With a Little Bit of Luck

Graduations aplenty have been swarming this season, and I wish every single one of the graduates, "a little bit of luck", as navigating this world is never easy.  It also happens to be the weekly challenge for the Woodware team. Sometimes with luck, the stars need to be aligned just perfectly, for all of that hard work to pay off. And speaking of stars...don't you love the Star Swirls stencil from Dreamweaver? For this card, I've pasted it in silver, and sprinkled it with Stampendous Aged Black Embossing Enamel. When heated all of these items melt and bubble for beautiful shine and texture. This panel was popped up above the card base with the Dreamweaver Dot Spiral pasted in Glossy Black for a cool black on black effect. A strip of the negative portion of die-cut letters from the Dreamweaver Alphabet set was adhered over mirror cardstock to finish the card. If you've missed the rest of the team posts this week, head on over to the Woodware Witterings blog.

Woodware: Piecing Stockings with Care

Who doesn't love plaid for Christmas? It just goes with pine and fir trees, pine cones, snow, and all of the flavors of the Season. For this card, I used bits of various Dreamweaver stencils...the Stockings by the Fire (stockings only), the Ornate Christmas Tree (off the edges, and one upside-down), and the Happy Holidays sentiment. All of these were ink-stenciled with dark brown ink, except for the stockings. They were each traced and cut out from fun papers, with mismatched cuffs. They are hanging not off a mantle, but by small metal brad fasteners through the bottom of the matted sentiment. Be sure to visit the Woodware Blog all of this week for more paper-pieced perfection!