Art Glitter and Dreamweaver Present an Awesome Autumn

Welcome to the Art Glitter and Dreamweaver Collaboration!  (So, I guess I am collaborating with myself!)  The theme this month is Awesome Autumn.  Here is my first post:

It is a birthday card for a friend.  The technique used is Double Glitter.  Here are the materials that I used:
Dreamweaver Stencil LL 429 Long Sunflower
Dreamweaver Stencil LS 1010 Small Happy Birthday
Double Sided Mounting Paper
Handmade Hawaiian Soap
Large Stencil Brush
Art Glitter Ultrafine Opaque 357 Wintergreen
Art Glitter Ultrafine Opaque 109 Cavalado
Art Glitter Ultrafine Opaque 114 Leaf
Art Glitter Ultrafine Opaque Neon 222 Electric Light
Art Glitter Microfine Opaque 521 Cayman
Art Glitter Ultrafine Opaque 350 Butterscotch
Art Glitter Ultrafine Transparent 206 Wildwood
Art Glitter Ultrafine Opaque 59 Teak
Art Glitter Ultrafine Opaque 231 Copper Canyon
Art Glitter Ultrafine Transparent 197 Flax
Graphic 45 Printed Paper
Card Stock
Raffia

I used multiple colors in each part of the sunflower.  You really don't need to do the same if you don't want to.

This month features the Art Glitter lead Kristi Parker as the Dreamweaver Guest Designer.  As if that weren't enough, Art Glitter is featuring a 20% off sale on all regular retail items!  Use the code DW20.  Stencil with Style is ALSO offering a 20% off sale. Their coupon code is SWS20.
Check out the other players this week, get inspired and send a photo of your Awesome Autumn project to Lynell@Dreamweaverstencils.com.  You could win a wonderful prize!

Kristi Parker

Dream It Up! 
Laura Drahozal 
Lyn Bernatovich 
Pam Hornschu 
Heidi Erickson 

Stampendous and Dreamweaver Summer Fun Blog Hop: Day Five

It's fun in the sun time again with another collaboration between Stampendous and Dreamweaver Stencils! We'll be playing together all of this week, with a fabulous hop on Friday, August 2nd, featuring a slew of amazing talent from both teams, and of course...prizes!!!

Two prize packages will be given away for the comments left on posts Monday-Thursday, July 29th - August 1st, and one prize will be given away for comments left on the hop day, Friday, August 2nd. Winners will be selected randomly and announced Thursday, August 8th. (Note: USA addresses only, please, due to shipping costs.) Here's what you could win:

Stampendous Surfer and Sandcastle Kiddos • Dreamweaver Hot Air Balloon, Ice Cream Cones, Summer, Mosaic Swirls, Bird Words, and Sandcastle stencils

 Here's what I created:

It is a notebook--actually, a composition book that I purchased for 50 cents.  Instead of a full blown tutorial today (I know you have a lot of blogs to visit), I am going to include just the materials list and a few close up pictures.

MATERIALS:

Dreamweaver Die DX7020 Leafless Tree

Dreamweaver Stencil LJ 901 Mosaic Swirls

Dreamweaver Stencil LJ 848 Fish Background

Dreamweaver Stencil LM 181 Seahorse

Dreamweaver Stencil LS 4 Nautilus

Dreamweaver Stencil LS 6 Scallop

Double Sided Mounting Paper
Stencil Brushes
Splendor Stamp Pad
Handmade Hawaiian Soap

Stampendous Cling Mermaid Stamp
Stampendous Encrusted Jewel Teal Kit--Teal Color Fragments, Aged Teal Embossing Enamel and Teal    
                  Mica Flakes
Stampendous Royal Blue Pearl Glitter
Stampendous Green Pearl Glitter
Stampendous Pearlized Mica
Stampendous Gilded Mica
Stampendous Tarnished Mica
Stampendous Magenta Pearl Glitter
Stampendous Red Ultra Fine Glitter
Stampendous Bronze Glass Glitter
Stampendous Crystal Glitter
Stampendous Golden Sand Embossing Powder
Stampendous Fun Flock Envious Green
Stampendous Fun Flock Raspberry Tart

May Arts Blue Ribbon

May Arts Hemp Ribbon

White Glue with a Fine Tip

Acetate

Stayzon Jet Black

Scissors

Xyron Machine in 5" and 9"

Patterned Paper

Composition Notebook

Colored Pencils

Shrink Plastic

Sandpaper

Big Bite (just to make holes in shrink plastic)

Heat Gun

Manual Die Cut Machine

Here is another overall look, so you can see how it was put together.

Thanks for stopping by.  Don't forget to leave a comment here and at all the other blogs listed for your chance to win that fantastic prize!

Dream It Up!

Stampendous

Louise Healy 

Jamie Martin

Janelle Stollfus 

Jennifer Dove

Lyn Bernatovich

Krissy Fossmeyer

Terrece Siddoway

Laura Drahozal  

Kristine Reynolds

Pam Hornschu  

Lea Kimmel

Cherylynn Moser

Cyndi Bundi   

Suzanne Czosek

Jessica Griffin

Stacey Rumsby  

Tenia Nelson

Heidi Erickson

Rhea Weigland 

Tobi Crawford

   Asia King

Dreamweaver Summer, Sparklers and S'more Challenge

Happy Fourth of July everyone!  A new month means a new challenge over at Dreamweaver Stencils.  This month, it is Summer, Sparklers and S'more!  Don't forget to send a picture of a project to Lynell@Dreamweaver Stencils for your chance to win!  Oh, and speaking of winning, be sure to check out the Dream It Up Blog to see who won our Ranger Collaboration Blog Candy.  Thanks for all of the wonderful comments, by the way....I read and cherished all of them.

