Thursday, November 17, 2011

Dreamweaver Sketch Week

Here is this week's sketch, courtesy of the fantastic Wendy Jordan. Sorry Wendy, but I really changed it up a little this time. I turned it on its end--literally! I eliminated the embellishments on the bottom--uh, side.

Once I had it all sorted out, I used a few different techniques and stencils. First off, on the background I used stencil LJ 914 Herringbone with a textured carstock. I ran it through my Cuttlebug. Then, I sanded it to add depth of color.

For the snowflake strip, I used a technique that was fairly new to me. I sprayed Meomory Mists in Stormy Sky, Blueberry Milkshake and Blue Lagoon directly on the Snowflake Background Stencil LJ 819. I left it blotchy, because I liked the look. I then layed it on some paper towels and ran it through my Cuttlebug. I decorated the snowflakes a little with Diamond Stickles.

The single snowflake layer was created with the Antler Snowflake Stencil LL 399 and, yes, metals. This time I used the dark blue aluminum. I embossed it, filled it and sanded it.

The last technique I used was embossing with regular paste and the Ice Skates Stencil LL 3016. When it was dry, I used a Versamarker and added silver embossing powder to the blades and the eyelets. I then enhanced these with Sitckles as well.

That was it. One thing that I have discovered on this team is that it is often the projects that I struggle with that are the ones I like the best when they are done. I wasn't excited about this sketch, but once I actually started it, I really enjoyed it. It sort of reminds me of a scrapbook page. Ultimately, it is the challenges that I enjoy most about the team.

Do you think that you would like to rise to the challenges of being on a Design Team? If you give it a try, you won"t regret it. Check out the link on the Dreamweaver Blog and give yourself the chance to be inspired all year long. Try out the other Dreamweaver links for some great ideas. I'll see you next week...........

8 comments:

  1. You are a master of mixing loads of techniques! Have you cut out the metal snowflake?

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  2. Oh Laura...don't get sorry. This is fabulous!!! I LOVE IT!!! It doesn't get any "frostier" than this. Great job!! **I hope you are well and happy**

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  3. Dorothy, I cut out the metal snowflake after I was done with all of the metal techniques and sanding. You know, you can cut this metal with regular scrapbook scissors.

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  4. Great use of the sketch! Loving all the snowflakes stuff today! Gotta ask, did you really hand cut that entire snowflake? Wow. Looks fabulous, though. Pretty colors...makes me want to read "Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates"!

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  5. This is just gorgeous Laura. That snowflake is fabulous!

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  6. Like the turning the sketch! Great job and I think we are all thinking winter, even tho I have NO desire for the cold or the snow! Love this card!!!

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  7. Laura girl you are amazing I can't believe you hand cut that snowflake. It is fabulous. I love what you do with metal. I also love that you turned the sketch on it's side.

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  8. I have got to try using the Skates!! You do gorgeous things with them. Love the card. All I can say is WOW!

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