Easy Peasy Christmas

All of this week, the Dream Team and the Woodware UK teams are celebrating the release of the new holiday designs from Dreamweaver Stencils. Of course, no celebration is complete without prizes...and there are some fabulous ones for those commenting on both sides of the "pond".

Each team will be providing the opportunity to win four prize packages of stencil designs, perfect for the holidays. Just leave your comments each day on each players' post as well as the Dream It Up! and Woodware UK blogs, and the Dreamweaver and Woodware Facebook pages. Two random commentors will be chosen from the batch of weekday posts, one each from the DW and WW Facebook pages, and from the big hop on Saturday...from each side of the pond!* That's a total of eight prize packages up for grabs! Here's what you could win:

For my post today I used two different stencils, one old and one brand new design:

LS92

LJ922 Christmas Borders

Hmmmm, wasn't that the same two stencils I used on Tuesday's post? Well, why yes it was. Here's Tuesday's post:

And here's today's post:

 

 

Same stencils, very different feel!

And this one was sooooo easy to do. It is perfect for when making multiple cards, like say at Christmas!!!

To begin the ink transfer technique, lay the LJ922 Christmas Borders stencil on to a piece of white cardstock. And then misting a red Glimmer mist over the openings. Do the same with the LS92 stencil to create the tag.

Then its just a matter of laying onto coordinating cardstock and embellishign with a ribbon and bow.

Very easy and very shimmery. Really is a WOW factor card!
 

Don't forget to leave me some holiday cheer as you move on to the other players for today:

Dream It Up!
Woodware UK Louise Healy
Laura Drahozal
Lee Kellogg Terrece Siddoway Wendy Jordan
Pam Hornschu Liz MartinKristi Van Doren

Remember to follow along with the challenges on the Dream It Up! and Woodware UK blogs for more prize opportunities, and more crafty inspiration, as well as "liking" DW and WW on Facebook.

*Winners selected must be from USA/Canada/UK only

An Off-balance Christmas

Part of the fun of blogging is pushing yourself into uncomfortable creations to challenge yourself.

I am a square corner, symmetrical, clean and simple person. (Both in life and in design!) However, sometimes that just feels "too easy" for me so I try to push myself into feeling uncomfortable and awkward.

Today's post TOTALLY does that to me.




LL532 Line of Christmas Trees





The only "balanced" and symmetrical thing about this card is the pink layer behind the  embossed trees. Everything else is either offset either vertically or horizontally. Does it work? I leave it up to you to decide (and hopefully leave me comments with your thoughts!)

The actual stencil looks like this:

and can be purchased online here or at your local papercrafting store.

As you can see I only used about a third of the stencil. And since I hand-embossed this with my lightbox (which, thanks to my Big Shot, had a nice layer of dust on it that first needed removing!), it was easy to only emboss the three trees. And then with the help of my handy dandy, can't live without, Picasso, I colored in my embossed areas with pigment ink.

So please, I'd love feedback. Is this a winner or a "what were you thinking" creation?

In fact, now I want to challenge you to step out of your comfort zone and create a Holiday creation and link it for the August challenge.   Link your own Christmas in August creations to the Dream It Up! blog mr. linky, or email pics of your creations to lynell@..., for an opportunity to win this wonderful newly released Heart Ornaments:

Don't you just love this new design? There are several newly released stencils and products from CHA last month, which you can view for yourself HERE. During the week of August 20th - 25th, the Dream Team will be posting all week with a hop on Saturday to top it all...featuring all of these new fabulous designs...in collaboration with the Woodware UK team. Just a little hint...you may want to buy all of these new designs now, so you are ready and waiting for the inspiration that will come your way that week! Meanwhile, check out what the rest of the team has been creating this week:

Dream It Up! blog

Pam Hornschu

Laura Drahozal

Louise Healy

Terrece Siddoway

Kristi Van Doren

Georgia Sommers

Lee Kellogg

Liz Martin

Cyndi Bundy

And be sure to check back all of next week because the Dream Team will be blog hopping with our friends across the pond from Woodware UK.  I am so in awe of the creations their design team posts and I am sure next week will not disappoint.

Hugs until next week,
Cherylynn