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Dreamweaver Thursday - New January Catalog Release!

This January the Stampendous catalog has lots of fun stamps and stencils to offer, so we thought we would share some of the exciting fun! I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this new stamp Feminine Face. I had a fun technique that I thought would work great with Dreamweaver Graduated Dot Stencil. She was so much fun to color, and I think one of my favorite ways to use clear embossing paste is to add some of the Stampendous Micro Glitter!

Stampendous:

W169 Feminine Face
SSC1116 Friendship Assortment Clear Stamp Set
DWLX7029 Graduated Dot Stencil
DWDEPT Dreamweaver Translucent Paste
MG08 Lime Micro Glitter
SSH57 Jumbo Perfectly Clear™ Acrylic Handle
MEM01 Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink By Tsukineko
MPW811 Mixed Media White Paper

Plus:

• Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper© - white, green, dark green
• Copics:E04,E11,E21,E00,R20,R35,RV14,YG06,YG07,G17,G29,E33,E35,E37,E49
• Blending Tool
• Distress Ink – Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn, Pine Needles
• Embellishments – green rhinestones, flowers
• Ribbon – Green Glitter
• Exacto Knife
• Zip Dry™ Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesives

Instructions:

1. Start with 5 1/2” x 6 1/4” green card. Mix about 1 tablespoon of translucent paste with ½ teaspoon Lime green Micro Glitter. Mix until blended. Tape stencil to right side of card and spread paste. Remove stencil, and let dry.
2. Cut 1 ½” x 5 ¾” dark green cardstock and glue to the left side of card.
3. Cut 4 ¼” x 5” Mixed Media Paper and stamp Feminine Face and color with Copics as shown.
4. Blend edges with Twisted Citron. Next blend edges with Mowed Lawn, and last with Pine Needles. Repeat on the back corners of stamped image. Fold corners. Stamp with sentiment using Mowed Lawn Distress Ink. Glue to card as shown.
5. Add ribbon, flowers, and rhinestones.

 

Find More inspiration Here:

Stampendous Blog

Louise Healy (Imagine Crafts, DW)
Laura Drahozal (Imagine Crafts, DW)
Lea Fritts (New Catalog, DW)
Pam Bray (New Catalog, DW)
Kristine Reynolds (Catalog, DW)
Alison Heikkila (New Catalog, DW)

 

Dreamweaver Thursday - Santa! Claus is coming to town!

I love this Santa Claus stamp from Stampendous. He reminds me of the old fashion jolly Santa from the 50's! I think this Dreamweaver Pop Rectangles stencil is the perfect backdrop for my vintage Santa card!

I wish you could see it in person because you just can't see just how sparkly this card is!!!

It's Glitter-rific!!!

 You'll need:

Stampendous Jolly Santa stamp

Stampendous Holiday Expression stamp set

Dreamweaver Pop Rectangle Stencil

Stampendous Micro Glitter - Lime, Red, White

Sticky Panels

Versamark Ink

Cardstock - green, red, white

Watercolor Paper

Archival Ink - black

Paint Brush

Distress Markers - Dried Marigold, Salty Ocean, Peacock Feathers, Mowed Lawn, Pumice Stone, Worn Lipstick, Barn Door, Festive Berries, Antique Linen

Distress Ink - Mowed Lawn

Glitter ribbon - red

ZipDry Adhesive

Foam Tape

 

Instructions:

1. Start with 5" x 7" red card. Cut 4 3/4" x 6 3/4" white cardstock and glue centered.

2. Cut 4 1/2" x 6 1/2" green cardstock. Stamp randomly with Holiday Expressions graphic images using Mowed Lawn. Glue centered on white cardstock.

3. Cut 4" x 5 1/2" sticky panel and place onto white cardstock. Trim excess. Press back of stencil with Versamark Ink and place onto sticky panel. Sprinkle red micro glitter over stencil and rub into paper. Shake of excess, and remove stencil. Sprinkle lime micro glitter over sticky panel, and rub into paper. Shake off excess. Mat onto white cardstock. Glue to card as shown.

4. Stamp Santa on watercolor paper and paint with Watercolor markers as shown. Foam tape to card.

5. Place red glitter ribbon on white cardstock strip and glue to card. Cut 1 1/2" x 1" white cardstock. Swipe with Festive Berries Marker, and stamp sentiment. Glue as shown. 

 

More inspiration to see here:

 

 

 

 

Dreamweaver Thursday - Tombow!

