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CASology #85

Here comes my last minute stint again - its for CASology  - the cue word is Carnival: That cool juggler is from Stamp Smith - I bought a whole sheet of stamps like that years ago on one of those stamp shows and I immediately thought of those stamps when I read the cue word, but had other stuff to do first.... HERE  is the othe card I made with that set. Other stamps: dotted circle - Judi Kins, sentiment Paper Smooches - Sentiment sampler

Paper Players, CAS Colours and Sketches and a reason to celebrate!

The exciting news are - I now have  100 followers! Now that is a reason to celebrate! I am so happy - I really wanted to achieve this before my 1 year blog anniversary - thank you all 100 of you, to make this happen!!! That is such a big number - at least for me.... Lets welcome my new members Diane Riliska Larisa You probably all know Diane fro the Pixie's Crafty workshop - she runs the Snippets challenge  - I have been playing there lately - its fabulous - only one rule there :) Riliska and Larisa are from Russia and new to me, but I have been checking out their blogs and there are wonderful inspirations to find!  And here I have a welcome picture for you: It is by Jackie Ferrara  and you can admire that in the New York City subway. I choose it for all the bloggers out there - everybody is different, but all together we create this wonderful world of creativity, inspiration and mutual support. --X-- By the way - I am not...

Less is more and Paper Players #133

I thought long and hard about the "Up in the Air" challenge at Less is more  and really did not have any ideas. I did not want to repeat airplanes, birds or butterflies or anything else that is quite obvious. And finally I thought I would use this fun tightrope walker stamp. It is really not my original idea, I just played with it, using a card my sister made a little while ago, that I have posted on my blog here .  The tightrope walker is from Stampsmith, the skyline I have no idea. The sentiment is computer created and the sky is patterned paper. I used hemp cord for the tightrope. --X-- Not much time left, to play in this weeks Paper Players challenge - I thought I'll miss it, but I lucked out this time. I made the card a couple of days ago and then things got really busy and I never got around photographing it. I was not even sure if I should show it in public. Not one of my better cards. Neither bows nor butto...