Thursday, February 2, 2012

Thursday's Dream Schemes/ Announcing our winners!!!


Ok...so we have now entered into the month of February, and due to our riotous schedule this past week and the Dream Team's trip to our annual winter trade show...I've decided to post a couple more Valentines this week. We only had a handful of players this month...as you may have counted, so we have decided that everyone is a winner.  Our fearless leader, Pam Hornschu, has found herself at the mercy of internet problems when she arrived home, and so I am the announcer of the news that ....HEY!!! EVERYBODY who joined our challenge wins this month. So thank you...thank you...thank you, for playing along with the team for our Valentine's Day challenge and if you did so please email your snail mail addresses to my email: lynell@dreamweaverstencils.com and I will send you the following stencils for your winning creations: 










Also I want to share with you another winning card...this one has been done by Sue Peterson and was waiting for me in my email when I got home tonight from CHA. Remember I told you if you don't have a blog that you can send me a photo of your card and I will post it for you. She has taken me at my word and emailed me her image to join our Valentine's Day challenge. THANK YOU Sue!...a lovely card by the way, done with the heart and rose stencil (LL425) using the double glitter technique and she even paste-embossed the dot stencil (LJ804) using glossy black paste (DGKP) on a red cardstock to create the beautiful background.


The Valentine you see here was done by my husband Wayne. He is a wonderful artist and as you may have heard he has been doing some Zentangle work lately. To begin this work he traced our large heart stencil (LJ834) onto a bubble paper I created as a background. Then he drew the patterns inside the heart with a Sakura micron Pigma pen (01). He finished the design by drawing a small scalloped design on the very outside of the stencils edge for the effect of eyelet lace.


Be sure to visit the blogs of the Dream Team (their links are listed below) ...many of them were at CHA and yet will be posting for our new challenge for the month of February. Which is Go Green or Go Brah in honor of the upcoming month of March, so you can translate that literally or figuratively! Post to Mr. Linky throughout this monthly challenge:


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Friday, January 27, 2012

Last Day to Sneak a Peek

Simple styling on this one. Once again I used the double glitter technique on the new Quatrefoil background stencil (LX7010). And then paste-embossed the new open cross stencil (LJ918) with Glossy White Embossing Paste (DGWP) and sprinkled it with an ultrafine glitter while it was still wet.


This open cross was designed to use with the Zentangle technique that I blogged about yesterday. Hopefully I will be able to show you some more cards with that technique in the near future. 


This post will be short and sweet today, because I am burning the candle at both ends in order to get ready for our trade show. 


Will be back next Thursday and Pam Hornschu, our team leader will be announcing the winners then from our Valentine Challenge. Be sure to join up with Mr. Linky below...remember your creation could even be rubber stamped...it doesn't even need to be done with Dreamweaver Stencils to qualify for one portion of the Challenge to win. We really want to give you a prize!!! PLAY PLAY PLAY!!!!

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Thursday, January 26, 2012

Thursday's Dream Schemes/or Sneak Peak #4

Several years ago we had a mushroom stencil. We discontinued it, but violá mushrooms happen to be "in" again!!! So we revised it just a bit and once again you can stencil mushrooms. Or as in this case you can use the technique of Zentangle in the mushrooms.


Not long ago Suzanne McNeill from Design Originals introduced us to this fun art form. And she has been showing us the beauty of combining this unique way of drawing with our metal stencils. You can read all about it in her latest book "Zentangle 6 Terrific Stencils and Cards."


My husband, Wayne Harlow, started this creation by first tracing the mushroom stencil (LL3025). Next he removed the stencil and then one line at a time he drew the different patterns within the open spaces of the mushroom stencil. He uses an 01 micron Pigma Pen by Sakura. He also shaded certain areas with a 4B artist pencil. Wayne is one of those people who enjoys detail work. This past September we had time on our vacation to do some drawing together and he showed me how easy this art form can be...I have to admit it can be quite addictive. LOL!


If you haven't been by this past week, be sure to read my posts Monday through today to get a sneak preview of our newest designs. Our Valentine Challenge is still going on, so don't be shy, just hop right in and create a card and link it to mr. linky below! We have had at least three players this month and would love to have more. Also I have listed the team below so you can hop around and see some of the marvelous creations they are sharing this past week.