 

Between Tombow's great products and Marie Browning’s cool eraser techniques. . . I'm in love! I thought it would be really fun to mix this Dreamweaver Corner Flowers Stencil and Marie's pencil / eraser technique. I love the effect it creates and my Tombow Mono Twin Permanent Marker, and my Mono eraser. It's really cool when you can have such a simple technique that makes such a big impact.

All you'll need for this dress is . . .

Cardstock - white, black, purple

Dreamweaver Flower Corner Stencil

Stampendous Happy Messages Stamp Set

Stampendous Detail Embossing Powders - white

VersaMark Watermark Ink Pad

Tombow Mono Twin Permanent Marker

Mono Eraser

Stencil tape

Nail File

Heat Gun

White Gel Pen

Pencil

Make Up Sponge

1. Start with 5" x 7" white card. Use stencil tape to tape off the left corner. Rub pencil over a nail file, and swipe cosmetic sponge over file to pick up lead. Rub over paper until covered. Tape stencil over the top left corner, and use eraser to create negative space. Outline stencil image using fine point of permanent marker. Remove Stencil.

2. Cut 5" x 7" black cardstock. Cut at the same angle as stenciled part of card. Stamp Happy Messages "Hey Friend" on the bottom right of the card using Versamark Ink, sprinkle with white embossing powder and heat set. Glue to card front.

3. Cut two 1/4" purple cardstock strips and glue as shown. Use stencil to trace flowers using  fine point of permanent marker. Color centers with white gel pen, cut out and glue to card.

More fun can be found here:

 

 

Stampendous Blog

Laura Drahozal

Lyn Bernatovich

Jamie Martin

Kristine Reynolds

Louise Healy

Pam Bray

Amy Hurley-Purdie

Pam Hornschu

Tenia Nelson

Lea Fritts

Dreamweaver Thursday - Create Christmas

Being an avid stamper and collector of stamps I love it when you can see samples of how to get many looks from one stamp! I love it when the Stampendous Design Team can focus on one stamp to really show people many creative ways to get the most out of one stamp! For my post today I primarily used the stencil from the Stampendous Create Christmas stamp set, as well as my Dreamweaver Large Swirl stencil.

To create this card you'll need:

Cardstock - red, tan, white, olive green

Stampendous Create Christmas stamp set

Stampendous Holiday Expressions Stamp Set

Stampendous Music Score Stamp

Stampendous Cling Filigree Stamp Set

Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

Distress Ink - Peeled Paint, Fired Brick, Old Paper

Craft Sheet (Or wax paper)

Blending Tool

Dreamweaver Large Swirl stencil (Or you can use the swirls from Dreamweaver Swirly Heart Stencil. It has great swirls!)

Dreamweaver Regular Paste 4 Oz - white

Dreamweaver Gold Paste 4 Oz

May arts - olive ribbon

Rhinestones - clear 

Palette Knife

 1.Take Create Christmas Stencil and trace presents onto red, tan, and olive green cardstock. Use Dreamweaver Swirl Stencil, and Gold Embossing Paste to add swirls to tan present. Set aside to dry. Using craft sheet press Fired Brick ink pad onto sheet multiple times. Add White Embossing Paste to sheet, and use palette knife to mix with color. Use Dreamweaver Swirl Stencil to add red paste to olive green present. Set aside to dry. Using craft sheet press Peeled Paint ink pad onto sheet multiple times. Add White Embossing Paste to sheet, and use palette knife to mix with color. Use Dreamweaver Swirl Stencil to add green paste to red present. Set aside to dry.

2.Start with 5" x 7" tan card. Cut 4 1/2" x 6 1/2" red cardstock. Use Fired Brick Distress Ink, blending tool, and Dreamweaver swirl stencil to create background. Use blending tool and Fired Brick Distress Ink to add to edges, and glue centered. Glue 2 strips of ribbon and glue as shown.

3.Cut 2 1/2" x 6 1/4" white cardstock. Stamp with Stampendous Music Score and Old Paper Distress Ink. Use blending tool and Old Paper Distress Ink to add to edges, and glue to left side. Stamp with Filigree Stamp and Memento Ink to upper left corner and bottom right corner. Stamp Stampendous Holiday Expression "Friends are the best gifts" sentiment as shown. Add Rhinestones and bow.

