Southwest Summer

Our challenge this month is summer fun, this card reminds so much of Tucson where my Mom and Sister live. It is a vibrant town full of color and wonderful designs.

For the background I started by pasting the Mosaic Swirls background on pale yellow card stock with regular embossing paste. Remove the stencil, clean and set the pasted background away to dry. Next I took some light blue card stock and dry embossed the Cactus in Pot stencil (LL 492) with the big shot. Leaving the stencil in place color using pan pastels. Cut down and place on layer of rust card stock.

THe background should now be dry, reposition the Mosaic stencil over the pasted area and rouge in the following colors: Morocco, Tangelo, Cantelope and Dandelion all inks are by Momento. When done layer onto rust card stock then layer the cactus in pot to the background.

While I am truly a California girl, I love and appreciate the beauty that the desert offers.

Hop on over to the Dream It Up blog and check out the stencil you can win if you send us your wonderful creation. 

Life's a beach !!!!

Our challenge this month is Summer Fun and what's more fun then the beach. I have been looking at my paper this week trying to decide what I was going to do. I found this fun paper in my stash from Graphic 45 called Oceania. It's from the Tropical Travelogue collection. Now that I picked the paper it was time to decide what stencils to use I decided on the Sand Dollar (LS12), The Nautilus (LS 4) and the Sea Turtle (LM 179). I stencil the nautilus and the sand dollar onto Coordinations Color Core card stock (Harbor)  with Stampin UP's Whisper White Pigment ink. When the ink was dry I ran the sea turtle stencil through my big shot to dry emboss it onto  the paper, then I sanded with a sanding block, letting the core color show through. I layer it all together. Then I added 3 Aqua rhinestones and I used navy twine to tie on the little shovel and bucket charm. I'm hoping that while my boss is on vacation next week that maybe I can get in a little beach time. I hope everyone is having a great summer.

Don't forget to play along with our challenge, You could win a great new stencil.

Thursday......Really ?

I can't believe it is already Thursday and I don't have a post ready. I hope this is not  a sign of how this month is going to go. My daughter Rachel is having a small surgical procedure done today and I guess this has been on my mind this week. Please keep in your prayers. Lucky for me I had this card done that I am teaching in a couple of weeks at Scrapbook Territory in Berkeley.

I used the Cypress Tree stencil (LG 650 ). The first thing I did was to distress the paper using Adirondack Denim ink leaving a white area in the middle. I then taped down my stencil and pasted the image with Black Matte Paste, remove and clean the stencil. When the image was dry I repositioned the stencil and pounced on some glue ( Palette Stamp and Stick Glue Pad) using a jumbo dauber keeping the glue just around the edges. I then painted on the Metallic F/X, the colors I used were Kiwi and Cocoa. I added some Stampendous Mica pieces from their Frantage collection at the bottom of the tree. This tree takes me to the beach and that definately says Summer to me.
I hope you'll play along in our Summer Fun Challenge, just go to the Dream it Up blog and link your creation to Mr. Linky or e-mail your card to Lynell's e-mail and she will get it onto the blog. My computer is having an issue today so to see what you can win go to the Dream It Up blog and check it out, a sneak peek of a new stencil coming out at CHA.

Glitter, Glitter Everywhere!!!!!

 AND

ARE TEAMING UP THE ENTIRE MONTH OF JUNE TO BRING YOU AN AMAZING CREATIVE COLLABORATION MIXING DREAMWEAVER STENCILS AND ART GLITTER. COME ALONG FOR THE RIDE...WE PROMISE IT WILL BE A SPARKLING ONE!

Visit the Art Glitter blog and the Dream It Up! blog for fabulous inspiration from both talented design teams. We are encouraging all of you to play along with the challenge of creating with Dreamweaver Stencils and Art Glitter*, preferably using the Double-Glitter Technique with a wedding theme. Just link your creation to the Mr. Linky on the Dream It Up! blog, or email pics to lynell@..., for an opportunity to win one of four fabulous glitter and stencil prize packages. One winner will be chosen each week. (US and Canada only, please).

For more inspiration from the Art Glitter design team, please visit their blog for a complete list of players throughout the month.

I chose to do something CAS because I have been teaching all weekend and busy at my real job all week. I love this stencil and I use it a lot, New Age Celtic (LL 380). I used the Double Glitter technique and the glitter colors I used were;

Emerald (48), Leaf (114) and Angel Dust (86)

come back next week when we start a new challenge Summer Fun.

