Kisses image and it fits right in with my love of fall.  The mosaic swirl background was pasted a few weeks ago with the intention of using it here today.  I really like Dreamweaver's Orange Paste as it's more of a rust color.  I also combined Dreamweaver Metallic Copper Paste in between the orange paste on my paste spreader just to see what would happen when I pulled it down over the stencil.  

In order to show you the copper and orange paste result, the pumpkin image was full of glare, but it's worth it to see how cool this looks.  I'm sure I can play some more with combining the pastes and getting even more copper highlights.

Here's a close up of the image that is basically paper pieced after everything was colored, cut out and edged with Vintage Sepia and a finger dauber.  The panel behind the image was a handy dandy piece from my Dreamweaver scrap drawer!  It's so fun to create seasonal backgrounds and then they're ready whenever you need it.  The image was stamped with Versafine Toffee on watercolor paper and stamped a second time with Versafine Vintage Sepia on the background paper.  I used my new favorite Zig Clean Brush markers to color the stamped areas.  Every piece was fussy cut out.  The scarecrow has foam tape behind it and then the acetate frame is glued to the bottom of the scarecrow.  Narrow little strips of foam mounting tape were cut and laid along the remaining edge of the frame.  The bird body was cut out and foam taped onto the background.  Pumpkin Kisses was adhered flat onto the background.

The frame was then ready to mount onto the stenciled background.  Ribbon was wrapped around the stenciled panel and tied in a double bow.  The framed pumpkin was affixed to the stenciled panel with Beacon 3-1 glue.  A piece of Core'dinations was cut 5-1/2 x 4-1/4 and sanded and edge distressed to reveal the orange core and then was mounted to the stenciled panel.  Buttons were affixed with Glue Dots for added interest.

Thank you for stopping by today!  Before you hop to the next designer's blog, I'd love you to leave me a comment.

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Lyn Bernatovich
Pam Hornschu
Louise Healy
Kristine Reynolds
Pam Bray
Alison Heikkila
Wendy Price
Laura Drahozal
Lea Fritts


Disclaimer:  I'm so happy to be a Stampendous Design Team Member and to help promote their wonderful products.  They generously supply us with many free goodies like these Dreamweaver Stencils and Embossing Pastes, Stampendous All-in-One stamp, Mixed Media Paper, and Buttons that I'm using today.

1.  Cut mixed media paper 5-1/4 x 4-1/8.  Stamp the Cling Leaf Plunge image with Versafine onyx black in the lower right area of the card front.  Stamp image a second time on a scrap piece of mixed media paper as you'll be cutting out the pile of leaves once they are colored.  Proceed to color the image with your favorite medium.  Today I used Zig Clean Color Real Brushes.  Fussy cut out the second pile of leaves.
2.  Cut a scrap of mixed media paper and place it on a work surface.  Lay the great pumpkin stencil over the paper and tape down on all four sides.  Paste the pumpkin with matte black paste.  Remove the tape from three sides and gently lift the lower bottom corner of the stencil up and off the paper taking the tape with it.  Set aside to dry.  Once dry.  Prepare the pumpkin to be pasted with the crackle paste in the same manner as the first pasting step.  Once pasted, remove the tape from all three sides again and carefully lift the stencil up and off the paper.  Set the pumpkin aside to dry.  This will take awhile but it is worth the wait!  Once it is perfectly dry, you'll see all those wonderful crackles.  Lay the clean stencil over the pumpkin and add color with stencil brushes and Splendor inkpads (or any pigment inkpad).  Fussy cut out.
3.  I decided I wanted to paste a tree behind my little pumpkin scene and I used another favorite technique, Molten Magic using the tree of life stencil.  It was pasted with metallic copper and sprinkled with bits of FX Mica Powders.  The tree was heated with a heat tool enough so the paste formed bubbles. There is a trick to this technique and moving the heat tool quickly is key to not scorching the paper. Another trick is to immediately lift the heat tool away from the bubbles when they start to form and into another section.
4.  For the background, create a color wash and spread the Zig brush color for the green area and then the sky blue area.  Use lots of water!
5.  Once dry, cut a slit using an X-acto knife along the mouse and leaves long enough to insert the pumpkin.  The pumpkin is held in place with Beacon 3-1 glue.  Ribbon is threaded through the slit and tied in a bow around to the left side of the pumpkin.  The second cut out of leaves are foam taped and placed in front of the pumpkin.
6.  Stamp sentiment on a scrap and trim close.  Staple to upper right corner.  Mount onto card base.

