Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Last call for glitter . . .


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ARE TEAMING UP THE ENTIRE MONTH OF JUNE TO BRING YOU AN AMAZING CREATIVE COLLABORATION MIXING DREAMWEAVER STENCILS AND ART GLITTER. COME ALONG FOR THE RIDE...WE PROMISE IT WILL BE A SPARKLING ONE!

Visit the Art Glitter blog and the Dream It Up! blog for fabulous inspiration from both talented design teams. We are encouraging all of you to play along with the challenge of creating with Dreamweaver Stencils and Art Glitter*, preferably using the Double-Glitter Technique with a wedding theme. Just link your creation to the Mr. Linky on the Dream It Up! blog, or email pics to lynell@dreamweaverstencils.com, for an opportunity to win one of four fabulous glitter and stencil prize packages. One winner will be chosen each week. (US and Canada only, please).




Have you noticed how many cupcake shops are popping up all around?   Within a 10 minute drive, I have my choice of Sprinkles, Kara's Cupcakes, Nothing Bundt Cakes (love this name) and, the latest addition, SusieCakes.  So it was a no-brainer that I chose LL551 Cupcakes for the last double glitter card of the month.



If you've been following along this month, I'm sure you could do this technique in your sleep.  For the newbies, here we go:

Adhere one side of the double-sided mounting paper (MPDS) to card stock, leaving the protective covering on the top side until you are ready to position your stencil.   Rub the back side of the stencil with Handmade Hawaiian Coconut Soap (DHHS), making sure to cover the entire stencil.  This will keep the stencil from making a tight bond with the adhesive.  Carefully brush the soap "crumbs" from the stencil openings, making sure not to bend the stencil.  Remove the protective paper from the double sided mounting paper and position your stencil, soap side down.

Use removable tape or blue painter's tape to mask off all but the chocolate kiss, cherry and candle.   I used Art Glitter's #58 Brown for the chocolate kiss,  #119 Cranberry for the cherry and #93 Lemone and #97 Nirvana for the candle and flame.  Apply glitter using a cut off straw as a scoop and rub in with your finger.  Tap of excess and return to jar.  For the frostings I used  #95 Summer Sea,  #215 Wild Rose and #87 Hot Kiss.    #90 Melone was used for the cupcake bases. 

Place the glittered image, stencil side down, on a flat surface and begin removing the card stock.  Be sure to keep the stencil flat against your work surface, moving or "walking" your fingers along the stencil as you peel back the card stock so that the stencil always remains flat and does not bend.  Apply #86 Angel Dust to the exposed areas and rub in with your finger.  Trim the image, adhere to coordinating solid or patterned paper and you're done!

For more inspiration from the Art Glitter design team, please visit their blog for a complete list of players throughout the month.

For more inspiration from the Dream Team, here's the blog list for this week:


There will be a new challenge for the month of July, so be sure to check back next week.

Have a wonderful 4th of July celebration,
Liz







7 comments:

  1. I love cupcakes Liz and yours look really sweet. I love this card.

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  2. Awwww these are darling cupcakes Liz! Looks like plenty of work...almost like baking cupcakes! Thanks for the inspiration!

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  3. I love all the cupcake shops! Yum! Your card is a very yummy interpretation of cupcakes as well! Perfect colors and sparkle!

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  4. I hear all the BEST designers are using the cup cake stencil this week! Yours is so Pretty. GREAT job

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  5. Oh how pretty. It actually reminds me of an old ice cream shop! Good job.

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  6. Makes me hungry. Great glitter cards. Your placement of the different glitter colors is very clean and neat. Fabulous!!

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  7. More great cupcakes! These are darling and perfect for this technique!

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