Cherished Scraps: June 2012

Thursday, June 21, 2012

Glitter isn't just for Girls!

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ARE TEAMING UP THE ENTIRE MONTH OF JUNE TO BRING YOU AN AMAZING CREATIVE COLLABORATION MIXING DREAMWEAVER STENCILS AND ART GLITTER. COME ALONG FOR THE RIDE...WE PROMISE IT WILL BE A SPARKLING ONE!

For this week's card, I thought I would design a Glittered card for a Guy. I'm always being asked for idea's on how to create "Man Cards", and often we turn to our Car stamps, Moose Stencils, and the like. I wanted to show you that you shouldn't necessarily disregard Glitter!

The stencil on this card is Cattails LL 517 and I used the Art Institute "Turning Leaf" Pee Wee Glitter set. After soaping the stencil and laying it on the Double Sided tape, I rubbed the Dark Brown Glitter on the tips of the grass blades and at the base.

Then I rubbed the Orange Glitter on the tops of the cattails (again without using tape to mask off any area's as I like the loosey goosey blending of colour, remember)

Once I had my "Shading" in place, I then rubbed in the remaining brown on the Cattails, and then green for the stem and leaves.
I then removed the stencil and poured the Sand coloured glitter all over the background. I matted the image on a piece of handmade paper, added the buttons and the felt word "Joy".

So even though I used glitter for my main technique, I think this card can still pass for a "Man" card (and I asked Andrew what he thought, and he said he'd like it), so see! Glitter's not just for Girls!

Now go visit the Art Glitter blog and the Dream It Up! blog for fabulous inspiration from both talented design teams. We are encouraging all of you to play along with the challenge of creating with Dreamweaver Stencils and Art Glitter*, preferably using the Double-Glitter Technique with a wedding theme. Just link your creation to the Mr. Linky on the Dream It Up! blog, or email pics to lynell@dreamweaverstencils.com, for an opportunity to win one of four fabulous glitter and stencil prize packages. One winner will be chosen each week. (US and Canada only, please).

For more inspiration from the Art Glitter design team, please visit their blog for a complete list of players throughout the month.

For more inspiration from the Dream Team, here's the blog list for this week:

Dream It Up! blog
Pam Hornschu

Laura Drahozal

Louise Healy
Wendy Jordan

Terrece Siddoway

Kristi Van Doren

Georgia Sommers

Lee Kellogg
Liz Martin

Cyndi Bundy

Cherylynn Moser

*For the month of June Art Glitter is selling 1 oz jars of glitter for $5.98 (regular price $7.32)! Get the deets HERE!

Thursday, June 14, 2012

Double Glitter Technique...Truly!

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ARE TEAMING UP THE ENTIRE MONTH OF JUNE TO BRING YOU AN AMAZING CREATIVE COLLABORATION MIXING DREAMWEAVER STENCILS AND ART GLITTER. COME ALONG FOR THE RIDE...WE PROMISE IT WILL BE A SPARKLING ONE!

Now last week, I noticed that I had "Mis-Read" my challenge, and instead of doing the "Double Glitter" technique, I had used "Double THE Glitter" tee hee. But I knew that the Peacock Stencil LG 730 really had to be done in the Double Glitter or "Glitter Painting" (as you have heard me refer to it) technique, and here she is....

Now the only trouble with Glitter, is that it DOES NOT photograph well, and although I think the photo of this sample is quite pretty, in Real Life, it is stunning (If I do say so myself, though I think Marilyn will agree with me, she quite liked last weeks!)

As to how I did it, I covered my stencil in Coconut Soap (so the stencil wouldn't stick to my SookWang) and laid it down on my SookWang Tape. I probably should have taped off areas to prevent the glitter from getting in the wrong area's, but I wanted a loosey goosey blended look, and didn't want it to look too "Perfect". (P.S. "Loosey Goosey" IS the technical term!). I then used Art Glitter's "Rose Garden" PeeWee glitter set, exclusively to "paint" my Peacock. Obviously I used the darkest Green for the tips of the swirls, and filled in the rest with the lightest Green. I then used the Darkest Pink on the ends of each Feather, blending into the medium Pink, and then filling in with the lightest Pink. I wanted to add a little more dimension in the Peacocks colouring though, so I used the Medium Green (sort of had a bluish hue) to add some depth to the Peacocks face and back.

Now you're probably admiring how delicately perfect I glittered her eye...you were, weren't you...and I have a secret to tell you...I actually gently coloured over the glitter with a Copic Marker! Yes, I KNOW! I actually own a Copic Marker! Because the Glitter is non porous, you need a permanent marker for the colour to stick to it. So Tombow aside, I had to turn to Copic. I guess they have their uses after all, tee hee.

Anyway, after all the glitter was added to the main image, I carefully removed the stencil, and then applied the Clear glitter from the same set, all over the background. If I were to do this again, I must confess that I would use a background glitter that was a little more Matte in finish, as the original is SO sparkly, that it almost takes away from the Peacock itself.

You will have to come by the store to see this beauty in person though as she is quite lovely!

Dream It Up! blog
Pam Hornschu

Laura Drahozal

Louise Healy
Wendy Jordan

Terrece Siddoway

Kristi Van Doren

Georgia Sommers

Lee Kellogg
Liz Martin

Cyndi Bundy

Cherylynn Moser

*For the month of June Art Glitter is selling 1 oz jars of glitter for $5.98 (regular price $7.32)! Get the deets HERE!

And with that,

Spread the Sparkle,

Glitter on the Go

and Don't forget your Glitter Gone Mat (tee hee)

jessie

Thursday, June 7, 2012

Dreaming of Glitter Mash-Up!

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ARE TEAMING UP THE ENTIRE MONTH OF JUNE TO BRING YOU AN AMAZING CREATIVE COLLABORATION MIXING DREAMWEAVER STENCILS AND ART GLITTER. COME ALONG FOR THE RIDE...WE PROMISE IT WILL BE A SPARKLING ONE!

Here's my Design for this week....

I strayed a little from the Double Glitter Technique, but I used Double the Glitter, does that count...? I had my mind set on an idea for a gorgeous Wedding card, and didn't realize I was supposed to stick to Double Glitter, oopsie! I embossed the Peacock Stencil LG 730 with Translucent Embossing paste and the Paste Spreader (LOVE this tool...now that Pam and Lynell showed me how easy it was at CHA) and then sprinkled with my fingers, the Light Sand, Gold, and Chocolate Glitter from the Turning Leaf Pee Wee Glitter set all over the wet paste. I left it to dry (about an hour) and then matted it onto Gold Cardstock and then Chocolate cardstock. I wanted the Peacock image to be the Focal, so i didn't add any extra embellishment. Inside the card I added my Congratulations to the lucky Couple!