Gypsy Dreams

Hello and Welcome!  If you’ve stumbled here by chance, this Gypsy Dreams Blog Party originated here.  Thank you to Celia for organizing this event!

My Gypsy Dreams started a long time ago when I was a little girl.  I’ve always had a love of travel, forests, and handmade goods.  And I have a restless spirit.  I love to make things, too.  I make costumes just about every year for people going to the local renaissance festival.  One of my dreams would be to travel with a fair.  Anyway…

I’m not particularly good at drawing, but I drew a picture of what I would want my vardo to look like…

I also love music.(it’s playing in the background if you didn’t notice already)  Another dream of mine is to return to belly dancing.  I started to learn how a few years ago, but I didn’t get very far, so I’d really like to go back to it.

I just have a couple more things to show you.  I made this card recently and I just felt like she was waiting for this party.:)

She’s from Sassy Studio Designs.

And here are a couple of bracelets I made…

If you like them you can enter below with the inlinkz thingy for a chance to have one.  I’ll use random.org to draw two winners for them.  (bracelets are approx. 7 1/2 inches long)  Just put a 1 by your name if you want the left one, or a 2 by your name if you want the right one.:)

Sorry I didn’t have more to show you.  I’ve been a bit under the weather recently. 

Thank you for stopping by and letting me share some of my dreams with you!

hugs,

Laura

Week 7 Journal Pages

Hello.  I just wanted to share with you my pages from this past week’s art journaling.  The theme we were following was Every Cloud has a Silver Lining.  We were to create pages with clouds as the inspiration, using layering of mediums and such.  I used a cloud stamp that I got in a grab bag at Stampaway.(hurray for surprises!)  I used Copics, Distress Inks, cheap chalk type inks, and metallic white pearl acrylic paint.  Most of the words are just things that popped into my head at the time I was creating.  I added a couple of doodles in there, too.(I can’t really draw, but the desire is always there)  Anyway, here it is…

Thanks for looking!

-Laura

A Sassy Petal Card

Hello.  If you haven’t seen the post yet, they’ve posted the winners from the Sassy Masquerade over on the Sassy Studio blog.  The winner that Random.org chose from my comments was Sandra!  Congratulations Sandra!  If you haven’t already you can email Lindsay at sassystudiodesigns (at) yahoo (dot) com to claim your prize.

I’m sharing my first petal card with you today.  It was much easier than I thought it would be.  It was really pretty fun to  make.:)  I made this card for DTBST #89.  The challenge is to use buttons, bows, brads, and bling on your project.  That’s a lot of embellishments for me!  I chose to use the awesome Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend image from Sassy Studio Designs.

Here’s the inside of the card…

The front with the flaps folded together…

And then with the band slid over it…

Thanks for looking!

I’ll be back tomorrow(Friday) with my art journal page and then in the evening with my Gypsy Dreams Blog Party post.

-Laura

It’s a Sassy Masquerade Ball!(and Freebie!)

Welcome to the Sassy Masquerade Ball!  We’re celebrating over 400 followers on the Sassy Studio Designs Paper Craft Planet group!  If you’re hopping with us you should have arrived here from Lindsay’s blog.  If you just stumbled on this post then you will want to go back to the beginning at the Sassy Studio Designs blog.  Believe me, you do not want to miss the lovely goodies all along this hop.;)

(sorry, the freebie isn’t here anymore)

This is Ariel.  Isn’t she cute?  I think all of the Little Honeys are so cute.  Grab her while you can, she won’t be here for very long.  But if you want more freebies just remember that every Friday is Fabulous Freebie Friday over on the Sassy Studio PCP group.  There’s a new image available for download there every week.

Now on to my project.  I colored her up and my 7-year-old daughter fell in love with her, so I decided to make a journal for her.

Here’s the full hop list for you, just in case you’ve lost your way…

Sassy Studio Designs

Rebecca

Kathy

Julie

Sara

Regan

Lindsay

Laura – That’s Me!

Paper Craft Planet

Definitely make sure to head over to the PCP group.  There is a challenge, trivia, prizes, and more!  And make sure you comment on each blog for extra chances to win!

Thanks for partying with us!

-Laura

Week 6 Journal Page

Hello.  Just thought I’d pop in to show my journal page from this past week.  The theme we were to follow was Text Me!(using lots of text).  I actually had a lot of fun with this one.  I tore pages out of a cheap romance novel that my mother-in-law gave me and then proceeded to black out words until what you read on the pages was rather nonsensical.:)  Then I wrote a short poem about the experience, it’s rather silly too.(it’s along the edges of the pages)  And then I let my bratty attitude come to the fore for the painted words. 

Thanks for looking!  Our theme this week involves clouds, so I haven’t figured that one out yet.

Oh, and make sure you come back tomorrow!  I’ll have something special for you.;)

-Laura

Gothic Cute

Outside…

Inside…

(Yes, I know the spider is stamped wonky.  I had some stability issues when I stamped it.)

Card deets:  Paper from DCWV, Echo Park, Martha Stewart.  Spider stamp from Inkadinkado, gothic girl image from Torico, gothic sentiment from Meljens.  Paper frame from Creative Memories.

I would like to submit this card for the following challenges…

Forever Night’s Freaky Friday #6 – Too Cute to Spook

HDH104 – I was Framed (I hope this isn’t too cutesy for this challenge…I’ve heard Barb kicks the Minions if the entries are too cute)

The Corrosive Challenge #131 – Come to the Dark Side

And yes, I did color her hair to be similar to the Amazing Alison.;)

Thanks for looking!

-Laura

Exciting News!

Hi!  I just wanted to share my exciting news with you.  For the month of September I have the honor of being Guest Designer for Sassy Studio Designs!!  I’m so happy to have the chance to work with them this month!  I hope you’ll play along with some of our challenges this month.:)  And we have a special event going on in our Paper Craft Planet group this Saturday to celebrate over 400 followers there.  I look forward to sharing my creations with you.  I’ve been a fan of Sassy Studio images for a long time now, so this is such a fun opportunity for me.:)  Thanks for stopping by!

hugs,

Laura