For more inspiration from the Dream Team, here's the blog list for this week:

Dream It Up! blog

Pam Hornschu   

Laura Drahozal  

Louise Healy

Wendy Jordan   

Terrece Siddoway 

Kristi Van Doren 

Georgia Sommers 

Lee Kellogg 

Jessie Hurley

Liz Martin

 Cyndi Bundy 

Cherylynn Moser 

*For the month of June Art Glitter is selling 1 oz jars of glitter for $5.98 (regular price $7.32)! Get the deets HERE!

Glitter and the Summer Solstice.

 AND

ARE TEAMING UP THE ENTIRE MONTH OF JUNE TO BRING YOU AN AMAZING CREATIVE COLLABORATION MIXING DREAMWEAVER STENCILS AND ART GLITTER. COME ALONG FOR THE RIDE...WE PROMISE IT WILL BE A SPARKLING ONE!

Visit the Art Glitter blog and the Dream It Up! blog for fabulous inspiration from both talented design teams. We are encouraging all of you to play along with the challenge of creating with Dreamweaver Stencils and Art Glitter*, preferably using the Double-Glitter Technique with a wedding theme. Just link your creation to the Mr. Linky on theDream It Up! blog, or email pics to lynell@..., for an opportunity to win one of four fabulous glitter and stencil prize packages. One winner will be chosen each week. (US and Canada only, please).

WOW. Here we are the summer Soltice has arrived and here in the Bay Area it is in the high eighties. I love sitting here in my craft room playing with my glitter.  For me one of the highlights of summer is the 

Fourth of July.

I love getting together with family and friends, eating socializing and then going to watch the fireworks.

For today's card I used the Fireworks stencil (LJ 886) and the Summer stencil (LM294). I also used double sided 

mounting paper and Handmade Hawaiian Coconut Soap.

I used the double glitter technique for this card.  All the supplies mentioned above are available through Dreamweaver Stencils.

The glitter  I used is from Art Institute Glitter. I used the following colors:

Cranberry, Navy, Blue Boy, Mustard, Shiny Silver and Gold.  For the background I used Crystal Glitter.

I hope your playing along with our challenge, some really fabulous cards have been posted on the Dream It Up blog. 

IS ONE OF THEM YOURS!!!

Wishing you all a sparkling week.

For more inspiration from the Art Glitter design team, please visit their blog for a complete list of players throughout the month.

For more inspiration from the Dream Team, here's the blog list for this week:

Dream It Up! blog

Pam Hornschu   

Laura Drahozal  

Louise Healy

Wendy Jordan   

Terrece Siddoway 

Kristi Van Doren 

Georgia Sommers 

Lee Kellogg 

Jessie Hurley

Liz Martin

 Cyndi Bundy 

Cherylynn Moser 

*For the month of June Art Glitter is selling 1 oz jars of glitter for $5.98 (regular price $7.32)! Get the deets HERE

Celebrate with the Sparkle of Glitter

 AND

ARE TEAMING UP THE ENTIRE MONTH OF JUNE TO BRING YOU AN AMAZING CREATIVE COLLABORATION MIXING DREAMWEAVER STENCILS AND ART GLITTER. COME ALONG FOR THE RIDE...WE PROMISE IT WILL BE A SPARKLING ONE!

For my card today I used the following stencils Celebrate (LS 90) and 

Paisley Background (LX 7009), I also used Double Sided mounting Paper and 

Handmade Hawaiian Coconut Soap. All of these items can be ordered from Dreamweaver 

Stencils by your local retailer. 

The glitter I used is from Art Institute Glitter. The colors I used are True Red, Canadian Blue and Angel dust.

I have an order for 4th of July cards and decided that this one totally fits the theme of Double Glitter. 

I started with red card (4 1/2 x 6 1/4), I then cut a piece of white card stock 4 1/4 x 6 and di the same with a piece of double sided mounting paper. Each side of the mounting paper has a protective coating. Remove the protective coating from one side and adhere it to the card stock, when that is done soap the back of the stencil ( this allows the stencil to come off the sticky surface easier) and then using a large stencil brush remove any crumbs of soap that may be in the area to be glittered. now remove the other protective coating and pace the stencil on the sticky surface, I use the protective coated paper to burnish the stencil down so that no glitter gets underneath the stencil. I then poured the True Red over the paisleys and using my finger pressed the glitter into the stencil. I brushed the excess glitter of the stencil and then turn it over onto a hard surface stencil side down and pulled the paper away from the stencil, this keeps the stencil from getting bent.The background was then done by pouring Angel Dust Glitter over the remaining sticky surface.  I basically did the exact same thing with the Celebrate only I cut the mounting paper and card stock a 1/4 of an inch larger then the stencil and mounted the stencil so it had a border. I used the Canadian Blue for the Celebrate. 

