Saturday, April 14, 2012

Dreamweaver and Stampendous Blog Hop - Final Day


Welcome back to the final day of the Dreamweaver/Stampendous Blog Hop. All the Dreamweaver and Stampendous designers are participating today, so get ready to be inked, pasted, encrusted, stenciled and stamped! All of this week the Dreamweaver Stencils' Dream Team and the Stampendous Design Teams have been providing some "Dream-pendous" inspiration for you, with multiple opportunities to win some fabulous prizes from both companies. Each day this week, you will be directed from both the Stampendous Impressions' blog or the Dream It Up! blog to the players du jour for your oohing and aaahing pleasure. Everyone will be playing on Saturday, the 14th with our final hop for the week. This is your opportunity to see how to mix and mingle your creativity...if you are a stenciler, you will be fascinated at combining stamps with your first love. If you are a stamper, you will be wowed at how stencils can add to your impressions.
  
Begin by position the Rolling Hills (LJ910) stencil on your card stock and taping all sides.   Here's where the fun begins . . . pace a few drops of Aspen Leaf Color Solutions Alcohol Ink on a splat mat or a piece of aluminum foil and add a drop or two of blending solution.  Smush (newly coined technical term) your applicator tool into the mix and swipe, using smooth strokes, across the bottom of the stencil until you're satisfied with the way it looks.  Change cotton squares and do the same with the Iceberg Color Solutions alcohol ink for the sky.  Pick up the small drops of colors left on your mat or piece of foil with your applicator tool and use it to blend the space between earth and sky.  Not one to leave well enough alone, I blended all the way to the top, making the sky a color that is not normally seen in nature, but one that does work for this card.  Remove the stencil and clean it with rubbing alcohol while the card dries.

Stamp the Shade Tree** with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and color the tree trunk with Copic markers E31 and E33.  Apply liquid glue lightly and randomly across the tree branches and sprinkle with Fresh Green Crushed Glass Glitter.  Set aside to dry.  Trim to size and adhere to coordinating card stock.  

Be sure to leave comments as you tour the blogs (with your email addy!) for a chance to win* one of three combined sets of these Dreamweaver and Stampendous goodies:


 
There's a lot more to see, so be sure to check out the links below, but leave me some love before you "gear up" for the next player:

37 comments:

  1. what an awesome card. i love the color choices. very cool tecnique , too.

    ReplyDelete
  2. This is amazing Liz. What a wonderful stenciled background for that lovely tree image that seems to pop right off the page. Incredible creativity.

    ReplyDelete
  3. This is so pretty! Love the technique you used with the stencil for the background!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Congratulations, Miriam. I hope you'll play along with our monthly challenges.

      Delete
  4. Wonderful card- thanks for sharing the techniques you used. I would never have tried using such things together.

    ReplyDelete
  5. Love these techniques! You card is gorgeous.

    ReplyDelete
  6. i really like the background painting - thanks for the tutorial. the tree looks perfect against it.

    ReplyDelete
  7. Stunning card Liz - the tree really is stunning with how you used the crushed glass glitter.

    ReplyDelete
  8. Great technique! I love the colors.

    ReplyDelete
  9. great card. makes me thing of a gentle bonsai tree.

    ReplyDelete
  10. WOW your fabulous background looks like reflected water and give the card such movement. Gorgeous!
    Hugs

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Congratulations, Bernie! Looking forward to seeing more of your work.

      Delete
  11. It does look like a bonsai tree! The hills background with the tree was a wonderful choice. Love the glass glitter on the tree as well.

    ReplyDelete
  12. Wow I never thought of using AI's with a stencil. Thanks for the great idea.

    ReplyDelete
  13. This is one of my favorite cards. It looks so "Dreamworldish". I know - not a real word.

    ReplyDelete
  14. Love the tree

    craftymom205 at yahoo dot com

    ReplyDelete
  15. This card is so surreally beautiful! WoW... Just love it! Thanks so much for playing along with us!

    ReplyDelete
  16. Lovely card and a fun use of the hills stencil.

    ReplyDelete
  17. Hi,looking all beautiful! Thanks!

    ReplyDelete
  18. Great use of alcohol inks & copics! And the glitter rally sets if off.

    ReplyDelete
  19. Great projects all week! I have really enjoyed seeing the inspiration, thanks!

    Carol B
    ciaoitalia2007(at)gmail(dot)com

    ReplyDelete
  20. what a calming card! love the inspiration! Thanks

    ReplyDelete
  21. Fantastic--I like your background technique and the glass glitter on the tree.
    slrdowney at hotmail dot com

    ReplyDelete
  22. Liz...this is an amazing usage of materials and tools! Just gorgeous work...thanks for all of your inspiring creations.

    ReplyDelete
  23. Gorgeous background! I forgot about my AI! Beautiful effect!

    ReplyDelete
  24. That rolling hills stencil is beautiful I just love it.

    ReplyDelete
  25. That tree is an absolutely work of art. WOW!

    ReplyDelete
  26. Love this Liz! The rolling hils stencil is one of my favorites and that tree is gorgeous!

    ReplyDelete
  27. This is the coolest scene, ever! I love that soft background and the glitter of leaves in the tree.

    ReplyDelete
  28. Fabulous background for the tree and I love the added glitter!

    ReplyDelete
  29. Wow Liz! I love the background. So CAS! Very striking.

    ReplyDelete
  30. SO beautiful...and I love all that texture!!

    ReplyDelete