The theme this week at Stampendous is PATRIOTIC and the first color pallet we think of is red, white and blue, of course! As I was thinking about how I would create a Dreamweaver card using this theme, I had an idea that started something like, "hmmmm, I wonder if this would work." Basically, I was flying blind, but I took a few work-in-progress photos anyway just in case my idea worked. I usually don't take progress photos when I'm creating something totally new to me, as I think it's bad mojo, but I wanted you to see the process in case things did work for this card.
I'm happy to say that this technique worked and here is my card for today:
I'm happy to say that this technique worked and here is my card for today:
Here's the pasted stencil before I removed it from Neenah Solar White cardstock. Amazingly, I only had to pull the paste once, which is how I got such clean color divisions.
Fireworks (Lj886)
To achieve a crisp red, white and blue pasted image without smudging (that's another technique), I lined up the Dreamweaver Glossy Red, Glossy White and Glossy Blue pastes evenly along the edge of the Paste Spreader (LM2010) using the Pallet Knife (1385). Wish you could see this in person as it is colorful, bright and sparkly.
Notice the pastes are barely touching. In hindsight, this was way too much paste, so rather than toss it or throw it in a 'sludge pot,' I kept pasting other stencils until I used it all. Stay tuned for those results!
While the paste was still wet, I sprinkled crystal ultra fine glitter from my stash. The stars were punched with Marvey punches from glitter paper (craft store) and the tag was punch with a McGill punch and a scrap of red cardstock from my stash. It was stamped with the Stampendous Perfectly Clear Stamps Birthday Assortment (SSC1115) set. I dry embossed the tag using the Dreamweaver Swirls Stencil (LJ863) to give it some texture.
Here's a cool design tip: When there is a busy background as on this card, ignore it when adding embellishments. The background can interfere with our desire to add dimensional pieces, so pretend the background is plain. It's a neat trick that I teach and it takes the stress out of to add or not to add embellishments. The silver star is mounted with an Action Wobble Spring.
Here is the Design Team list for today. I'd love your comment before you go!
Stampendous
Lyn Bernatovich (That's me!)
Louise Healy
Alison Heikkila
Pam Hornschu
Laura Drahozal
Here's a cool design tip: When there is a busy background as on this card, ignore it when adding embellishments. The background can interfere with our desire to add dimensional pieces, so pretend the background is plain. It's a neat trick that I teach and it takes the stress out of to add or not to add embellishments. The silver star is mounted with an Action Wobble Spring.
Here is the Design Team list for today. I'd love your comment before you go!
Stampendous
Lyn Bernatovich (That's me!)
Louise Healy
Alison Heikkila
Pam Hornschu
Laura Drahozal
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