The Circus is in town...

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And STILL, no scary clowns!

Nothin' but FUN and fabulous images and sentiments from "Le Cirque!"
The first, & FANTASTIC collection of stamps - sentiments, images and
frames a-plenty, from the latest release! This is a set
I'll be turning to again, AND again!

So much detail - I love Dawn's artwork - these images are CLASSIC!
Check out some particulars of this set and coordinating steel dies -

Le Cirque {stamp set}

• is a 6x8 clear photopolymer stamp set
• contains 21 stamps; 8 images, 11 sentiments, 1 banner image and 1 scalloped oval frame
• will be available for purchase August 5th for just $19

Le Cirque Die

• coordinates with Le Cirque stamp set
• cuts 4 coordinating shapes
• will be available for purchase August 5th for just $9

Scalloped Oval Die

• coordinates with Le Cirque stamp set
• measures approx. 2.25" tall x 2.75" wide
• will be available for purchase August 5th for just $7

Stampy fun for the MOST festive occasions - this set will be PERFECT
for those last minute birthday/event cards when my hubby, with 15-20 min.
notice, says "hon, could you whip up one of those cards you make for my buddy's
grandmother's dog - it's HIS birthday!" Ur, uh, well, you know what I mean..!

I had SO much fun with this set, I couldn't entirely leave some of the
elements from yesterday's card on my desktop. {You're not seeing things}
I could play with the TICKETS, alone, for days and days! I LOVE this set!
Hope you don't mind the repetition, but LOVE is LOVE!

Check out what the rest of my girly friends are up to, and don't forget to
leave some love! Dawn's giving this set away, so check out her blog for
all the deets and her AMAZING samples - she NEVER skimps on inspiration!

Dawn

Jinny
Kerrianne
Savitri
Lea
Christina
Jean

This is SUCH a hoot! Thanks for letting me share, once again,
my huge enthusiasm for lovely Wplus9 Design Studio and
Dawn's gorgeous and utterly useful and inspired stamps & dies!

I hope you'll come back tomorrow for our NEXT set preview!

Woot!* Woot!

Supplies -

C/S - Stampin' Up!
D/P - Stampin' Up!; Cosmo Cricket
Stamps - Wplus9DesignStudio
Ink - Stampin' Up!; Versafine
Ribbon - Stampin' Up!
Decorative Pin - Maya Road
Wplus9 dies - Scallop Oval; Banner
Sizzix dies - Scallop & polka dot border
Perforated Scoring blade {tickets} - Stampin' Up!

All Eyes On ... BABIES!

Hey, babies! {Yep, ANOTHER baby card!}

My craftilicious friend, Dawn, from Stamp Away With Me and Wplus9DESIGN STUDIO, has another one of her cool tutorial posts "All Eyes On", and it's featuring PAPER PIECING! And, ooooow ~ oooooow, how I loves me a little paper piecing!!! Check out her inspiring tutorial and what the other girls, Kerrianne and Maile did with this juicy assignment...!!!

I got RIGHT on board with this fun technique! After all, it's PAPER! {And aren't we ALL crazy for paper!?!} I sooooooo love creating "little scenes" and for some reason, WINDOW scene jumped into my brain... I created a REAL window using some awesome heavy transparency material, sandwiched under the pink, outer layer, of my card and then added some vellum drapes, doodled with some tiny daisies for perspective...

But on this card, the PARTY IS ON THE INSIDE!!!!

I LOVE the word "congratulations".... Even more, I love a stamp that EXPERTLY conveys that sentiment, in the right scale. I wouldn't keep gushing about Dawn's use of font and terrific sentiments, if I didn't really mean it ~ DAWN keeps making the best stamps and SENTIMENTS! Although, I've been hooked on all things "Kisses & Cuddles," I was SO happy to pair this sentiment from "Just A Note" for the perfect peek-a-boo combination! {See Dawn's blog for more details on her terrific stamp collections!}

Double click on the above photo for the down and dirty details of the paper-piecing magic.. I had fun sifting though designer paper trying to find the right scale of design for my vision of this darling baby carriage.. Using a small bit of ink and aqua brush, I added a little bit of detail shading to the carriage, just because... THAT'S HOW I ROLL!!!

{Oh, I'm corny tonight ~ SORRY!}

Anyway, lovely friends! Thank you from the bottom of my fluffy, happy, baby-lovin', floating hearts... I'm delighted that you stopped by!


Supplies -

C/S - Stampin' Up!
D/P - October Afternoon & Stampin' Up!
Vellum - Stampin' Up!
Stamps - WPLUS9design studio
Sentiment die-cut - Cricut {Wildcard}
Heart Punch - Martha Stewart Crafts
Ribbon + Bling Flower - Maya Road
Heavy Transparency - Hambly