4.Swipe Peeled Paint, Fired Brick Distress Ink onto white cardstock. Stamp Bow over each color as well as 1 white bow. Once they are completely dry, cut out present shapes, and glue bows to each package. Foam tape to card as shown.

 See more great ideas here:

Stampendous Blog

Laura Drahozal

Pam Hornschu

 

Dreamweaver Thursday: It's snow time!

It's snow time for Dreamweaver Thursday! I wanted to create a winter wonderland background, and inside the card have my little snowman message!

I wish you could see this card in person because photographing it does not capture how incredibly sparkly it is!!!

Here's the inside:

To create your own winter wonderland you'll need:

Dreamweaver Stencil Bare trees

Stampendous Micro Glitter - Crystal, Silver, China Blue, and Teal

Stampendous Sticky Panels

Stampendous Sweater Snowman

Stampendous Holiday Expression Clear Stamp Set

StazOn Ink - Black

Cardstock - grey, blue, white

Distress Ink - Salty Ocean

Copic Markers: B000,B00,B24,B28,YR07,E08

(Vegetable Based Soap: keeps stencil from sticking to sticky panel)

1. Rub backside of stencil with vegetable based soap. Place sticky panel onto white cardstock, and place stencil onto sticky panel (soap rubbed side down). Sprinkle Silver Micro Glitter at the top, Teal Micro Glitter in the middle, and China Blue Micro Glitter at the bottom. Use fingers to burnish into sticky panel. Shake off excess glitter and remove stencil.

2. Cut glittered image to 4 1/8" x 5 1/4". Mat onto blue cardstock. Glue onto 4 3/4" x 6 " grey card. Stamp Holiday Expression sentiment "Wishing you Peace and Joy" in the top right corner with StazOn ink. Add ribbon and a bow.

3. Stamp Sweater Snowman onto white cardstock with Salty Ocean Distress Ink. Cut out snowman and sentiment. Color with Copic markers. Add glossy accents with finger, and sprinkle with Crystal Micro Glitter. Let Dry. Glue snowman to bottom right corner inside card.

Go to these links to find more Dreamweaver fun:

 

Lyn Bernatovich

 

Kristine Reynolds

 

Amy Hurley-Purdie (HERE)

 

Louise Healy

 

Alison Heikkila

 

Wendy Price

 

Pam Hornschu

 

Dreamweaver Thursday: Fall

For this fall layout I thought I would combine a two fabulous Dreamweaver stencils. I used Maple Leaf Large Stencil and Bare Trees Stencil to create my fall theme. I also used Dreamweaver Gold Embossing Paste to add some shine! I created a border using Stampendous Cling Filigree Stamp Set.

I created a border by stamping Stampendous Cling Filigree Stamp Set. onto orange cardstock using Barn Door Distress ink. I inked the edges using a blending tool with Vintage Photo Distress Ink. I matted my photo's leaving a 1/4" border.

I used the  Maple Leaf Large Stencil and Dreamweaver Gold Embossing Paste to add gold leaves to my layout. Before the leaves dried I pressed in some rhinestones. I traces the leaf shape onto tan cardstock, cut them out, and added Barn Door, and Ripe Persimmon Distress Ink with my blending tool. Then I laid my Bare Trees Stencil over the leaf and patted on some Vintage Photo Distress Ink.

I wanted to add some texture and visual interest to my layout so I used a blending tool with Vintage Photo Distress Ink and gently patted the color over the Bare Trees Stencil in random spots on my background page. Gold glitter ribbon finished off the look for the perfect fall layout.

To see more Fall-tastic ideas go here:

Stampendous Blog

 

Dreamweaver Thursday: Backgrounds!

Today I thought I  would share a simple and fun background for a card or a layout. It's the "Oh no, I was supposed to make a card and now I have to crank out a card in 5 minutes" card. Come on...you know we've all been there. Mad scrambling at the last minute because you forgot you were the one that was supposed to bring the handmade card!

This card is simple, and clean looking but still has a little fun to it. Plus you can do this technique with any stencil! It gives your card a fun dimensional look without all the work!

For this card I will be using Dreamweaver Damask Stencil, but you could use any stencil for this technique!

 First lay down your stencil and use an ink dauber to apply Peacock Feathers Distress Ink. Remove stencil and let dry. Lay stencil back over image, and then move slightly to the right and down. Using a dauber apply White pigment Ink. Remove stencil and let dry. Trim to a 4 1/8" x 5 1/2" and round corners.

