Dreamcatcher Thoughts

I honestly can't remember why I made the dreamcatcher, that hung on my bedroom wall when I was growing up.  It may have been for camp, or it may have been an art class thing.  For whatever reason I made it, I do remember getting very frustrated with it.   I couldn't get my loops even , and I hated the feeling of the semi-tacky string that we used.  Plus, the plastic beads weren't as pretty as I hoped, but I didn't want to take it apart again to take them out.  In the end, it was a lot of work, and did look sort of pretty, so I hung it on the wall, and I think it's still there in my Mom's house.

The same way I don't remember why I made that dreamcatcher as a kid, I don't remember what exactly inspired this card.  I keep a list on my memo app of things that I randomly think of, that might make a good card.  One day, I had added "Flourish thinlets, circle framelets and feather together stamps dreamcatcher" to that list.  So, when I was looking for inspiration, I found that note, and decided to give it a try.

I heat embossed the sentiment onto my card base first, and then dry embossed the card front with the Softly Falling embossing folder.  I cut the flourish flower from some gold foil paper, and cut my circle from Early Espresso Paper.  When you are cutting a circle frame like this, it's often easier to line up evenly, if you cut the inside circle first.   

I stamped my feathers in Sahara Sand Ink, and fussy cut them out.  Then I attached them to pieces of linen thread that "hung" from the dreamcatcher.

It may not resemble a traditional dreamcatcher, but I love how it turned out!

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Supplies Used in Today's Project: 

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock	Early Espresso 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock	Gold Foil Sheets	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
Softly Falling Textured Impressions Embossing Folder	Layering Circle Framelits Dies	Flourish Thinlits Dies	Feather Together Photopolymer Stamp Set
Sahara Sand Classic Stampin' Pad	Versamark Pad	Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder	Linen Thread
Bone Folder	Embossing Buddy	Pink Heat Embossing Gun | Hobby Lobby | 506345	Big Shot Platform
Big Shot	Stampin' Trimmer	X-ACTO X2008 Designer Series Precision Scissors, 5-Inch	Tombow Mono Multi Glue
Glue Dots	Scotch CAT 085 Advanced Tape Glider,Cure Pink	JVCC ATG-7502 ATG Tape [Acid Neutral]	Stampin' Scrub
Stampin' Mist

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