Thursday, November 25, 2010

Dreamweaver Thanksgiving Parade

This is the first of new weekly Thursday posts by the entire Dreamweaver Team. This week, we had a challenge--to create a Christmas card using non-traditional colors. I had so much fun with this that I created two! I have chosen to only post one today, so be on the lookout for a purple glittered Christmas card in the future....... Meanwhile, here she is:





So, if you haven't guessed, my nontraditonal color choice is orange, blue, and ivory. The skater was easily created by running the stencil through my manual die cut machne. Then, I used a Versamarker and embossing powder on the skates (silver and white). Three colors of Ranger Adirondack Ink (Peach Bellini, Orange Sunset and Terra Cotta) were used to stencil her face, coat, and Season's Greetings tag. I used Fun Flock on the fur, hair and earmuffs.


The snowflake details were created with almond colored shrink plastic. I cut it out with Spellbinders Dies and sanded it. Then, I used a snowflake stencil (two different ones, actually) and Brilliance Moonlight Ink to add the images. I must have had some blue in my stencil brush, because the color shifted when I heated the project. I loved the result, though--so I kept it. I used a Copic marker to outline the image.

I punched the guide hole on the snowflakes using my Crop A Dile. Of course, even the large hole would not have been big enough for the brad once the pattern was shrunk. Because of this, I heated the plastic with my heat gun and punched it again when it was still warm. This did the trick, and I was able to push the brad though and create the look I wanted.
The paper is a Graphic 45 Christmas paper. I just fell in love with doing this project, as I was amused by the challenge and pleased with the results. I couldn't help but giggle as I thought about how, between this card and its diametrically opposed glittery purple sister, I was creating Christmas cards in Halloween colors. If nothing else, it gave me a fresh perspective on Christmas tradions. Give it a try sometime--and check in next week for more Dreamweaver goodness!








10 comments:

  1. Awww Laura! You used one of my favorite stencils...and complementary color schemes are sooo effective! The snowflakes are amazing I never would have thought to do the outline thingy...can't wait to see the purple one too!

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  2. Love, love, love! Your stenciling is amazing! I agree with Lynell, outlining made a big difference.

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  3. Laura what a great card, I can't wait to see the purple glittery one. You always do amazing cards I wish you were closer so we could get together and play.

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  4. Very lovely! The skater stencil is a favorite of mine too.

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  5. Very pretty. I like the way the snowflakes "pop!"

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  6. Love the color combo. She has almost a vintage feel to her.

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  7. Hey Laura!! This is so beautiful!! You gave it such an old, traditional feel!! Love it! I hope you had a great Thanksgiving!

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  8. She's lovely, Laura. All the elements come together beautifully right down to the background paper which makes you think it's snowing. Great job! Can't wait to see the next one.

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  9. Hi Laura - this is great and I love all of your colours. Thanks for sharing with us.

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