Black, white and a pop of Color

It's the very merry month of May now, and the Dreamweaver Stencils' Dream Team are playing with a new challenge, and we're hoping that YOU will play along! All of this month, we'll be creating for graduations and/or using black and white with a pop of color. May and June are typically the time for grads in the US, but to keep things even more interesting, you can choose to play with our colorway challenge instead.

Today I have decided to do a very simple card, still a little under the weather. I used stencil LS 4 the Sm. Natilus shell which has been around a long time is one of my very favorite stencils. I was playing around trying to decide if I wanted to do a white paste or black paste, since I couldn't make up my mind I decided to use both. So using the sludge technique I used regular paste (matte White) and Black Matte paste to paste my image. I then sprinkled some glitter at the base and around the edge and let it dry. Then I simply cut my layers and assembled.

Obviously, to play along with us, you do not have to have a complicated creation, so pull out your supplies and have some fun! Link your creation to the Dream It Up! blog, or email pics of your creation to Lynell@.... We love to post your submissions on the blog as well as the Facebook page. Even more, we love to provide you the opportunity to win one of two sets of two stencils by playing along. You have all of May to link as many creations as you'd like! Sorry...winners must be from the US or Canada.

Today's Penny Black Class

Had a lovely time today with my ladies at Scrapbook Territory. After feeling yucky all week it was nice to be out of the house and being creative. Thanks for your continual support ladies.

Make a Wish

Today's post may not look like it fits the challenge for this month, that's because after a few wonderful days away and a great Mother's day with my family I woke up Monday with the Creeping Crud that is going around. This doesn't allow one to feel very creative. I decided I could still post, I have the new stencil designs just being released. This one Book Cover (LX7015) is already one of my favorites. I started with glossy paper and Color Solutions Alcohol Inks, Thistle (CS104) and Sugar Plum (CS208). I put these colors on the felt applicator along with some blending solution and proceed to pounce the colors onto the paper in a random fashion, when I finished get the color on I added more of the blending solution and went over the color I put on to get a fun marbling background. I then took my stencil and taped it down on the marbled background. I used Dreamweaver Glossy Black paste to paste my image. I then set it aside to dry. Glossy pastes take longer to dry so I end up putting it somewhere out of sight and working on other things and coming back to it a couple hours later. Now that my image is dry I repositioned the stencil back over the image and lightly pounced on Palette Stick and Stamp glue over the image. I then used a brush and added Moonstone, Purple Satin and Gold dust Metallic F/x. I hope you all have a great week.

Black, White and a Pop of Color

Well it is thursday again and this Month's challenge is Black, White and a pop of color or Graduation.  I'm also excited because Lynell said we could start doing sneak previews of the new stencils that are about to be released. I have just the one to introduce with this colorway challenge.  This new stencil is called Stylized Dahlia (LG743) and I love because it reminds me of Rosemaling which is a form of decorative painting. I chose to do this card using black and white, I started with a black card, to which I layered black and white gingham paper. I then took my stencil and taped it down on all four sides on a piece of white card stock. I used Dreamweaver Glossy Black to paste the stencil. I removed the stencil, by removing the tape starting with the last piece  that I put down and removed all but the last piece which i used as a hinge. I set the pasted image away to dry. Glossy paste can take a long time to dry depending on the humidity and temperature. After the image was dry I layered the white card stock  on to black card stock. I tied a black and white dot ribbon around this layer (BoBunny double dot) and mounted it to the gingham layer then I add 3 turquoise metallic embellishments for a POP of color. Take time this week to create and have some fun, I know that i will be as I head up to spend some time with my friends Joy and Linda in Sacramento.


Obviously, to play along with us, you do not have to have a complicated creation, so pull out your supplies and have some fun! Link your creation to the Dream It Up! blog, or email pics of your creation to Lynell@.... We love to post your submissions on the blog as well as the Facebook page. Even more, we love to provide you the opportunity to win one of two sets of two stencils by playing along. You have all of May to link as many creations as you'd like! Sorry...winners must be from the US or Canada.

