Living in a Dream World

Well it certainly has been an exciting week here at the Guild Hall. I have managed to gain enough experience to level up again and have added a new class to my title - Just Some Lines Design Team Member! I will have an abundance of crafty quests to partake in! As I was snuggled amongst my furs in my sleeping chamber, thinking of all the crafts I was eager to create, the room was suddenly illuminated with an iridescent light. I sat up in bed, alarmed at the suddenly change. A shimmering silver beam shone through the open window and from the light a dream bear emerged. I was shocked, as I had never seen a dream bear with mine own eyes; they were a thing of fairy tales. The fluffy creature fluttered over to me, landing gently on my furs. The corner of his mouth tugged up into a half smile as he raised his paw and a shower of sparkling flakes rained down over me. I fell into a deep sleep - dreaming the strangest things.

This card was created for the Just Some Lines “Fairies” challenge - my first one as a design team member! Pop on over to Just Some Lines to participate in the challenge and you can win some images from the Just Some Lines Shop!

From a different angle without the shine

I started this card by printing the “Fae Bear” image from Just Some Lines twice - once on the measured piece of cardstock for my card, and once on a piece of cardstock where I coloured him with Primsacolors and cut him out. It would be impossible to cut out his antenna, so by doing it this way, I could cut close around him once he was coloured and glue him down after the background was finished, thus keeping his antenna intact. I then coloured the white cardstock using Distress Inks using the same colour scheme I had done on a Christmas card last year. I liked it so much and thought of it immediately upon seeing the Fae Bear image. I used Perfect Pearls mist and the Dylusions “Luscious Leaves” stencil to create the shimmery pattern, earning me +104 glitter exp points. I used a stamp from the Dylusions “Bordering on the Edge” set to create the border. The word I cut out using the Winter Woodlands cartridge. I added some silver gems, stars and shimmery ribbon to complete the front. 

The inside shape was cut from the Winter Woodlands cartridge. The sentiments I stamped using the Tim Holtz “Odds and Ends” set and the My Pink Stamper “Birthday Crazy” set.

I used the same border stamp on the envelope then stamped some stars all over it using the same Distress Ink colours as the background of the card.

This dream will be slumbering in the following challenges:
Pile It On Challenge #9: Happy Birthday
Love To Create Challenge #55: Pick 2 Items to Use on Your Card (die cuts & ribbon)
Cupcake Craft Challenge #232: Sparkle
Love To Scrap! Challenge #1: Anything Goes
Challenge 4 Everybody #15: Anything Goes
Paper Playtime Challenge #5: Anything Goes
The Corrosive Challenge #169: All That Glitters
CTV Stamps DT Challenge #26: “It’s So You”
One Crazy Stamper March “Anything Goes” Challenge
Spark Your Creativity Now! Challenge #7: Anything Goes

I dreamt I was sitting in a saddle atop a giant yellow butterfly, soaring through the skies. I was on my way to a distant town to compete in a baking competition for a large purse of gold coins. I awoke from my dream with sunlight streaming across the floor of my sleeping chambers, the dream bear gone. Now that I was awake, I’m not even certain I had encountered the fabled creature, or if it was all a dream.

~ Guild Master Crystal ~

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