Fears & Dreams ATC

It's that time again...the monthly ATC swap at the All Things Tim Yahoo Group! This month the theme was "march madness", and you could only use the colors blue and orange. I love Tim's stamped quotes, and this 'fears and dreams' quote really spoke to me. It's a pretty deep thinking quote, and one which I am sure most of us have struggled with at one time or another when it's time to take a leap of sorts...the dreaded leap of faith!

I am also submitting this ATC to the Gingersnap Creations Color Challenge of "using only 2 colors",  as well as another, the Gingersnap Creations Once In A Blue Moon Challenge "things that leap".

You might remember this marbled blue Alcohol Ink background from a tag swap last month...these were the remnants from the masterboard, which makes so many projects. I just added another stamped image using Tim's new honeycomb stamp and StazOn in pumpkin. Then I adhered these to ATC sized cardstock in orange that was stamped with Tim's new crosshatched design in Broken China Distress Ink.

I stamped the phrase twice using Persimmon Distress Ink, and heat embossed in Rusty Hinge Distressed Embossing Powder, then stamped it again just slightly to the side of the original in Walnut Stain Distress Ink.  I added the words fears and dreams made from a Dymo label maker, ribbon, and the muse token.

Supplies:
From My Stash: ribbon, cardstock

Gloss Finish Paper	Sail Boat Blue Alcohol Ink	Alcohol ink - Stream	Denim Alcohol Ink	Alcohol Ink - Pool
Alcohol Ink Applicator Tool	Mixed Media Stamp Set	Pumpkin StazOn Ink	Walnut Stain - Distress Ink	Fall 2011 Limited Edition Distress Ink Trio
Broken china - Distress ink	Spiced Marmalade Distress Emobossing Powder	Stuff To Say Stamp Set	Mini Pins	Jump Rings - Idea-ology
Idea-ology Muse Tokens	Dymo Caption Maker

I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!

Not Your Ordinary Water Bottle

After Tim's cruise to Mexico, my bestie Paula and I stayed at a posh hotel where they served us water in this Christian Lecroix (fashion designer) designed bottle. We both fell in love with the bottle, so each purchased our own. I have been saving mine to do something crafty, but just had no pressing reason to get going on it until Simon Says Stamp & Show's challenge this week of "bottle it". I wanted to color my bottle somehow but didn't want to alter the wonderful white lace design by Mr. Lecroix, using Alcohol Ink on the outside, so my hubby gave me the idea of using Alcohol Ink on the inside of the bottle. HELLO!!! Why couldn't I think of that by myself? Talk about feeling like a dummy, but at least he got to feel important and appreciated (well...later on anyway).

Before

After Pitch Black Alcohol Ink

I am the worst bow maker, but this gorgeous ribbon from the Funkie Junkie herself, Linda Coughlin (check out her Zibbit shop) will make anything look wonderful!

I was given this gorgeous label a couple of years ago by bestie Paula and have never used it, so I thought it would look wonderful on this bottle. I think some of you Ten Second Studio metal wizards could easily make something like this.

Supplies:
Bellemonde: Noble Initials Pewter Crest
From My Stash:  water bottle

Pitch Black Alcohol Ink

Vintage Lace Die

Metal Surfaces Foil Tape Sheets

Silver Crocheted Lace

I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!