Stempel Spass

Hi, its time for a new challenge at Dream Valley !  but before I get to it first the bad news. I am stepping down from the DT.  I have recently stepped down from the Simply Create Too DT and the reason now is the same - too much going on at work, too stressful to keep up with my DT responsibilities.... Since this is my last challenge  I wanted to make a Halloween card - its my favorite holiday. And the challenge theme lend itself nicely to it - its Lace/Ribbon.  I had this lace patterned acetate sheet forever in my stash and always wanted to use it. It so perfect for Halloween. I put a rainbow paper sheet as background. The cute little figures are from an ancient Stampin up set called Booglie Eyes, which I got last year on ebay.... I colored them with Copics and fuzzy cut them and mounted them with foam tape. Some Bakers twine to finish the card, voila! Our wonderful sponsor  for this challenge is Kenny K Ke...

Its time for a new challenge at  Dream Valley   - the theme is NO STAMPS ALLOWED  You have two weeks to play with us! I used a the Memory Box butterfly die for this card. I underlaid the white cardstock with colored ombre paper. The word dies are from Papertrey  and I also gave them am ombre shading.  Lastly I added some splatters in yellow, green and teal and put colored card stock borders on the card.  Here is a close-up: For this challenge we have a wonderful sponsor: Robyn's Fetish  Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps And More  is proud to sponsor this challenge Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps And More , a division of I Did It Creations, was created and owned by Robyn Weinrib. Robyn offers a wonderful variety of digital stamps and digital papers designed to meet the needs of all digital paper crafting addicts for every occasion Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps And More  is happy to award the win...

Its time for a new challenge at Dream Valley - the theme is Flowers.  You have two weeks to play with us. I pulled out this lovely Hero Arts poppy stamp from  Delicate Blossoms and heat embossed them onto watercolor paper. I wet the paper with water and then colored the poppies with water colors. If the paper is really wet, it gives a nice halo around the flowers. Although I think I need a bot more practice with that technique.  I still like the outcome! Added the sentiment  - Hero Arts Heart Felt Messages once the card was dry and added some splatters. I rounded one corner - it softens it a bit. And added some Stickles in the center of teh poppies.  For this challenge we have a wonderful sponsor: If you are looking for fun, cute and lovely digi stamps for your paper-crafting or web design projects,  The Paper Shelter  is your one-stop boutique! This growing  catalog  of high-quality digi stamps...

Its time for a  new challenge at Dream Valley  - this time we have a really interesting theme - its  Weddings for the next two weeks!  Remember is doesn't have to be a card to enter our Challenge, you can enter anything at all as long as it follows the theme! I used  a silhouette stamp by Recollections for this card. the sentiment and little red hearts are by the same company. Added some red metallic thread and some coral beads to pep up this one-layer card. Our sponsor this time is: Lacy Sunshine Stamps Lacy Sunshine  Stamps offers  beautiful original and imaginative  digital stamps  for all your paper crafting needs.   All images from Lacy Sunshine are  hand  drawn and designed by Heather Valentin, a professional artist, muralist and  illustrator  and my dad, professional artist, G.P.  From the art desk of Lacy Sunshine's creator.... "I am one  wh...

Hi Everyone, Dream Valley's new challenge  is opening today - the theme is  Fav Colour Combo ! Now that's a great theme! Personally I like just about any color, and almost did a rainbow theme, but then in the end I settled for aqua and lime - nice summery colors: and made a one-layer card: Materials: Tim Holtz stencil - Splatters, TAWS - Sea Mates, TAWS - Gabfest - I made the sentiment with that, sequins and Stickles. I am also playing in some challenges with this card - see below. We have a wonderful sponsor for this challenge: Welcome to  My Mum's Craft Shop Bringing you the best in stamping products for Cardmaking & Papercrafting projects We aim to bring you the best stamping products we can find. Along with stamps we also offer essential stamping products like inks, copics, papers, embellishments & more. We are always receiving lots of new deliveries every week so make sure you check back often so see what yummy new stash we ...

Hi Everyone, Dream Valley's new challenge is opening today - the theme is Summer - perfect timing I would say, that's what we have right now here in New Jersey and what a wonderful summer it is this year! I did some tone on tone stamping here - using a striped background stamp by  Market Street Stamps  called Candy Cane.  The flowers are by  Stamplorations from the set Eclectic Florals , that I fuzzy cut. Added some Paper Candi, colored with Copics. The sentiment is by  Papertrey - Signature series Flower. Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps And More  is proud to sponsor this challenge Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps And More , a division of I Did It Creations, was created and owned by Robyn Weinrib. Robyn offers a wonderful variety of digital stamps and digital papers designed to meet the needs of all digital paper crafting addicts for every occasion Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps And More  is happy to award the winner 3 digita...

