Dress a Tree - Dawn Heald

Hi folks,

Welcome to our posts this week!

This time we asked out DT to

'dress a tree'....can you believe there

is an actual day for this, in fact there

is two - 5th and 6th December!!

Who actually thinks these 'days' up?

Dawn is with us today to show you 

what she has been up to.....

Hi crafty friends, how are you getting 

on with preparations for the holidays?

 I'm rather behind so I wanted a product

 that could be used multiple ways, easy

 to use and look good whilst keeping the card simple.

The Dreamweaver Stencil Christmas 

Tree is perfect and ticks all the boxes.

 You can use so many different mediums

 from ink pads to sprays to pastes or even

 draw through them.

If you've more time they're great

 to dress up even more.

I'm showing four finished cards. Two

 using ink pads and two using pastes. 

Place stencil down and low tack tape into

 position. Do this for each tree washing between use.

The inked trees -

Use a stencil brush or sponge and apply ink

 through the stencil. Remove tape and stencil carefully. 

 

The paste trees -

1. Using Dreamweaver Embossing Paste 

spread over the stencil. Leave to

 dry. Add red glitter glue.

2. Use Imagination Crafts Sparkle Medium and

 apply over the stencil. Leave to dry.

 Go over areas with coloured glitter

 glue and leave to dry.

 Then die cut all four trees with the goods frame

 from the set and colour the areas around the 

tree with coloured ink pads. Next die cut the

 pattern backing and colour if wanted

 with matching inks.

Decorate your trees with gems and

 Card Candi. Layer up with the pattern die

 cut and attach to you card base. 

Stamp a sentiment underneath.

Love these cards from Dawn and if you want to

 have a go, this is what you'll need....

Products used -

Dreamweaver Stencil Christmas Tree

Dreamweaver Embossing Paste Green

Sue Wilson Noble Die - Ornate Pierced Rectangles

Imagination Crafts Sparkle Medium - Turquoise

Stickles Glitter Glue - Various Colours

Craftwork Cards - Card Candi

Clear Gems

White and Coloured Card

From own stash - Christmas Sentiment Stamp

I'll be back tomorrow with a
project from Neil.

See you then,

Jane x