Glue to white cardstock card with rounded corners. Die cut 2 1/2" circle from white cardstock. Stamp with Stampendous Happy Messages "Thank You" sentiment using Memento Black ink. Stamp small heart from Stampendous Love Always Clear Stamp set using Peacock Feathers Distress Ink as shown. Glue onto 3" vellum circle. Foam tape centered onto card.

Viola! Your finished. These fast and easy cards would make a great gift set as well!

See more fun ideas here: 

 Stampendous Blog

Alison Heikkila (DW)

Louise Healy (DW)

Lyn Bernatovich (DW)

Pam Hornschu (DW)

Kristine Reynolds (DW)

Lea Kimmel Fritts (DW)

Laura Drahozal (DW)

 

Dreamweaver Thursday!

Today I had to share with you one of my very favorite Dreamweaver Stencils. It's the Hydrangea stencil! I love Hydrangea's! For this Dreamweaver Thursday I wanted to make a card that was really focused on process rather that quickly getting through it. Sometimes it's nice to just take your time and enjoy the steps, and artistic process. By adding layers and layers to a project you build up and end result that's really stunning.

Here is my layered card. I used the technique of Crackle Embossing Paste over Black Embossing Paste to make a weathered look. I can't wait to show you how I created it!

You'll need:

Dreamweaver Hydrangea Stencil
Dreamweaver Black Embossing Paste
Dreamweaver Crackle Embossing Paste
Stampendous Frantage Embossing Enamels - Shabby Blue
Detailed Embossing Powder - White
Stampendous Happy Greetings Perfectly Clear Stamps Set

Heat Gun
Palette Knife
Sponge Dauber
Peerless Watercolors - Wisteria Violet, Sky Blue
Paintbrush
Stencil Tape
Versamark Ink
Distress Inks - Tumbled Glass, Salty Ocean, Seedless Preserves, Mowed Lawn, Twisted Citron, Black Soot
Blender Tool

 Instructions:

1. Cut a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" white cardstock. Tape down stencil and spread Dreamweaver Black Embossing Paste over stencil. Let Dry.

2. Replace stencil over black embossed image. Lightly spread on Dreamweaver Crackle Embossing Paste. Let Dry.

3. Replace stencil once more and use sponge daubers to apply Tumbled Glass, Salty Ocean, Seedless Preserves, Mowed Lawn, Twisted Citron, Black Soot Distress Inks. Let dry. Next dab water on areas around flower, and dab with Peerless watercolors. Let dry completely.

4. Cut 5 3/4" x 5" black card. Stamp sentiment with Versamark and sprinkle with White embossing powder, heat set.

5. Glue to card front. Cut corners from purple cardstock, and glue to corners. Add rhinestones.

 

Check out more great ideas here:

 

Stampendous Blog

Lea Kimmel

Lyn Bernatovich

Kristine Reynolds

Laura Drahozal

Pam Hornschu

Alison Heikkila

Louise Healy

 Jamie Martin  

 

 

Dreamweaver Thursday: Trees!

This week we are talking about tree's, and I know the perfect Dreamweaver stencil . . . Bare Tree's Stencil! It' one of my favorites, and I can't wait to share this fun technique!

For this card you will also need Dreamweaver Regular Paste 4 Oz, Dreamweaver Palette Knife, Paste Spreader, and Distress Ink Re-inkers in Mustard Seed, Ripe Persimmon, and Weathered Wood. To finish the card you'll need Stampendous Say It Perfectly Clear Stamps, Black Diamond Stickles, and Black Jewel Border Dazzles.

First you'll want to tape down your stencil to a piece of 4 1/8" x 6 1/4" black cardstock. Separate 3 piles of Dreamweaver paste onto a paper plate and tint each one with the 3 different Distress Ink colors. In a horizontal line spread the grey at the top of the stencil, the orange near the center, and the yellow towards the bottom. Use your spreader to pull the paste downward over the stencil. The colors will blend together to create a sunset (NOTE: if you miss a spot spread side to side so you don't mess up the gradient of color that you just created).

Second remove the stencil, and let it dry completely. Adhere onto 4 1/2" x 6 1/2" grey card. Fill black areas with Black Diamond Stickles. Let dry. Stamp sentiment, and add border.

You'll see more creative ideas at:

Stampendous Blog

Louise Healy

Amy Hurley-Purdie

Alison Heikkila

Laura Drahozal

Tenia Nelson

Pam Hornschu

Kristine Reynolds