A Burst of Spring from Lyn Bernatovich

Ready for fresh air, sunshine, new leaves, and flowers blooming? Well, the Dream Team is right there with you! Our challenge for the month of March is...coincidentally...Marching into Spring. Per usual, we'd love to have you play along with us, and link your own creations to the Inlinkz tool on at the bottom of this post. Play as many times as you'd like. Those of you who work Dreamweaver and/or Stampendous products into your projects receive bonus points, but everyone has an opportunity to be the winner who receives the stencil of their choice.

Pam here today, sharing a great mix of Dreamweaver and Stampendous fun...

This week's burst of springtime was created by Lyn Bernatovich. In her own words, here's the details:

I can't stop playing with the Stampendous Minuet Bird!  The card background was created with the fabulous Dreamweaver Swirl Dots (LX7029) stencil placed over a card stock panel and sprayed with Memory Mist Orange Juice.  I turned the paper and sprayed Blue Martini and let it drip down the paper.  Once dry, I stamped the Stampendous Minuet Bird in Versafine Black Onyx ink.  The bird is colored with acrylic paints from my stash.

From there, the card design took shape by tearing 3 different edges of Core'dination cardstock and layering them behind the bird panel that was also torn.  I embellished the right lower corner with Stampendous Glass Glitter.  I added the Dreamweaver fern die cut from my stash.  The 'nest' is created with May Arts mesh ribbon cut into circles and layered in three layers and held together with a brad.  I coated the mesh with Mod Podge for added stiffness.  The eggs are from my stash of Prima nests.  A double bow seam binding ribbon is tied at the top with a spring tag from Dreamweaver's Four Seasons (LJ875) that was stenciled with Splendor ink and a 1/8" stencil brush.

What has our "B" team been up to this week? Let's go see...

Dream It Up!

Louise Healy

Alison Heikkila

Kristine Reynolds

Pam Hornschu

Gill Wilson

Cindy Groh

An InLinkz Link-up

Not Too Frilly, But Truly Fabulous!

Break out the frou frou! For the month of February, the Dream Team are going Frilly and Fabulous! Vintage, retro, or modern, adding extra charm with fun Fran•tagé products from Stampendous, ribbons and lace from May Arts, buttons, crystals, charms, or even creating your own dimensional decor! A snippet or a pile, whatever your creative heart desires! Remember to link your creations using the Inlinkz tool on the Dream It Up! blog for a chance to win the stencil of your choice! Bonus points for using Dreamweaver and/or Stampendous product in your work of heart.)

Here's what I have to show you today:

Don't you just love this card created by our good friend, Elaine Benedict? She's created such a wonderful soft background using the Mission Roses stencil and soft ink colors. She cut a window from the front so that when you open the card, you see the entire Rose Tree design. The technique used was a one-step cloisonne:

1. Paste-emboss the stencil first using the regular embossing paste, remove the stencil and let the image dry.
2. Using small and medium stencil brushes, ink stencil the Rose Tree design on the inside of the card with pigment ink (Splendor by Tsukineko).
3. Cover inked surface with Deep Impressions Embossing Powder from Stampendous, and heat to melt. The picture below shows more of the shine and dimension from this technique.

That's it! For more depth, you can continue to layer on more ink, and more clear powder, heating in between. However, it's obvious that one step looks wonderful as well, and would be a great way to create several of these cards at a time with various sentiments for other occasions...birthday, Valentines, Mother's Day, Get Well, Sympathy...or Thinking of You as Elaine has done. Elaine has kept her frou frou simple by just adding a soft gingham ribbon from May Arts, so don't let the idea of added frills keep you from linking your own creations for the challenge this month!

Want some more inspiration? Here's the "B" team:

Dream It Up!

Lyn Bernatovich

Louise Healy

Alison Heikkila

Kristine Reynolds

Pam Hornschu

Gill Wilson

Cindy Groh

An InLinkz Link-up