Dreamweaver-Quietfire Awesome In Autumn Final Day!

Welcome!  Thank you for joining us for our Final Day.

 

Have you enjoyed Awesome in Autumn? This week we have partnered with the Dreamweaver Design Team and were so excited to play with their innovative stencils, pastes and glitters!  Don't forget to leave your comments on each blog for an opportunity to win one of two wonderful prize packages.

Here's what I've created for today's post:

 

I know, I know!  I have a love affair with this tree! But I had a different plan this time. I wanted the look of vellum.  Well it didn't take long to find that when you apply embossing paste to vellum, it looks like it's taking a bath.  It gets all puckered up.  So, I scratched my head for a while, then for some reason I remembered I still had some Drafting Mylar (now available on the site, see links below) left over from the time I was a vendor for the international calligraphy conference. Denis Brown had wanted it for his class, so I got it in and had some left. Untouched until last week!  And it worked.  I could emboss, the paste dried and there was no puckering.  I fooled around with a few things and I really need to explore the Mylar more.  However, this is what I did for this card.

 

 

1. Use Translucent Embossing Paste with the Tree of Life stencil on a piece of 8x8" Drafting Mylar. Remove the stencil and allow the paste to dry for about 20 minutes.  Use Dreamweaver Metallic FX to gently dust the embossing paste with a soft brush (that doesn't shed....). I used Amber Glow and Eye of the Tiger.  Allow the paste to dry, then you can literally wash the excess powder off in the sink!
2. Use Spellbinders Elegant Labels Four to diecut Neenah 80lb Cardstock with "window".  Use the "window" die to cut a piece of off-white cardstock.  Trim the off-white to 1/8" larger than the Elegant Label Four.  Use glue dots to mat the white die cut to the off-white cardstock.  Trim the Drafting Mylar so that the tree is positioned in the middle of the "window" and use Glue Dots to adhere the Mylar to the back of the matted pieces.
3. Use VersaMagic Red Brick to stamp The Love We Give Away on a cardblank made from Neenah 110lb Solar White Cardstock.  "Float" the matted window over the quotation using Pop Dots.

All your stenciling needs and wants can be found at Stencil With Style!

 

Thanks for having a look!

Suzanne

Here are the thumbnail links to the products I used that are available in the Quietfire Design shop.



 

 

Prizes will be announced on Thursday! You have till midnight Sunday (Sept. 22) to leave your comments.


Saturday, September 21st: (visit these blogs today!)

Quietfire Design Members...

Sherry Cheever

Holly Eastabrook

Yogi Grunwald

Robyn Josephs

Teresa Horner

Suzanne Cannon

and

Dream Team members...

Stacey Rumsby

Jessica Griffin

Cyndi Bundy

Wendy Jordan

Lyn Bernatovich

Louise Healy

Terrece Siddoway

Lea Kimmel

Heidi Erickson

Laura Drahozal

Cherylynn Moser

Pam Hornschu

and the

Dream It Up! blog

and

Quietfire Creations Blog

The Complete List 

Check out this week's awesomeness which includes...

Tuesday, September 17th:

 

Quietfire Design Members...

Sherry Cheever

Holly Eastabrook

and

Dream Team members...

Cherylynn Moser

Heidi Erickson

Louise Healy

Lyn Bernatovich

Cyndi Bundy

Pam Hornschu

and the

Dream It Up! blog

and

Quietfire Creations Blog 

 

Wednesday, September 18th: (visit these blogs today!)

Quietfire Design Members...

Debbie Sherman

Robyn Josephs

and

Dream Team members...

Jessica Griffin

Louise Healy

Terrece Siddoway

Wendy Jordan

Pam Hornschu

and the

Dream It Up! blog

and

Quietfire Creations Blog 

Thursday, September 19th:

Quietfire Design Members...

Teresa Horner

Terre Fry

and

Dream Team members...

Cherylynn Moser

Louise Healy

Lyn Bernatovich

Lea Kimmel

Laura Drahozal

Pam Hornschu

and the

Dream It Up! blog

and

Quietfire Creations Blog

Friday, September 20th:

Quietfire Design Members...

Yogi Grunwald

Suzanne Cannon

and

Dream Team members...

Wendy Jordan

Louise Healy

Terrece Siddoway

Lea Kimmel

Pam Hornschu

and the

Dream It Up! blog

and

Quietfire Creations Blog

Saturday, September 21st:

Quietfire Design Members...

Sherry Cheever

Holly Eastabrook

Yogi Grunwald

Robyn Josephs

Teresa Horner

Suzanne Cannon

and

Dream Team members...

Stacey Rumsby

Jessica Griffin

Cyndi Bundy

Wendy Jordan

Lyn Bernatovich

Louise Healy

Terrece Siddoway

Lea Kimmel

Heidi Erickson

Laura Drahozal

Cherylynn Moser

Pam Hornschu

and the

Dream It Up! blog

and

Quietfire Creations Blog

Dreamweaver - Quietfire Blog Hop - Day 4

 

Are you enjoying this amazing week of Awesome in Autumn! We are partnering with the Dreamweaver Design Team and so excited to play with their innovative stencils, pastes and glitters!  Follow along with us and leave your comments on each blog for an opportunity to win one of two wonderful prize packages.

