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GIVEAWAY OPPORTUNITY AND DREAMWEAVER TUTORIALS THURSDAY: Going "Heavy" Metal!

Welcome back to the Dreamweaver Stencils Tutorial Thursday! Last week Susanna demonstrated how to emboss and paper-piece with stencils. I'm Pam Hornschu, and this week I'm going to show how to emboss metal with stencil designs. This is a technique that can be as simple or as involved as you'd like to go.

Supplies:

Dreamweaver Stencils' Electric Guitar, Happy Birthday, Silver Embossing Paste, palette knife

Mercart Metal colored aluminum (red), paper stump, Teflon tool, ball and cup tool, scratch tool, suede pad

Bazzill cardstock, Wassau crinkle paper, patterned paper, sanding block, Stone Gray StazOn ink

Step 1: Following tutorial for paste-embossing, paste the birthday stencil and set aside to dry.

Step 2: Brush gray ink over crinkled paper panel and adhere to card. Distress edge of patterned paper panel and adhere to card. Ink around edges.

Step 3: Using small pieces of tape to hold in place, layer the colored aluminum to the stencil (be sure to have the item info face away from metal).

Step 4: Place face down on base plate of embossing machine. Add embossing mat and two clear platens to protect the stencil. Run through machine to emboss.

Step 5: Place stencil back over embossed metal and sand color off of exposed surface. For a more rough look, stop here and complete your card, or...

Step 6: Using rubbing (isopropyl) alcohol and a cotton swab, remove color from embossed areas. This will clean more thoroughly. (If sensitive, use this in a well-ventilated room.) Once again, you could stop here and complete your card, or you can go the next step...

Step 7: Place embossed piece face down on suede pad. Use paper stump and Teflon tools to manipulate the metal for a more defined image. Still not ready to stop?

Step 8: Using scratch tool, trace random swirls over the front of metal panel.

Step 9: Using ball and cup tool (Phillips head), press ball end in from back, and impress cup end over front side. To emphasize, use rubbing alcohol and swab to remove color.

Step 10: Trim edges of panel and distress with ink if desired. Assemble card.

Now you can see what I mean about going as simple or as elaborate as you want to go. Dreamweaver Stencils' carries a huge variety of stencils and Mercart Metals in yummy colors and the basic metals (including a gorgeous pewter) to create some fabulously simple metalwork that is sure to WOW.

Be sure to head over to the Stencil with Style site to choose the stencil that YOU would like to win, and mention it in your comment below. You have two weeks to comment for an opportunity to win. We will select ONE winner each week that we do these tutorials. Curious as to who the winner is from Lyn Bernatovich's gorgeous butterfly post two weeks ago? Congrats to PAM (great name by the way!) who commented that she would like to win LJ916...the very beautiful butterfly that Lyn had used! PAM, be sure to email lynell@dreamweaverstencils. com with your snail mail addy!

For more ideas, tips, and inspiration using Dreamweaver Stencils, please visit the Dream It Up! blog and play along with the monthly challenge (for July, it's "Summer Fun"), head over to the Dreamweaver Facebook page and "like" us, and follow the Dream Team in their blogging exploits as listed on the Dream It Up! blog.

If you've missed any in the series of Dreamweaver Tutorials on Paper Craft Planet, click HERE for a complete list.

Tags: Dreamweaver, embossing, metal, stencils, tutorial

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Comment by Pam Hornschu on July 22, 2012 at 7:36pm: In answer to Janet Nelson, I haven't yet done a video tutorial, but is something I plan in the future. We do have one member who frequently does video tutorials, Wendy Jordan, who is also a Super Nova. You can find her tutorials here on Paper Craft Planet by doing a search for Dreamweaver Tutorials. If you have any questions about the steps in my tutorial, feel free to send me a message on PCP.

Comment by Janet Nelson on July 22, 2012 at 4:15pm: Very impressive project. Not sure I understand all the steps. Do you ever do video tutorials? I would love to this one on video. I looked at the stencils and I love LX7014 Daisy Background. I love daisies.

Comment by Lagene Sands on July 21, 2012 at 10:13pm: Fantastic card & tutorial, I would love the Art Nuveau frame stencil!

Comment by Lynn Ramsey on July 20, 2012 at 8:39pm: What an awexome tutorial! Thanks so much. If I am lucky enough I would like the Bare Trees stencil. It was really hard to choose! :)

Comment by Ruthanne A. on July 19, 2012 at 11:40pm: Great tutorial, what teen could resist this card?! If I were lucky enough to win I'd love to have LJ919 Art Nouveau Flourish. But there are soooo many that I'd love to have! Thanks for the chance,

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Comment by Glennis Farrell on July 19, 2012 at 9:13pm: Great card! - I have had a look at the site and I would choose LX7011 Big Dots

Comment by Judith on July 19, 2012 at 5:10pm: Wow! The heavy metal card looks great but I already have a guitar stencil so I'd like to win the LL3024 Cherry Blossom Shape stencil.

Comment by Carolyn Kruger on July 19, 2012 at 5:04pm: How very clever and attractive. Love this card for a teen, none of them could resist the guitar. ck