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Monday, October 6, 2014

Can you tell that sometimes Dream Team's "Fearless Leader", Pam Hornschu, has a hard time deciding on monthly challenges? Since the team will be taking turns all month with the Smeared and Smudged 31 Days of Halloween, and we are doing a Christmas collaboration with Stampendous and Core'dinations the 13th - 17th (there will be prizes!!), the confusion should be understandable. Therefore...happy HallowThanksMas! As usual, we'd love for you to play along with the challenge and link your creations to the Inlinkz tool on the Dream It Up! blog (or at the bottom of this post). Just in case you are wondering...NO, YOU DO NOT NEED TO POST SOMETHING WITH ALL THREE HOLIDAYS ON IT! However, you get bonus points for actually using Dreamweaver stencils and product on your creations! And bonus points might actually earn you an extra stencil as our monthly winner...just sayin'!

Here's how my card was made.

1. Cut orange paper into a tag and stencil LX7027 Quatrefoil with orange ink (it doesn't really show in the picture).
2. Stencil LL531 Jack O Lanterns with Dreamweaver Stencils Glossy Black Embossing Paste.
3. Apply Zip Dry Glue to the top corner, sprinkle with Copper Lux Mix from Stampendous.
4. Sprinkle Chunky Metallic Seasonings Embossing Enamel to the glittered corner and the bottom corner. Heat with a heat gun from underneath so it doesn't blow off.
5. Stencil a black card with LJ806 Hexagons using White Brilliance ink and glue on the tag.
6. Die cut white paper with the DD001 Nesting Frames, place the LX7001 Damask stencil on top and spray with Memory Mist spray.
7. When dry stamp with sentiment from SSC1208 Tricky Words set from Stampendous. Layer onto purple paper and emboss with Chunky Metallic Seasonings Embossing Enamel. Mount to card on top of a few flowers.

I'm also playing along with this weeks Paper Player Challenge #216, the theme is Halloween.

Add your card for the Dreamweaver October Challenge on the InLinkz Link-up below for your chance to win!!

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Thursday, October 2, 2014

Get Ready for the 31st

Can you tell that sometimes Dream Team's "Fearless Leader", Pam Hornschu, has a hard time deciding on monthly challenges? Since the team will be taking turns all month with the Smeared and Smudged 31 Days of Halloween, and we are doing a Christmas collaboration with Stampendous and Core'dinations the 13th - 17th (there will be prizes!!), the confusion should be understandable. Therefore...happy HallowThanksMas! As usual, we'd love for you to play along with the challenge and link your creations to the Inlinkz tool on the Dream It Up! blog. Just in case you are wondering...NO, YOU DO NOT NEED TO POST SOMETHING WITH ALL THREE HOLIDAYS ON IT! However, you get bonus points for actually using Dreamweaver stencils and product on your creations! And bonus points might actually earn you an extra stencil as our monthly winner...just sayin'!

Here's how my card was made.

1. Stencil LJ816 Spider web on decorative paper with Lightning Black Brilliance ink.
2. Paste emboss the LS63 Dangling spider on top of the web using DGKP Dreamweaver Stencils Glossy Black Embossing Paste, remove the stencil and sprinkle with Black Micro Glitter from Stampendous. Set aside to dry.
3. Sprinkle the edges of a black card with Aged Copper Embossing Enamel and heat from underneath so it doesn't blow off.
4. Wrap ribbon from May Arts around the edge of the webbed paper and glue to the black card.
5. Die cut a 3 and 1 from glitter paper, using the new DD005 Dual Alphabet Dies. Glue to the ribbon.
6. Stamp sentiment from Tricky Words from Stampendous on white paper with black ink, sponge edges with orange and cut into a tag shape. Tie with ribbon and pop up.
7. Apply Zip Dry Glue to the bottom edge of the web paper and in the upper corner. Sprinkle with Spoonful of Midnight.
I'm also playing along with the Mixed Media Mojo, October Challenge which is a Halloween or Fall theme that has material on it.

Remember to visit the rest of the team, as well as our guest designer, as confusion takes rein...could be interesting!

Dream It Up!

Leadonna Kimmel

Louise Healy

Laura Drahozal

Lynn Mercurio

Pam Hornschu

Jamie Martin

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Monday, September 29, 2014

Enter If You Dare

Today I had a little time on my hands so I thought I would play along with a couple of challenges, The Paper Players challenge #215 which is a sketch challenge and Cards In Envy where you need to use twine and cards must be able to fit into an envelope, so nothing hanging off or too lumpy.

All stamps are by Stampendous and I used two sets, the Halloween Charms Perfectly Clear Stamp Set and Tricky Words Perfectly Clear Stamp Set. The clear sets were perfect to use on this card since I punched out the shapes first then stamped with Versafine Onyx Black. The sentiment was embossed with Twilight Embossing Powder from Stampendous, it's super pretty in person, black with glitter so it shimmers!

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Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Mr Skulleton

Halloween is fast approaching and it's time to make those Halloween cards if you haven't already! I'm using the newest stamps from Stampenous to make this card. Be sure to stop by the Stampendous blog for links to the other designers, all week they will have skull and skeletons for you!