Hi Everybody, its time again for a new challenge at Dream Valley!  For the next two weeks the theme is MONOCHROMATIC!  I used the bleach blocking technique to make my background using distress inks. I die cut the flower sprig out of the inked up card stock and colored it with Copcs in the same color range. I then cut a second one in white, which I inlaid into the card. The sentiment is by STAMPlorations -Sentiment Builder HAPPY. I also used their wonderful set Artful Flutters, and added a little bit of glimmer to the wings, but it does not show in the picture..... So play along with us! The winner will get a $20 gift voucher for The Paper Shelter.  If you are looking for fun, cute and lovely digi stamps for your paper-crafting or web design projects,  The Paper Shelter  is your one-stop boutique! This growing catalogue of high-quality digi stamps with many different kind of options offers a multitude of the...

Its time for a new challenge at Dream Valley - you'll like the theme - its Baby for the next two weeks!  Remember is doesn't have to be a card to enter our Challenge, you can enter anything at all as long as it follows the theme! Now if your lucky enough to follow our rules you can be eligible to win our wee prize from our sponsor! This time we are lucky enough to be sponsored by Dilly Beans  is a mix of cute, spooky, fantasy.. you name it! They are awesomely drawn up by the artist Megan Suarez! Megan is a mother of four (4)!  And married to a wonderfully understanding man who completely understands her creative marathons and late nights! She loves working with all sorts of media, although she loves to work mostly in acrylics on canvas. She does enjoy mixed media, art journaling, mail art and ATC trading and collecting! And Megan lives in the beautiful state of Oregon, USA. Megan even has some workshops on sale.. which I think is really cool!! ...

Hi Everybody,  its another challenge at  Dream Valley  and the challenge is "Anything Goes"! Are you up for this? I procrastinated forever to make a card  - until finally tonight I looked at THIS tutorial from Splitcoaststampers and knew what I should make. I made something similar in the past (you can check it out HERE  and HERE ) - Papertrey had a video by the oh so talented  Betsy Veldman about this 3-D technique. Supplies: Papertrey Birthday Die, Mama Elephant dies, sentiment: Paper Smooches Now  head over to the blog  and let our wonderful DT can inspire you! I took the colors from this weeks CAS Colours and Sketche s challenge, although my turquoise looks much more blue in the photo than it is in real life.... I am also linking this with Simon Says - Anything Goes

Hi Everybody,  its another challenge at  Dream Valley  and the challenge is "Say it with Words"! Are you up for this? Just use a large sentiment or a poem as your focal point.  This is really easy to do with those MOM stamps from STAMPlorations . I love them and I also love the different fonts. I made a little chalk board here, that I hung up with twine and the help of eyelets into this tent card.  Here is a side view: You fold up a strip of cardstock into an "M" and glue it to the front and back panel of your card. There is still enough space on the back to write something personal.  The vines on the side are also STAMPlorations - they are from the set  Distressed Floral Swirls ,   Added tiny pearls and colored with Copics.  Now  head over to the blog  and let our wonderful DT inspire you!

Hi Everybody,  its another challenge at Dream Valley and quite appropriately its Easter Day! Don't we all need to make some more Easter cards? Here is you chance to link them up! I used the Papertrey Take Tree die for this card. The bunnies are from Stamping Up- Ears to You and teh sentiments are Craft smart stamps from Michaels. I made the bunny eyes with liquid enamel and colored the ears a bit with Copics, to give those bunnies more dimension. Added an enamel dot and a Paper Candy.  Now head over to the blog and see how the DT can inspire you!

Hi Everybody, I am excited to share with you, that I am now officially on the Design Team for Dream Valley challenges  This is a fortnightly challenge. Every other Sunday a fabulous new challenge will be set with a wee prize for the winner! The Design team ranges from experienced crafters to newbies but all with great talents! And you can use any kind of stamps you like! The challenge is for crafters of all styles and ages! We want to see everyones crafty style! So go on, join in!!  This is the card I designed for the new challenge - the theme is  Mothering Sunday . What better stamps to use than my new STAMPlorations MOM stamps .  I combined that wonderful sentiment block with  Retro Mod Shapes and  Artful Flutters and mounted everything with foam tape. The background panel is embossed with the PTI woodgrain embossing plate. I am linking this card with Snippets Playground  - use a snippet (butterflies...