April’s Dreamweaver Stencils Challenge is

Mists, Drizzles, and/or Showers.

You can interpret the challenge literally and figuratively!  Let your imagination soar.  Do you think rain, umbrellas, puddles?  Maybe your imagination takes you to products like Memories mists and sprays!  I look forward to see what everyone creates.  Why don’t you join in on our April challenge….what do you have to lose?  You could even WIN a stencil from Dreamweaver Stencils!  Don’t forget to link your creation up to Mr. Linky on the Dream It Up! blog or e-mail a picture of your creation to Lynell at lynell@dreamweaverstencils.com

Well, it is my turn again to share with you another one of my creations for this month’s Dreamweaver Stencils challenge!   I used the “Mists” and “Showers” part of the challenge and incorporated them into my card this week.  I must say, this card was quite easy to do. 

•  LM 292 Baby Feet and
• LG 738 Rain Words

Dreamweaver Pastes that I used:

• Pearlescent

Memories Mist:   Iridescent

Dreamweaver Metallic F/X:  Glacier Lake

Here’s how I created this card:

1. Using the Memories Mist Iridescent Spray, spray a light coat onto the smooth white card stock.  Set aside to dry.  (This was the MIST part of this month’s challenge)  This iridescent spray left such a nice fine mist on the paper and is just beautiful in person.  I have included a close-up photo (bottom right) showing the shimmer of the mist.
2. (Once the white card stock is dry) Determine placement of the Baby Feet stencil LM 292 and the “Showers of Blessings” words from the Rain Words stencil LG 738.  Once you have determined the placement of both, place the word stencil onto white CS. Using removable tape, tape off any areas that you do not want to get ink onto.  Then dip a sponge ink dauber into ink pad and sponge colour over the “Showers of Blessings” words until you have achieved the look you were after.  Remove stencil and place into water bath and clean & dry stencil.  (This was the “SHOWERS” part of this month’s challenge…of course)
3. Place the Baby Feet stencil  onto white CS.  Tape off areas of the white paper that you do not want paste on.  Now apply Pearlescent paste over stencil.  While keeping the stencil in place, dip a small paint brush into the Metallic F/X Glacier Lake and gently tap off the powder over the Baby Feet image until you achieve the look you desire.  Now remove the stencil and place stencil  in water bath.  Continue onto the next step:
4. While the Pearlescent paste is still wet (with the Metallic F/X on it), use a heat tool and heat up the paste.  Make sure not to over heat or it will burn the paste.  You want to see small little bubbles to appear in the paste.  For the Baby Feet, I used my finger to gently push the bubbles down a bit….once it was cooled as you do not want to burn yourself!  (There was a bit of a joke with this card with one of my friends….she told me that if  the feet were pink, it would really make the feet look like they were blistered, sore and angry!)  OK, I was going for shiny and “paint-dipped” as in a foot print. 
5. NOW clean & dry the Baby Feet stencil.
6. So that was really it for the card.  To finished off the card, I used the same ink that was used to sponge on the “Showers of Blessings” and sponged the colour around the edges of the white card stock.  Then in between the Baby Feet stencil and the words, I added May Arts 3/8″ White Satin ribbon.

This card is going to be put to good use.  I will probably be sitting down and creating a stack of them.  Some in Pink (with NO blisters lol), some in Blue and more like the one I created here.  I am on the shower committee at my church and this will be the card I give to moms-to-be!

I encourage you to play along for a chance to WIN a Dreamweaver Stencil!

   If there are Dreamweaver Stencil products that you would like to have in your crafting collection, please go to my ON-LINE store HERE to view all of the Dreamweaver Stencil products that I have available for sale.  If there are any Dreamweaver Stencil products that you would like that I do not have in stock, you can always send me a list and I will order them in!  To view ALL Dreamweaver products, please visit Lynell’s site www.dreamweaverstencils.com

Please visit the following Dream Team Members to check out what they created this week for the April Challenge!

Dream It Up! 
Lea Kimmel
Alison Heikkila  (April Guest designer!) 
Louise Healy 
Stacey Rumsby  (this is me!)
Terrece Siddoway 
Caroline Duncan 
Pam Hornschu 
Cherylynn Moser

Happy Stenciling!

Stacey