Thursday, February 28, 2013

All About Hearts

The month of celebrating hearts, love and friendship is coming to an end and along with it our CAS Love and Friendship challenge.  I hope you've submitted a project but, if not, March is just around the corner and brings with it another challenge.  Stay tuned!


For our final love and friendship post, I've gone back to an old favorite, Heart Swirls (LL567) and the easy but very elegant gold leaf technique.  Ready to get started?

Materials
Heart Swirls LL567
Metallic Gold Paste DGP
Palette Stamp and Stick Glue Pad GSP
Variegated Red Leaf VRL
Palette Knife DPK

Instructions
Tape your stencil to the card stock on all sides and apply the Metallic Gold paste with the palette knife.  Remove the stencil and set the pasted image aside to dry.  Wash and dry stencil. 

Reposition the clean stencil over the image and apply glue to the open areas of the stencil with a dauber.  Lightly heat with a heat tool until tacky.  Apply a sheet of gold leaf and burnish with your finger.  Brush image with clean stencil brush to remove extra leafing.  Be sure to save the bits and pieces of gold leaf that you brush off as they can be used again in another project. 

Mat on coordinating card stock, add embellishments – I chose a creamy satin ribbon – and adhere to your card base.  I chose to put my sentiment inside, but you could position the heart image higher on the card front and add a sentiment below. 

Be sure to stop on by the rest of the Dream Team blogs for more ideas and inspiration and be sure to leave us a note.  We really do read the comments!
Liz Martin (you're here)
 
See you next week with a new challenge.  Until then . . .
 
Happy crafting,
Liz 


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Thursday, February 21, 2013

Owl Always Love You . . .

 . . . was the first thought that came to mind when I saw this adorable Open Owl (LG751) stencil.  He is soooo cute!
 
This stencil lends itself to a variety of techniques, so I started off with paper piecing. 

Materials:
Open Owl Stencil
Patterned paper of your choice
Tim Holtz/Sizzix Holly Branch die
Wiggle eyes, brads or buttons
Sentiment of your choice

Here's what to do:
Trace the owl on card stock and set aside.  Assemble patterned paper and trace the various parts of the owl on the back of the paper, keeping the front of the stencil (the side with the stencil number and copyright information) face down.  Cut out just outside the line.  If your owl is wearing a vest, cut a second body from contrasting paper and trim away the top and bottom.  Adhere cut pieces to card stock and cut out.  Add buttons or brads and wiggle eyes.

Die cut branch.  Stamp sentiment.  Adhere to patterned background paper and you're done! 

Check out the rest of the Dream Team blogs to see what crafty goodness they've cooked up for you.  And, there's still a week left to submit your project for this month's challenge.  You can find more information here and then get busy!  We can't wait to see your interpretation of this month's challenge. 
Liz Martin (you're here)
 
And don't forget . . . there's a Design Team call going on.  If Dreamweaver Stencils are front and center in your mind as they are in mine, now's the time to submit your application.   Get all the details here (click on the Design Team Call 2013 under the banner).
Happy crafting,
Liz 
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Thursday, February 14, 2013

Hearts, Hearts and More Hearts

Happy Valentine's Day to all my friends and readers!  This month's challenge, CAS Love and Friendship, is perfect for the newly released ruffled hearts and Molten Magic technique. 
Here's what you'll need:
LG747 Ruffled Hearts
LS1004, You & Me
DPP Pearlescent Paste
Metallic F/X colors of your choice
DCP Metallic Gold Paste
DPK Palette Knife
LM2010 Paste Spreader
Removable tape
Small paint brush or Q-tip

Here's what to do:
Tape top of stencil to craft mat.  Lift stencil and slip card stock underneath.  Apply paste with paste spreader.   Remove card stock and set aside.  Repeat for second heart.  Set stencil, palette knife and paste spreader in a pan of water.  Sprinkle Metallic F/X over hearts by dipping paint brush or Q-tip into mica powder and gentle tapping over pasted image.  You may have to do this several times to get the coverage you want.  Heat the paste with a heat tool until bubbly.  Set aside to cool.

Tape You & Me stencil to card stock and apply Metallic Gold paste.  Remove stencil and set pasted image aside to dry.   Wash and dry stencils, palette knife and paste spreader.

Cut out hearts and trim sentiment to desired size.  Assemble on patterned paper and coordinating mat and you're done!  Ready to give to that special someone.

There's still plenty of time to submit your project for this month's CAS (clean and simple) Love and Friendship challenge, so get busy!  Link your crafty goodness using Mr. Linky on the Dream it Up! blog or send a photo of your project to Lynell at lynell@dreamweaverstencils.com or, if after February 13, to Louise Healy at louisehealy@sbcglobal.net). If you need a few more ideas or a bit more inspiration, check out out the rest of the Dream Team blogs, starting with Dreamweaver's blog, DREAM it UP!  
Liz Martin (you're here)
 
But wait!  There's more!   If you're as passionate about Dreamweaver Stencils as we are, please consider joining the team.  There's a Design Team call going on this month, so check it out.   You can find out more about that here (clink on the link under the banner).  
 
See you next week,
Liz
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Thursday, February 7, 2013

It's February and hearts are everywhere

The search is on for new members for the Dream Team, so get busy!  You can find out more about that here (clink on the link under the banner). 

This month's challenge theme is Clean and Simple Love and Friendship and there are so many stencils to choose from.  Not being able to make up my mind, I picked two for today's post!

Here's what you'll need to get started:
LM2000,  Heart Swans
LM241,  Happy Valentine's Day
DPP, Pearlescent Embossing Paste
FX05, Metallic F/X Goldfinch
DCP, Metallic Gold Embossing Paste
DPK, Palette Knife
LM2010, Paste Spreader
Heat Tool
Card stock and ribbon or other embellishment of your choice

The cream card stock measures 4" x 5-1/4" which fits the stencils perfectly.  Tape the top of the stencil to a craft mat or other surface.  Lift up the bottom of the stencil and center your card under it.  Cover the bottom part of the card with scrap paper to keep it clean.  Spread the Pearlescent Embossing Paste over the stencil with the palette knife.  Remove the card and place the stencil in a pan of water.  Sprinkle the paste with the Metallic F/X and heat with a heat tool until the paste begins to bubble.  This is the Molten Magic technique.

For the sentiment, tape the bottom of the Happy Valentine's Day stencil to the craft mat or other surface.  Raise the top and slide your card under the stencil.  Protect the top half with scrap paper.  Apply Metallic Gold Embossing Paste with the paste spreader.  Remove card and set aside to dry.  Wash and dry stencils, palette knife and spreader.

When the paste is dry, add your embellishment, mat on coordinating card stock and then to card base and you're done!

There's plenty of time to work on this month's challenge (link your crafty goodness using Mr. Linky on the Dream it Up! blog or send a photo of your project to Lynell at lynell@dreamweaverstencils.com or, if after February 13, to Louise Healy at louisehealy@sbcglobal.net).  But before you head off to your craft space, check out the rest of the Dream Team blogs or more ideas and inspiration
Liz Martin (you're here)
 
See you next week,
Liz  





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