Here is what I've created for today's post:

I simply adore this tree stencil.  I've been doing this technique for some time, but not everyone may have seen it.

 Using 140lb Arches HP paper, I stamped Don't Let Yesterday with Brilliance Galaxy Gold, then thermal embossed with Queen's Gold.

I centered the Tree of Life stencil above the quotation and taped it in place with Removable tape. Add some extra protection if you're worried about going over the edge of the stencil and tape.  In place of embossing paste I used Jones Tones Plexi glue. 

Who me paranoid about messing up the watercolour paper with the glue??

Calligraphers have a thing for raised gilding and this is a fun way to get the effect without the classical torture!  Although I've used composition leaf here, you can use real leaf (gold, silver, copper, aluminum) or transfer foil.  The great thing about the Jones Tones plexi is that it dries sticky and is thick enough that it has body when it dries.  Thus, raised gilding. 

Before you add the variegated leaf to the tree, feel around the surface of the watercolour paper.  The Removable Tape may have left some residue.  If so, rub it off with your finger or you will have a rim of gold where the edge of the stencil was!  Ask me how I know this. I created a paper mask to help avoid it and an eraser can help if there is still any errant leaf.

If your leaf is variegated, pick and choose your pieces and press it into place with your fingers.  Give it a little rub - the softness of your fingers will help press the leaf onto the edges of the glue and not just the top.  Composition leaf is easier to handle than the real thing.

 

When you have your tree completely covered in leaf, use a soft stencil brush and make circular motions over the top of the tree to remove the excess leaf.  There will be some places you will have to scrub more vigorously.  Just be careful not to remove the leaf on the glue.

 

 

Nice, huh?

I decided to leave it there. Sometimes less is more....  I trimmed the watercolour paper and simply mounted it with brads onto a piece of coordinated cardstock.

I hope you've enjoyed this!  Thanks for looking!
To see a variation on this technique, visit the Quietfire Creations blog today.

Here are the thumbnail links on the Quietfire Design site to the products I've used.  The Tree of Life stencil may be found on the Stencil with Style website here.

  

Visit these blogs today:
Friday, September 20th:

Quietfire Design Members...

Yogi Grunwald

Suzanne Cannon (you are here!)

and

Dream Team members...

Wendy Jordan

Louise Healy

Terrece Siddoway

Lea Kimmel

Pam Hornschu

and the

Dream It Up! blog

and

Quietfire Creations Blog 

Check out this week's awesomeness which includes...The Complete List 

Tuesday, September 17th:

 

Quietfire Design Members...

Sherry Cheever

Holly Eastabrook

and

Dream Team members...

Cherylynn Moser

Heidi Erickson

Louise Healy

Lyn Bernatovich

Cyndi Bundy

Pam Hornschu

and the

Dream It Up! blog

and

Quietfire Creations Blog 

 

Wednesday, September 18th:

Quietfire Design Members...

Debbie Sherman

Robyn Josephs

and

Dream Team members...

Jessica Griffin

Louise Healy

Terrece Siddoway

Wendy Jordan

Pam Hornschu

and the

Dream It Up! blog

and

Quietfire Creations Blog 

Thursday, September 19th:

Quietfire Design Members...

Teresa Horner

Terre Fry

and

Dream Team members...

Cherylynn Moser

Louise Healy

Lyn Bernatovich

Lea Kimmel

Laura Drahozal

Pam Hornschu

and the

Dream It Up! blog

and

Quietfire Creations Blog

Friday, September 20th:

Quietfire Design Members...

Yogi Grunwald

Suzanne Cannon

and

Dream Team members...

Wendy Jordan

Louise Healy

Terrece Siddoway

Lea Kimmel

Pam Hornschu

and the

Dream It Up! blog

and

Quietfire Creations Blog

Saturday, September 21st:

Quietfire Design Members...

Sherry Cheever

Holly Eastabrook

Yogi Grunwald

Robyn Josephs

Teresa Horner

Suzanne Cannon

and

Dream Team members...

Stacey Rumsby

Jessica Griffin

Cyndi Bundy

Wendy Jordan

Lyn Bernatovich

Louise Healy

Terrece Siddoway

Lea Kimmel

Heidi Erickson

Laura Drahozal

Cherylynn Moser

Pam Hornschu

and the

Dream It Up! blog

and

Quietfire Creations Blog

Happy Birthday, My Friend

It's my friend Susan's birthday today.  I know she loves floral - and has a very big soft spot for a little girl she is a grandmother to, so I'm pretty sure she'll love this card when I give it to her in person in NYC next weekend!

 

Happy birthday Susan!
Have a wonderful day!

See you soon,

Suzanne

 

 

Thank You Card with Digital Die Cut

 

Here is a card I made a while ago - back when I was test driving all the die cutting files.

It's very simple! I die cut the background frame from scrapbook paper (sorry I can't remember which one and I sent the card away!) using Spellbinders Radiant Rectangles and used one of my new cutting files available over at Silhouette America - cut from Passport cardstock. A few Pop Dots and Glue Dots holds it together.

 

Thanks for having a look! Happy creating, Suzanne