July Challenge:Dreamweaver Stencils to Die For/Plus June's Winners

DG745 Tree Line Die also has a matching stencil LG745

Welcome to July...the month to DIE for! Yep. All of this month, the Dream Team are featuring our newest toys...our DIES! You'd be surprised at how many we have, and what fun things you can do with them...especially when used in conjunction with many of their stencil counterparts.

Today my creation is a step-by-step of how to use the Tree of Life metal stencil (LG690) with this new Tree Line Die (DG745).

First die cut the Tree Line Die (DG745), but just half of the die is fine, because you will be cutting off those tree trunks next. Then stencil with a couple of pretty colors of Wendy Vecchi's Archival Inks (Fern Green and Leaf Green). I used a #18 or 1/2" Dreamweaver Stencil Brush (NHB1/2").

Then cut off the tree trunks with a pair of scissors. I did a bit of rounding rather than cutting them straight, this goes with the curved tree line.

Pull the stencil brush across all of the edges and go around the entire leaf die cut for uniformity. Continue using the same two greens that you used for the leaves.

Cut out the same die (DG745) but use a light brown cardstock. Then pull Orange Blossom and Potting Soil Archival Inks across these trunks. Do this in a straight line using the #18 or 1/2" stencil brush (NHB1/2"). This will give the tree trunks a striated look.

 I didn't cut out the entire tree line because for this part I just needed the tree trunks.

Remove one of the release papers for the double sided sticky paper (MPDS). 

I then like to place this sticky side against a piece of white cardstock for stability. 

Then remove the remaining piece of release paper from the exposed side to reveal the other side of stickiness.

Sprinkle this remaining sticky side with a blue microfine glitter and set it aside for a background.

 Use a white glue and add the tree trunks, then glue the leaves onto the glittered background.

The "It's Your Day" stencil (LG704) was paste-embossed onto our new smallest oval nesting die cut (DD004) with Glossy White Embossing Paste (DGWP). Then while it was still wet it was sprinkled with a microfine blue glitter. The edges of the paper were striated with a stencil brush for a look to match the tree trunks.

I am sure our "A" team is DIE-ING to show you what they have been doing with our dies and joining us this month is Terri Sproul our guest designer...(thanks Terri for consenting to cut it up with us)! Scroll down to see who our four winners are for last month's Old New Borrowed Blue Challenge for the month of June.

Dream It Up!

Leadonna Kimmel

Louise Healy

Laura Drahozal

Lynn Mercurio

Pam Hornschu

Jamie Martin

and

Terri Sproul

For those of you who read to the very end of my blog...I went really crazy (again) with this new die, so I blogged about it again and again. Come back tomorrow to see what else you can do with the same die design. Leave a comment or two over the next week for an extra goody to be given away....I'm just sayin' ...take advantage of my craziness.


THE FOUR RANDOM WINNERS....

for the "Old New Borrowed Blue" Challenge for the month of June are:

OLD: This doesn't have anything to do with age....Janice Kempster
NEW: Nanette Graham-Garrett
BORROWED: Janine Rudnick
BLUE: Cindy Groh

Please send your favorite stencil request to lynell@dreamweaverstencils.com and don't forget to send me your snail mail address so I can get that stencil to you right away.

Now don't forget to join us this month for our  "to die for challenge" using dies in any way shape or form...but would especially like to see you use them in conjunction with stencils!

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