Stampendous Products:
HMCV23      Cling Leaf Plunge
HMCC01      Joy Birthday
DWLL3036  The Great Pumpkin Stencil
DWDMBP    Matte Black Paste
DWDPK        Palette Knife
DWLM2010 Paste Spreader
MPW811     Mixed Media White Paper
STF082        Versafine Onyx Black
DWBHB-3   1/8" Stencil Brush

Products:
Core'dinations Paper
Tsukineko Splendor Inkpad:  Circus, Magic
3M Removable Tape 1/2"
3M Foam Mounting Tape
Beacon 3-1 Adhesive
May Arts Ribbon
Zig Clean Color Real Brush
FX Mica Powders:  07 Plum Royale, 08 Rose Berry, 10 Kiwi

I appreciate you stopping by today and leaving me a comment before hopping to the next designer's blog.

Stampendous Blog

Pam Hornschu

Amy Hurley-Purdie

Lyn Bernatovich

Louise Healy

Kristine Reynolds

Tenia Nelson

Alison Heikkila



Disclaimer:  I'm so happy to be a Stampendous Design Team Member and to help promote their wonderful products, they generously supply us with many free goodies like these Dreamweaver Stencils, Embossing Paste, Mixed Media Paper, Perfectly Clear stamp, Versafine Ony Black Inkpad and May Arts Ribbon that I'm using today.

Welcome to the Stampendous Design Team weekly challenge. This week our theme is Mousey Mischief! You'll see lots of great creations with our wonderful House-Mouse Designs stamps all week long!  These little mice are sure to make you smile. 

 I get the feeling that my lazy little mouse from the Mice Wishes clear set ought to be doing something else, but instead is taking a break from life's hectic pace to enjoy herself!  When I was a little girl, a family member always called me Lynnie Mouse, so this card, ironically, could be a self portrait!

1.  Cut card base 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 and score at 4-1/4.  
2.  Here's how to create the pink panel using Color Bursts:  Spritz water liberally over the mixed media sheet (8-1/2 x 11) and puff Crimson Color Burst randomly over the water.  With a wide brush, blend the water and powder to create a beautiful background color.  Let it be uneven rather than a perfectly colored panel.  Once dry, cut a piece 5-1/2 x 4-1/4.
3.  To create the background design, dry emboss the pink panel using the Graduated Dot Stencil.  Lay the embossed design on a work surface.  Lay the stencil back over the embossed panel.  With a Jumbo Dauber, ink it liberally into a Palette Glue Pad and press/twist the dauber over the raised areas.  Once glue is applied, remove the stencil and sprinkle          glitter over the panel.  Flick off the excess and return to the jar.  Allow to dry.  Diecut the curved/stitched edge and mount to the card front.
4.  Heat emboss the mouse image with VersaMark and Detail Black embossing powder.  Color with watercolor pencils.  Using a glue pen, glue areas of the water where glitter will be added.  Glue the flower center and add glitter.  Refer to the photo below for closeup details.
5.  Diecut the image using a stitched square diecut.  Create the black dotted frame using two square diecuts.  Add foam mounting tape to the back of the frame and affix to the image.  Diecut a narrower frame out of a scrap piece of Color Burst paper and affix to the dotted frame.
6.  Wrap ribbon around the right side of the card front and tie in a bow.  Affix the mouse framed piece to the card front.
7.  On a scrap piece of cardstock, heat emboss the sentiment using VersaMark ink and Detail Black.  Diecut using the smallest stitched square.  Punch a hole in the left corner and tie onto the ribbon with jute.  Embellish the sentiment tag with Class-A-Peel Pink stickers.

Close up of the added bits of glitter on the flower center and on the water.  Use a Quickie Glue Pen to add the glitter.

I hope you enjoyed my card today and will leave me a comment before hopping to the next designer's blog.  Thanks for stopping by!

Stampendous Blog

Pam Hornschu

Kristine Reynolds

Lyn Bernatovich

Alison Heikkila

Tenia Nelson

Pam Bray

Louise Healy

Laura Drahozal

Leadonna Quick Fritts


Disclaimer:  I'm so happy to be a Stampendous Design Team Member and to help promote their wonderful products. They generously supply us with many free goodies like these Dreamweaver Stencils and Embossing Powders, Class A Peel Stickers, cling stamps, Faber Castell Aquarell Pencils and May Arts Ribbon that I'm using today.

Where I live here in Upstate New York, we distinctly experience all four seasons, but it is fall that I love the best.  I love the colors changing and watching the trees lose their leaves.  I love crisp sweater weather, fresh picked apples, apple pie (my husband loves my apple crumb crust pie!), pumpkins, corn stalks, homemade soups, and comfort foods.  It's a wonderfully colorful time of year!

