Happy Fall to one and all!

Although today is Halloween, instead of creepy and spooky, I have chosen to celebrate the Magic of Autumn Colors for my last Magical and Mysterious post. This is very timely because today in the beautiful Pacific NW, it is rainy, dreary and all the remaining leaves are disappearing from the trees. Soon it will be winter and the magical colors of autumn will be gone for another year.
  So today, before all the leaves are gone, I'd like to wish a Happy Fall to One and All!

 The background was created using Dreamweaver's ColorSolutions Alcohol Ink. I love these inks because the colors are so vivid. And since these are artist grade inks, they stay wet a bit longer than traditional alcohol inks so you have more opportunity for blending. The technique I used was dropping colors (Paprika Red, Gold Star, Aspen Leaf, Pumpkin and Citron) onto my nonstick craft sheet and then swirling and swiping a piece of coated cardstock over the puddled inks.

I then overstenciled  the Leafless tree stencil (LX 7020) onto the sides with Distress Ink in Vintage Photo. Once that was heat set, I paste-embossed the Pumpkin stencil (LL 515) with Glossy Black paste and set it aside to dry. Once the paste had dried, I realigned the stencil and dabbed on Stewart Stamp-n-Stick glue, lightly heated it and then brushed on Metallic F/X (Kiwi, Ivy Garden, Forestry, Just Peachy, Amber Glow and Nouveau Orange and Eye of the Tiger).

Remember, the products listed above and all of Dreamweaver products can be ordered through your local stamp store or online at Stencil with Style.

Although the card is very simple (and quite easy to do), I love the warmth of the colors. It definitely is going to be one of those cards that I hang above my work table to help keep me warm as we move through the coming cold winter months.

Today concludes our entire month of Magical and Mysterious, and your final opportunity to link your own creepy creations to the Dream It Up! blog for an opportunity to win the stencil of your choice!

Now please, check out the rest of the team's creations, as well as our wonderful guest designer, Alison Heikkila. AND thanks so much to Alison for joining us for Spooktober!

Dream It Up!

Alison Heikkila

Terrece Siddoway

Pam Hornschu

Lea Kimmel

Lyn Bernatovich

Louise Healy

Mysterious and Magical WeekTwo

Time again to be spooked, mystified and magically transported to the land of Halloween and holidays! Ride along on the Dream Team train as we journey through all things Mysterious and Magical throughout the entire month of October. Our guest "engineer" is Miss Eerie herself, Alison Heikkila. October promises to be a very bumpy ride...

But before we begiin this week's journey, did everyone happen to see Wendy Jordan's awesome tutorial last week on Paper Craft Planet? I love Wendy's work and her tutorials are always so well done. So be sure to check it out and get registered to win the stencil of your choosing!

Now on to this week's challenge creations. For this week's challenge I used two Dreamweaver stencils: LJ 816 Spider Web and LL3015 Raven. Remember, both of these stencils can be purchased at your local stamp store or online at Stencil with Style.

To begin, I first dry embossed the Spider Web on my  Big Shot. Then, with the stencil still in place, I misted over the openings with bleach. After heat setting (to speed up the drying), I sponged on Ranger Distress inks in Faded Jeans and Dusty Concord.

The Raven was first black embossed with pigment ink and then embossed with Black Diamond embossing powder.

The witches hat is a Spellbinders die cut out from Black Glitter cardstock.

If you haven't already been there, now its time to jump on your brooms and head on over to the other Dream Team members playing along with today's challenge:

Dream It Up! 

Alison Heikkila (guest designer)
Lea Kimmel 
Louise Healy 
Stacey Rumsby 
Terrece Siddoway 
Wendy Jordan
Pam Hornschu 
Cherylynn Moser

 

Until next week, have a magical and mysterious week! 

Mysterious and Magical

Are you ready to be spooked, mystified and magically transported to the land of Halloween and holidays? Hop on board the Dream Team train as we journey through all things Mysterious and Magical through the month of October. Our guest "engineer" is Miss Eerie herself, Alison Heikkila. October promises to be a very bumpy ride...

Because of a crazy busy week, I do not have anything to share today. However, I am sure these talented ladies have some magical creations to share with you:

Dream It Up! 

