Happy Little Stampers August 2021 Anything Goes with Dies Challenge...Phone Booth

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Welcome to Happy Little Stampers August 2021 Anything Goes with Dies Challenge; let's give our dies the spotlight!

I've mentioned, in previous posts, that I'm smitten with planner/journal dies of late, which came about for a variety of reasons, one of which was a while-ago-purchase of the Elizabeth Craft Designs Phone Booth kit. I left it sitting for quite a while before giving it a play so today marks its debut. This showcase features the booth as a journal page; the super cool thing is that it can also be made into slimline cards. I'm looking forward to giving that a try in the next while. Maybe that will be my September post....

All dies; no stamping! Love it!

That's it from me! Check out what my talented teammates have created, then bring out 

your dies and join us in the gallery!

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Inkspirational Challenge #245~Journey...Weekender Purse Trio

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Welcome to Inkspirational Challenge #245, where *Journey* is  our word prompt for the next two weeks.  Traveling, exploring new paths, directions...plenty of interpretations await! 

I've been waiting far too long to play with Concord & 9th's Weekender Purse and decided that this challenge was a delightful fit!  A weekend getaway calls for a weekend purse to house articles of clothing, toiletries and, of course, a few crafting supplies! While these are far smaller than the real things, they are sooooo cute and really quite simple to assemble.  

I used papers from P13's Sunshine collection, which have travel-related images: sunglasses with tropical themes in the lenses, stacks of pretty pink luggage and tropical leaves. Of course, a weekend away calls for sunglasses, so I made a matchy-match pair to go with each bag. More purses on my radar for sure!

Please check out my teammates' Journey inspired delights, then play along with us!

Marina, Shauna, Pia, Marlena, Lindsey

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Just Us Girls Challenge #596~Word Week: Harvest...Planting Journal

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Welcome to Just Us Girls Challenge #596, where our lovely Bobby has selected *Harvest* as this week's word prompt.  Fruits, vegetables, flowers, field crops...what will you harvest for this theme?

A new month brings new changes to Just Us Girls. First, we're sad to bid "see you later* to teammate, Maria Levin, who has been designing since 2009. We wish you all the best as you delve into other facets of creativity. Second, we're delighted to welcome Elizabeth Stewart, from papersweetness.blogspot.com to the team. Her “10 minute immersions into creativity” are guaranteed to inspire. Third, we're delighted to have Claire Apostoloff joining us as our August Guest Designer.  Lots of inspiration happening today over on the blog!

Okay...so I have fallen head-over-heels for the Elizabeth Craft Designs Planner Essentials collection and the wide variety of journals/albums that I've seen using them. At present, I have no plans to journal or create albums (not a photographer; not that interested in having pictures printed), but I *DO* have plans to play with pretty papers!  What started this was the little seed of an idea to create Advent Calendar journals (sort of like December Dailies, which I've never done) for my niece and nephew this year. The seed has started to grow...and so has my ECD collection. 

That said...I need to practice my journal/album skills before diving into the Advent project, so I decided to do so with this challenge. Below are a few pages of my 'playing around' with a variety of the dies and a patterned paper collection from Mintay, called Country Fair.  This ticks all the boxes for me: lovely vegetable-and-floral papers, pretty backgrounds (the pink woodgrain...swoon!), delightful chipboard stickers and a WHOLE lot of die-cutting/assembling. What I'll do with these pages, who knows. But...I've decided it's all about the process and for now, that's enough. 

Here's what I have so far...still a work in progress.

I can't even tell you how much fun I had putting these pages, even if several were 'left as is' because the images did all the work.  Next on the list: getting an actual journal to put these in!

Thank you for wandering through my babbling-and-photo-heavy post! Turning the stage over to you!

Looking forward to seeing how Harvest inspires you!

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Happy Little Stampers August 2021 Stencil Challenge~Anything Goes...Wishing You a Purr-fect Birthday (Stamplorations Stencil)

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Welcome to Happy Little Stampers August 2021 Stencil Challenge, where we invite you to use whatever stencils you want, in whatever style you want, to showcase in the gallery. Anything Goes!

Last month, I used dog stencils for my card; this month, to be 'fair', I have a cat! A rainbow cat, of course! This meow-velous slimline stencil is from STAMPlorations and is purrfect for all of you who are or who have friends who are cat-lovers.  Even my Lily gives her woofs of approval for this card (real cats...not so much LOL). 

What stencils will you dazzle us with this month?

See you in the gallery!

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Happy Little Stampers August 2021 Christmas Challenge~Anything Goes (optional twist: Wonderland)...Ugly Sweaters Merry Christmas

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Welcome to Happy Little Stampers August 2021 Christmas Challenge. Anything Goes, as usual, with the optional twist this month of Wonderland. Christmas is but 4 months away...just sayin'!

No 'true' Wonderland for me, but something you might (or not *grin*) want to wear you're out and about in the frosty air: an ugly sweater!  In fact, I'm giving you a trio of styles to add to your winter wardrobe. These fashionable delights are courtesy of Jillibean Soup...so much fun! 

That's it from me; please head over to the blog to see my talented teammates' festive delights.

Looking forward to seeing your Christmas makes in the gallery!

Thank you for dropping by!

Happy Little Stampers August 2021 CAS Challenge~Off the Edge...Thinking of You Butterflies

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And suddenly, it's August! Time for a new series of Happy Little Stampers, with the August 2021 CAS Challenge being "Off the Edge".  Off the edge of a panel, the edge of a part of a panel, the edge of...well, whatever you want an edge to be. As you'll see the DT have plenty of inspiration to guide you.

A duo of Altenew butterflies fluttering 'off the edge' of the panel. Sentiment from The Stamp Market. Simple...

That's it from me! Please head over to the blog to see how my talented teammates interpreted this month's theme. A reminder that we're looking for CAS designs.

See you in the gallery!

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Color Hues Challenge #23~Yellow and Pink....Today is a Good Day for a Good Day (PFS)

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August 1st...already. Time whooshes, doesn't it!  Let's not think about that; rather, let's celebrate the beginning of Color Hues Challenge #23, where our lovely Hannelie invites us to play with hues of Yellow and Pink for the next two weeks. Soooo pretty!

Full on Pinkfresh Studio products for my card!  I've been so wrapped up in die-cutting projects of late, that I'm out of practice with stamping. Poor neglected inks! Good thing these florals are simple to stamp *grin*! 

Please visit the rest of the team, along with our guest designer, Conil; they've created quite the array of dazzling delights with Yellow and Pink:

Nancy

Hannelie

Cindy

Julie

Sheri

Kristie

Lindsey

Karen

The challenge is open until 9:00 AM (EST) on August 14th.

 The winners will be posted an hour before our next challenge goes live (August 16st). 

The overall winner will have the opportunity to be a 

future Guest Designer!

Looking forward to seeing how this combination inspires YOU!

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