Dreamweaver-Quietfire Awesome in Autumn Day #4

Welcome!  We're so happy you're joining us for Day #4!

 

Get ready for an amazing week of Awesome in Autumn! This week we are partnering with the Dreamweaver Design Team and are 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's what we've created for today's post: 

 

 

 

This is a variation on the project over on Quietfire Style - yes, I get double duty today!  Lucky you! For all the detailed instructions to this point, please visit there. (Basically, I've stamped the sentiment, thermal embossed it and used the wonderful Tree of Life stencil with Jones Tones Plexi glue.)

 

 

 

The next step is to add transfer foil.  Once the glue is dry (it will still be very tacky to the touch, but clear), lay the dull silver side down on the glue-stenciled tree (gold side up)

Use your fingers to press on the foil.  That helps all sides of the raised leaves get covered with foil.

 

Peel the foil off.  Move the foil and rub fresh foil on any place that you missed.  This will need repeating a few times. 

 

Now this looks pretty good, so you might want to stop there, but you could do a little more.....

 

 

Let's see if we can get some drama happening. 

Since this is watercolour paper, let's get it wet.  Although this only shows a wet circle, I ultimately wet the whole piece of watercolour paper.  Then right in the middle, I added very concentrated Walnut Ink, made from crystals.  Then see what happens.

Vintage happens.

 

 

So you swirl and you roll your paper.  You drip water from your fingertips after it dries - the first time.  You throw some Walnut Ink crystals on a damp spot and let them slowly dissolve.

Nothing is completely predictable!  And that's okay.

 

 

Allow your project to dry, mount it on a chipboard card, distress the edges, add an ornamental brad and a wire butterfly and voila! You have a completely different look from the variation!

 

 

 

To see a variation on this technique, visit the Quietfire Style blog.

 

 Here are the thumbnail links to the products on the Quietfire Design website used in this project. The Tree of Life stencil may be found on the Stencil with Style website here.

Thanks for stopping by. 

 

Quietfire Design Members...

Debbie Sherman
Terre Fry

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