Happy Happy Good Times!

Hello, my Stamplings!

I hope your week is whooshing by in ways that make you happy! And I hope you have ink on your fingers or glitter in your hair to prove it!

For my Onefer today, you might say that I let the good times roll!

I've been hitting the alcoholic inks again! Hic! No, actually, this pretty little background was inked some time ago and I recently found it in my box of UCBs or UFOs, or whatever you call your "Oh,-shoot,-it's-time-to-(_____),-so-I'll-put-this-in-here-and-finish-it-later" box. 

The Happy Birthday circular window is a Die-Namics die attached to a stitched card base and Justin Case the recipient wasn't clear on the concept of what a happy birthday entails, I added the NBUS "Good Times" from a clock die by Technique Tuesday. I finished the card by adding three matchy-matchy sequins for a little punch of punctuation. 

Challenges

• Inkspirational: Designers Choice Windows.
• The Paper Players: Birthday.

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Twofer, Threefer, and Fourfer

A bloggie friend sent me a few cuts she made from this whimsical Happy rounded rectangle die from Papertrey Ink. I liked it so much that I bought my own die and put Hammy to work thumbing pawing through my patterned papers for choices.

He thought these first two circular patterns worked a treat with the die:

I simply added a gold heat-embossed "birthday" word, some bling, and some twine from my stash of a thousand years' worth of neglected twine.

This Fourfer above has pp that is shot through with gold so that it glistens when the light hits it. I think it looks quite rugged and manly, so I'm entering it in these challenges:

• Cards in Envy: You're the Man.
• Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Masculine. My dear friend Anne has the well-deserved honor of being in the Designer Spotlight for the month of June! Congratulations, Annie! 
• Stamp Ink Paper: Masculine.

 

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Wait. What? A "Fivefer?"

Yup. School is now out for the summer and we are happily enjoying the company of the grandtwins for several days! I was on a roll in the craftroom waiting for them to arrive, but I didn't have enough time to schedule additional posts, so you get them all today.

I think I've used the Darice e/f before, but the "Graceful Cattails" from Memory Box is NBUS. For a little added interest, I lightly schplattered pink ink behind the cattails. I chose the color scheme especially to play in this week's Less Is More Challenge. It's a colour week and the colors are "Neopolitan." How fun is that?! And since I used snippets, I'm joining in the fun with my Playmaters over at Pixie's Snippets Playground!

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