Thursday, August 9, 2012

Christmas Chickadees in August


My Christmas creation this week combines some of my very favorite products with the Double Glitter Technique.  If you would like to recreate this, follow a few simple steps.  First, soap up the back of the stencil LG 708 with the Handmade Hawaiian Soap.  Brush the soap crumblies off with a large stencil brush.  Then, place it on exposed adhesive of Double Sided Mounting Paper.  Next, put red pearls into the holes for berries. Stampee Foil goes on the gold beaks and the green leaves.  It is easy.  Just put the foil dull side down over the area where you want it and press it down with your fingers or an embossing sylus.  Then, pull the foil off.  The branches are Ultrafine Opaque Art Glitter in 58 Brown.  You can sprinkle a little on the stencil and push it in with your finger.  Then, use Stampendous Fun Flock in Plain Ol' Black over the whole thing.  When using the flock, you need to use quite a bit and push it down hard to make it look plush.  Then, brush off the excess well, so that it doesn't migrate when you remove the stencil.  Put the whole thing stencil side down on a flat surface and carefully peel the paper off, keeping the stencil flat.  Cover the whole thing in Ultrafine Transparent Glitter in 85 Crystal.
That is it.  It was great fun.  Now, it is your turn.

Want to get into the holiday spirit a little early? Link your own Christmas in August creations to the Dream It Up! blog mr. linky, or email pics of your creations to lynell@dreamweaverstencils.com, for an opportunity to win this wonderful newly released Heart Ornaments:


Don't you just love this new design? There are several newly released stencils and products from CHA last month, which you can view for yourself HERE. During the week of August 20th - 25th, the Dream Team will be posting all week with a hop on Saturday to top it all...featuring all of these new fabulous designs...in collaboration with the Woodware UK team. Just a little hint...you may want to buy all of these new designs now, so you are ready and waiting for the inspiration that will come your way that week! Meanwhile, check out what the rest of the team has been creating this week:

9 comments:

  1. Love these little Chickadees Laura, they are so cute. They look great in the double glitter technique.

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  2. I'm not a big on birds, but I have to agree with Georgia – thee little guys are too cute! And, of course, your double glitter technique is perfect!

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  3. Love the contrast of the red and green with the black and white. Really beautiful!

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  4. Very pretty and you make it sound so easy to do!

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  5. Your glittering is amazing! Great job Laura.

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  6. This turned out fabulous Laura! I love those chickadees!

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  7. This is so beautifully done! I really like that stencil...Another one for my wish list!

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  8. I love this stencil, and your card is wonderful. You did a terrifc job with the Double Glitter Technique in spite of all the small areas to be filled in. Beautiful work!

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