February Froufrou

Break out the froufrou! For the month of February, the Dream Team is going Frilly and Fabulous! Vintage, retro, or modern, adding extra charm with fun Fran•táge products from Stampendous, ribbons and lace from May Arts, buttons, crystals, charms, or even creating your own dimensional decor! A snippet or a pile, whatever your creative heart desires! Remember to link your creations using the Inlinkz tool on the Dream It Up! blog for a chance to win the stencil of your choice! Bonus points for using Dreamweaver and/or Stampendous product in your work of heart.

Here's what I've been playing with:

Here's what I used to create this card:

• Dreamweaver Stencils© LG760 Feather
• Dreamweaver Stencils© White Embossing Paste
• Stampendous® Hope Sing Rubber Stamp
• Stampendous® Elegant Borders Perfectly Clear Stamps
• Neenah® Classic Crest™ Natural White Cover Stock
• Aqua Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®
• StāzOn™ Spiced Chai Midi Ink Pad by Tsukeniko®
• Copic® Reinker in E23
• Liquitex® Acrylic Ink in Transparent Burnt Umber
• Tim Holtz® Peacock Feathers Distress Ink Pad and Reinker 
• Tim Holtz® Gathered Twigs Distress Ink Pad
• Tim Holtz® Distress Markers in Antique Linen, Brushed Corduroy and Tumbled Glass
• Hug Snug® Seam Binding 
• Folgers® Instant Coffee
• Natural Twine
• Crochet Ribbon Scrap
• Beacon® 3-in-1 Advanced Craft Glue
• 3L® Scrapbook Adhesives® 3D Foam Mounting Squares
• Tim Holtz® Paper Distresser
• 91% Alcohol

Here's what I did to create this card:

1. Create a card base from aqua cardstock
2. Trim a panel of natural white 4"x 5.25"
3. Spritz with Copic® reinker mixed with alcohol
4. Spritz with Peacock Feathers reinker mixed with water
5. Drip on acrylic ink
6. Spritz with coffee
7. Stamp border along bottom
8. Paste feather and set aside to drive
9. Stamp sentiment and trim closely as shown
10. Distress edges of sentiment with paper distresser, ink edges with distress ink and spritz with inks and coffee like the background panel
11. Trim a piece of seam binding and spritz with inks, set aside to dry
12. Once paste has dried, go over feather with Brushed Corduroy ink and Peacock Feathers ink
13. Using markers, add lines to feather
14. Create bow with ribbon and twine
15. Using scrap of crochet ribbon, fold into a "v" and adhere to panel
16. Adhere bow to panel over the crochet ribbon scrap and trim twine ends
17. Adhere sentiment to card
18. Add any additional drips as needed

I love doing these mixed media style cards!  It's really a lot of fun to spritz and paste and drip and then add a touch of girlie-ness to it!  For more frilly fun, visit the rest of the "A" team: 

Dream It Up!

Leadonna Kimmel (me)

Louise Healy

Laura Drahozal 

Lynn Mercurio

Pam Hornschu

Jamie Martin

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you like my card and found a little inspiration here today.  If so, I would love for you to leave me a comment and tell me what you think.  If you're not one of my followers, I would love for you to consider following my blog.  I love sharing my creations!  Hope to see you again soon!

Hugs,

Lea

Who?

One of my favorite new Stampendous stamps this year is the PenPattern Owl.  I have a thing for owls and I'm so pleased that they have become popular again in the design world.  There's just something about the big round eyes that I can't resist!

This is what I used to create this canvas:

P230 PenPattern Owl
Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink by Tsukineko®

Solar White Classic Crest™ Cover Stock by Neenah®

Leafless Tree Stencil by Dreamweaver Stencils©

Canvas Board 4×6 by Artist’s Loft™

After Midnight, Slate Grey, & Lemon Zest Dylusion’s™ Sprays

1 3/8″ Circle Punch by EK Success®

Removeable Adhesive by Tombow®

Weathered Wood, Faded Jeans, Stormy Sky, Tumbled Glass, Broken China, Aged Mahogany, Worn Lipstick, Barn Door, Fired Brick, Victorian Velvet, Spun Sugar, Peeled Paint, Forest Moss, Shabby Shutters, Wild Honey, Vintage Photo, Tea Dye, Dried Marigold, Tattered Rose, Rusty Hinge, Spiced Marmalade, Chipped Sapphire, Dusty Concord, Milled Lavender, Mustard Seed, Scattered Straw, & Black Soot Distress Markers™ by Ranger®

Zip Dry™ Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesives®

Q-tips™

Cosmetic Sponge

This is what I did to create this canvas:

• Stamp image onto canvas and onto paper.
• Cut out stamped image on paper to create a mask.
• Punch circle to create a mask for the moon.
• Add removable adhesive to both masks and place owl mask over owl and circle mask in upper right corner of canvas.
• Spritz on blue and gray sprays and mix with fingertips onto canvas, heat with heat gun to dry.
• Remove mask for moon and dip a q-tip in yellow spray and apply to canvas, be sure to slightly extend into blue/gray to create a halo around the moon.
• Place stencil on left side of canvas and, using a cosmetic sponge, stencil tree branches onto canvas, repeat the process for the right side of the canvas but move the stencil down a little lower.
• Remove mask for owl and draw a “branch” on left side of canvas extending off the edge so image isn’t floating.
• Color image with markers

Happy Who-lloween!  Thanks for stopping by today and I'll see you again soon!  Have a blessed day!

Hugs,

Lea