On to this week's project.  I was inspired by those Dry Stickles and decided to create another project with them.  This one is almost a reverse of the last one, starting, as it were with the embossing powder.  Let me show you.....

 MATERIALS:
Dreamweaver Stencil LG 701 Carp
Dreamweaver Stencil LJ 838 Waves
Dreamweaver Gold Embossing Paste
Palette Knife
Removable Tape
Double Stick Mounting Paper
Handmade Hawaiian Soap
Large Stencil Brush
Ranger Clear Embossing Powder
Ranger Dry Stickles in Cinnamon
Ranger Dry Stickles in Gold
Ranger Dry Stickles in True Blue
Craft Sheet
Heat Gun
Scissors
White Card Stock
Blue Card Stock
May Arts Ribbon

DIRECTIONS:
1)  Use the removable tape to place the carp stencil over the white card stock.  Tape it all the way around the stencil and directly onto your craft sheet.
2)  Use the palette knife to spread the gold embossing powder all the way down the stencil.

 3)  Remove the stencil carefully, using the tape one one side as a hinge.

 4)  Sprinkle the Cinnamon and the Gold Dry Stickles onto the embossing paste while it is still wet.  Then, let it dry completely.

 5)  While the fish are drying, rub the soap on the back of the wave stencil.

6)  Use the stencil brush to remove any "soap crumbles" that have accumulated against the stencil.

7)  Remove one side of the protective paper on the Double Stick Mounting Paper.

8)  Place the stencil SOAP SIDE DOWN on the exposed adhesive.
9)  Pour clear embossing powder over the stencil and rub in with your finger.

10)  Lightly tap the embossing powder off of the stencil.
11)  Flip the project upside down and carefully remove the paper from the stencil.  Keep the stencil flat on a smooth, hard surface while you do this.

 12)  Use the heat gun to melt the powder.

 13)  Pour the True Blue Stickles over the project.

 14)  Rub in with your finger.

 15)  Brush off the excess powders, revealing the white embossed areas beneath it.

16)  Trim around the now dry fish and assemble the card.

Thanks for stopping by today.  I hope you enjoyed the post.  Please visit the other team members to see what summery inspiration they might have for you.  Get inspired to make something summery yourself and don't forget to send it in!

Dream It Up!

Wendy Price

Laura Drahozal
Lyn Bernatovich
Pam Hornschu
Heidi Erickson
Louise Healy
Jessica Griffin
Cyndi Bundy

Dreamweaver and Ranger Blog Hop!

 

The Dream Team has a big day today! Not only are we into week three of our Pinterest Inspired challenge, we are also playing with Ranger's Stickles Dry Glitter in the mix! We've had so much fun playing with jars of sparkly goodness, that we want to share the fun with two lucky crafters! Check out how to win after the post.

 This is my entry this week.  I was so inspired by the beautiful Dry Stickles, that I completely forgot to chose a Pinterest inspiration.  I hope you forgive me!

My camera refused to photograph the gorgeous Purple Dry Stickle, so I hope this closeup does it a little more justice.

I have decided to include a brief tutorial.

MATERIALS:

Dreamweaver Stencil LG 730 Peacock

Dreamweaver Glossy Blue Embossing Paste

Removable Tape

Palette Knife

Double Sided Mounting Paper

Handmade Hawaiian Coconut Soap

Large Stencil Brush

Dry Stickles in Gold

Dry Stickles in Cinnamon

Dry Stickles in True Blue

Dry Stickles in Purple

Dry Stickles in Eucalyptus

Ranger Clear Embossing Powder

Heat Gun

Scissors

White Liquid Glue

White Card Stock

Thin Chipboard

Adhesive

Paper from DCWV Once Upon a Time Mat Stack

DIRECTIONS

1)  Use Removable Tape, Palette Knife and the Blue Glossy Paste to emboss the peacock stencil onto white card stock and let dry.

2)  Mount the embossed peacock onto the chipboard and cut around the image.

3)  When the peacock is dry, use the white glue to adhere the Dry Stickles onto the image.  Use the Gold, Cinnamon, True Blue and Purple.

4)  Soap the back of the stencil.
5)  Brush any crumbles of soap off of the stencil with the stencil brush.
6)  Adhere the stencil, soap side down, onto the adhesive paper.
7)  Sprinkle the True Blue Dry Stickles onto the border of the adhesive paper.

 8)  Sprinkle the Eucalyptus Dry Stickles onto the leafy area and rub in.  Ignore the peacock area.

 9)  Flip the project over and carefully peel the paper off of the stencil.  The stencil should remain on a hard, flat surface during this process.

 10)  Place the peacock into position on the adhesive.

 11)  Pour the Clear Embossing Powder around the outside of the peacock and rub in.

 12)  Use the heat gun to heat the embossing powder.  Do not get too close to the glitter or it could burn.

13)  Assemble the card, and you are done!

Thanks for stopping on my blog.  Now, on to how you can win:

  

Just visit everyone on the list below, and leave comments for everyone. Two winners* will be randomly selected and announced Thursday, July 4th...what a great day for a celebration! Each prize package includes a mix of five Ranger Stickles Dry Glitter, a mix of six Dreamweaver Stencils, and jar of Dreamweaver Translucent Paste, and a Palette Knife for spreading. If you want to add to the fun, play along with our Pinterest challenge and link your own creation to the linkytool on the Dream It Up! blog before July 1st for a chance to win this month's stencil prize. Here's the list of sparkly-Pinteresting players:

Dream It Up!

Cherylynn Moser

Leadonna Kimmel

Laura Drahozal

Louise Healy

Jessica Griffin

Caroline Duncan 

Stacey Rumsby

Pam Hornschu

Heidi Erickson

Cyndi Bundy

Terrece Siddoway

Lyn Bernatovich 

Jennifer Dove

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