HLS Anything Goes with Dies Challenge August 2022...You Are All Kinds of Awesome (Photoplay, The Stamp Market, PFS)

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Welcome to Happy Little Stampers August 2022 Anything Goes with Dies Challenge, where we're inviting you to make your dies the stars of the stage.

My card sees a trio of companies' products playing nicely together; The Stamp Market (paper and flowers); Photoplay (sentiment); Pinkfresh Studio (banner die). Easy to make, once the ideas sparked.

What dies will you showcase?

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HLS Stencil Challenge August 2022~Anything Goes...Blooming Teapot and Latte Stencil - Have a Fabulous Day (Pigment Craft Co. and Honey Bee)

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Welcome to Happy Little Stampers August 2022 Stencil Challenge, where Anything Goes is always the theme.

My card features Pigment Craft Co.s' Latte stencil trio - with tea dye (of course), spun sugar and tattered rose distress inks -  for the background, paired with the cute Blooming Teapot and a sentiment from Honey Bee. 

Looking forward to seeing your stencil creations in the gallery!

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Inkspirational Challenge #271~Technique - One Layer Stamping...Hello, Hi, Hey Turnabout

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We are deeply saddened to share the news that, on July 21st, we lost our treasured friend and teammate, Lindsey, following her hard-fought battle with cancer. Lindsey was well-known for her amazing creativity, witty sense of humor and immense capacity to support and encourage her design team members and challenge participants. The Inkspirational family joins her family and friends in missing her shining light, her 'realness', her kindness. As for me...I miss my friend more with each passing day. 

Welcome to Inkspirational Challenge #271, where we've selected One Layer Stamping as our Technique Challenge. 

One layer stamping is sooooo not up my alley; I 'need' my stacked die cuts!  Concord & 9th Turnabout to the rescue! Here, I've used an older stamp - Hey There - and it's pretty obvious this is a "Hello, Hey, Hi" how-are-you-doing card. Or so I hope *grin*

Excited to see the gallery filled with your one-layer wonders! 

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Just Us Girls Challenge #644~Word Week - Butterflies....Happy Birthday PFS Stenciled Butterfly

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Welcome to Just Us Girls Challenge #644, where our wonderful hostess, Vicki, has selected *Butterflies* as this week's word challenge. Given all the butterfly stamps/dies/images in craft-land, we're sure to some absolutely gorgeous cards! 

We also welcome Catherine Roffey as our guest designer for August.

I've had the Pinkfresh Studio Butterfly die and stencils for a while, and just recently added the accompanying stamp. My stars, but what a difference it makes! Sooooo pretty! The background floral paper is from Cocoa Vanilla; I think it pairs wonderfully with the butterfly, leaving it to be the star of the stage.

Looking forward to seeing a flutter of butterflies filling the gallery!

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HLS Christmas Challenge August 2022~Anything Goes (optional: Flowers)...Sending Warmest Wishes (STAMPlorations)

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Welcome to the August 2022 Christmas Challenge here at Happy Little Stampers, where the theme is always *Anything Goes*. We also offer an optional component which, this month, is Flowers.

My mini slimline features a fussy cut poinsettia and sticker sentiment from STAMplorations. I rarely fussy cut but this flower 'had' to be on my card! 

Looking forward to seeing your Christmas cards in the gallery, with or without the twist.

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HLS Birthday Challenge August 2022~Anything Goes....Happy Birthday Kitty (Missees Pet Collection)

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Welcome to the NEW Birthday Challenge over at Happy Little Stampers that replaces the previous CAS challenge. This change opens up more opportunities, especially since the theme is always *Anything Goes*.  Wildly cheering this decision by our fabulous leader, Kylie!

My card, featuring the cute cat from the Missees Pets collection, was inspired by Lien, from Idea into Reality. Her card using Missees products are absolutely fabulous; I couldn't resist CASE-ing her (as I've often done). You can see Lien's card here.

Hope to see your birthday cards filling up the gallery!

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Color Hues Challenge #46~Special Tribute to Lindsey...I Miss You!

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What a hard post to write...

On July 21st, we lost our treasured friend and teammate, Lindsey, following her hard-fought battle with cancer. Lindsey was well-known for her amazing creativity, witty sense of humor and immense capacity to support and encourage her design team members and challenge participants.  

Even though I didn't have opportunity to meet Lindsey in person, she was an integral part of my life. Our daily messenger conversations were highlights of my day, where we covered all kinds of topics, from card-making to book recommendations to recipe sharing. I'll miss her insights on 'life stuff', her sense of humour, her ability to lift my spirits. I am blessed to have have known her; a treasured friend in every way.  

Today's color challenge was chosen by Lindsey. The Design Team here, along with Sister Challenge Teammates from Seize the Birthday, want to honor and celebrate her beautiful, creative life by sharing "Lindsey Inspired" projects using her Blue and Purple combination, along with things she loved the most, as inspiration. We hope you will join us as we pay tribute to our dear friend and teammate.

Lindsey loved many things, and I did my best to replicate a few of them in my card: books, plants, tea  and cozy fleece blankets. My sentiment inside is simple: I miss you. And I do and I will for a very long time to come.  May you be at peace, my dear friend. 

Hope you'll join us at Colour Hues for this most special challenge. 

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