My card is inspired by my love of fall.

1.  Paste The Great Pumpkins with Dreamweaver Matte Orange paste and set aside to dry.  Once dry, lay the clean stencil over the pasted pumpkin and tape along one edge.  The tape acts as a hinge so the stencil can easily lift up and down without shifting during the coloring process.  Distress with Splendor inks and a stencil brush.  Fussy cut out. 

2.  Cut Core’dinations (2 each) cardstock 5-1/2 x 4-1/4.  Dry emboss one cardstock panel using Dreamweaver Basic RGB stencil onto the smooth side of the paper.  Corner round top right corner with a ½” Crop-A-Dile Corner Chomper Tool. 

3.  Dry emboss the second cardstock panel on the textured side using the Dreamweaver Fall Borders stencil.  To create a diagonal pocket effect, cut from the left top corner down to about 1-1/2” from the lower right hand corner.  Edge distress the diagonal and affix to the main panel.

 4.  Affix ribbon along the lower edge approximately 1-1/2” up from the lower edge with double sided tape.  Affix ric rac over the ribbon with double sided tape.

Stampendous Products:
DWLL3036  The Great Pumpkin Stencil
DWLJ915     Opto Checkerboard Stencil
DWLJ874     Fall Borders Stencil
DMOP         Matte Orange Embossing Paste
EJS05           Spoonful Rust
DWDPK       Palette Knife
DWL2010   Paste Spreader
DWGHB-6  1/4" Stencil #6 Brush

Products:
Core'dinations Card Stock
Splendor Inkpad
3M Foam Mounting Tape
May Arts Ribbon, Jute, Ric Rac
Scor-Pal Score-Tape 1/8"
Beacon 3-1 Glue
Distressing Tool
We R Memory Keepers Crop-A-Dial Corner Chomper Tool
Misc. Buttons

Hope you enjoyed my card today!  Thanks for stopping by and I'd love you to leave me a comment before you hop to the next designer's blog.

Stampendous Blog

Louise Healy

Kristine Reynolds

Pam Hornschu

Lyn Bernatovich

Laura Drahozal

Lea Kimmel

Amy Hurley-Purdie

Tenia Nelson

Alison Heikkila




Disclaimer:  I'm so happy to be a Stampendous Design Team Member and to help promote their wonderful products. They generously supply us with many free goodies like these Dreamweaver Stencils and Embossing Pastes, and May Arts Ribbon that I'm using today.

I just couldn't leave yesterday's scrap piece without doing something with it, so as I was rummaging through my Dreamweaver drawer, I found a previously letter pressed stencil using the Dreamweaver Corner Flowers Stencil colored with Memories Mists.  I thought the purple matched the mixed media piece quite well and proceeded to create a card!

 The mixed media piece was only about 2-1/4 x 6 so I added a torn and discarded piece from yesterday's card.  It was literally 1/4" wide but worked well to create an interesting edge.  Refer to yesterday's post for details on the mixed media piece.

Letterpress Technique:  (To create the raised and colored floral panel.)  Place the stencil over a paper towel in your spray box or some contained area.  Spritz Plum Sake 2-3 times.  It doesn't need to be too wet, just well moistened.  Spritz on top with a metallic spray (Iridescent).  Gently pick up the stencil by the sides and place on the diecut platform with the sprayed side facing up.  Lay the mixed media white panel over the stencil.  Lay the rubber mat carefully over the paper.  Carefully lay two cutting plates over that and crank through the diecut machine.

Affix the mixed media scrap over the floral panel and corner round the lower right corner.  Wrap a double strand of May Arts silk ribbon around the piece and double bow.

Stamp the sentiment from Hoppy Moments Cherish Clear Set with Versafine Onyx Black and cut apart to fit the McGill punched tag from a scrap stash.  Add a punched heart from a previously embossed scrap with foam mounting tape.

Stampendous Products:
Corner Flower Stencil
Flourish Stencil
Hoppy Moments Clear Stamp Set
Mixed Media White Paper
Versafine Onyx Black

Products:
Stewart Superior Memories Mist
McGill Heart Punch
May Arts Ribbon
3M ATG Tape Runner
3M Foam Mounting Tape

Thanks for stopping by today!  I'd love you to leave me a comment before you hop to the next designer's blog.

Stampendous Blog

Alison Heikkila

Kristine Reynolds

Pam Bray

Lyn Bernatovich

Lea Kimmel Fritts

Pam Hornschu

Wendy Price

It’s summer time and we are hopping with some fabulous companies in the Summer Road Trip Partner Hop with Spellbinders.