One last bit of information...for the next several days we will be at CHA in Anaheim. So I may not be posting until next Thursday's Dream Schemes, but we will be in touch soon!
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Sneaky Peeky Week/Day #3

I am very excited about our new background stencils.  But before I get too far ahead of myself (I am so excited)...this box came to me originally as just raw wood and then I spray painted it with satin black aerosol latex paint. It took me three coats to be satisfied with the coverage. Remember that Monday I used this same dot stencil (LX7011) with the kitty stencil? Well today I paste-embossed it with Glossy White Embossing Paste (DGWP) onto the lid of this wooden "card box". And also used the same paste on the sides as well, but used the new paisley background stencil (LX7009) for this step. This wooden card box will be a major project at CHA for a company called Walnut Hollow. They will be teaching a class for 100 students (retailers mostly) and will be finishing their box entirely different than this one, but then they will send these students to our booth to do a make 'n take of an A-2 sized card to put into their box. Once the embossing paste was dry I colored my paisleys and dots with our new Color Solution Artist Grade Alcohol Inks. These scrumptious colors are a lot of fun to work with and I actually used precision tipped cotton swabs to do my coloring. I understand that there are also brush marker nibs that work even better, can't wait to get some and try that method as well. 


Next week we will be busy with CHA, but we won't forget our Valentine Challenge players. You still have time to add something to Mr. Linky. Read HERE to find out what is involved and what you could win. Also take a few minutes to see what sneak previews the design team has been working on, here is the list of blogs to hop to:
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Sneak Peek Week/Newest Designs #2

OK, so it may be a little hard to see the contrast in this photo of the retro background stencil (LX7012) with retro kitty(LL3020), but I really loved doing the double glitter technique and then pasting on top of the glittered paper. As mentioned in yesterday's post the team is showcasing some of the new designs that we are showing retailers this week at CHA in Anaheim. But I also have to say that I really enjoy this double glitter technique and if you would like how to instructions email me at lynell@dreamweaverstencils.com and I will send you the step-by-step instructions. You can also view how to do it in my "Tips & Tools" DVD.


These new retro kitty designs have a little history. Fellow stenciler and card artist Pam Hornschu (the leader of our design team actually), happens to be a cat lover. So she asked if we would be interested in these retro kitties that her son, Bryan helped her design. And of course they are just purrrr-fect for a couple of our retro backgrounds! The standing kitty that I paste-embossed for yesterday's post had glitter on him, but this kitty stencil (LL3020) was very simply paste-embossed with Matte Black Embossing Paste (DMBP) and dried. The small thank you (LS1009) was done the same way. So thank you Bryan for the lovely designs!


Now don't forget to play along with our Valentine challenge this month. You could be the winner of some Dreamweaver product! Just don't forget to link up to Mr. Linky below. And take some time to see what the rest of the team is sharing today. Stop by everyday this week for inspiration on what to do with the new designs.


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Monday, January 23, 2012

Sneak Peek Week/Newest Designs

New Retro Kitty with New Background Dots
This week the team will be sharing some of Dreamweaver's newest designs. Most of us are meeting up at CHA in Anaheim to share these with your local retail stores. So check back each day to see what the team has to show you. And look for them to be available at your local stores soon. The background above was done with the double glitter technique using the new dot stencil (LX7011). And then the kitty stencil (LL3021) was paste-embossed on top with with Glossy White Embossing Paste (DGWP). While it was still wet I poured a transparent crystal glitter on the kitty. Now follow the links to the team's blogs below to see what the are creating with the newest designs.  And don't forget that there is still time for you to sign up with Mr. Linky and join our Valentine challenge this month.






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Thursday, January 19, 2012

Thursday's Dream Schemes/Join our Valentine Challenge this Month

This week I am featuring a guest designer. Julie Makela is my distributor from "down under" and has created two scrumptious cards for this month's Valentine's Day challenge. 


This first design starts out with her stenciling the lace frame background (LG727) with white pigment ink. To make them look like they were layered she stenciled the one at the top left first and then the next time she placed her stencil she was careful to only stencil the white ink right up to the edge of that first placed frame. This creates an illusion of depth. She then repeated this randomly as she moved the lace frame to other positions. Then she paste-embossed the heart whimsy stencil design (LL599) with the Glossy Red Embossing Paste (DGRP). While this paste was still wet she sprinkled bright red glitter onto the hearts.

The second card was equally effective by using the same  colorway of black, red, white, but added a finishing touch of Metallic Gold Embossing Paste (DGP) with the You and Me stencil (LS1004). This time the same heart whimsy stencil (LL599) was paste-embossed with a Matte Black Embossing Paste (DMBP) with the red glitter again sprinkled onto the hearts.


Take the time to visit Julie's blog when you get the chance. She is a wonderfully creative person and has shared many innovative tips and techniques with Dreamweaver over the years.


Be sure to visit the Dream Team blogs as well:



Also to learn more about our new way of doing our challenges click here and then feel free to post your creations via mr. linky below:
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