Follow Your Dreams

Happy...er...Tuesday? I know, I know, I missed posting yesterday, but I have a good reason. I was lost in tax prep purgatory all day on Monday...and this is after an extremely busy weekend hosting my Spring Fling Creative Escape. Feel sorry for me yet? ;)
Seriously, though, I don't know where the weekend went! It was a whirlwind with a few hours of family time thrown in on Easter Sunday. Whew! I did manage to squeeze in time on Monday evening to design the projects for this week's Live @ Five video and I have one to share with you. Check it out...

I am featuring the Follow Your Dreams bundle this week. It is one of those items that I ordered early on in the catalogue year, played with a little and then didn't give nearly enough love. And now it is retiring in June! Noooo! I truly love this bundle for so many reasons, not the least of which is the fabulous dream catcher die-cut! On this card I've layered an Early Espresso dream catcher over a Crushed Curry circle, reminiscent of the sun, peeking out from behind a Jack Pine tree. This card makes me long for lazy summer evenings at the lake! I can't wait for August!!

I used the Gallery Grunge stamp set in Soft Suede ink to add the textured background (thankfully that one is sticking around in the new catalogue!) and added the die-cut border with the Delicate Lace dies. I used the Tailored Tag punch to punched out the sentiment, which is stamped in Early Espresso ink.

On the inside I added a Very Vanilla card stock panel on which I stamped the Gallery Grunge background image again (stamped off in Soft Suede) and a pine tree in Early Espresso. I added another sentiment from the Follow Your Dreams stamp set.

I'll be demonstrating this card in today's Live @ Five video over on my Facebook page. I hope you'll stop by and check it out. I have two other lovelies in store as well! In the meantime, have a great day and thanks so much for stopping by.

Product List

Follow Your Dreams Clear-Mount Bundle [148370] $49.50	Rooted In Nature Clear-Mount Bundle [148353] $99.00	Gallery Grunge Clear-Mount Stamp Set [146538] $27.00	Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad [147115] $10.25
Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad [147114] $10.25	Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin' Pad [147086] $10.25	Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [120953] $11.50	Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [101650] $13.25
Crushed Curry 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [131199] $11.50	Big Shot [143263] $150.00	Delicate Lace Edgelits Dies [147053] $39.00	Tailored Tag Punch [145667] $24.00
3/16" (1 Cm) Braided Linen Trim [147808] $9.50	Metallics Sequin Assortment [144214] $6.75

Fall in the air?

Happy...er...Wednesday?!?  I know I'm a couple of days late with this week's post...sorry about that. We have my uncle from Austria staying with us this week, so I am completely out of my routine and out of whack. As I am the only one in our household who speaks German, and my uncle doesn't speak English, I've been pretty much occupied since he arrived. It certainly has been a great visit...I hadn't seen him since 1996! I'd say we were overdue for a visit! What's even better is that we've been planning how we are going to extend our trip after the Greek Isles incentive trip next summer and spend a few days in Innsbruck with my uncle. I am SOOO excited about this trip...this likely isn't the last you'll hear about it ;)

But enough about me...you came to see a cute project and I have one for you! This is one I designed while planning my upcoming fall classes. It uses some Annual Catalogue items and some Holiday Catalogue sneak peeks as well...

The inspiration for this card was one designed by Leanne Pugliese that I found on Pinterest. Leanne's card was quite CAS, however I like to grunge up my masculine cards sometimes, so I layered lots of stamped images and used some embellishments from the Holiday Catalogue.

I began with a scrap of Wood Textures DSP and stamped the horse and grass image from the Country Road stamp set in Early Espresso ink. I adhered that to a piece of Early Espresso card stock that I had run through the Big Shot with the new Corrugated TIEF...such a cool texture! On the Whisper White background panel, I stamped the herringbone image from the Gallery Grunge stamp set in Crumb Cake ink, as well as the wagon wheel, grass and star in Early Espresso and Crumb Cake respectively.

I layered the stamped woodgrain panel onto the stamped background piece, sandwiching a bit of the new chicken wire embellishment between them. The sentiment is from the Country Road stamp set and is stamped in Early Espresso with a hint of the herringbone patten in the background. I added one of the new galvanized clips and some linen thread to finish the look.

On the inside of the thick Whisper White card base, I stamped more grass and another wagon wheel, as well as a sentiment from the Country Road stamp set, all in Early Espresso ink.

I love that this card would suit not only fall birthdays, but really any time of year with the country theme.

Thanks so much for stopping by this week. Do you realize that the new Holiday Catalogue goes live one week from today??? That's some seriously exciting stuff! If you don't yet have a hard copy of this fabulous catalogue and would like one, drop me a quick note HERE and I'll hook you up. In the meantime, have a great week and a super long weekend!

Product List

Country Road Clear-Mount Stamp Set [147469] $26.00	Gallery Grunge Clear-Mount Stamp Set [146538] $27.00	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730] $13.25	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock [140272] $10.50
Early Espresso 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [119686] $11.50	Wood Textures Designer Series Paper Stack [144177] $15.00	Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad [147114] $10.25	Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad [147116] $10.25
Big Shot [143263] $150.00	Corrugated Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [148026] $14.00	Chicken Wire Elements [147807] $6.00	Galvanized Clips [147806] $8.25
Linen Thread [104199] $6.25