Go Fly a Kite! And Have a Birthday Burger!

Hello Stamplings!

I mean that title in the best way, of course! Yesterday was Go Fly A Kite Day! I know many of you weren't flying kites, however, and I hope your property wasn't damaged by the nasty line of storms and tornadoes over the last several days.🤞 

I brought a little friend of Hammy's to brighten your Monday . . . 

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As it turns out, I gave my kite dies and stamps away (or they're in the wrong cupboard🤪), so this beloved Stampingbella stamp is standing in with his heart balloon kite! His name is Milton. I think you can see why Hammy loves him!

It's E = Embossing week on the I.D.E.A.S. Calendar. I stamped Milton with Versamark and then heat-embossed him in copper e/p. Hammy waited on board with his winker while I painted Milton with my Ziggies. 

After wards, I used my SU Subtle e/f to emboss him and the yellow background panel. Someone might have mistookenly stamped Milton crooked, so I cut down the panel and placed it an angle, so his left foot is level now. And then what happened was, we loved painting, winking, and embossing Milton so much, we did it again:

It's especially easy making two when you use the same colored brushes. I wish I would remember to do doubles (or more) of all my cards every time. Slap! I stamped this guy level, but a little too far to the right, so I used metallic stickers on the left to balance him.

I'm playing in the Alphabert Challenge (Z is for Zoology - any animal) and Krafty Chicks (CAS).

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I noticed a couple of challenges which reminded me I have this excellent NBUS Washi tape from Alexandra Renke for making easy manly birthday cards. For the sketch challenge, I used a circle die to cut out the bbq kettles and then backed them with black circles, so they would stand out against the texture of this SU e/f.

I used the sketch from CAS Colours & Sketches, flipping it horizontally, and AAA Birthday wants us to use Washi Tape.

Here you can see the Washi tape uncut:

Alexandra Renke's papers and Washi tapes are incredibly artistic and detailed. And beautiful. For this roll, there are actually seven different paintings of grills and a set of grilling tongs before the images repeat! If you've got a griller (male or female) in your family, it's a great design! 

Or, if you don't plan to make 1500 cards, I'd be happy to share my roll with you. They peel on and off paper easily, so I can stick a few pulls on a coupla card panels and pop them in the mail to you. Just let me know.

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If I had the energy and if I knew 20 years ago what I know now, I would have started a Clearinghouse for our hobby. You could send in the NBUS or gently-used products which you don't want any more and get a credit, which you could then spend on other people's discards.

Wouldn't that be a great idea? Especially more so now with the cost of everything being so high. I'm sure all the famous designers and companies read my blog🤣, so maybe someone will take the idea and run with it! Or maybe someone has and I've never heard of it?

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Enjoy your week! No, seriously, enjoy! LITS!* Go fly a kite!

As always, thank you for coming by to visit the Playhouse and special thanks to you if you take the time to join as a follower!

*Life is too short!