GIVEAWAY and Dreamweaver Tutorial Thursday!

Welcome back for another Dreamweaver Thursday tutorial.  This week, I’m going to show you how to use Dreamweaver Paste, Metallic F/X and Stencils to create an eye catching image for your paper craft project.

We want to congratulate  Victoria Banaszak for her winning comment posted on Pam’s Tutorial 2 weeks ago. Please email lynell@dreamweaverstencils.com with your address so she can get your Pinwheel Checkerboard stencil in the mail to you. Enjoy!!

I am a huge butterfly collector and I was very fortunate to receive LG 709 to work with along with Metallic F/X mica powder and Embossing Paste. I’ve never used embossing paste or stencils before, but I didn’t have much trouble with these products, and this was my first attempt;

I had a place on the flower blossom where the paste smooshed under the stencil, but that was my own fault as it was the very first place I used the paste, and I felt it as soon as it happened. Once I had the feel of the paste, it was easy to use. Next, I flicked the Metallic F/X powder from a soft brush over the wet paste. Additionally, I used Pearl Ex powder and Perfect Pearls to see how they all worked in comparison to each other. Once the powders were on, I very gently used my fluffy brush to tap the powder in place;

Next, I walked away and left it to dry thoroughly. Dreamweavers recommends leaving their paste to dry for an hour or longer depending on the thickness of the paste. I went and did a few odd jobs and did some reading and I don’t know how long I left it for. Now, here’s the very clever thing I did with my image: I took a used dryer sheet and rubbed all the excess mica powder off my paper! The used dryer sheet has an anti-static property to it without the chemicals that make it stiff – chemicals are fine in the dryer with my clean, wet laundry but not for my cards!

Once I had all the stray sparkle off my cardstock I trimmed it down to size and inked it directly with my Versamark pad. I poured Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel (UTEE) over it and heated it with my heat gun. This first layer resulted in a cool, pebbly effect, which I should have taken a picture of but forgot to! I did this twice more to get a really thick layer of UTEE on my image. Once I was happy with the look, I stuck the image in my freezer for approximately 10 minutes. I took the image out of my freezer and cracked the UTEE immediately. It was a hot day, so I had to work quickly before the UTEE warmed up and became flexible again.

Here’s a close up of the largest butterfly. It was really hard to capture the sparkle the mica powder gives the image, especially since the UTEE has suck a high gloss finish to it which reflects a lot of light!

This technique produces a really fabulous effect and the sparkle looks suspended over the embossing paste. Gorgeousness!!

If you’re looking for more information and tutorials on working with Dreamweavers Stencils, be sure to visit the Dreamweavers Blog and the Dreamweavers Facebook page. Their Design Team creates some amazing work!

Ready for the giveaway?  Head on over to  www.stencilwithstyle.com  and choose a favorite stencil you’d love to win. Be sure to mention your stencil choice here in the comment section.  You have two weeks in which to comment for a chance to win from this post!

I hope you give this and our other Dreamweaver Techniques a try.

Give your creativity wings and soar to new heights!

Loretta

stencil: LG 709

paper: Huntington Garden (Riddersholm Design), flintstone, kraft (bazzill)

ink: versamark (tsukineko)

accessories; Metallic F/X, Embossing Paste (Dreamweaver) grey ribbon (offray), button (bazzill), lace (kaisercraft), rhinestones (basic grey), UTEE (Ranger)