Be Unique !

 It's the very merry month of May now, and the Dreamweaver Stencils' Dream Team are playing with a new challenge, and we're hoping that YOU will play along! All of this month, we'll be creating for graduations and/or using black and white with a pop of color. May and June are typically the time for grads in the US, but to keep things even more interesting, you can choose to play with our colorway challenge instead.



This month's challenge is Black and White with a pop of color or Graduation. Well as you can see I choose black and white with a pop of yellow. First I taped down my stencil  (LL432) birds on a wire on all four sides with removable tape, then I taped off the bird with his head down. I then used Dreamweaver's  Black Matte Paste  to paste the image and then removed the stencil and cleaned it with warm water. When the paste was dry I repositioned the stencil and taped off all the birds except the one that was not pasted before. I used Dreamweaver's Yellow Matte paste to paste this bird then removed the stencil and cleaned the stencil.  While I was waiting for everything to dry, I cut the yellow card and then layered it with black and white gingham paper. I used my computer to make the sentiment. I use this card quite a bit because I work with a group of teenage girls who are always trying to fit in and I just want them to know it 's ok to be different and follow their dream. When the birds were all dry, I layered them to black card stock and then I added a yellow and black ribbon before layering the birds onto the card. I hope you will play along with us this month and link your creation to Mr. Linky which you can link to from the Dream It Up blog. If you have trouble linking to Mr. Linky Just send a picture to Lynell's e-mail and she will make sure your card gets on the blog. Have a great week of creativity and come back next week to see what we come up with. Don't forget to leave us some love, we love to hear what you have to say about our creations as well.

Obviously, to play along with us, you do not have to have a complicated creation, so pull out your supplies and have some fun! Link your creation to the Dream It Up! blog, or email pics of your creation to Lynell@.... We love to post your submissions on the blog as well as the Facebook page. Even more, we love to provide you the opportunity to win one of two sets of two stencils by playing along. You have all of May to link as many creations as you'd like! Sorry...winners must be from the US or Canada.

April Showers.....

Wow. spring has come to the Bay Area and these beautiful golden poppies are every where. Using the Poppy stencil (LL521).  I created this card by using the Faux Cross Stitch technique. I love this technique because it is fun and easy to do. I placed the stencil on the paper and then I rouged in color using Adirondack's Peach Bellini for the flowers and Juniper for the stems and leaves.  I then took off all the tape except the last piece and slid my cross stitch screen (SC) underneath the stencil. I then add color starting with the first two colors I used Peach Bellini and Juniper and add darker color using Sunset Orange and Bottle also Adirondack inks. I edged the paper with a copic marker and then mounted the image on Tangerine Bliss. I love the Mango and White dot  paper from Echo Park but it was a little busy to do for the whole background so I cut a triangle and mounted it to a notecard from Hero Arts. I added orange raindots to the corner and using double sided mounting tape pop the image from the background. There it is a CAS card which I really needed this week because I just realized at 6:00 am that it was Thursday. I hope everyone has a great and creative week. Come back next week when we have a new theme Wedding/Double Glitter. This should be fun we know everyone loves some sparkle in their life. We still have this week  to do April showers..bring May flowers so make sure we see your creation just go to the Dreamweaver blog and link your card to Mr. Linky, if you have problems linking send a picture of your card to Lynell's e-mail and shse will post it to her blog. Remember you have the possibility of winning some great stencils, but just like the Lottery you have to Play to win.

April showers...

Ladies I'm sorry that I'm not posting today, but I experiencing a toothache something I have not had in a long time.  Pain unfortunately does not translate into creativity. So I'm just posting a card that I posted when I first started this blog. The Hydranga was pasted with Black Matte Paste and when dry I used glue and Mica powders to add color. Thanks for stopping by, I hope next week to post something new.