I really love the sparkle of the glitter and after all what better holiday to have sparkle then the

4th of July. 

Hope you have a sparkling creative week and let us see your creations.

Visit the Art Glitter blog and the Dream It Up! blog for fabulous inspiration from both talented design teams. We are encouraging all of you to play along with the challenge of creating with Dreamweaver Stencils and Art Glitter*, preferably using the Double-Glitter Technique with a wedding theme. Just link your creation to the Mr. Linky on theDream It Up! blog, or email pics to lynell@..., for an opportunity to win one of four fabulous glitter and stencil prize packages. One winner will be chosen each week. (US and Canada only, please).

For more inspiration from the Art Glitter design team, please visit their blog for a complete list of players throughout the month.

For more inspiration from the Dream Team, here's the blog list for this week:

Dream It Up! blog

Pam Hornschu   

Laura Drahozal  

Louise Healy

Wendy Jordan   

Terrece Siddoway 

Kristi Van Doren 

Georgia Sommers 

Lee Kellogg 

Jessie Hurley

Liz Martin

 Cyndi Bundy 

Cherylynn Moser 

*For the month of June Art Glitter is selling 1 oz jars of glitter for $5.98 (regular price $7.32)! Get the deets HERE!

Double Glitter or Wedding

 AND

ARE TEAMING UP THE ENTIRE MONTH OF JUNE TO BRING YOU AN AMAZING CREATIVE COLLABORATION MIXING DREAMWEAVER STENCILS AND ART GLITTER. COME ALONG FOR THE RIDE...WE PROMISE IT WILL BE A SPARKLING ONE!

Visit the Art Glitter blog and the Dream It Up! blog for fabulous inspiration from both talented design teams. We are encouraging all of you to play along with the challenge of creating with Dreamweaver Stencils and Art Glitter*, preferably using the Double-Glitter Technique with a wedding theme. Just link your creation to the Mr. Linky on the Dream It Up! blog, or email pics to lynell@..., for an opportunity to win one of four fabulous glitter and stencil prize packages. One winner will be chosen each week. (US and Canada only, please).

 This month we are using the Double Glitter technique on our cards. We are using the fabulous Art Institute Glitter, check ourt their website to see all the wonderful colors they have.I was playing around this weekend and did this new Daisy Background (LX 7014) in Glossy White Paste on black card stock. While the paste was wet I sprinkled in some Goldfinch Metallic F/X, I liked it so much I decided I was going to use it for my background.

Now I had to decide what image I want to do in glitter. I decided to do the Dragonfly (LM193) because I thought you might just see a dragonfly in a field of daisies. 

I started by cutting my Doubled Sided Mounting paper just a little bit larger then my stencil, I also cut a piece of card stock the same size. I removed one side of the Double Sided mounting paper coating paper and adhered the card stock to the sticky side. Next I soaped the back of the stencil, then with a lg. stencil brush i remove any soap that got onto the edges of the image. Now remove the other coating paper and place the stencil soap side down on the sticky surface. Press it down firmly so the colors you are using don't bleed under the stencil. I used the Brown Glitter #58 to do the body using a straw that I cut on the diagonal as a scoop to pick up the color and place it where I wanted that color. The  upper wings were done in Melone #90, and the lower wings were done using Mustard #235. After the glitter was placed I used a large fluffy brush to get the remaining color of the stencil so it wouldn't get on the background. To remove the stencil you want to place your paper stencil side down on a hard surface and pull the paper up from the stencil, this will keep your stencil from being bent. When that was done I did the background with Crystal Glitter #85. This is a fun technique to do and I hope you will all try it and send in your creation so we can see what you've created. 

Happy Stenciling and Glitter Dreams 

until next week.

For more inspiration from the Art Glitter design team, please visit their blog for a complete list of players throughout the month.

For more inspiration from the Dream Team, here's the blog list for this week:

Dream It Up! blog

Pam Hornschu   

Laura Drahozal  

Louise Healy

Wendy Jordan   

Terrece Siddoway 

Kristi Van Doren 

Georgia Sommers 

Lee Kellogg 

Jessie Hurley

Liz Martin

 Cyndi Bundy 

Cherylynn Moser 

*For the month of June Art Glitter is selling 1 oz jars of glitter for $5.98 (regular price $7.32)! Get the deets HERE!