dream it. do it. (Stamplorations, TPE)

Hmmm....

Some NBUS stamps from Stamping Bella (a win from last year's Hope You Can Cling To over at Splitcoast).  "Jane's Girl" she's called.

Hmmm... Dream it. Do it. How's that for a motto for 2014? I'll take it!  I dream lots.  Maybe next year I can "do" more with the dreams too...

And may I take this moment to wish you and yours all the best for the new year too!

One more card featuring stamps and silhouettes... joining the fun at Stamplorations.

And I'm playing at The Pink Elephant - #231 Anything Goes.  Haven't been there for awhile.

Thanks for visiting. Ring in the New Year right.  Cheers to another great year together, friends!

Supplies for dream it do it:

Paper: cardbase Bringmann, PP Studio Calico

Stamps:   Stampng Bella, butterfly Martha Stewart

Ink :Distress Inks, Versamagic

Tools: corner rounder EKS

Other: 

happy bird-day (WPlus9, CFC, SSS, TPE)

Still inspired by the Pattern Play Online class, when I saw the mood board #7 at WPlus9 I reached for a couple 6x6 pads of PP!

Hooray for me.  There are actually five different PPs on this CAS card!

The BG.  The circle behind the doily (and the birdie is from the same PP).  Birdie's wing.  The birdhouse.  The leaves.  Whew.

And a punny sentiment from letter stickers mounted over washi.

Entering:
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
CASual Fridays - No Stamps (cuz there aren't any here and believe me, that WAS a challenge)
The Pink Elephant - #192 Clean and Simple

Thanks for looking.

Supplies happy bird-day:

Paper: cardbase Buttinette, PP Basic Grey, Making Memories

Stamps:

Ink :

Tools: die Wplus9

Other: doily Rayher, dimensional adhesive, crochet thread, washi, letter stickers KI Memories

thump (PS, ATCAS, KIS, SSS, TPE)

Don't make a lot of lovey dovey cards... This is as gushy as I get.

I do love the humor in Paper Smooches stamp sets!  The inside reads "i'm in love".  Decided upon the design of frog on a log and stamped Mr. Frog in his spot with the sentiment at his feet.  Had to give him a heat embossed gold crown.  Of course.  Ever seen a frog without a crown?  Added PP strip to the bottom and the dry embossed woodgrain piece with two cross-stitches with dimensional adhesive.  Added the two red hearts and two green blings to balance things out and make a triangle (I do remember some of what I learned in Moxie Fab design school).

Challenges I'm parking at:
Paper Smooches Sparks - Feb 4 Trend Watch polka dots
Addicted to CAS - #5 Hearts
Keep it Simple - #6 Dry Embossing
The Pink Elephant - #185 for my red/white color choice

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes (cuz 1120 is my lucky number ;)

Happy Mardi Gras week.  Off to another "Sitzung-gucken-dass-ist-schwer"...

Supplies for thump:

Paper:CS Neenah, PP October Afternoon

Stamps: Paper Smooches

Ink : Versacolor, sentiment Versafine

Tools: embossing folder Craft Concepts

Other: twine, embossing powder, bling

helau hearts (ATCAS, TPE, SSS, BGC)

Quick one folks.  Gotta party to go to.  Neighbor guy.  Die-hard soccer fan (nearly as bad as DH).  So he's gettin' a gift certificate for the fan shop.  And this is what it looks like all purtied up.

First off, like my laundry room backsplash?  And the lousy lighting?  It's dark outside and I have to give this to him tonight!  Apologies.  The certificate is in a purty red envelope inside the bag.  Our team?  Mainz 05 case you're interested.  The moved up into the premier league a few years ago and they're pretty easy to love.  Anyhoo...

The motto printed on the bag translates roughly to "The 05ers - in our hearts."  So I die cut a heart out of some fabby Basic Grey birch bark PP and placed it to highlight the word "hearts".

Die cut a tag from the same PP, stamped a circle outline, masked it and stamped the little hearts BG.  Adhered an aqua die cut heart with the sentiment on it.  A closer look at the tag...

Are you wondering about the balloons and streamers?  Well, helau!  It's Mardi Gras time again.  They call it the fifth season of the year in Germany - at least in our region.  It's party time, folks.

Linking up at:
Basic Grey Challenges - #86 Love is in the Air
Addicted to CAS - #5 Heart
The Pink Elephant - #184 Hearts
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Have a fun weekend.

Supplies for tag:

Paper:CS DCWV, PP Basic Grey

Stamps: American Crafts

Ink : Distress Ink, sentiment Versafine

Tools: tag die PTI, heart die Sizzix,

Other: twine

trapped sequins (IamDoe, Basic Grey, Ribbon Girl, TPE )

It started with a sketch.  This one from Basic Grey.

Add sequin inspiration from this December Daily binder over at I am Doe.  And the cue word from CASology, sparkle (yeah, I know, the challenge is over - story of my life).  Let it mull around in my mind for...well, too long... and this is what I get.

Was kinda stumped by the, count 'em, 12 items on the sketch.  Loved the idea of sequins trapped in the plastic binder page so decided to trap them on my card front in 12 squares.  Tricky part was finding a "sentiment" to fit the 12 squares.  As you can see, I didn't.  But I went with C-h-r-i-s-t-m-a-s cuz I think our brains "get" that word at a glance.

Thought I would use tissue paper but it was too opaque to see the sparkle of the sequins.  Used a separator page from a photo-album-turned-art-journal and pretty much got the result I wanted.  Glued the die cut letters and a couple sequins before stitching.  Left a few sequins free to float around.

Could be tweaked, but I'm likin' the result.

Hooking up to these challenges:
The Ribbon Girl - December "Ho Ho Ho"
The Pink Elephant - #178 Photo Inspiration

Happy Day ya'll.

Supplies for merry christmas:

Paper: CS American Crafts, Neenah

Stamps:  sentiment WMS

Ink : Jenny Bowlin

Tools: sewing machine, die Memory Box (alpha), MFT

Other: sequins