Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Dreamweaver and Stampendous: Day Two of Our Dream-Pendous Celebration!


Welcome to another "Dream-Pendous" week of inspiration! The Stampendous team and the Dreamweaver team are collaborating once again with all the fun toys in both team's arsenal. Of course, as usual, there will be great prizes available for those who comment throughout this week. In face there will be three prize packages available to win. Each will have a great selection of Dreamweaver Stencils and Stampendous images and dies...one of which being the new "Blossom Beauty" face image as shown on the badge above.



Here is my creation for today:


Pam here for the second day of our collaboration with Stampendous. Today's card features the flower from the Stampendous Blossom Beauty set, along with it's matching die set. I stamped the image in aqua on a page from an old poetry book, added a light wash of inks, and over-stamped the image again in black ink. I lined up and die cut the flower with my Big Shot machine. A quick note regarding the matching die set...there are three dies in this set, to cut flowers in three sizes from this flower image. You'll see more sizes over the week. Cool concept!

Now for my yummy Dreamweaver details. The black linen panel was embossed by running the Quartefoil stencil through the Big Shot machine, following this sandwich layering:

1. Place stencil face down on base plate only.
2. Place cardstock panel face down on stencil.
3. Place rubber embossing mat on top of cardstock.
4. Place the TWO clear plates on top of all, and run through machine. Having both plates on top protects your metal stencils from the roller inside the machine.

Once embossed, I used a Strie technique...lightly inking a large stencil brush, and brushing from top to bottom over the raised areas, and from side to side. The end result is a linen-like appearance with wonderful highlighting of the design. To finish off the card, I simply paste-embossed in Glossy Black the Vertical Friend stencil on the violet panel. Now I have a great card to have on hand for so many occasions, and it was quick and simple.


Please visit the team's players for today, and leave comments as you go!

52 comments:

Sue Debling said...

Love this card well done

Lynell Harlow / Dreamweaver Stencils said...

Pam, thank you for such an inspiring card. Love the usage of the poetry book page as your base to stamp the design. Clever usage of all the materials and soooo effective!

Leanne said...

Another day of fabulous inspiration.

Jan Castle said...

That's some flower!!!!!
Jan

Jamie Martin said...

The wash is so pretty with the text showing through.

Janeen said...

i need to get me some old books. :)

Kailash said...

Fabulous flower, love the design!!

arlsmom aka Lynda said...

Fabulous project!!

Yolanda said...

Lovely card!

Eileen L. said...

Beautiful flower. Love the text background.

Jade said...

The different die cutting for the one image really intrigues me. It is a cool concept and I can't wait to hear more. Love the embossing, stenciling and the Strie technique. Thank you for the sandwiching tip, too. Beautiful card.

Diane said...

Very pretty and elegant...love the background!!

Miriam Prantner said...

Really love that gorgeous flower. Can't wait to see today's projects!

Unknown said...

I'm dreaming about your pretty cRd!!!

Glass Daisy said...

A pretty, elegant card.

Carolina Kathy said...

Love your card!

PJ said...

two of my favorite colors! This blossom is sure pretty!

Fliss said...

Absolutely beautiful card and love the contrast between the gorgeous flower and the backgrounds.
Thanks for sharing.
Fliss x

barbara macaskill said...

Must give the Strie technique a try! LOVE the effect that it gives the gorgeous bloom!! This card is quite eye catching and will brighten the recipient's day! TFS!

Graciellie Design said...

Such a nice and elegant project!!!

christi said...

gorgeous card thanks for sharing the technique.

Anonymous said...

I love this card.Thanks for sharing!

Stampendous said...

This is just gorgeous! Really love the text peeking through the blossom design. And your background is clever and creative! Thanks for sharing!

Rebecca Ednie said...

Wow, so lovely!

Teresa Godines #6857 said...

The colors of this card are spectacular. TFS

Anonymous said...

Great card! Love these big stamps.

Jean said...

What a beautiful card! And thanks for instructions as well. Can't wait to try your technique!

Judy said...

Another gorgeous card in a line-up of gorgeous cards! The flower and background are gorgeous. Thanks for sharing.

Greta said...

What a neat card! Thanks for explaining how you did it!

Kate Pape said...

So many possibilities with this set. Will definitely have to try the strie technique. Great job on the card.

Jean said...

I really really like this. Thanks for adding instructions. Can't wait to try it myself.

Vicki Sopcak said...

What a stunning card.....I'm impressed!!!

cghundley said...

This is so pretty, love
purple!
Carla from Utah

Lyn Bernatovich said...

Wow, I love the layers of this card! The layers and dimension are wonderful.

Heather said...

wow, that is amazing, i love the layering effect of the flower and the text.

Sue D said...

Very pretty. I like how you stamped on the poetry page.
Sue from Ohio

jazy1m said...

Need to try this. Love the card.

Robin B. said...

Pretty card! I love the colors and the flower.

suzieq23 said...

Beautiful card and I love the flower. Great duo, Stampendous & Dreamweaver Stencils!

Anonymous said...

The flower has so much depth. Love the black and purple accents.

CreativeJanine said...

I've never heard of the Strie technique. It's very pretty!

Papertangler said...

Wow beautiful! I like how you double stamped the blossom. What color ink did you use for the Strike technique?

Papertangler said...

Wow beautiful! I like how you double stamped the blossom. What color ink did you use for the Strike technique?

Papertangler said...

Not Strike.....Strie.

Gerrina said...

Beautiful background and great that you can see the letter trough the flower!

Heather said...

Beautiful card and I love all the techniques you used!

KT Fit Kitty said...

This is awesome! I love seeing the text in the flower! I really love these colours together!

snazzyjj said...

Love how the stencil (as an embossing Plate!) goes so well with the Stampendous flower.

Viki Banaszak said...

I love this flower and the way you did it on a book page

Katie said...

Beautiful card! Love this flowers and how you stamped and colored it. And cool technique for the background. I am loving how the DT's are mixing the stamping with the stenciling. Thanks for sharing.

Katie B.

TracyM #6773 said...

BEAUTIFUL card - LOVE the techniques you have used to create your AMAZING flower - LOVE IT!!!
THANK YOU for sharing your card, tutorial and inspiration Pam, lots for me to try and yes, I want to learn more about the Strie technique too :)

Suzanne C said...

Striking Colors and Card!

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