Stampendous Stamps is hopping all three days with some fabulous summer inspiration from the design team and on Wednesday two of our designers will be featured a tutorial with some new Spellbinders products! How fun is that!

Prizes!  Spellbinders is having a great giveaway during this hop with three daily winners and one grand prize winner! Check out the details here.


For my project today, I was sent two sets of Spellbinders Shapeabilities holiday dies and boy did I have fun playing!  Since I wasn't familiar with this product, I found a great instructional video on YouTube.  I also found in my Dreamweaver stash drawer, a stenciled toilet paper roll that was begging to be used for today's project!

Toilet paper holders are a perfect size to hold gift cards!  Here's my simple pocket tag that is folded up to create the pocket and a paper 'band' is wrapped around to create the pocket!  Two sweet Stampendous Christmas Visions and Christmas Wishes (sneak peeks!) were used to embellish the tag.  Copic Crimson and Willow G24 were used to color the holly.

Linnie Blooms and Stampendous...what a fantastic combination!  You're going to find oodles of fun projects to really take your mixed media in a new direction.  Of course there are prizes for 3 lucky winners!  Just click on the Stampendous link HERE for details.

Here's my interpretation of this totally fun canvas folder!  Front and back covers were painted with various acrylic paints from my stash.  Once dry, I stamped Stampendous Build A Bouquet (CRS5074) with Versafine Onxy Black.  I created a wash of acrylic paint and proceeded to paint over the entire background with the exception of the flowers and butterfly (back cover).  For a fun effect, I laid a Dreamweaver Spiral Dots (DW7029) over the open canvas and sponged white acrylic paint into the dots.  Ribbon (May Arts) was machine sewn into the canvas.  Staples (Tiny Attacher, Tim Holtz).

This is the biggest little project packed with tons of product and was fun to create.  The mini book is by no means finished, but because there's so much to see in each of the additional booklet pages, I made a slideshow.  Some of the pages were created with Stampendous Creative Pallet Rectangles that includes two very cool stamp images that were also used.  The other pages were sprayed with Memories Mists.

With the leftover scraps, I stamped Stampendous Journal Lines (SSC1205) and added bits to various pages.  I also cut up the Stampendous Life is Art that worked beautifully with the pages.  Scraps of previous Dreamweaver papers from my stash were also used.  The photo of me is from the 80's when I used to own an aerobics company called Aerobics by Lyn.  It's actually how I met my husband who came to a class!!!  The Dreamweaver Petite Fern Die was leftover from my stash.  Pages 7,8 used the Stampendous Mixed Media Cling Rubber Motif Stamp (CRS7003).  On pages 3 and 12, I laid the Dreamweaver Quatrefoil (LX7010) over the sprayed paper and re-sprayed again revealing a shadow-like effect. The pages were sewn together into the canvas folder.  For reinforcement, I taped each page with washi tape (A Muse).

 I hope you enjoy my project today and that it inspires you to play with canvas, paints, Stampendous stamps, Dreamweaver stencils and your scraps!  Be sure to leave a comment for a chance to win! 

Stampendous Blog

Lyn Bernatovich

Pam Hornschu

Janelle Stollfus

Linnie Blooms Blog

Break out the frou frou! For the month of February, the Dream Team are going Frilly and Fabulous! Vintage, retro, or modern, adding extra charm with fun Fran•tagé products from Stampendous, ribbons and lace from May Arts, buttons, crystals, charms, or even creating your own dimensional decor! A snippet or a pile, whatever your creative heart desires! Remember to link your creations using the Inlinkz tool on the Dream It Up! blog for a chance to win the stencil of your choice! Bonus points for using Dreamweaver and/or Stampendous product in your work of heart.

Here's what I've been playing with:

























I fell in love with the FEATHER stencil (LG760) and had a vision to give it some dimension.  I traced the stencil with a pencil onto watercolor paper and proceeded to paint with acrylic paint adding layers of color and just playing.  It needed some depth so I sketched around it with a charcoal pencil and washed some grey (shadow) acrylic paint around the outside perimeter.  Paint splats and Stampendous Spoonful of Snow & Embossing Powder were added for interest.  Friends was a partial stencil from Fine Feathered Friends (LM2009) using Splendor ink and a 1/8" stencil brush.  White dots were made with a Signo Uniball pen.  Ribbon May Arts, papers Core'dinations, A Muse.  Resin Bird Maya Road painted with acrylic paints, pin my stash.

For more frilly fun, visit the "B" team: 


Dream It Up!
Lyn Bernatovich
Louise Healy
Kristine Reynolds
Pam Hornschu
Gill Wilson
Cindy Groh


An InLinkz Link-up