Alison Heikkila 

Laura Drahozal 
Lyn Bernatovich 
Pam Hornschu 
Heidi Erickson 
Louise Healy 
Jessica Griffin 
Cyndi Bundy

 

Until next week, I hope all your days are magical ones! 

Dreamweaver and Quietfire Finale!

As some of you who know me well know, I love to play with color. Recently I have been practicing making wastercolor wash backgrounds with Twinkling H2Os. Nothing fancy, just mixing and blending of colors.

So today, for my final card of the Dreamweaver/Quietfire Design blog hop, I am sharing with you one of my "practice" cards. I am not completely enthralled with it. (Unlike the one I loved, loved, loved until I put a thumbprint of paste on it!) but I am putting this one out there because this creativity thing should really always be about having fun and trying new things. They may not always be "just right" and that makes them even more special.

After creating the background wash with my Twinklings, I stamped the Quietfire sentiment with black ink and embossed with black embossing powder. Then I black pasted the Large Maple branch and let dry. Once dry, I used the Stewart Stamp n Stick Glue pad and Dreamweaver Metallic F/X to highlight the leaves. It needed something and I really didn't want to use ribbon or other embellishments because that would defeat the purpose of using the background paper so I just doodle-framed the image with a couple different width black markers.

Not perfect, but not bad, don't you think?

Now, please take some time and hop on over to the other bloggers today and leave us all some love. You know you want to win the prize package shown below!

Sherry Cheaver

Holly Eastabrook

Yogi Grunwald

Robyn Josephs

Debbie Sherman

Terre Fry

Suzanne Cannon

Jessica Griffin

Cyndi Bundy

Wendy Jordan

Lyn Bernatovich

Louise Healy

Terrece Siddoway

Lea Kimmel

Heidi Erickson

Laura Drahozal

Pam Hornschu

Dream It Up! blog

Quietfire Creations Blog

Dreamweaver and Quietfire: Day 4

Welcome to Day 4 of the Dreamweaver/Quietfire Design Blog Hop!

Here is the list of participating bloggers for today:

Yogi Grunwald

Suzanne Cannon

Wendy Jordan

Louise Healy

Terrece Siddoway

Lea Kimmel

Pam Hornschu

Dream It Up! blog

Quietfire Creations Blog

I'll be back tomorrow for the finale day of this incredible blog hop. Please make sure you stop on by and leave me some love. You know you want to win one of these these two fabulous prize packages!

A Tree to Die for!

Welcome to Day Three of the

 Dreamweaver/Quietfire Design Blog Hop!

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 In keeping with the Awesome in Autumn theme, I used the Dreamweaver LX 7020 Leafless Tree stencil along with the coordinating die DX 7020 Leafless Tree die with Art Glitter Ultrafine Brown #58 glitter and Quietfire Design's  "Live in the Moment" stamp.

The shadow (actually a highlight) of the tree was created by using bleach with the stencil. I love the subtle effect the bleach created. For all the details and list of supplies used, please head on over to this week's Dreamweaver Thursday Tutorial post on the Paper Craft Planet blog.

BUT before you do, remember to leave me some love so that you can be entered to win this incredible prize package:

AND don't forget to leave some love for these uber talented bloggers also participating in today's hop:

Teresa Horner

Terre Fry

Louise Healy

Lyn Bernatovich

Lea Kimmel

Laura Drahozal

Pam Hornschu

Dream It Up! blog

Quietfire Creations Blog

Quietfire & Dreamweaver Day Two!

It's Day Two of the Dreamweaver/Quietfire Design Collaboration!!!

 

I am taking today off from posting a creation so that I can work on a Paper Craft Planet tutorial for tomorrow! But that doesn't mean you should take the day off from checking out some amazing blog posts. Here is the list of participating bloggers for today:

Debbie Sherman

Robyn Josephs

Jessica Griffin

Louise Healy

Terrece Siddoway

Wendy Jordan

Pam Hornschu

Dream It Up! blog

Quietfire Creations Blog

 Remember to leave some love on each of these blogs posts for an opportunity to win this wonderful prize package:

I'll be back tomorrow with a Thursday Dreamweaver Awesome in Autumn challenge that not only uses Quietfire Design stamps, Dreamweaver Stencils but also adds the glitz and glamour of Art Glitter! Until then, have a creative day!