Choose two cardstocks of different colors for cardbase2.
Stamp Skull Stack and adhere that to the two cardstocks for your cardbase3.
Stamp, color, and cut Tricky Words and adhere that atop another cardstock of a different color with Spoonful of Midnight Embossing Glitter. (Adhere with heat tool as directed per instruction)
Stamp, color, and cut Mr Skulleton and adhere with paper glue over embellishments such as ribbon, string, brads, or whatever you desire.

From Stampendous:
M315 Mr Skulleton
R207 Skull Stack
SSC1207 Halloween Diamonds Perfectly Clear™ Stamps
SSC1208 Tricky Words Perfectly Clear™ Stamps
EJS03 Spoonful of Midnight
SSH34 Medium Perfectly Clear™ Acrylic Handle
MEM01 Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink by Tsukineko®
Plus:
Cardstock by Bazill Basics Paper®
Zip Dry™ Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesives
Heat Tool

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Friday, September 19, 2014

Stampendous and Add A Little Dazzle Blog Hop

Stampendous is going to Add A Little Dazzle this week and give away 3 prize packages!!!!

Hope you're enjoying all the inspiration featuring Add a Little Dazzle Craft Metal Sheets and Stampendous Stamps and Essentials this week! We know you'd love to win some goodies to try yourself! If you missed the earlier posts, here are the links for you. MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY The team over at Add a Little Dazzle has created a special featuring the metals from this blog hop for those of you who have already realized you're going to need these products. You can find it here - Add A Little Dazzle Stampendous Hop Special. Of course you might win some, too! We're giving away three prize packages this week for comments on the blogs. A nice package of Metal Sheets, Stamps and Cutting Dies!

And now, here is how my card was made.

1. Stamp the large leaf from the PenPattern Leaves set on a gold metal sheet with black StazOn ink.
2. Using the Leaf Die Cut Set, cut out the leaf. Color with alcohol inks in Lettuce, Butterscotch and Wild Plum. Set aside.
3. Die cut another leaf and dry emboss with LJ896 Large Flourish from Dreamweaver Stencils. Sand over the embossed area. Set aside.
4. Stamp Special Friends on cream paper with VersaMark ink and emboss with Aged Wine Embossing Enamel, distress the edges and set aside.
5. Stamp a plum colored panel with the large leaf from the PenPattern Leaves set Delicata Gold Blitz ink, glue onto a tan card that has been sponged with Antique Linen.
6. Mount all pieces as shown using 3 in 1 glue from Beacon Adhesives, it does a great job adhering the metal to the card as well as paper!

Now go take a look at what the other designers have created. Be sure to comment so you will have a chance to win one of 3 prize packages!!

Stampendous

Wendy Price

Vicki Dutcher

Keren Baker

Janelle Stollfus

Add a Little Dazzle

Lea Kimmel

Cathy Parlitsis

Kristine Reynolds

Lee-Anne Cross

Graciela Chavez

Jamie Martin

Lydia Brooke-Evans

Asia King

Lee Ann Barrett

Amy Hurley-Purdie

Kate Capper

Pam Hornschu

Martha Lucia Gomez

P.S. If you click on a blog link and receive a notice that says “this post is not here” or something similar, just click on the blog header or look for a link that says Home. That should take you to the home page of that blog and the correct post should be near the top. Thanks for your patience.

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Thursday, September 18, 2014

Retro Christmas

Where did the summer go? Kids are back in school, with all the insanity that goes with it, vacations are a not-so-distant memory, and it is once again time to get busy with the important things in life...crafting for the holidays! Yay! All of September the Dreamweaver Stencils Dream Team will be featuring all the new goodies we have for the "Most wonderful time of the year", the fall and winter holiday season. New stencil designs, new dies, and...brand new embossing folders (the embossing folders will be available very soon so please keep checking back) featuring some of our top-selling designs, all to be found on-line through the Stencil with Style web-site, or your local papercrafting store.

Enter the September Challenge for a chance to win!

Of course, we have our monthly challenge for you to play along, so post your own holiday creations, and use the Inlinkz tool on the Dream It Up! blog, for a chance to win the prize at the end of the month (link is also at the bottom of this post). We also have our fabulous Guest Designer for the month of September, Wendy Price!

Now for my card, I love glitter and I love to make cards that are fun to make, pretty and not complex but look complex (if you don't know how to make them). I achieved this with my retro Christmas card using the double glitter technique.
1. First I used the new LX7026 Chevron Background and rubbed the back with Coconut Oil Soap and placed the stencil, soap side down on Double Sided Mounting Paper. Sprinkle on Red Micro Glitter from Stampendous, rub in and shake off excess. Holding paper glitter side down, carefully remove the stencil from the paper.
2. Now sprinkle on Crystal Micro Glitter, rub and shake off excess.
3. Use the DG674 Nested Ornaments Die to cut shape out of the glittered paper. Set aside.
4. Using the same die, cut out the ornament from a square of black gitter paper, mat it on white paper and stick the glittered ornament in cut out area.
5. Mount to a red card, add black glitter strips, sentiment dot stickers and ribbon.

Here's the list of our "A" Team with their links for the week:

Dream It Up!

Wendy Price (GD)

Leadonna Kimmel

Louise Healy

Laura Drahozal

Lynn Mercurio

Pam Hornschu

Jamie Martin

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